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Brennan, William Joseph, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Brennan, William Joseph, Jr., 1906–97, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1956–90), b. Newark, N.J. After receiving his law degree from Harvard, he practiced law in Newark.…

Souter, David Hackett

(Encyclopedia) Souter, David Hackett, 1939–, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1990–2009), b. Melrose, Mass. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he served as New Hampshire's attorney general…

Walter Brennan

Walter Brennan was a much-loved and much-Oscared character actor in American movies of the 1930s through 1960s. His specialty was cranky-but-good-hearted sidekicks, uncles, bosses and doctors, all…

Edward Brennan Biography

businessmanDied: December 27, 2007 (Burr Ridge, Illinois) Best Known as: former chairman and CEO of Sears Edward Brennan was the chairman and chief…

John O. Brennan

Name at birth: James Owen BrennanJohn O. Brennan served as director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2013 until 2017. Brennan was appointed to the job by President Barack Obama, and confirmed…

Posner, Richard Allen

(Encyclopedia) Posner, Richard AllenPosner, Richard Allenpōzˈnər [key], 1939–, American jurist and author, b. New York City, grad. Yale (A.B., 1959), Harvard Law School (LL.B., 1962). He clerked for…

Christopher, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Christopher, SaintChristopher, Saintkrĭsˈtəfər [key] [Gr.,=Christ bearer], 3d cent.?, martyr of Asia Minor. His characteristic legend is that one day when he was carrying a little…

Sower, Christopher

(Encyclopedia) Sower or Sauer, ChristopherSower or Sauer, Christopherboth: sōˈər, souˈ– [key], 1693–1758, American printer, b. Germany. In 1724, Sower came to America where he worked first as a…