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(Encyclopedia) Defense, United States Department of, executive department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating…Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (table)
(Encyclopedia) Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel Year Recipient(s) 1969 Ragnar FrischJan Tinbergen 1970 Paul A. Samuelson 1971 Simon Kuznets 1972 Sir John R…Lowell, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Lowell, Robert (Robert Traill Spence Lowell 4th), 1917–77, American poet and translator, widely considered the preeminent American poet of the mid-20th cent., b. Boston, grad. Kenyon…S. S. Kresge Biography
S. S. Kresge(Sebastian Spering Kresge) merchant, philanthropistBorn: 7/31/1867Birthplace: Bald Mount, Pa. With a newly minted business degree in hand, Kresge worked as a traveling tinware…Robert Paul GRIFFIN, Congress, MI (1923)
Senate Years of Service: 1966-1979 Party: Republican GRIFFIN Robert Paul , a Representative and a Senator from Michigan; born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., November 6, 1923; attended public…Coles, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Coles, Robert, 1929–, American child psychiatrist, b. Boston, grad. Harvard (B.A., 1950), Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons (M.D., 1954). He began working with children while…Nozick, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Nozick, Robert, 1938–2002, American political philosopher, b. Brooklyn, N.Y.; grad. Columbia Univ. (B.A., 1959), Princeton (M.A., 1961; Ph.D., 1963). After teaching at Princeton and…S. Dillon Ripley 2001 Deaths
S. Dillon RipleyAge: 87 ornithologist who served as secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from 1964 to 1984. During Ripley's tenure, eight new museums were built, the number of visitors…Pulitzer Prizes: Commentary
1970 Marquis W. Childs (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) 1971 William A.…Bellah, Robert Neelly
(Encyclopedia) Bellah, Robert NeellyBellah, Robert Neellybĕlˈə [key],1927–2013, American sociologist and educator. He was educated at Harvard (Ph.D., 1955) and taught there before becoming Elliot…Trending
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