McCRACKEN, Robert McDowell, a Representative from Idaho; born in Vincennes, Knox County, Ind., March 15, 1874; moved to Carmi, Ill., in 1880; attended the public schools; went West in 1891 and…
McINTOSH, Robert John, a Representative from Michigan; born in Port Huron, Saint Clair County, Mich., September 16, 1922; graduated from Port Huron High School, Port Huron, Mich., 1940;…
Senate Years of Service: 1930-1937Party: RepublicanCAREY, Robert Davis, (son of Joseph Maull Carey), a Senator from Wyoming; born in Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyo., August 12, 1878; attended…
RAMSPECK, Robert C. Word, a Representative from Georgia; born in Decatur, De Kalb County, Ga., September 5, 1890; attended the public schools and the Donald Fraser School at Decatur, Ga.;…
NIX, Robert Nelson Cornelius, Sr., a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Orangeburg, S.C., August 9, 1898; graduated from Townsend Harris Hall High School, New York, N.Y.; B.A., Lincoln…
(Encyclopedia) Merrifield, Robert Bruce, 1921–2006, American chemist, b. Fort Worth, Tex., Ph.D. Univ. of California at Los Angeles, 1949. As a researcher at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical…
(Encyclopedia) Sherriff, Robert Cedric, 1896–1975, English dramatist. His best-known work is the play, Journey's End (1929), a realistic story about combat in World War I. His other dramas include St…
(Encyclopedia) Brookings, Robert Somers, 1850–1932, American businessman and philanthropist, b. Cecil co., Md. He earned a fortune in business in St. Louis, Mo., and retired in 1897 to devote himself…
(Encyclopedia) Stone, Robert, 1937–2015, American novelist, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. During his early years he was in the Navy, and later he joined Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters in their drug-enhanced…
