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Forest Park

(Encyclopedia) Forest Park. 1 City (2020 pop. 19,932), Clayton co., NW Ga., a suburb of Atlanta; inc. 1908. It is a major warehouse and distribution…

George Wildman Ball

Ball, George Wildman, 1909–94, American lawyer and diplomat, b. Des Moines, Iowa. Admitted to the bar in 1934, he served (1942–44) as counsel in the Lend Lease Administration and the Foreign Economic…

Robert Helmick 2003 Deaths

Robert HelmickAge: 66 attorney who served as president of the United States Olympic Committee from 1985 to 1991, when he resigned in a conflict-of-interest controversy. Died: Des Moines, Iowa…

Ted Jones 2000 Deaths

Ted JonesAge: 90 boat designer whose work revolutionized hydroplane racing; designed six national championship boats, including Slo-Mo-Shun IV; won American Power Boat Association Gold Cup in…

Scott DESJARLAIS, Congress, TN (1964)

DESJARLAIS Scott , a Representative from Tennessee; born in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, February 21, 1964; graduated from Brown High School, Sturgis, S.Dak., 1982; B.S., University of South…

Francis SEIBERLING, Congress, OH (1870-1945)

SEIBERLING Francis , a Representative from Ohio; born in Des Moines, Iowa, September 20, 1870; moved with his parents to Wadsworth, Summit County, Ohio, in 1873; attended the public schools and…

James Howard WEAVER, Congress, OR (1927)

WEAVER James Howard , A Representative from Oregon; born in Brookings, Brookings County, S.Dak., August 8, 1927; attended public schools in Des Moines, Iowa; moved to Eugene, Oreg., 1947; B.S.,…

Leonard L. BOSWELL, Congress, IA (1934)

BOSWELL Leonard L. , a Representative from Iowa; born in Harrison County, Mo., January 10, 1934; graduated from Lamoni High School, Lamoni, Iowa, 1952; B.A., Graceland College, Lamoni, Iowa, 1969;…

Patricia Scott SCHROEDER, Congress, CO (1940)

SCHROEDER Patricia Scott , a Representative from Colorado; born Patricia Nell Scott in Portland, Multnomah County, Oreg., July 30, 1940; graduated from Roosevelt High School, Des Moines, Iowa,…

Greg GANSKE, Congress, IA (1949)

GANSKE Greg , a Representative from Iowa; born in New Hampton, Chickasaw County, Iowa, March 31, 1949; B.A., University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1972; M.D., University of Iowa Medical School,…