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Leakey, Mary Douglas

(Encyclopedia) Leakey, Mary Douglas, 1913–96, British archaeologist, b. London as Mary Douglas Nicol; wife of Louis Leakey and mother of Richard Leakey. She had little formal education, but a…

Ward, Douglas Turner

(Encyclopedia) Ward, Douglas Turner, 1930-2021, African-American actor, director, and playwright, b. Burnside, La., as Roosevelt Ward Jr. Ward’s…

Helen Douglas MANKIN, Congress, GA (1896-1956)

MANKIN, Helen Douglas, a Representative from Georgia; born in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., on September 11, 1896; attended public and private schools; A.B., Rockford College, Rockford, Ill.,…

Fraser, Douglas Andrew

(Encyclopedia) Fraser, Douglas Andrew, 1916–2008, American labor leader, b. Glasgow, Scotland. His family emigrated to the United States when he was a child and settled in Detroit, where he began his…

Douglas, Paul Howard

(Encyclopedia) Douglas, Paul Howard, 1892–1976, U.S. Senator (1949–67), b. Salem, Mass. An economist, he joined the faculty of the Univ. of Chicago in 1920; was active as a government adviser,…

Douglas Earl APPLEGATE, Congress, OH (1928)

APPLEGATE, Douglas Earl, a Representative from Ohio; born in Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio, March 27, 1928; attended the public schools; graduated, Steubenville High School, 1947;…

Douglas Harry BOSCO, Congress, CA (1946)

BOSCO, Douglas Harry, a Representative from California; born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., July 28, 1946; attended Homestead High School, Sunnyvale, Calif.; graduated, Capitol Page School,…