(Encyclopedia) Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
Year
Recipient(s)
1969
Ragnar FrischJan Tinbergen
1970
Paul A. Samuelson
1971
Simon Kuznets
1972
Sir John R…
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…
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Senate Years of Service: 1931-1937; 1938-1943Party: Republican; RepublicanBARBOUR, William Warren, a Senator from New Jersey; born in Monmouth Beach, Monmouth County, N.J., July 31, 1888;…
Senate Years of Service: 1925-1935; 1935-1947Party: Republican; ProgressiveLA FOLLETTE, Robert Marion, Jr., (son of Robert Marion La Follette), a Senator from Wisconsin; born in Madison, Dane…
(Encyclopedia) Bulwer-Lytton, Edward Robert, 1st earl of Lytton, pseud. Owen Meredith, 1831–91, English diplomat and poet; son of the novelist, Bulwer-Lytton. He was in the diplomatic service from…
George W. Bush's secretary of Health and Human Services Born: 11/19/1941Birthplace: Elroy, Wis. Thompson was the governor of Wisconsin for an unprecedented 14 years. During his tenure, he was an…
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