Edgar Kobak Papers 1916-1966 (bulk 1949-1962)

Kobak, Edgar, 1895-1962

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Business consultant. From the description of Reminiscences of Edgar Kobak : oral history, 1954. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309743281 Publicist, broadcasting executive, and consultant. From the description of Papers of Edgar Kobak, 1916-1966 (bulk 1949-1962). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82781487 ...

McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., inc.

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Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965

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Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat. Raised in Bloomington, Illinois, Stevenson was a member of the Democratic Party. He served in numerous positions in the federal government during the 1930s and 1940s, including the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, Federal Alcohol Administration, Department of the Navy, and the State Department. In 1945, he served on the committee that created the United Nations, and he was a me...

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

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Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953, succeeding upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as the 34th vice president in early 1945. He implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and established the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain communist expansion. He proposed numerous liberal domestic reforms, but few were enacted by the Conservative Coalition that dominated Congres...

National Broadcasting Company

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The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network owned by Comcast. The network is headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, with additional major offices near Los Angeles (at 10 Universal City Plaza), and Chicago (at the NBC Tower). NBC is one of the Big Three television networks, and is sometimes referred to as the "Peacock Network", in reference to its stylized peacock logo, introduced in 1956 to promote the...

A.C. Nielsen Company

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Information from one of the reports indicates that A.C. Nielsen Company, located in Chicago, was at this point an engineering organization investigating, analyzing and reporting on the actual performance and use of methods, machinery, and material. From the description of [Product surveys]. 1923-1927. (American Textile History Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 48522687 ...

Clark, Tom C. (Tom Campbell), 1899-1977

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Tom C. Clark (b. September 23, 1899) was the Attorney General of the United States from 1945 to 1949, and Associated Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1949 to 1967. Clark died on June 13, 1977. From the description of Clark, Tom C. (Tom Campbell), 1899-1977 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10569044 Tom C. Clark served as Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1949 to 1967, and was the first Texan to serve on the Court. Born in Dallas,...

Clay, Lucius D. (Lucius Dubignon), 1897-1978

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Lucius DuBignon Clay (1897-1978) was born in Marietta, Georgia, the son of U.S. Senator Alexander Stephen and Sarah (Francis) Clay. After graduating from West Point in 1918, he commissioned in the Army Corps of Engineers. From 1937 to 1938, he was chief engineer under General Douglas MacArthur in the Philippines. During his tenure with the War Department General Staff, he made brigadier general in March 1942 and major general nine months later. From 1944 to 1945, he served as deputy director for...

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Brookline, Massachusetts. John Kennedy, the second of nine children, attended Choate Academy (1932-1935), Princeton University (1935-36), Harvard College (1936-40), and Stanford Business School (1941). In 1940, he published a book based on his senior thesis entitled "Why England Slept." The book criticized British policy of Appeasement. In 1941, Kennedy enlisted in the Navy. In August 1943, Kenn...

Conrad, Nicholas J., -1956

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S&C Electric Company

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Mutual Broadcasting System

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Denny, George Vernon, 1899-1959

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Educator, radio personality, and organization executive. From the description of George Vernon Denny papers, 1930-1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980268 Denny was associated with the Town Hall Theater in New York City and was the originator of a popular weekly radio program called "America's Town Meetings of the Air," which ran from 1935 until 1956. From the description of Correspondence from Alma Mahler, 1942. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCa...

Conrad, John, 1915 or 1916-

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Nielsen, A. C. (Arthur Charles), 1897-1980

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National Association of Broadcasters

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Washington, D.C. association. From the description of Papers, 1965-1975. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36587257 ...

McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., inc.

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Kobak, Edgar H.

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Biographical Note 1895, 18 Apr. Born, Chicago, Ill. circa 1912 1916 Employed in testing department, Georgia Railway and Electric Co. 1914 1915 ...

Mehren, Edward J. (Edward John), 1881-

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