ERDREICH, Ben, a Representative from Alabama; born in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala., December 9, 1938; graduated from Shados Valley High School, Birmingham, Ala., 1956; B.A., Yale…
GREEN, Al, a Representative from Texas; born in New Orleans, Jefferson Parish, La., September 1, 1947; attended Texas A&M University, 1966-1971; attended Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Ala…
GRIFFITH, Parker, a Representative from Alabama; born in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La., August 6, 1942; attended Loyola University, Chicago, Ill., 1962-1964; B.S., Louisiana State University,…
Senate Years of Service: 2009-Party: DemocratFRANKEN, Al, a Senator from Minnesota; born in Manhattan, N.Y., May 21, 1951; A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1973; screenwriter;…
BROOKS, Mo, a Representative from Alabama; born in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., April 29, 1954; graduated from Grissom High School, Huntsville, Ala., 1972; B.A., Duke University, Durham, N.…
DAVIS, Artur, a Representative from Alabama; born in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala., on October 9, 1967; graduated from Jefferson Davis High School, Montgomery, Ala.; B.A., Harvard…
(Encyclopedia) Majid, Ali Hassan al-Majid, Ali Hassan al-äˈlē hāˈsän äl-mäjēdˈ [key], 1941–2010, Iraqi general and Ba'athist, cousin of Saddam Hussein. After Hussein took power (1979), Majid played a…
(Encyclopedia) Maliki, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, Nuri Kamal al-n&oomacr;rˈē kämälˈ äl-mälˈĭkē [key], 1950–, Iraqi political leader. A Shiite who worked as an education official in Hilla, he was a…
(Encyclopedia) Abu'l Hasan al-Uqlidisi, c. a.d. 920–c. a.d. 980, Arab mathematician working in Damascus and Baghdad. He wrote (952–53) a treatise on arithmetic and Arabic numerals that is the first…
(Encyclopedia) Bakr, Ahmad Hasan al-Bakr, Ahmad Hasan al-äkhmädˈ häsänˈ äl-bäkˈər [key], 1914–82, president of Iraq (1968–79). He served as an officer in the Iraqi army but was forced to retire (1958…
