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Donald Sterling

Name at birth: Donald TokowitzDonald Sterling is the NBA owner who was banned from the league for life in 2014 for making racially insensitive remarks. Donald Sterling was born David Tokowitz in…

Hall, Donald

(Encyclopedia) Hall, Donald (Donald Andrew Hall, Jr.), 1928–2018, American poet, b. New Haven, Conn., grad. Harvard (B.A., 1951), Oxford (1953). He published more than 50 books, ranging from poetry,…

McKay, Donald

(Encyclopedia) McKay, DonaldMcKay, Donaldməkāˈ, məkīˈ [key], 1810–80, American shipbuilder, b. Nova Scotia. He opened his own shipyard in Newburyport, Mass., in 1841, then moved to Boston in 1845. He…

Donald, David Herbert

(Encyclopedia) Donald, David Herbert, 1920–2009, American historian, b. Goodman, Miss. After receiving his Ph.D. from the Univ. of Illinois in 1946, he taught at Columbia (1947–49; 1951–59), Smith (…

Donald Mills Biography

Donald MillsAge: 84 entertainer who was the last member of the Mills Brothers trio, whose career spanned seven decades. The group recorded 2,246 songs, including the hits “Up a Lazy River”…

Donald Davies Biography

inventorBorn: 1924Died: 2000 Working independently from Paul Baran, Davies came up with the idea of packet switching, enabling the efficient exchange of…

Donald Hall Biography

American poetBorn: September 20, 1928Birthplace: New Haven, Conn. Former Poet Laureate of the U.S., Donald Hall is known for his descriptions of rural landscape --…

Donald Cram Biography

Donald CramchemistBorn: 4/22/1919Birthplace: Chester, Vt. chemist who shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in chemistry for “synthesizing three-dimensional molecules that could mimic the functioning…