William SimonAge: 72 USOC president from 1981-84 and former Treasury secretary and energy expert in President Richard Nixon's administration; USOC vice president and treasurer (1976-80); gave…
(Encyclopedia) Laplace, Pierre Simon, marquis deLaplace, Pierre Simon, marquis depyĕr sēmôNˈ märkēˈ də läpläsˈ [key], 1749–1827, French astronomer and mathematician. At 18 he went to Paris, proved…
Senate Years of Service: 1845-1849; 1857-1861; 1867-1877
Party: Democrat; Republican; Republican CAMERON Simon , a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Maytown, Lancaster County, Pa., March 8, 1799;…
Herbert A. SimonAge: 84 polymath who won several awards, including the 1978 Nobel Prize in Economics, for his theory on decision making and his groundbreaking research and work on artificial…
(Encyclopedia) van der Meer, Simon, 1925–2011, Dutch physical engineer. He spent nearly his entire career at CERN, where he did his most important work with Carlo Rubbia. They discovered the W and Z…
BOERUM, Simon, a Delegate from New York; born in New Lots (now Brooklyn), Long Island, N.Y., February 29, 1724; attended the Dutch school at Flatbush, N.Y., from which he was graduated;…
Senate Years of Service: 1898-1903
Party: Republican SIMON Joseph , a Senator from Oregon; born in Bechtheim, Germany, February 7, 1851;
immigrated to the United States with his parents, who…
Senate Years of Service: 1985-1997
Party: Democrat SIMON Paul Martin , a Representative and Senator from Illinois; born in Eugene, Lane County, Oreg., November 29, 1928; attended the public schools…
Senate Years of Service: 1907-1913
Party: Republican GUGGENHEIM Simon , a Senator from Colorado; born in Philadelphia, Pa., December 30, 1867;
attended the public schools of Philadelphia and…
(Encyclopedia) Seeger, Ruth Crawford, 1901–53, American composer and folklorist, b. East Liverpool, Ohio, as Ruth Porter Crawford, studied American Conservatory, Chicago; stepmother of Pete Seeger…
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