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Henry White Biography

Henry WhiteAge: 18 redshirt freshman linebacker on the Georgetown football team; killed in a car accident a day before his team was to play in NAIA championshipDied: Elizabethtown, Ky., Dec.…

Henry Plant Biography

Henry PlantEntrepreneur, railroad and steamship executiveBorn: October 27, 1819Birthplace: Branford, Conn. Henry Plant grew up in Connecticut. Rather than attend college as his family had…

Henri Filion Biography

Henri FilionAge: 55 harness racing driver/trainer who won 3,318 races and earned more than $21 million in his career; one of eight boys in his family to become harness drivers; younger…

Henry Picard Biography

Henry PicardAge: 90 former PGA Championship and Masters' winner who won 26 tournaments on the tour which puts him 19th on the all-time list; played on four U.S. Ryder teams; of a lengthy…

Camille Henry Biography

Camille HenryAge: 64 star center in the 1950's and 60's for the New York Rangers; broke into the NHL in 1953 as a Ranger and played 727 career games with New York, Chicago and St. Louis;…

Henry Grinnell Biography

Henry Grinnellmerchant, philanthropistBorn: 1799Birthplace: New Bedford, Mass. After seven years as a clerk in New York City, he and two brothers founded a shipping company in which he worked…

Henry Timken Biography

Henry Timken inventorBorn: 1831Birthplace: Bremen, Germany Emigrating to America as a child with his family, he left the family's Missouri farm to enter the wagon-making business. He opened…

Henry Heimlich's Contributions

The Question: When was the Heimlich maneuver first demonstrated? The Answer: Dr. Henry Heimlich is the Cincinnati surgeon who is credited with…

Henry Ford Biography

Henry Ford Born: 1863Birthplace: Greenfield, Mich. Transmission mechanism—Ford holds numerous patents on automotive mechanisms and helped devise the factory assembly line method of mass…