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Crocker, Charles
(Encyclopedia) Crocker, Charles, 1822–88, American railroad builder, b. Troy, N.Y. In 1836 he moved with his family to Marshall co., Ind., where he later set up a small foundry. He joined a party to…Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
(Encyclopedia) Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, private philanthropic organization established in 2000 by Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel Corp., and his wife Betty. The foundation funds projects…Huntington, Collis Potter
(Encyclopedia) Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821–1900, American railroad builder, b. near Torrington, Conn. A storekeeper of Oneonta, N.Y., before he went West in the gold rush of 1849, he became a…Moore Foundation
(Encyclopedia) Moore Foundation: see Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.Ford, Betty
(Encyclopedia) Ford, Betty, 1918–2011, American first lady (1974–77), wife of President Gerald Ford, b. Chicago as Elizabeth Anne Bloomer. A candid, outspoken, and popular first lady, she became an…Friedan, Betty Naomi
(Encyclopedia) Friedan, Betty NaomiFriedan, Betty Naomifrēdănˈ [key], 1921–2006, American social reformer and feminist, b. Peoria, Ill. as Bettye Goldstein, educated at Smith College (B.A., 1942) and…Adelaide Hawley Cumming 1998 Deaths
Adelaide Hawley CummingAge: 93 radio and television personality who was the first woman hired by General Mills to assume the persona of homemaker and cook Betty Crocker. Died: Dec. 21, 1998.…MacMillan, Donald Baxter
(Encyclopedia) MacMillan, Donald Baxter, 1874–1970, American arctic explorer, b. Provincetown, Mass., grad. Bowdoin College, 1898, and studied at Harvard. After a decade of teaching, he went on the…White, Betty
actressBirthplace: Oak Park, Ill.Born: 1/17/22Furness, Betty
(Elizabeth Furness) ex-actress, consumer advocateBirthplace: New York CityBorn: 1916Died: 1994Trending
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