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Melissa A. HART, Congress, PA (1962)

HART Melissa A. , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., April 4, 1962; graduated from North Allegheny High School, North Allegheny, Pa.; B.A., Washington…

Melissa L. BEAN, Congress, IL (1962)

BEAN Melissa L. , a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., January 22, 1962; graduated, Maine East High School, Park Ridge, Ill., 1980; A.A., Oakton Community College,…

Schism of East and West

(Encyclopedia) Schism of East and West, division between the Orthodox Eastern Church and the Roman Catholic Church. See Christianity; Ferrara-Florence, Council of; Leo IX, Saint; Lyons, Second…

Nicephorus, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Nicephorus, SaintNicephorus, Saintnīsĕfˈərəs [key], 758?–829?, patriarch of Constantinople (806–15), Byzantine historian and theologian. St. Nicephorus attended the Second Council of…

Medici, Lorenzo de', 1492–1519, duke of Urbino

(Encyclopedia) Medici, Lorenzo de', 1492–1519, duke of Urbino (1516–19); son of Piero de' Medici. His uncle, Pope Leo X, made the youthful Lorenzo duke of Urbino. After his early death, however,…

Esaki, Leo

(Encyclopedia) Esaki, Leo, 1925–, Japanese physicist, Ph.D. Univ. of Tokyo, 1959. Esaki was a researcher with IBM from 1960 until his retirement in 1992. He then served (1992–98) as president of the…

Friedlander, Leo

(Encyclopedia) Friedlander, Leo, 1890–1966, American sculptor, b. New York City, studied in New York, Paris, Brussels, and at the American Academy in Rome. His many decorative works include…

Tindemans, Leo

(Encyclopedia) Tindemans, Leo (Leonard Clemence Tindemans), 1922–2014, Belgian stateman. He studied economics at the universities of Antwerp and Ghent, and in 1958 became head of the Flemish…

Lateran Council, Fifth

(Encyclopedia) Lateran Council, Fifth, 1512–17, 18th ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, convened by Pope Julius II and continued by his successor Leo X. Julius called the council to…