OWEN, Robert Dale, a Representative from Indiana; born in Glasgow, Scotland, November 7, 1801; studied under private teachers and attended the Emanuel von Fellenberg School at Hofwyl, near…
Senate Years of Service: 1865-1875; 1887-1905Party: Republican; Republican; Silver; RepublicanSTEWART, William Morris, a Senator from Nevada; born in Galen, near Lyons, Wayne County, N.Y.,…
(Encyclopedia) Howe, Julia Ward, 1819–1910, American author and social reformer, b. New York City. Although unhappily married, she assisted her husband, Samuel Gridley Howe, in his philanthropic…
(Encyclopedia) Friendly, Fred W., 1915–98, American broadcaster and author, b. New York City as Ferdinand Friendly Wachenheimer. He began his career at age 22 at a radio station in Providence where…
LA GUARDIA, Fiorello Henry, a Representative from New York; born in New York City December 11, 1882; moved to Arizona; attended the public schools and high school at Prescott, Ariz.; returned…
(Encyclopedia) De Maria, Walter Joseph, 1935–2013, American sculptor, b. Albany, Calif. From the late 1950s into the 60s De Maria partcipated in “Happenings,” created Dada-influenced minimalist…
(Encyclopedia) Olivares, Gaspar de Guzmán, conde-duque deOlivares, Gaspar de Guzmán, conde-duque degäspärˈ dā g&oomacr;thmänˈ kōnˈdā-d&oomacr;ˈkā dā ōlēväˈrās [key], 1587–1645, Spanish…
First Place: $50,000 scholarship, Natalia Toro, 14, Fairview High School, Boulder, Colo., for her physics project “Independent Analysis of Evidence for nu_mu <—> nu_tau Oscillations in the…
