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Clarence Griffin 1998 Deaths

Clarence GriffinAge: 49 men's basketball coach at Triton College in Illinois, who over 18 seasons established one of the best records in the country among junior colleges; “Griff” was named…

Pete Griffin 1998 Deaths

Pete GriffinAge: 81 former Florida A&M track coach who helped develop Olympic sprinter Bob Hayes; played center on A&M's undefeated and unscored-upon 1938 football team; of a lengthy…

Rochester, John Wilmot, 2d earl of

(Encyclopedia) Rochester, John Wilmot, 2d earl of, 1647–80, English poet and courtier, b. Ditchley, Oxfordshire. Most notorious and dissolute of the Restoration rakes, he lost the favor of Charles II…

Landrum-Griffin Act

(Encyclopedia) Landrum-Griffin Act, 1959, passed by the U.S. Congress, officially known as the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act. It resulted from hearings of the Senate committee on…

Tim GRIFFIN, Congress, AR (1968)

GRIFFIN Tim , a Representative from Arkansas; born in Charlotte, Mecklenberg County, North Carolina, on August 21, 1968; B.A., Hendrix College, Conway, Ark., 1990; attended Pembroke College,…

Philistines

(Encyclopedia) PhilistinesPhilistinesfĭlˈĭstēnz, fĭlĭsˈ– [key], inhabitants of Philistia, a non-Semitic people who came to Palestine from a region in the Mediterranean in the 12th cent. b.c. Genetic…

Cyrus GRIFFIN, Congress, VA (1748-1810)

GRIFFIN, Cyrus, a Delegate from Virginia; born in Farnham, Richmond County, Va., July 16, 1748; sent to England to be educated; studied law at the University of Edinburgh and at the Temple in…

Isaac GRIFFIN, Congress, PA (1756-1827)

GRIFFIN Isaac , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Kent County, Del., February 27, 1756; attended the public schools; moved to Fayette County, Pa., and engaged in agricultural pursuits…

Michael GRIFFIN, Congress, WI (1842-1899)

GRIFFIN Michael , a Representative from Wisconsin; born in County Clare, Ireland, September 9, 1842; immigrated with his parents to Canada in 1847 and to Ohio in 1851; moved to Wisconsin in 1856…

Robert Paul GRIFFIN, Congress, MI (1923)

Senate Years of Service: 1966-1979 Party: Republican GRIFFIN Robert Paul , a Representative and a Senator from Michigan; born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., November 6, 1923; attended public…