(Encyclopedia) Buell, Don Carlos, 1818–98, Union general in the Civil War, b. near Marietta, Ohio, grad. West Point, 1841. Buell was appointed brigadier general of volunteers in the Civil War (May,…
historian and Pulitzer Prize–winning writer, admitted in June that he led his students at Mount Holyoke College to believe that he had served as a paratrooper in Vietnam, when in reality his…
Ellis ParkHelen HoytLittle park that I pass through,
I carry off a piece of you
Every morning hurrying down
To my work-day in the town;
Carry you for country there
To make the city ways more…
Links to History: Ellis & Angel Islands 1890 1892 Ellis Island opens as an immigration station in New York harbor. 1900 source: The Granger Collection 1907 In a single…
James EllisAge: 45 computer scientist who was a creator of Usenet, an international network of electronic discussion groups, and an expert on computer security. He died of non-Hodgkins…
James Ellis Lu VallechemistBorn: 1912Birthplace: San Antonio, Tex. In addition to being a student leader at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), where he earned a B.A. in 1936…
Ellis ClaryAge: 85 longtime baseball scout for the Twins from 1962-84, then the White Sox and Blue Jays; played with Washington and St. Louis; won an A.L. pennant as a reserve infielder with…
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