(Encyclopedia) Fairbanks, Charles Warren, 1852–1918, Vice President of the United States (1905–9), b. Union co., Ohio. He became wealthy as a railroad lawyer in Indianapolis, rose in Republican…
Frank M. Johnson, Jr.Age: 80 uncompromising federal judge from Alabama whose rulings helped desegregate many of Montgomery's public facilities and cleared the way for Martin Luther King Jr.…
Earl M. RamerAge: 84 former NCAA president in 1971 and 1972 and 34-year member of the faculty at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; served two decades as faculty athletics…
John M. FordAge: 49 author who wrote several science fiction and fantasy novels and numerous poems and short stories. His work often drew upon, and played with the conventions of, multiple…
(Encyclopedia) Charles V (Charles Leopold), 1643–90, duke of Lorraine; nephew of Duke Charles IV. Deprived of the rights of succession to the duchy, he was forced to leave France and entered the…
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