Jack KilbyAge: 81 Nobel Prize–winning electrical engineer who designed and developed the integrated circuit, commonly called the microchip, which miniaturized many consumer electronic…
Given on Friday, January 20, 1961 Vice President Johnson, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, President Truman, Reverend Clergy, fellow citizens: We…
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by Robert Burns The InventoryTo Mr. M'Adam, Of Craigen-GillanTo John Kennedy, Dumfries House Now, Kennedy, if foot or horse
E'er bring you in by Mauchlin corse,
(Lord, man…
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completed preparatory studies;
interested in horticultural pursuits and later engaged in…
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born in New York City October 25, 1897;
attended the Sacred Heart Parochial School, New York City;
hotel clerk 1914-1921;
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