chemical engineerBorn: 2/3/1926Birthplace: Indianapolis, Ind. Virgil Trice earned both B.S. and M.S. degrees from Purdue University in 1945. He also received an M.S. in Industrial Engineering from…
Born: 9/16/1950Birthplace: Keyser, W.Va.writer, critic, educator, activist Gates has used his position as one of the country's preeminent Black scholars to promote his theory of education reform,…
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