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Bayh, Birch Evans, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Bayh, Birch Evans, Jr. bฤซ [key], 1928โ2019, U.S. politician, b. Terre Haute, Ind., grad. Indiana Univ. law school (1960). A Democrat, Bayh served (1954โ62) in the Indiana legislature, then (1963โ...Bell, Derrick Albert, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Bell, Derrick Albert, Jr., 1930โ2011, American lawyer, legal scholar, and educator, b. Pittsburgh, Pa., grad. Duquesne Univ. (A.B., 1952), Univ. of Pittsburgh Law School (LL.B., 1957). Known for his...Schlesinger, Arthur Meier, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Schlesinger, Arthur Meier, Jr., 1917โ2007, American historian and public official, b. Columbus, Ohio, as Arthur Bancroft Schlesinger; son of Arthur Meier Schlesinger. He achieved early success as a ...Scully, Vincent Joseph, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Scully, Vincent Joseph, Jr., 1920โ2018, American architectural historian, b. New Haven, Conn., grad. Yale (B.A., 1940; Ph.D., 1949). As a professor of art history at Yale (1947โ91, though he taugh...Barr, Alfred Hamilton, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Barr, Alfred Hamilton, Jr., 1902โ81, American art historian, b. Detroit. Barr taught art history at several colleges and was the first director of the Museum of Modern Art, New York City. He organiz...Shepard, Alan Bartlett, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Shepard, Alan Bartlett, Jr., 1923โ98, American astronaut, b. East Derry, N.H., grad. Annapolis, 1944. He served on a destroyer during World War II and later had extensive experience as a test pilot....Phelps, Edmund Strother, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Phelps, Edmund Strother, Jr., 1933โ, American economist, b. Evanston, Ill., Ph.D. Yale, 1959. He has been a professor at Yale (1960โ66), the Univ. of Pennsylvania (1966โ71), Columbia (1971โ), ...Price, Vincent Leonard, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Price, Vincent Leonard, Jr., 1911-93, American film actor, b. St. Louis, Mo., Yale Univ. (B.A., 1933). Price studied English and art in college and th...Carter, Elliott Cook, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Carter, Elliott Cook, Jr., 1908โ2012, American composer, b. New York City. Carter is considered by many to be the most important late-20th-century American composer. Mentored early in life by Charle...Baker, Howard Henry, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Baker, Howard Henry, Jr., 1925โ2014, U.S. politician and public official, b. Huntsville, Tenn., grad. Univ. of Tennessee Law College 1949. The son of Howard Henry Baker, 1902โ64, a lawyer, newspap...Browse by Subject
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