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Chad Rowan (Akebono)

Chad Rowan (Akebono)Born: May 8, 1969Sumo Wrestling 6-foot-9, 510-pound naturalized Japanese citizen born in Hawaii; first foreign grand champion in sumo wrestling's 2,000-year history;…

Leo Rosten Biography

Leo RostenAge: 88writer, scholar During his career, which spanned more than 60 years, Rosten introduced millions of Americans to Jewish language, culture and humor. His works include The…

Walt Rostow 2003 Deaths

Walt RostowAge: 86 hawkish economist and historian who, as an adviser to presidents Kennedy and Johnson, advocated U.S. aggressive involvement in the Vietnam War. He believed that the fall of…

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan 2003 Deaths

Prince Sadruddin Aga KhanAge: 70 environmentalist and philanthropist who worked with the United Nations for almost 40 years, specializing in disaster relief and human rights. His nephew is…

Selected Essays in Black History by Jerome Dowd

Mr. Charles W. Chesnutt's Stories Signs of Progress Among the Negroes Paths of Hope for the Negro Practical Suggestions of a Southerner by Jerome Dowd It is too late in the day to discuss…

Jerome Bob TRAXLER, Congress, MI (1931)

TRAXLER Jerome Bob , a Representative from Michigan; born in Kawkawlin, Bay County, Mich., July 21, 1931; attended the public schools in Bay City, Mich.; B.A., Michigan State University, East…

1997 Deaths

Ewart AbnerCal AbramsKathy AckerBobby AdamsDr. Kurt Alfred AdlerJohn Akii-BuaJerome Alden William AllandAntonio de AlmeidaEugenie M. AndersonEddie ArcaroLynn ArchibaldWilliam ArthurRichie…

Bonaparte, Charles Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Bonaparte, Charles Joseph, 1851–1921, U.S. cabinet official, b. Baltimore; grandson of Jérôme Bonaparte and Elizabeth Patterson. A lawyer and political leader in Baltimore, he…

Hill, James Jerome

(Encyclopedia) Hill, James Jerome, 1838–1916, American railroad builder, b. Ontario, Canada. He went to St. Paul, Minn., in 1856. He became a partner of Norman Kittson in a steamboat line and, with…

Dickey, Eric Jerome

(Encyclopedia) Dickey, Eric Jerome, 1961- 2021, African-American author, b. Memphis, TN, Memphis State Univ. (BS, 1983). Dickey studied engineering and…