(Encyclopedia) Walker, Mary Edwards, 1832–1919, American surgeon and feminist, b. Oswego, N.Y., grad. Syracuse Medical College, 1855. At the beginning of the Civil War she offered her services to the…
Vince LombardiBorn: June 11, 1913Football coached Green Bay to 5 NFL titles; won first 2 Super Bowls (1967-68); died as NFL's all-time winningest coach with percentage of .740 (105-35-6);…
Vince Vaughn
actor
Born: 3/28/1970
Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Vaughn had roles in Rudy (1993) and At Risk (1994) before making his breakthrough in Swingers (1996). That performance…
Vince Guaraldijazz pianist and composerBorn: July 17, 1928Birthplace: San Francisco, California Jazz pianist Vincent Anthony Guaraldi is best known for creating the "Charlie Brown sound" for such…
(Encyclopedia) Edwards, Jonathan, 1703–58, American theologian and metaphysician, b. East Windsor (then in Windsor), Conn. He was a precocious child, early interested in things scientific,…
(Encyclopedia) Huntington, Henry Edwards, 1850–1927, American financier, b. Oneonta, N.Y. He was prominent in railroad and other enterprises. Until the death of his uncle, Collis P. Huntington, the…
(Encyclopedia) Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United…
Vince WelnickAge: 55 keyboardist who played with the Grateful Dead from 1990–1995 and with the bands the Tubes and Missing Man Formation. Died: Forestville, Calif., June 2, 2006Caspar…
(Encyclopedia) Smith, Dean Edwards, 1931–2015, American college basketball coach, b. Emporia, Kans. After playing basketball at the Univ. of Kansas (grad. 1953), Smith joined (1954) the Air Force and…
Roemer, Buddy
(Encyclopedia) Roemer, Buddy
(Charles Elson Roemer III), 1943-2021, American politician, Harvard Univ.
(B.A., 1964; M.B.A., 1967) b. Shreveport, La.…
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