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Baylor University

(Encyclopedia) Baylor University, mainly at Waco, Tex.; coeducational; chartered and opened 1845 by Baptists (see Baylor, Robert E. B.) at Independence, moved 1886 and absorbed Waco Univ. (chartered…

William Robert POAGE, Congress, TX (1899-1987)

POAGE William Robert , a Representative from Texas; born in Waco, McLennan County, Tex., December 28, 1899; in 1901 moved to Throckmorton County, Tex., with his parents, who settled near Woodson;…

Max A. SANDLIN, Congress, TX (1952)

SANDLIN Max A. , a Representative from Texas; born in Texarkana, Miller County, Ark., September 29, 1952; graduated from Atlanta High School, Atlanta, Tex.; B.A., Baylor University, Waco, Tex.,…

Jack Milton FIELDS, Jr., Congress, TX (1952)

FIELDS Jack Milton, Jr. , a Representative from Texas; born in Humble, Harris County, Tex., February 3, 1952; graduated from Humble High School, Humble, Tex., 1970; B.A., Baylor University, Waco,…

Jack English HIGHTOWER, Congress, TX (1926)

HIGHTOWER Jack English , a Representative from Texas; born in Memphis, Hall County, Tex., September 6, 1926; B.A., Baylor University, 1949; LL.B., Baylor University, 1951; LL.M., University of…

Sam Blakeley HALL, Jr., Congress, TX (1924-1994)

HALL Sam Blakeley, Jr. , a Representative from Texas; born in Marshall, Harrison County, Tex., January 11, 1924; graduated from Marshall public schools, 1940; A.A., College of Marshall (now East…

Rand PAUL, Congress, KY (1963)

Senate Years of Service: 2011-Party: RepublicanPAUL, Rand, (son of Ronald Ernest Paul), a Senator from Kentucky; born in Pittsburgh, Pa., January 7, 1963; attended Baylor University, 1981-1984…

Thomas Harris

Thomas Harris is an American novelist whose best known work is The Silence of the Lambs, 1988 horror thriller that is one of four books about a cannibalistic psychiatrist, Hannibal Lecter. Harris…