Russian translatorDied: Dec. 2, 2007 (Manhattan, New York) Best Known as: former diplomat, writer, and Russian translator A former diplomat and writer on Russian…
computer industry executiveBorn: 1/8/1914Birthplace: Dayton, Ohio Though he won a deferment by serving in the Air Force in World War II, Watson was destined to follow in his father's footsteps as…
business executiveBorn: 2/17/1874Birthplace: Cambell, N.Y. Having begun his career at National Cash Register in Dayton, Ohio (1896–1911), where he learned about punch cards and worked his way up to…
BEEKMAN, Thomas, a Representative from New York; born in Wayne County, N.Y., birth date unknown; town clerk of Smithfield, N.Y., 1824; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian candidate to the Twenty-…
LEWIS, Thomas, a Representative from Virginia; born in Augusta County, Va., birth date unknown; attended the common schools; presented credentials as a Federalist Representative-elect to the…
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(Encyclopedia) Storm King Art Center, sculpture park and museum in Mountainville, N.Y., some 55 mi (89 km) north of New York City. Founded in 1960, it comprises 500 acres (202 hectares) of lawns,…
MYERS, John Thomas, (father-in-law of Brian D. Kerns), a Representative from Indiana; born in Covington, Fountain County, Ind., February 8, 1927; graduated from Covington High School,…
OSBORNE, Thomas, a Representative from Nebraska; born in Hastings, Adams County, Nebr., February 23, 1937; graduated from Hastings High School, Hastings, Nebr.; B.S., Hastings College,…
