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Victor Vincent VEYSEY, Congress, CA (1915-2001)

VEYSEY, Victor Vincent, a Representative from California; born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., April 14, 1915; B.S., California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1936; M.B.A.,…

Harrison Hagan SCHMITT, Congress, NM (1935)

Senate Years of Service: 1977-1983Party: RepublicanSCHMITT, Harrison Hagan, a Senator from New Mexico; born in Santa Rita, Grant County, N.Mex., July 3, 1935; attended the public schools;…

Physics

  What is Physics? Matter and Materials Science Projects Encyclopedia: Chemistry Glossary of Chemistry Terms Virtual Lab Interactive Periodic Table…

Grambling State University

(Encyclopedia) Grambling State University, at Grambling, La.; coeducational; state supported; est. 1901, attained university status 1974; predominantly African American. It has colleges of liberal…

Hurst

(Encyclopedia) Hurst, city (2020 pop. 40,413), Tarrant co., N Tex., a suburb of Fort Worth; inc. 1952. Helicopters, aviation parts, draperies, and…

Surveyor

What is this job like? Do you know where your backyard ends and your neighbor's yard begins? Have you ever wondered how maps are created? These are questions for a surveyor. Surveyors measure and…

Asian Americans in Business and Media

Jerry Yang Chang, Ming E., business leader, rear admiral (retired) Chao, Stephen, movie producer, TV executive Chen, Joyce, chef Chen, Tei Fu, skin care entrepreneur Chuang, John,…

Business, Philanthropy, and Labor

John Davison Rockefeller Biographies by CategoryArts and Entertainment Business, Philanthropy, and Labor Business, Philanthropy, and Labor Politics and Government Science and…

DK Science: Organic Chemistry

CARBON IN ALL LIVING THINGSCARBON COMPOUNDSCARBON TECHNOLOGYFIND OUT MOREThe study of all compounds that contain carbon is called organic chemistry. Carbon atoms are unique. They can combine with…