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Notable Philanthropists

Andrew Carnegie See also Activists and Reformers People in the NewsRecent Obituaries Related Links Charitable Contributions by Type of Recipient Organization…

Entertainment Bios — K

Pauline KaelMadeline KahnLawrence KasdanPatrick KavanaghDanny KayeElia KazanBuster KeatonDiane KeatonMichael KeatonCatherine KeenerBob KeeshanHarvey KeitelBrian KeithSally KellermanDavid E.…

The House of Representatives

In the following lists, the numeral indicates the congressional district represented; AL is for representatives at large. All terms run from Jan. 2007 to Jan. 2009. See also: Current and historical…

Robert Joseph Barro

economistBorn: 1944Birthplace: New York City As a professor of economics at the University of Rochester since 1975, he espoused “new classical macroeconomics” which focus on the study of business…

Joseph H. Burckhalter

Born: 1912Birthplace: Columbia, S.C. Dyes for diagnosing infectious diseases—Burckhalter and Seiwald synthesized fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC), an antibody labeling agent. FITC has become…

S. Joseph Begun

Born: 1905Birthplace: (Danzig, Germany, now Gdansk Poland) Magnetic recording— Early recording machines of the 1920s were cumbersome at best. Sound was recorded magnetically on rapidly spinning…

Joseph Marion Hernandez

U.S. CongressmanBorn: 8/4/1793Birthplace: St. Augustine, Florida Joseph Marion Hernandez was the first Hispanic to serve in the U.S. Congress, as a delegate from the Spanish territory of Florida.…