writerBorn: 9/16/1943Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia James Alan McPherson appeared on the literary scene in 1968 when “Gold Coast,” taken from his first published volume of short fiction, Hue and Cry…
CADY, John Watts, (nephew of Daniel Cady), a Representative from New York; born in Florida, Montgomery County, N.Y., June 28, 1790; attended school at the Old Stone Manse at Fort Hunter, and…
WATTS, John Clarence, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Ky., July 9, 1902; attended the public schools; was graduated from the University of Kentucky in…
WATTS, John Sebrie, a Delegate from the Territory of New Mexico; born in Boone County, Ky., January 19, 1816; moved to Indiana, where he completed preparatory studies; was graduated from…
SAUNDERS, Edward Watts, a Representative from Virginia; born near Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Va., October 20, 1860; received his early education under private teachers; attended Bellevue…
actorBorn: 3/8/1918Birthplace: Los Angeles Hearty, large character actor much like his father who first appeared as a teenager in 1933's Wild Boys of the Road. He worked in bit parts throughout the…
(Encyclopedia) Hulse, Russell Alan, 1950–, American astrophysicist, b., New York City, Ph.D. Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1975. Hulse was a researcher at the Princeton's plasma physics laboratory…
(Encyclopedia) Boyd, Alan Stephenson, 1922–2020, U.S. government official, first secretary of transportation (1967–69), b. Jacksonville, Fla. After serving in the Army Air Forces in World War II, he…
(Encyclopedia) Greenspan, Alan, 1926–, American economist, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board (1987–2006), b. New York City. Influenced by the philosophy of Ayn Rand, Greenspan is a strong…
(Encyclopedia) Lerner, Alan Jay, 1918–86, American lyricist and librettist, b. New York City. After two years as a radio scriptwriter, Lerner began an association with the composer Frederick Loewe…