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Stanford University

(Encyclopedia) Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by…

Booker, Corey Anthony

(Encyclopedia) Booker, Corey Anthony, 1969- , African American politician, b. Washington, D.C., Stanford University (B.A., 1991; M.A., 1992),…

Rhode, Deborah Lynn

(Encyclopedia) Rhode, Deborah Lynn, 1952-2021, American legal ethicist and educator, b. Evanston, IL, Yale (BA, 1974), Yale Law (JD, 1977). Raised in…

Condoleezza Rice

Condoleezza Rice was U.S. Secretary of State from 2005 until 2009 under President George W. Bush, after serving four years as National Security Advisor (2001-05). Condoleezza Rice was a gifted…

Emmett W. Chappelle Biography

Emmett W. ChappellebiochemistBorn: 10/25/1925Birthplace: Phoenix, Ariz. Emmett W. Chappelle earned a B.S. degree from the University of California in 1950, and from 1950 to 1953 he served as…

Edwin Van Wyck ZSCHAU, Congress, CA (1940)

ZSCHAU Edwin Van Wyck , a Representative from California; born in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebr., January 6, 1940; attended public schools in Omaha; A.B., Princeton University, 1961; M.B.A., 1963, M…

Xavier BECERRA, Congress, CA (1958)

BECERRA Xavier , a Representative from California; born in Sacramento, Sacramento County, Calif., January 26, 1958; B.A., Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., 1980; J.D., Stanford University,…

Howard Curtis NIELSON, Congress, UT (1924)

NIELSON Howard Curtis , A Representative from Utah; born in Richfield, Sevier County, Utah, September 12, 1924; graduated from Richfield High School, 1942; B.S., University of Utah, Salt Lake City,…

Victor Vincent VEYSEY, Congress, CA (1915-2001)

VEYSEY Victor Vincent , a Representative from California; born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., April 14, 1915; B.S., California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1936; M.B.A., Harvard…