(Encyclopedia) Halberstam, David, 1934–2007, American journalist and author, b. New York City, grad. Harvard (B.A., 1955). A reporter (1956–60) for newspapers in Mississippi and Tennessee, he…
(Encyclopedia) Kornberg, Roger David, 1947–, American biochemist, b. St. Louis, Mo., Ph.D. Stanford, 1972; son of Arthur Kornberg. Kornberg held academic posts at Cambridge (1972–76) and Harvard (…
(Encyclopedia) Granger, David Arthur, 1945–, Guyanese political leader and military officer. He served in the Guyanese army (1965–92), rising to the rank of brigadier and becoming commander of the…
(Encyclopedia) Malpass, David Robert, 1956–, American government offical and finance executive, b. Petoskey, Mich., B.A. Colorado College, 1976, M.B.A. Univ. of Denver, 1978, fellow School of Foreign…
(Encyclopedia) Broder, David Salzer, 1929n–2011, American journalist, b. Chicago Heights, Ill., grad. Univ. of Chicago (1947). Noted for measured and incisive political analysis, Broder worked for…
(Encyclopedia) Thompson, David, 1770–1857, Canadian geographer, fur trader, and explorer, b. London, England. In 1784 he came to Fort Churchill, Canada, as an apprentice of the Hudson's Bay Company,…
WINN Edward Lawrence, Jr. (Larry) , a Representative from Kansas; born in Kansas City, Jackson County,
Mo., August 22, 1919; attended public schools in Kansas City, Mo.; B.A.,
University of Kansas…
WINN, Edward Lawrence, Jr. (Larry), a Representative from Kansas; born in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., August 22, 1919; attended public schools in Kansas City, Mo.; B.A., University of…
(Encyclopedia) Brewster, Sir David, 1781–1868, Scottish physicist and natural philosopher. He is noted especially for his research into the polarization of light (the invention of the kaleidoscope…
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