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Felix de Weldon 2003 Deaths

Felix de WeldonAge: 96 sculptor who created the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Va., which depicts marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima. Weldon crafted more than 2,000 other…

Bertalan de Nemethy 2002 Deaths

Bertalan de NemethyAge: 90 Hungarian-born riding instructor, who coached the U.S. Equestrian show jumping team from 1955-80; won Olympic silver medals in 1960 and 1972; his book “The de…

Jan de Hartog 2002 Deaths

Jan de HartogAge: 88 Dutch writer whose play The Fourposter won the 1952 Tony Award for Best Play. He frequently wrote about fleeing from the Nazis during World War II and about his exploits…

Andre De Toth 2002 Deaths

Andre De TothAge: 89 Hungarian-born film director whose 1953 3–D House of Wax, starring Vincent Price, remains a cult hit. He also helmed Westerns, war films, and films noir. His other…

Dominique de Villepin, 2005 News

French public official, was named prime minister in May. He replaced Jean-Pierre Raffarin, who stepped down under pressure from President Jacques Chirac days after France rejected a…

Carmine De Sapio 2004 Deaths

Carmine De SapioAge: 95 powerful politician who dominated New York City Democratic politics as the last Tammany Hall boss. His power and popularity plummeted in the 1960s, however, when he…

Baron Guy de Rothschild Biography

bankerDied: June 12, 2007 (Paris, France) Best Known as: head of French banking dynasty Heir to the House of Rothschild and head of French bank dynasty. His…

Warren de la Rue Biography

Warren de la Rueastronomer, physicistBorn: 1/15/1815Birthplace: Guernsey, United Kingdom After studying in Paris, he began working in his father's papermaking business, inventing an envelope-…

Benjamin De Casseres: Moth-Terror

Moth-TerrorBenjamin De CasseresI have killed the moth flying around my night-light; wingless and dead it lies upon the floor. (O who will kill the great Time-Moth that eats holes in my soul…

FILNER, Robert, Congress, DE (1942)

FILNER, Robert, a Representative from California; born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., September 4, 1942; B.A., Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1963; M.A., University of Delaware, Newark…