BRUNNER, David B., a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Amity, Berks (now Washington) County, Pa., March 7, 1835; attended the common schools; learned the carpenterâs trade; taught…
GUNCKEL, Lewis B., a Representative from Ohio; born in Germantown, Montgomery County, Ohio, October 15, 1826; pursued preparatory studies; was graduated from Farmerâs College in 1848 and…
HENRY, Paul B., a Representative from Michigan; born in Chicago, Ill., July 9, 1942; graduated from Pasadena High School, Pasadena, Calif., 1959; B.A., Wheaton College, Ill., 1963; M.A., Duke…
HUBER, Walter B., a Representative from Ohio; born in Akron, Summit County, Ohio, June 29, 1903; associated with the Summit County prosecuting attorney 1936-1944; elected as a Democrat to the…
KLEPPER, Frank B., a Representative from Missouri; born in St. John, Putnam County, Mo., June 22, 1864; moved with his parents to Mirabile, Caldwell County, Mo., where he remained for ten…
(Encyclopedia) Newsom, Gavin Christopher, 1967– American businessman and politician, b. San Francisco. He was a cofounder (1991) of the PlumpJack Group, whose businesses grew from a wine store to…
VAN HOUTEN, Isaac B., a Representative from New York; born in Clarkstown (now New City), Rockland County, N.Y., June 4, 1776; attended the common schools; engaged in milling and agricultural…
(Encyclopedia) Davis, Gray (Joseph Graham Davis, Jr.), 1942–, U.S. politician, b. the Bronx, N.Y. A graduate of Stanford Univ. (1964) and Columbia Univ. Law School (1967), he entered the army and…
For the most outstanding juvenile books in the U.S.: one award for outstanding fiction, one for outstanding nonfiction, one for outstanding illustration (since 1976); given by the Boston Globe…
