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Downers Grove
(Encyclopedia) Downers Grove, village (2020 pop. 50,247), Du Page co., NE Ill.; settled 1832, inc. 1873. Downers Grove has undergone population growth…Tex Schramm 2003 Deaths
Tex SchrammAge: 83 professional football executive who, as general manager of the Dallas Cowboys, hired coach Tom Landry. The pair led the team to 20 straight winning seasons and two Super…Tex McCrary 2003 Deaths
Tex McCraryAge: 93 publicist and political strategist who, with his wife, Jinx Falkenburg, virtually invented the talk-show genre. The pair starred together in several radio and TV shows in…Hamlin, Talbot Faulkner
(Encyclopedia) Hamlin, Talbot Faulkner, 1889–1956, American historian of architecture, b. New York City. He was librarian of the Avery Library, Columbia (1934–45), and professor of architecture there…Avery Brooks Biography
Avery BrooksactorBorn: 10/2/1948Birthplace: Evansville, Indiana American actor best known for his role as Hawk, on the TV show Spenser: For Hire (1985–88) and as Capt. Benjamin Sisko on the…Baze, Russell Avery
(Encyclopedia) Baze, Russell Avery, 1958–, Canadian-American jockey, b. Vancouver, Canada. He rode primarily at tracks in N California. In 2006 he surpassed Laffit Pincay, Jr.'s record for career…Craven, Avery Odelle
(Encyclopedia) Craven, Avery Odelle, 1886–1980, American historian, b. Randolph co., N.C.; Ph.D., Univ. of Chicago, 1923. He taught at several colleges in the Midwest before returning (1928) to…Avery C. Alexander Biography
Avery C. AlexanderAge: 88 Baptist minister, former state representative, and longtime civil rights activist from New Orleans. His devotion to the fight against discrimination led to countless…Rinehart, Mary Roberts
(Encyclopedia) Rinehart, Mary RobertsRinehart, Mary Robertsrīnˈhärt [key], 1876–1958, American novelist, b. Pittsburgh. A graduate nurse, she married Dr. Stanley M. Rinehart in 1896. The first of her…Ma, Yo-Yo
(Encyclopedia) Ma, Yo-YoMa, Yo-Yomä [key], 1955–, American cellist, b. Paris. The son of musicologist Hiao-Tsun Ma, who left China in the 1930s, he was a musical prodigy, giving a public recital in…Trending
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