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Kirk Browning Biography

television directorDied: February 10, 2008 (Manhattan, New York) Best Known as: television director of "Live From Lincoln Center" Kirk Browning started out his…

Robert Brown Parker

writerBorn: 9/17/1932Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts While teaching at Boston area colleges, Robert Brown Parker began writing his series of mystery novels. The first, The Godwulf…

John Brown Russwurm

newspaper publisherBorn: 1799Birthplace: Port Antonio, Jamaica Born to a slave mother and a white American merchant father, Russwurm was educated in Quebec and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1826…

Helen Gurley Brown

magazine editor, writerBorn: 2/18/1922Birthplace: Green Forest, Ark. Helen Gurley studied at Texas State College for Women (now Texas Women's University) from 1939 to 1941, and at Woodbury Business…

John Moses Browning

gunsmith, inventorBorn: 1/21/1855Birthplace: Ogden, Utah Raised by Mormon parents, he made his first gun from scrap iron at age 13. He founded the Browning Brothers Company, which was responsible…

Rachel Fuller Brown

Born: 1898Birthplace: Springfield, Mass. Nystatin—Hazen and Brown: Nystatin was the world's first non-toxic anti-fungal antibiotic. It cured fungal infections of the skin, mouth, throat, and…

Rita Mae Brown

author, social activistBorn: 11/28/1944Birthplace: Hanover, Pennsylvania An early member of National Organization for Women, Brown resigned when the oganization tried to surpress her vocal pro-…

Hey, Big Spender! The Federal Budget: Introduction

IntroductionHey, Big Spender! The Federal BudgetIntroductionRole of Government in a Capitalist EconomyThe Government Share of the EconomySocial Security: A Case in PointThe title—Hey, Big Spender!—…