Administered by Columbia University, the awards recognize excellence in television and radio broadcasting. This year's awards, presented on Jan. 13, 2005 were given for work broadcast between July 1…
WOODHOUSE Chase Going , a Representative from Connecticut; born March 3, 1890, in Victoria,
British Columbia, Canada; graduated from Science Hill School, Shelbyville, Ky.,
1908; graduated from…
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1838; was graduated from…
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The MacArthur Foundation awards monetary prizes each year in order to provide financial assistance for selected innovators.David Carroll, 64, naturalist author/illustrator, Warner, N.H.…
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