(Encyclopedia) Allison, Bobby (Robert Arthur Allison), 1937–, American auto racing driver, b. Miami, Fla. The hard-charging Allison drove the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing circuit…
(Encyclopedia) Mount Allison University, at Sackville, N.B., Canada; nonsectarian; founded 1839; opened 1843 as Mount Allison Wesleyan Academy; Mount Allison College organized 1862. It achieved…
(Encyclopedia) Allison, William Boyd, 1829–1908, U.S. Senator from Iowa (1873–1908), b. Ashland co., Ohio. He served (1863–71) in the House of Representatives and entered the Senate in 1873. One of…
(Encyclopedia) Allison, James Patrick, 1948–, American immunologist, b. Alice, Tex., Ph.D. Univ. of Texas, Austin, 1973. Allison was a researcher at the Univ. of Texas System Cancer Center in Houston…
(Encyclopedia) Bland-Allison Act, 1878, passed by the U.S. Congress to provide for freer coinage of silver. The original bill offered by Representative Richard P. Bland incorporated the demands of…
Bobby AllisonBorn: Dec. 3, 1937Auto racer 3-time winner of Daytona 500 (1978,82,88); NASCAR national champ in 1983; father of Davey.Forrest (Phog) AllenA - CDavey Allison
Davey AllisonBorn: Feb. 25, 1961Auto racer stock car Rookie of Year (1987); winner of 19 NASCAR races, including 1992 Daytona 500; killed at age 32 in helicopter accident at Talladega…
Senate Years of Service: 1873-1908
Party: Republican ALLISON William Boyd , a Representative and a Senator from Iowa; born in Perry, Ohio, March 2, 1829;
attended country schools, the academy in…
The Songs of Mose AllisonVerve Mose Allison's unique vocal style and songwriting have largely gone unnoticed in jazz circles. In this collaboration, Morrison, Fame and Sidran pay a tribute to…
WHITE Allison , a Representative from Pennsylvania;
born in Pine Township, near Jersey Shore, Pa., December 21, 1816;
attended the public schools and was graduated from Allegheny College,…
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