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Arthur, Chester Alan

(Encyclopedia) Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829–86, 21st President of the United States (1881–85), b. Fairfield, Vt. He studied law and before the Civil War practiced in New York City. In the war he was (…

Turing, Alan Mathison

(Encyclopedia) Turing, Alan Mathison, 1912–54, British mathematician and computer theorist. While studying at Cambridge he began work in predicate logic that led to a proof (1937) that some…

Hagler, Marvelous Marvin

(Encyclopedia) Hagler, Marvelous Marvin (Marvin Nathaniel Hagler), 1954-2021, African American champion middle-weight boxer, b. Newark, N.J. Raised…

Fields Medal Winners

The Fields Medal, considered the Nobel Prize of math, has been awarded quadrennially since 1936 by the International Congress of Mathematicians to recognize outstanding mathematics…

Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss

Director/Writer:Tommy O'HaverDirector of Photography:Mark MervisEditor:Jeff BetancourtMusic:Alan Ari LazarProduction Designer:Franco-Giacamo CarboneProducer:David MoseleyTrimark Pictures: R;…

Washington Square

Director: Agnieszka HollandWriter: Carol DoyleDirector of Photography:Jerzy ZielinskiEditor:David SiegelMusic:Jan A. P. KaczmarekProduction Designer:Alan StarskiProducers:Roger Birnbaum and…

James P. HEATH, Congress, MD (1777-1854)

HEATH James P. , a Representative from Maryland; born in Delaware, December 21, 1777; completed preparatory studies; served in the Regular Army as lieutenant of Engineers 1799-1802; register in…

McKEON, Howard P. (Buck), Congress, CA (1938)

McKEON, Howard P. (Buck), a Representative from California; born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., September 9, 1938; graduated from Verdugo Hills High School, Tujunga, Calif.; B.S.,…

Howard P. (Buck) McKEON, Congress, CA (1938)

McKEON Howard P. (Buck) , a Representative from California; born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., September 9, 1938; graduated from Verdugo Hills High School, Tujunga, Calif.; B.S.,…

David P. (Phil) ROE, Congress, TN (1945)

ROE David P. (Phil) , a Representative from Tennessee, born in Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tenn., July 21, 1945; B.S., Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tenn., 1967; M.D., University of…