(Encyclopedia) Gravely, Samuel Lee, Jr., 1922–2004, U.S. naval officer, the first African American to hold the rank of admiral, b. Richmond, Va. Joining the Naval Reserves in 1942, he became (1944)…
EMERSON, Jo Ann, (wife of Bill Emerson), a Representative from Missouri; born in Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md, September 16, 1950; B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, 1972;…
BUERKLE, Ann Marie, a Representative from New York; born in Auburn, Cayuga County, N.Y., May 8, 1951; R.N., St. Josephââ¬â¢s Hospital School of Nursing, Nashua, N.H., 1972; B.S., Lemoyne College…
FOXX, Virginia Ann, a Representative from North Carolina; born in New York, Bronx County, N.Y., June 29, 1943; B.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., 1968; M.A.C.T., University of…
Senate Years of Service: 1987-Party: DemocratMIKULSKI, Barbara Ann, a Senator and a Representative from Maryland; born in Baltimore, Md., July 20, 1936; graduated, Mount St. Agnes College 1958…
(Encyclopedia) Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, 28 acres (11 hectares), NE Va., in Arlington National Cemetery; est. 1955. Formerly called the Custis-Lee Mansion, it is a memorial to the…
Senate Years of Service: 2001-Party: DemocratSTABENOW, Deborah Ann, a Senator and a Representative from Michigan; born in Gladwin, Mich., April 29, 1950; graduated, Clare High School; B.A.,…
Senate Years of Service: 1789-1792Party: Anti-AdministrationLEE, Richard Henry, (brother of Arthur Lee and Francis Lightfoot Lee, and great-grandfather of Blair Lee), a Delegate and a Senator…
(Encyclopedia) Murray, Albert Lee, 1916–2013, American essayist, novelist, and critic, b. Nokomis, Ala., grad. Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee Univ.; B.S., 1939) and New York Univ. (M.A., 1948).…
