singer, actor, producerBorn: 3/1/1927Birthplace: New York City The son of Caribbean-born immigrants, he became one of the most popular vocalists of the postwar era and also starred in such films…
printer, editorBorn: 1917Birthplace: Keokuk, Iowa A skilled hand printer of literary works, he is well known for printing Robert Lowell's first book of poetry, The Land of Unlikeness, in 1944.…
media journalist, authorBorn: 4/17/1923Birthplace: Dakota City, Iowa Grey-haired journalist who laced his commentary with wry wit and was one of the first correspondents on 60 Minutes. Having…
producerBorn: 10/27/1915Birthplace: St. John, New Brunswick, Canada Based in Britain, Saltzman produced the well-received social dramas Look Back in Anger (1959) and Saturday Night and Sunday…
food industry executiveBorn: 1855Birthplace: London, England Having emigrated to Ohio in 1882, he quickly established himself in the business of providing food to sports fans and conventioneers. In…
Senate Years of Service: 1937-1943Party: DemocratSCHWARTZ, Henry Herman (Harry), a Senator from Wyoming; born on a farm near Fort Recovery, Mercer County, Ohio, May 18, 1869; educated in the…
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…
