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Parrish, Maxfield

(Encyclopedia) Parrish, Maxfield, 1870–1966, American painter and illustrator, b. Philadelphia; pupil of Howard Pyle. He is known for his original and highly decorative posters, magazine covers, and…

Lefkowitz, Robert Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Lefkowitz, Robert Joseph, 1943–, American physician, b. New York City, M.D. Columbia, 1966. Since 1973 Lefkowitz has been a professor at Duke Univ.; he was appointed a Howard Hughes…

MacKinnon, Roderick

(Encyclopedia) MacKinnon, Roderick, 1956–, American biochemist, b. Burlington, Mass., M.D. Tufts Univ., 1982. MacKinnon was on the faculty at Harvard Medical School from 1989–96 and has been a…

Florey, Howard Walter Florey, Baron

(Encyclopedia) Florey, Howard Walter Florey, Baron, 1898–1968, British pathologist, b. Australia. He was educated at Adelaide Univ. and at Cambridge and Oxford and returned to Oxford as professor of…

Cech, Thomas Robert

(Encyclopedia) Cech, Thomas RobertCech, Thomas Robertchĕk [key], 1947–, American microbiologist, b. Chicago, grad. Univ. of California, Berkeley. A professor at the Univ. of Colorado, he discovered…

Orval Howard HANSEN, Congress, ID (1926)

HANSEN Orval Howard , a Representative from Idaho; born in Firth, Bingham County, Idaho, August 3, 1926; attended Idaho Falls public schools; United States Navy, 1944-1946, and served in Air Force…

William Howard ROYER, Congress, CA (1920)

ROYER William Howard , a Representative from California; born in Jerome, Jerome County, Idaho, April 11, 1920; graduated from Sequoia High School, Redwood City, Calif., 1938; B.S., Santa Clara…

Richard Howard STALLINGS, Congress, ID (1940)

STALLINGS Richard Howard , a Representative from Idaho; born in Ogden, Utah, October 7, 1940; attended public schools in Ogden; mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to New…

Howard SUTHERLAND, Congress, WV (1865-1950)

Senate Years of Service: 1917-1923 Party: Republican SUTHERLAND Howard , a Representative and a Senator from West Virginia; born near Kirkwood, St. Louis County, Mo., September 8, 1865; attended…

Benjamin HOWARD, Congress, KY (1760-1814)

HOWARD Benjamin , a Representative from Kentucky; born in Lexington, Ky. (then a part of Virginia), in 1760; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced…