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Oscar Stanton DE PRIEST, Congress, IL (1871-1951)

DE PRIEST Oscar Stanton , a Representative from Illinois; born in Florence, Lauderdale County, Ala., March 9, 1871; moved to Kansas in 1878 with his parents, who settled in Salina; attended the…

Dean Cain Biography

Dean CainactorBorn: 7/31/1966Birthplace: Mt. Clemens, Michigan Actor who played Superman/Clark Kent in the popular TV series Lois & Clark: The Adventures of Superman (1993–97). Though his…

Late Bloomers

Director: Julia DyerWriter: Gretchen DyerDirector of Photography:Bill SchwarzEditors:Julia Dyer and Gretchen DyerMusic:Ted PineProduction Designer:Mike DempseyProducers:Gretchen Dyer, Julia…

1944 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions NCAA & NIT Tournament Teams NCAA Tournament (8 teams) NIT Tournament (8 teams) Red Cross World War II Benefit Game Player of the Year…

The Seven Sisters

The “seven sisters” is a group of historically women's colleges generally seen as the female equivalent of the Ivy League.Date foundedNameEnrollment1836Mount Holyoke College2,0731861Vassar College2,…

Sondheim, Stephen Joshua

(Encyclopedia) Sondheim, Stephen Joshua Sondheim, Stephen Joshua sôndˈhīm [key], 1930–2021, American composer and…

Reynolds, Debbie

(Encyclopedia) Reynolds, Debbie, 1932-2016, American actress, singer, and dancer, b. El Paso, Tx., as Mary Frances Reynolds. Reynolds’ family…

Morrison, Toni

(Encyclopedia) Morrison, Toni, 1931–2019, American writer, b. Lorain, Ohio, as Chloe Ardelia (later Anthony) Wofford; B.A. Howard Univ., 1953, M.F.A. Cornell, 1955. Her fiction is noted for its…

nullification

(Encyclopedia) nullification, in U.S. history, a doctrine expounded by the advocates of extreme states' rights. It held that states have the right to declare null and void any federal law that they…

Colonial American and Ivy League Colleges

America's oldest and prestigious universities While a number of present-day colleges were founded as secondary schools before the American Revolution, only nine existed as colleges at that point.…