Edward Alexander Bouchetphysicist, chemistBorn: 1852Birthplace: New Haven, Conn. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Bouchet was the first African American to graduate (1874) from Yale College.…
O'Brien, Edward Joseph[1890-1941](2)Born in Boston, Mass., Dec. 10, 1890. Educated at Boston College and Harvard University. Author of "White Fountains", 1917; "The Forgotten Threshold",…
William Edward Boeingaircraft manufacturerBorn: 1881Birthplace: Detroit, Mich. Having begun his career working in the lumber industry, in 1916 he formed the Pacific Aero Products Company. He…
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…
Edward WalkerAge: 82 inventor who designed the lava lamp in the early 1960s in England. Died: Ringwood, England, Aug. 15, 2000Floyd WagstaffR - ZLancelot Ware
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…
Anthony Edward Rupertfinancier, arts patron, conservationistBorn: October 4, 1916Birthplace: Graaff-Reinet, South Africa Died: January 18, 2006 After studying and teaching chemistry at…
Edward LewisAge: 86 geneticist who won a 1995 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his “discoveries concerning the genetic control of early embryonic development” in humans. Died: San Marino, Calif.,…
Edward BolandAge: 90 former U.S. Democratic congressman from Massachusetts who introduced a series of amendments intended to thwart President Reagan's covert program to fund Nicaragua's…
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