OphthalmologistBorn: 8/7/1932Birthplace: Kentucky Born in Kentucky, Maurice Rabb earned a B.S. in 1954, and an M.D. in 1958 from the University of Louisville. In an impressive medical career, Rabb…
chemical engineerBorn: 2/3/1926Birthplace: Indianapolis, Ind. Virgil Trice earned both B.S. and M.S. degrees from Purdue University in 1945. He also received an M.S. in Industrial Engineering from…
Born: 9/16/1950Birthplace: Keyser, W.Va.writer, critic, educator, activist Gates has used his position as one of the country's preeminent Black scholars to promote his theory of education reform,…
generalBorn: 2/11/1920Birthplace: Pensacola, Florida James joined the segregated United States Army Air Corp while attending Tuskegee Institute. He was made a second lieutenant during World War II…
social reformerBorn: 7/31/1921Birthplace: Lincoln Ridge, Ky. As executive director of the National Urban League (1961–1971) Young focused on gaining equality for blacks in business and politics and…
chief justice, U.S. Supreme Court Born: January 27, 1955Birthplace: Buffalo, NY Roberts graduated summa cum laude from Harvard in 1976, and magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1979. He…
Federal Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitBorn: April 1, 1950Birthplace: Trenton, N.J. Judge Alito was nominated as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court by President George W.…
Born: 1937Birthplace: Rochester, N.Y. Microprocessor concept and architecture—Ted Hoff was the first to recognize that Intel's new silicon-gated MOS technology might make a single-chip CPU possible…
Born: 1886Birthplace: Nellore, India Synthesis of vitamin B1—Williams isolated thiamine in crystalline form and synthesized vitamin B1. He was instrumental in achieving enrichment of flour,…
Born: 1919Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pa. ENIAC data translating device—Engineers Eckert and Mauchly invented ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator), the first multipurpose computer,…
