(Encyclopedia) Hiller, Stanley, Jr., 1924–2006, American aeronautical engineer and business executive, b. San Francisco. At 12 years old, he designed and produced gas-propelled toy cars, a business…
(Encyclopedia) Davis, Raymond, Jr., 1914–2006, American astrochemist, Ph.D. Yale Univ. 1942. Davis, who served in the Army Air Forces from 1942 to 1946, was a researcher at Monsanto Chemical Company…
Fisher, Mahlon Leonard[1874-?](2)Born in Williamsport, Pa., July 20, 1874. Educated in private study and in the schools of his native city. Mr. Fisher took up architecture and practiced…
Leonard Michael GreeneBorn: 1918Birthplace: New York City Airplane stall warning device—Greene developed his airplane stall warning device at a time when more than half of all aviation deaths…
Leonard Bernsteincomposer, conductorBorn: 8/25/1918Birthplace: Lawrence, Massachusetts The first American-born superstar conductor, he was the principal conductor of the New York Philharmonic from…
Leonard Maltin
film critic and historian
Born: 12/18/1950
Birthplace: New York City
At the tender age of fifteen, Maltin embarked on his life's work by founding and editing Film Fan Monthly .…
(Encyclopedia) Sloan, Alfred Pritchard, Jr., 1875–1966, American businessman and philanthropist, b. New Haven, Conn., grad. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1895. He began his career as a…
BENNET Hiram Pitt , a Delegate from the Territory of Colorado; born in Carthage, Franklin County,
Maine, September 2, 1826; moved to Ohio with his parents, who settled in Richland County in 1831…
Leonard Nimoyactor, directorBorn: 3/26/1931Birthplace: Boston An actor, writer and director who is perhaps best remembered for playing Spock, the pointy eared half-Vulcan/half human character…
(Encyclopedia) Brown, Charles Quinton, Jr., 1962–, American air force general, b. San Antonio, Tex., B.S Texas Tech Univ., 1984, M.S. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., 1994. An ROTC graduate, he was…
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