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Wade, F. Alton (Franklin Alton), 1903-1978

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Black, Richard Blackburn, 1902-1992

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Naval officer, explorer. From the description of Reminiscences of Richard Blackburn Black : oral history, 1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122564824 Richard Blackburn Black was born on August 10, 1902 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. He graduated from the University of North Dakota with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering in 1926. In 1933, he was accepted to join Rear Admiral Richard Byrd's second Antarctic Expedition. He sp...