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Rogers, Bruce

(Encyclopedia) Rogers, Bruce, 1870–1957, American typographer and book designer, b. Lafayette, Ind. As printing adviser to Cambridge Univ. Press, Harvard Univ. Press, and to commercial houses…

Flory, Paul John

(Encyclopedia) Flory, Paul John, 1910–85, American chemist, b. Sterling, Ill., Ph.D. Ohio State Univ., 1934. Flory was a researcher with the DuPont Company (1934–37) and a professor at the Univ. of…

Melrose, town, Scotland

(Encyclopedia) Melrose, town (1991 pop. 2,221), Scottish Borders, S Scotland, on the Tweed River. It is the site of one of the finest ruins in Scotland—Melrose Abbey, owned by the nation and founded…

Barbour, John

(Encyclopedia) Barbour, JohnBarbour, Johnbärˈbər [key], c.1316?–1395, Scottish poet. He was archdeacon of Aberdeen from 1355 until his death. His romance, The Bruce (1375), celebrating Scotland's…

Mortimer, Roger de, 1st earl of March

(Encyclopedia) Mortimer, Roger de, 1st earl of March, 1287?–1330, English nobleman. He inherited (c.1304) the vast estates and the title of his father, Edmund, 7th baron of Wigmore. Appointed…

Nauman, Bruce

(Encyclopedia) Nauman, BruceNauman, Brucenouˈmən [key], 1941–, American artist, b. Fort Wayne, Ind., B.A. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison (1964), M.F.A. Univ. of California, Davis (1966). One of the most…

George Sterling: Omnium Exeunt in Mysterium

Omnium Exeunt in MysteriumGeorge SterlingThe stranger in my gates — lo! that am I, And what my land of birth I do not know, Nor yet the hidden land to which I go. One may be lord of many ere…

Sterling Heights, MI Census Data

People QuickFactsSterling HeightsMichiganPopulation, 2003 estimate 126,18210,079,985Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 1.4%1.4%Population, 2000 124,4719,938,…

Sterling Heights, MI Demographic Statistics

NumberPercentTotal population124,471100.0SEX AND AGEMale60,97049.0Female63,50151.0Under 5 years7,7296.25 to 9 years8,3266.710 to 14 years8,7587.015 to 19 years8,1536.620 to 24 years7,5956.125…

Sterling Heights, MI Economic Statistics

NumberPercentEMPLOYMENT STATUSPopulation 16 years and over97,973100.0In labor force66,72668.1Civilian labor force66,65968.0Employed64,34065.7Unemployed2,3192.4Percent of civilian labor force3.5…