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Edwin Traisman Biography
food scientistDied: June 5, 2007 (Madison, Wisconsin) Best Known as: creator of Kraft Cheez Wiz and McDonald's French fries Food scientist whose research…Otis Redding
Otis Redding was a black soul singer who died in a plane crash in 1967, just before the release of what turned out to be his biggest hit, "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay." Redding grew up in Macon…John Bardeen
John BardeenBorn: 1908Birthplace: Madison, Wisconsin Transistor—Bardeen, Shockley and Brattain shared the 1956 Nobel Prize for Physics for the invention of the transistor. The transistor replaced…Edward Brennan Biography
businessmanDied: December 27, 2007 (Burr Ridge, Illinois) Best Known as: former chairman and CEO of Sears Edward Brennan was the chairman and chief…Chris Farley Biography
Chris Farley actor, comedianBorn: 2/15/1964Birthplace: Madison, Wisconsin Manic comedian who worked hard and played hard amidst his rising success as a cast member of Saturday Night Live (from…Lewis MORRIS, Congress, NY (1726-1798)
MORRIS, Lewis, (half brother of Gouverneur Morris and uncle of Lewis Richard Morris), a Delegate from New York; born in Morrisania (now a part of New York City), N.Y., April 8, 1726;…Ten Best Metropolitan Areas in the United States
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, can boast that it’s the home to the first baseball stadium built in the United States—Forbes Field, constructed in 1909—and the…2005 Intel Science Talent Search Winners
First Place: $100,000 scholarship, David Lawrence Vigliarolo Bauer, 17, Hunter College High School, Bronx, N.Y., for developing a sensor for rapidly detecting…U.S. News: States Attempt to Weaken Unions
Major U.S. news stories, from Occupy Wall Street to Penn State Protestor in Cairo shows unity with Wisconsin protesetors Photo Credit: Derek Blackadder Related Links 2011…The Supreme Court: Using the Right Not to Knock
Using the Right Not to KnockThe Supreme CourtCollecting EvidenceSearching Your Car When You're Stopped for SpeedingUsing the Right Not to KnockFinding Marijuana with Thermal-Imaging…Trending
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