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Corey, Elias James

(Encyclopedia) Corey, Elias James, 1928–, American organic chemist and educator, b. Methuen, Mass., grad. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S. 1948, Ph.D. 1951). He has taught at the Univ. of…

Dalén, Nils Gustaf

(Encyclopedia) Dalén, Nils Gustaf, 1869–1937, Swedish engineer. Dalén joined the Gas Accumulator Company (later reorganized as the Swedish Gas Accumulator Company and known as AGA) in 1901 and…

Engle, Robert Fry, 3d

(Encyclopedia) Engle, Robert Fry, 3d, 1942–, American economist, b. Syracuse, N.Y., Ph.D. Cornell, 1969. He has been on the faculty of the Massachusetts Intitute of Technology (1969–75), Univ. of…

Iwakura, Tomomi, Prince

(Encyclopedia) Iwakura, Tomomi, PrinceIwakura, Tomomi, Princetōmōˈmē ēwäˈk&oomacr;rä [key], 1825–83, Japanese statesman. A court noble, he supported the Meiji restoration and became a minister of…

Huber, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Huber, RobertHuber, Roberth&oomacr;ˈbər [key], 1937–, German biochemist. After receiving his doctorate at Munich Technical Univ., he worked both there and at the Max Planck…

Herschbach, Dudley Robert

(Encyclopedia) Herschbach, Dudley RobertHerschbach, Dudley Roberthûrshˈbăk [key], 1932–, American chemist, b. San Jose, Calif., Ph.D. Harvard, 1958. In 1986, Herschbach shared the Nobel Prize in…

Modigliani, Franco

(Encyclopedia) Modigliani, Franco, 1918–2003, American economist, b. Rome. Jewish, antifascist, and trained as a lawyer, he fled Mussolini's Italy in 1938, settling in the United States in 1939,…

McDonnell, James Smith

(Encyclopedia) McDonnell, James Smith, 1899–1980, American aviation pioneer, b. Denver, B.S. Princeton, 1921, M.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1925. He designed the Doodlebug (1929), a…

Lee, Yuan Tseh

(Encyclopedia) Lee, Yuan TsehLee, Yuan Tsehy&oomacr;-änˈ dzûˈ lēˈ [key], 1936–, Taiwanese-American chemist, Ph.D. Univ. of California at Berkeley, 1965. In 1986, Lee shared the Nobel Prize in…

Keeling, Charles David

(Encyclopedia) Keeling, Charles David, 1928–2005, U.S. geochemist, b. Scranton, Pa., Ph.D. Northwestern Univ., 1954. As a postdoctoral fellow at the California Institute of Technology (1953–56), he…