Senate Years of Service: 1937-1943 Party: Democrat SCHWARTZ, Henry Herman (Harry), a Senator from Wyoming; born on a farm near Fort Recovery, Mercer County, Ohio, May 18, 1869; educated in…
modeling agency founderBorn: 1911Birthplace: Chicago, Ill. Originally working as a radio performer and model in the 1930s, he founded his own modeling agency in New York in 1939. He called his…
inventorBorn: 11/4/1884Birthplace: Dromore, County Down, Ireland He began working in his own business at age 16 in Belfast, and went on to build his own airplane, making the first flight in Ireland…
lawyer, founder of Rotary InternationalBorn: 1868Birthplace: Racine, Wis. Having grown up in Vermont and studied law in Iowa, he set up a practice in Chicago, where he founded an informal…
economistBorn: 8/24/1927Birthplace: Chicago, Ill. Nobel Laureate economist who pioneered the idea of a “portfolio” that investors could use to minimize their risks. The theory was that if one were…
Record of the Year“This Masquerade,” George BensonAlbum of the YearSongs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder (Tamla/Motown)Song of the Year“I Write the Songs,” Bruce Johnston, songwriterBest New…
Record of the Year“Sailing,” Christopher CrossAlbum of the YearChristopher Cross, Christopher Cross (Warner Bros.)Song of the Year“Sailing,” Christopher Cross, songwriterBest New ArtistChristopher…
(Encyclopedia) Stegner, Wallace (Wallace Earle Stegner), 1909–93, American writer, b. Lake Mills, Iowa, grad. Univ. of Utah (1930). He wrote perceptively of the American West in short stories, e.g.,…
KVALE, Ole Juulson, (father of Paul John Kvale), a Representative from Minnesota; born near Decorah, Winnesheik County, Iowa, February 6, 1869; attended the rural schools; was graduated from…
KVALE, Paul John, (son of Ole Juulson Kvale), a Representative from Minnesota; born in Orfordville, Rock County, Wis., March 27, 1896; moved to Benson, Minn., with his parents in 1917;…
