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(Encyclopedia) Cornell University, mainly at Ithaca, N.Y.; with land-grant, state, and private support; coeducational; chartered 1865, opened 1868. It was named for Ezra Cornell, who donated $500,000…Christopher GIBSON, Congress, NY (1964)
GIBSON Christopher , a Representative from New York; born in Rockville Centre, Nassau County, N.Y., May 13, 1964; graduated from Ichabod Crane High School, Kinderhook, N.Y.; B.A., Siena College,…Charles Samuel JOELSON, Congress, NJ (1916-1999)
JOELSON Charles Samuel , a Representative from New Jersey; born in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., January 27, 1916; attended the public schools, graduated from Montclair Academy; Cornell…Joseph Clifford HENDRIX, Congress, NY (1853-1904)
HENDRIX Joseph Clifford , a Representative from New York; born in Fayette, Howard County, Mo., May 25, 1853; attended private schools and Central College at Fayette and Cornell University, Ithaca…FILNER, Robert, Congress, DE (1942)
FILNER, Robert, a Representative from California; born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., September 4, 1942; B.A., Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1963; M.A., University of Delaware, Newark…Bob FILNER, Congress, CA (1942)
FILNER Bob , a Representative from California; born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., September 4, 1942; graduated from Forest Hills High School, Queens, N.Y., 1959; B.A., Cornell University,…Willis Haviland Carrier Biography
Willis Haviland Carrier air conditioning pioneerBorn: 11/26/1876Birthplace: Angola, N.Y. Carrier grew up on his father's farm on the New York shore of Lake Erie. In 1895 he received a…Colonial American and Ivy League Colleges
America's oldest and prestigious universities While a number of present-day colleges were founded as secondary schools before the American Revolution, only nine existed as colleges at that point.…New Uranian Moons Discovered
In Sept. 1999, Cornell University astronomers announced the discovery of three more satellites. The moons have been named Setebos, Stephano, and Prospero. The satellites are about 12 mi (20…Barbara McClintock
Name at birth: Eleanor McClintockScientist Barbara McClintock was given the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1983, in recognition of her decades-long work on the genetics of maize. Educated…Trending
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