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Robert W. Sarnoff 1997 Deaths

Robert W. SarnoffAge: 78chairman of RCA Succeeding his father, Brig. Gen. David Sarnoff, who is considered one of the fathers of network television, Robert diversified communications company…

Office of War Information

(Encyclopedia) Office of War Information (OWI), U.S. agency created (1942) during World War II to consolidate government information services. The OWI absorbed the functions of the Office of Facts…

civil service

(Encyclopedia) civil service, entire body of those employed in the civil administration as distinct from the military and excluding elected officials. The term was used in designating the British…

Anderson, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Anderson, Robert, 1805–71, American army officer, defender of Fort Sumter, b. near Louisville, Ky., grad. West Point, 1825. He fought in the Black Hawk, Seminole, and Mexican wars and…

Herbert W. Boyer

Herbert W. Boyer Born: 1936 Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pa. Recombinant DNA technology—Biochemists Boyer and Cohen combined…

Service Academies

U.S. Military AcademyU.S. Naval AcademyU.S. Air Force AcademyU.S. Coast Guard AcademyU.S. Merchant Marine AcademyService Academy WebsitesThe Medal of HonorMilitary PersonnelMilitary &…

Friendly, Fred W.

(Encyclopedia) Friendly, Fred W., 1915–98, American broadcaster and author, b. New York City as Ferdinand Friendly Wachenheimer. He began his career at age 22 at a radio station in Providence where…

Robert II, duke of Normandy

(Encyclopedia) Robert II (Robert Curthose), c.1054–1134, duke of Normandy (1087–1106); eldest son of King William I of England. Aided by King Philip I of France, he rebelled (1077) against his father…

Robert W. SCHAFFER, Congress, CO (1962)

SCHAFFER Robert W. , a Representative from Colorado; born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, July 24, 1962; attended Archbishop Moeller High School, Cincinnati, Ohio; B.A., University of Dayton…