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Samuel Blum

Samuel BlumBorn: Aug. 28, 1920Birthplace: New York Excimer eye surgery— IBM researchers Srinivasan, Wynne, and Blum developed this technique used in LASIK (Laser-Assisted In Situ…

Cory Booker

Cory Booker has been a U.S. senator from the state of New Jersey since 2013. He is the state's first-ever African-American senator. The child of two IBM executives, Cory Booker graduated from New…

Scott Walker

Scott Walker was the Republican governor of Wisconsin whose clash with public employee unions made him a national name in 2011, which led to a brief flirtation with a presidential campaign in 2015.…

Thomas J. MANTON, Congress, NY (1932-2006)

MANTON Thomas J. , a Representative from New York; born in New York City, November 3, 1932; attended St. Joseph's School, Astoria, N.Y., and St. John's Prep, Brooklyn, N.Y.; B.B.A., St. John's…

Shelly Lazarus Biography

Shelly Lazarusadvertising executiveBorn: 1947Birthplace: New York City Shelly Braff graduated from Smith College in 1968 and earned an MBA from Columbia University in 1970, where she was one…

Cathleen Black Biography

Cathleen BlackpublisherBorn: 1944Birthplace: Chicago, Ill. Black graduated from Trinity College in Washington, DC in 1966. She sold advertising for magazines such as Holiday and Travel &…

Mack Francis MATTINGLY, Congress, GA (1931)

Senate Years of Service: 1981-1987 Party: Republican MATTINGLY Mack Francis , a Senator from Georgia; born in Anderson, Madison County, Ind., January 7, 1931; attended the public schools; graduated…

Bill Gates Biography

Bill Gates(William Henry Gates III)software industry pioneer, philanthropistBorn: 10/28/1955Birthplace: Seattle, Wash. After years of tinkering with computers, Gates dropped out of Harvard…

monopoly

(Encyclopedia) monopolymonopolymənōpˈəlē [key], market condition in which there is only one seller of a certain commodity; by virtue of the long-run control over supply, such a seller is able to…

Ken Jennings

Ken Jennings won 74 straight games on the TV game show Jeopardy! in 2004. The unprecedented run earned him $2,522,700, at the time the greatest amount ever won by any contestant on an American game…