HEALEY, James Christopher, a Representative from New York; born in the Bronx, New York City, December 24, 1909; attended the public schools of New York City; B.S., Wharton School of the…
HOGAN, Earl Lee, a Representative from Indiana; born in Hope, Bartholomew County, Ind., March 13, 1920; attended the public schools of Burney; also attended Indiana University and the…
actorBorn: 11/11/1972Birthplace: Ashern, Manitoba, Canada Adam Beach was born a Saulteaux Indian (part of the Ojibwa Nation) and lived on the Dog Creek Indian Reservation in Manitoba until the…
JONES, James Robert, a Representative from Oklahoma; born in Muskogee, Muskogee County, Okla., May 5, 1939; attended Sacred Heart School, Muskogee, Okla.; graduated, Muskogee Central High…
SOSNOWSKI, John Bartholomew, a Representative from Michigan; born in Detroit, Mich., December 8, 1883; attended the parochial and Army schools; during the Spanish-American War enlisted as a…
actressBorn: 8/16/1958Birthplace: New York City This Yale-educated actress starred in August Wilson plays on Broadway before making her move to films with leading roles in Boyz in the Hood (1991)…
DEROUNIAN, Steven Boghos, a Representative from New York; born in Sofia, Bulgaria, April 6, 1918; brought to the United States at the age of three by his parents who settled in Mineola, N.Y.;…
(Encyclopedia) litanylitanylĭtˈənē [key] [Gr.,=prayer], solemn prayer characterized by varying petitions with set responses. The term is mainly used for Christian forms. Litanies were developed in…
(Encyclopedia) Lagerkvist, Pär FabianLagerkvist, Pär Fabianpâr fäˈbēän läˈgərkvĭst [key], 1891–1974, Swedish poet, dramatist, and novelist. Lagerkvist is considered one of the most significant…
