(Encyclopedia) FreyFreyfrā [key], Norse god. He was a beneficent deity associated with the fertilizing powers of the sun and the rain and, like his sister Freyja, with the return of spring. His…
FREY, Louis, Jr., a Representative from Florida; born in Rutherford, Bergen County, N.J., January 11, 1934; graduated from Rutherford High School, Rutherford, N.Y., 1951; B.A., Colgate…
(Encyclopedia) Miller, Glenn (Alton Glenn Miller), 1904–44, American jazz trombonist, bandleader, and composer, b. Clarinda, Iowa. Playing in Ben Pollack's band by 1927, he was a freelance musician…
The Right StuffPioneer John Glenn Returns to Space by Michael Morrison Is there anything John Glenn can't do? College graduate, distinguished war hero, the first American to orbit the earth,…
FREY, Oliver Walter, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born near Quakertown, Richland Township, Bucks County, Pa., September 7, 1887; moved to Ohio with his parents in 1891 and to Allentown…
(Encyclopedia) Gould, Glenn, 1932–82, Canadian pianist and composer. A prodigy, he began study at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto at 12. He was piano soloist with the Toronto Symphony at…
(Encyclopedia) Martin, Glenn Luther, 1886–1955, American aviation pioneer, b. Macksburg, Iowa. Martin built his first airplane in 1909, and in 1912 set the world over-water record, flying from…
(Encyclopedia) Frank, Glenn, 1887–1940, American editor and educator, b. Queen City, Mo., grad. Northwestern Univ., 1912. He was assistant to the president of Northwestern Univ. from 1912 to 1916. In…
(Theodore Scott Glenn)actorBorn: 1/26/1942Birthplace: Pittsburgh Severe looking actor who started on the stage in 1965 and appeared in The Edge of Night (1968) before his film debut in The Baby…
(Encyclopedia) Glenn, John Herschel, Jr., 1921–2016, American astronaut and politician, b. Cambridge, Ohio. On Feb. 20, 1962, he became the first American and the third person to orbit the earth,…
