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Jordan, David Starr

(Encyclopedia) Jordan, David Starr, 1851–1931, American scientist and educator, b. Gainesville, N.Y., M.S. Cornell, 1872, M.D. Indiana Medical College, 1875, and studied under Louis Agassiz at…

Johns Hopkins University

(Encyclopedia) Johns Hopkins University, mainly at Baltimore. Johns Hopkins in 1867 had a group of his associates incorporated as the trustees of a university and a hospital, endowing each with $3.5…

Barzun, Jacques

(Encyclopedia) Barzun, JacquesBarzun, Jacqueszhäk bärˈzən [key], 1907–2012, American writer, educator, and historian, b. Créteil, France, grad. Columbia (B.A., 1927; Ph.D., 1932). Barzun moved to the…

James P. McGOVERN, Congress, MA (1959)

McGOVERN James P. , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Worcester, Worcester County, Mass., November 20, 1959; graduated from Worcester Academy, Worcester, Mass.; B.A., American…

James Hubert BILBRAY, Congress, NV (1938)

BILBRAY James Hubert , a Representative from Nevada; born in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nev., May 19, 1938; graduated from Las Vegas High School, Las Vegas, Nev.; attended the University of Nevada,…

Constance A. MORELLA, Congress, MD (1931)

MORELLA Constance A. , a Representative from Maryland; born Constance Albanese in Somerville, Middlesex County, Mass., February 12, 1931; graduated from Somerville High School, Somerville, Mass.,…

Queen Rania

Name at birth: Rania Al-YassinRania Al Abdullah has been the queen of Jordan since 1999, when her husband, Abdullah II, became king. Born in Kuwait to Palestinian parents, Rania graduated from the…

Salam Fayyad

Salam Fayyad is an economist who was appointed prime minister of the Palestinian Authority in June of 2007 by President Mahmoud Abbas. Raised in the West Bank, Fayyad studied chemistry in the late…

Edward SCHROCK, Congress, VA (1941)

SCHROCK Edward , a Representative from Virginia; born in Middletown, Ohio, April 6, 1941; B.A., Alderson-Broaddus College, Philippi, W.Va., 1964; M.A., American University, Washington, D.C., 1975…

Andrea Casiraghi

Prince Andrea Casiraghi is the son of Princess Caroline of Monaco and the nephew of the ruler of Monaco, Prince Albert. Andrea Casiraghi is also the grandson of the rather legendary Princess Grace…