du PONT, Pierre Samuel, IV, a Representative from Delaware; born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., January 22, 1935; educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H., 1948-1952; B.S.E…
McCONNELL, Samuel Kerns, Jr., a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Eddystone, Delaware County, Pa., April 6, 1901; attended the grade schools in Philadelphia, Pa., and was graduated…
Senate Years of Service: 1875-1887Party: RepublicanMcMILLAN, Samuel James Renwick, a Senator from Minnesota; born in Brownsville, Fayette County, Pa., February 22, 1826; completed preparatory…
(Encyclopedia) Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791–1872, American inventor and artist, b. Charlestown, Mass., grad. Yale, 1810. He studied painting in England under Washington Allston and achieved some…
(Encyclopedia) Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre SamuelDu Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuelpyĕr sämüĕlˈ dü pôN də nəm&oomacr;rˈ [key], 1739–1817, French economist, one of the physiocrats. Early in his…
ARENTZ, Samuel Shaw (Ulysses), a Representative from Nevada; born in Chicago, Ill., January 8, 1879; attended the public and high schools; was graduated from the Chicago Manual Training School…
ARENTZ, Samuel Shaw (Ulysses), a Representative from Nevada; born in Chicago, Ill., January 8, 1879; attended the public and high schools; was graduated from the Chicago Manual Training School…
Senate Years of Service: 1954-1974Party: DemocratERVIN, Samuel James, Jr., (brother of Joseph Wilson Ervin), a Representative and a Senator from North Carolina; born in Morganton, Burke County…
Born: Aug. 28, 1920Birthplace: New York Excimer eye surgery— IBM researchers Srinivasan, Wynne, and Blum developed this technique used in LASIK (Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis) eye surgery,…
Born: Mar. 24, 1858Golf English seed merchant who donated the Ryder Cup in 1927 for competition between pro golfers from Great Britain and the U.S.; made his fortune by coming up with idea of…
