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Sarah Hughes
Sarah Hughes surprised the world by winning the gold medal in women's figure skating at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City. She was 16 years old and previously had never won a U.S or world senior…Maya Lin
Name at birth: Maya Ying LinMaya Lin was still an undergraduate at Yale University when she won the national design competition for a Vietnam War veterans memorial to be built near the Lincoln…Vanessa Kerry
Vanessa Kerry caught the public eye when she introduced her father, presidential nominee John Kerry, at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. Vanessa and her older sister Alexandra (b. 1973) are…Anne Fadiman
Anne Fadiman won the National Book Critics Circle Award for The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, her 1997 report on the medical and cultural struggles of an immigrant Hmong family living in…William Sloane Coffin, Jr.
William Sloane Coffin, Jr., came to public attention as chaplain of Yale University for opposing U.S. racial segregation and the war in Vietnam. With an upper-class upbringing and experience as a…Shepard, Odell
Shepard, Odell[1884-1967](1)Born in Sterling, Ill., July 22, 1884. Educated at Harvard University. Is now instructor in the English department of Yale University. He is the author of "A…Bill Lann Lee Biography
Bill Lann Lee government official Son of Chinese immigrants who ran a laundry in New York City, Lee graduated from Yale University and Columbia University Law School. He became a civil rights…Erna Hoover Biography
inventorBorn: 28 November 1928Best Known as: inventor of the computerized telephone switching Erna Hoover invented the first computerized telephone switching…Howard Heinz Biography
Howard Heinzbusiness executive, philanthropistBorn: 1877Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pa. He began working in his father's food business in 1900, becoming president in 1919. Under his stewardship…Colton, Arthur
Colton, Arthur[1868-1943](2)Born at Washington, May 22, 1868. Received the degree of A.B. at Yale University in 1890 and of Ph.D. in 1893. He was also instructor in English at Yale for two…Trending
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