Personal papers, 1948-1992.

Watson, Thomas J., 1914-1993

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Thomas J. Watson, Jr., was born in New York on Jan. 8, 1914. His parents were Thomas J. Watson, Sr., and Jeanette Kittredge Watson. Watson, Sr. was the founder of International Business Machines (IBM). Thomas J. Watson, Jr., attended the Hun School in Princeton, N.J. He graduated from Brown University in 1937. After traveling in Europe and the Far East in 1937, Watson to went work as a sales representative for IBM. He married Olive Field Cawley in 1941. During World War II, Watson joined the ...

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) was leader of the Allied forces in Europe in World War II, commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and the thirty-fourth president of the United States, from January 20, 1953, to January 20, 1961. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, the third son of David Jacob Eisenhower, a railroad worker, and Ida Elizabeth Stover. In 1891, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas, where David accepted a job at a local creamery run by ...

Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994

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Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, Nixon previously served as the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961, having risen to national prominence as a representative and senator from California. After five years in the White House that saw the conclusion to the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, and the establishment of the Environm...

Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986

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William Averell Harriman (November 15, 1891 – July 26, 1986), better known as Averell Harriman, was an American Democratic politician, businessman, and diplomat. The son of railroad baron E. H. Harriman, he served as Secretary of Commerce under President Harry S. Truman, and later as the 48th Governor of New York. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1952 and 1956, as well as a core member of the group of foreign policy elders known as "The Wise Men". While attendi...

Groves, Leslie R. (Leslie Richard), 1896-1970

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Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr. (17 August 1896 – 13 July 1970) was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, a top secret research project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II. The son of a U.S. Army chaplain, Groves lived at various Army posts during his childhood. In 1918, he graduated fourth in his class at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and was commissioned into the ...

Ormandy, Eugene

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Epithet: conductor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000699.0x0001db Conductor; Music Director of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1938-1980. From the description of Oral history conducted by Herbert Kupferberg, October 1969. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 213481085 From the description of Oral history conducted by Herbert Kupferberg, October 1969. (University of Pennsyl...

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

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The oldest natural science research institution and museum in the Americas, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia was founded in 1812 "for the encouragement and cultivation of the sciences, and the advancement of useful learning." Since the founding of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, there have been twenty-eight presidents and five acting presidents (please see additional note for a complete list of Academy presidents). From 1937 to 1995, there were four pre...

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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The American Academy of Arts and Sciences was chartered by the legislature of Massachusetts in 1780 and is the second oldest learned society in the U.S. Among its incorporators were James Bowdoin, John Adams, Samuel Adams, and John Hancock. From the description of Records of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1775-1800 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122413111 ...

Bush, George, 1924-2018

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George Herbert Walker Bush (1924-2018) was Vice President of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1992. He was born on June 12, 1924, in Milton, Massachusetts, to Dorothy Walker Bush and Prescott Bush (who was a Republican Senator from Connecticut from 1952 to 1962). He graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts on his 18th birthday, June 12, 1942. That same day, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy as a Seaman 2nd Class. Receiving ...

Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007

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Lady Bird Johnson was born Claudia Alta Taylor in Karnack, Texas on December 22, 1912. Her parents were Thomas Jefferson Taylor and Minnie Pattillo Taylor, and she had two older brothers, Tommy and Tony. Her mother died when she was only five years old, and her Aunt Effie Pattillo moved to Karnack to look after her. At an early age, a nursemaid said she was "as purty as a lady bird," and thereafter she became known to her family and friends as Lady Bird. She graduated from Marshall High School i...

Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998

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Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician, businessman, and author who was a five-term Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–1987) and the Republican Party nominee for president of the United States in 1964. Despite his loss of the 1964 presidential election in a landslide, Goldwater is the politician most often credited with having sparked the resurgence of the American conservative political movement in the 1960s. He also had a substantial impact on the...

Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003

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James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American military officer and politician who served for 48 years as a United States Senator from South Carolina. He ran for president in 1948 as the Dixiecrat candidate on a States' rights platform supporting racial segregation. He received 2.4% of the popular vote and 39 electoral votes, failing to defeat Harry Truman. Thurmond represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 until 2003, at first as a Southern De...

Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979

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Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 41st vice president of the United States from 1974 to 1977, and previously as the 49th governor of New York from 1959 to 1973. He also served as assistant secretary of State for American Republic Affairs for Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (1944–1945) as well as under secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1954....

Agnew, Spiro T. (Spiro Theodore), 1918-1996

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Spiro Theodore Agnew (November 9, 1918 – September 17, 1996) was the 39th vice president of the United States from 1969 until his resignation in 1973. He is the second and most recent vice president to resign the position, the other being John C. Calhoun in 1832. Unlike Calhoun, Agnew resigned as a result of a scandal. Agnew was born in Baltimore to an American-born mother and a Greek immigrant father. He attended Johns Hopkins University, and graduated from the University of Baltimore School...

Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978

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Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American politician who served as the 38th vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Minnesota from 1949 to 1964 and 1971 to 1978. He was the Democratic Party's nominee in the 1968 presidential election, losing to Republican nominee Richard Nixon. Born in Wallace, South Dakota, Humphrey attended the University of Minnesota. At one point he helped run his ...

Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969

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Everett McKinley Dirksen (January 4, 1896 – September 7, 1969) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. As Senate Minority Leader from 1959 to 1969, he played a highly visible and key role in the politics of the 1960s. He helped write and pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Civil Rights Act of 1968, both landmark pieces of legislation during the Civil Rights Movement. He...

Biden, Joseph R. (Joseph Robinette), Jr., 1942-

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Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician serving as the 46th President of the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 47th vice president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 under Barack Obama and represented Delaware in the U.S. Senate from 1973 to 2009. Biden was raised in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and New Castle County, Delaware. He studied at the University of Delaware before receiving his law degree from Syracuse ...

American Philosophical Society

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Benjamin Franklin founded the American Philosophical Society in 1743 in Philadelphia, patterning it after the Royal Society of London. It's purpose was the promotion of the study of science and the practical arts of agriculture, engineering trades, and manufactures. Subjects of today's "philosophy" were generally excluded from the societies of the 17th and 18th centuries and the word "philosophy" meant to them "love of knowledge," and was essentially the equivalent of today's "science." Interest...

American Museum of Natural History

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The American Museum of Natural History was founded in 1869 to be of service to the city's public schools, advance scientific research in natural history, and to exhibit natural history objects for casual visitors. From the description of Administrative files, 1869-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155513508 Museum exhibition displayed in the Museum's showcase in 1975. From the description of Cans from pressured city exhibition photographs, 1975. (Unknown). Wor...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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The Department of General Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) did not officially exist until 1882. Courses in general studies were offered as early as 1865, when the MIT Catalog offered a curriculum option called the Course in Science and Literature. At that time, all regular MIT students were required to take “general studies” classes from the Course in Science and Literature, in addition to English, history, and modern languages. In 1882 the Course in Scienc...

American Ornithologists' Union

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Martin, William McChesney

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William McChesney Martin, Jr. (b. December 17, 1906, St. Louis, Missouri-d. July 27, 1998, Washington, D.C.), Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve Bank, from April 2, 1951 to January 31, 1970. From the description of Martin, William McChesney, Jr., 1906-1998 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10571768 ...

Jackson, Henry M. (Henry Martin), 1912-1983

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Jackson's tenure in the House was briefly interrupted by service in the U.S. Army. He enlisted in 1943, but was recalled by President Roosevelt to congressional service after basic training. Jackson was assigned to the Government Operations Committee's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, a position which quickly put him at the center of the un-American activities controversies and in the national spotlight. He won recognition ...

General Society of Mayflower Descendants

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Du Pont, Irénée, 1920-

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Du Pont, Henry Francis, 1880-1969

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Curator of the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum; Winterthur, Delaware. From the description of Henry F. Du Pont interview, 1962 Apr. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502900 Henry Francis du Pont was born at Winterthur, Del., on May 27, 1880, the son of Henry Algernon du Pont and the great-grandson of E. I. du Pont, the founder of the Du Pont Company. He was a director of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company from 1915 until his death in 1969, and a member of its ...

American Ordnance Association

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Batten, William M. (William Milfred), 1909-1999.

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Smithsonian Institution

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The Smithsonian Institution was established on August 10, 1846, is a group of museums and research centers administered by the United States government. The institution is named after its founding donor, British scientist James Smithson. Originally organized as the United States National Museum.James Smithson (1765-1829), a British scientist, left his estate to the United States to found “at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusio...

Wingate, Henry S. (Henry Smith), 1905-1982

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Gates, Thomas S.

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Shapiro, Irving S. (Irving Saul), 1916-2001

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Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on 15 July 1916. Died on 13 September 2001. Education: B.S., Pre-law, University of Minnesota (1939), L.L.B., University of Minnesota (1941). Employment: 1941 Private Practice; 1941-1943 U. S. Office of Price Administration; 1843-1951 U.S. Department of Justice; 1951-1981 E. I. duPont de Nemours and Company, Inc.; 1981-1990 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, and Flom. From the description of Oral history interview with Irving S. Shapiro, 1994 December 15. (...

Hagley Museum and Library

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Bronfman, Charles, 1931-

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New School of Music (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Austin, J. Paul (John Paul), 1915-1985.

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McNamara, Robert S., 1916-2009

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U.S. secretary of defense, president of World Bank, and corporate executive. Full name: Robert Strange McNamara. From the description of Robert S. McNamara papers, 1934-2009 (bulk 1968-2005). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132706 Robert Strange McNamara (b. 1916) was a business executive and Secretary of Defense during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. During World War II he worked on the deployment of the B-29 bomber, and served in the Army Air Forces in India, Chi...

Pestalozzi Foundation.

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Ackley, Gardner

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Hugh Gardner Ackley (1915-1998) worked for the Office of Price Administration in Washington, D.C. from 1941 to 1943 and 1944 to 1946, and he worked for the Office of Strategic Services from 1943 to 1944. He was a member of the Presidents' Council of Economic Advisers from 1962 to 1968, and chairman from 1964 to 1968. Ackley also served as the U.S. Ambassador to Italy from 1968 to 1969. From the description of Ackley, Gardner, 1915-1998 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administrati...

Peterson, Peter G.

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Peter George Peterson (b. 1926) was an investment company executive and government official. He served as Assistant to President Kennedy for International Economic Affairs from 1961 to 1963, and he was Secretary of Commerce during the Nixon administration, from 1972 to 1973. He also served as Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs under President Nixon, and was Executive Director of the Council on International Economic Policy (CIEP). From the description of Pe...

Capitol Hill Club (Washington, D.C.)

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Blough, Roger M. (Roger Miles), 1904-1985

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Corporation executive. From the description of Reminiscences of Roger M. Blough : oral history, 1975. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309730735 ...

Bronfman, Edgar M., 1929-2013

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Patrick, Ruth

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Mellon, Paul

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b. 1907; d. 1999. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86133671 ...

Golden, William T., 1909-2007

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Corporate director and trustee. Assistant to commissioner, Atomic Energy Commission, 1946-1950; special consultant to President Truman to review government science activities, 1950-1951, which led to the creation of President's Science Advisory Committee. From the description of Federal science study file, 1950-1951. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83850026 Scientist. From the description of William T. Golden papers, 1950-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983...

McCollum, L. F. (Leonard Franklin), 1902-1993

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Hilton, Conrad N. (Conrad Nicholson), 1887-1979

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Dillon, C. Douglas (Clarence Douglas), 1909-2003

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Clarence Douglas Dillon, born while his parents were traveling in Geneva, Switzerland on August 21, 1909, pursued a varied career of investment banking, public service and diplomacy, including service in three presidential administrations. Educated at Groton school in Groton, Massachusetts, Dillon graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1931. After briefly joining his father''s Wall Street investment firm, Dillon, Read and Co., Dillon joined the New York Stock exchange. Dillon left ...

William Penn Charter School

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The William Penn Charter School, an independent college preparatory school, had its beginnings in the Public Grammar School founded in 1689 as a result of instructions from William Penn to the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania. Thomas Lloyd, president of the Council, requested Philadelphia Monthly Meeting to take charge of the matter. In 1708 Penn signed a charter removing the responsibility for the school from the Meeting and giving it to an appointed Board of Quaker Overseers. Fro...

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...

Goldstine, Herman H. (Herman Heine), 1913-2004

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Herman Heine Goldstine was a professor of mathematics (University of Chicago, 1936-1939; University of Michigan, 1939-1950) and was involved in the early development of the computer during World War II and the 1950s. He continued to publish on the history of these subjects. He has held many administrative positions in scientific research with International Business Machines Corporation, namely, Director of Mathematical Sciences, Research (1958-1960); Director of Scientific Development, IBM Resea...

Wistar Association

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Business Council (U.S.)

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company

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The family firm of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company was established in 1802 and during the 19th century it became one of the United States' most important manufacturers of black powder. In 1902 three younger du Pont cousins: T. Coleman, Alfred I., and Pierre S. took over the company and within three years succeeded in bringing 75% of the American explosives industry (which at that time included black powder, dynamite, and smokeless powder) under their control. During the first decade of the...

Mont Pelerin Society.

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McCone, John A. (John Alex), 1902-1991

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John A. McCone (1902-1991) was a graduate from the College of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, in 1922. He began his long career as a riveter and boiler-maker for the Llewellen Iron Works in Los Angeles. He eventually became superintendent of this company. In 1937, after holding various executive positions with Consolidated Steel Corporation, he organized his own firm, Bechtel-McCone, a major designer and producer of petroleum refineries and power plants throughout the United Sta...

Trippe, J. T. (Juan Terry), 1899-

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Society of Chemical Industry (Great Britain)

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Clifford, Clark M., 1906-1998

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Lawyer and cabinet officer. Full name: Clark McAdam Clifford. From the description of Clark M. Clifford papers, 1883-1999 (bulk 1946-1998). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979757 Clark M. Clifford was born on December 25, 1906, in Fort Scott, Kansas. He received his LL.B from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, in 1928. From 1928 to 1944 he worked as an attorney in St. Louis. He married Margery Pepperell Kimball on October 3, 1931. From 1944 to 1946 he served as an ...

Friedman, Milton, 1912-2006

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American economist, professor of economics at the University of Chicago, and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1976. From the description of The future of capitalism, Feb. 7, 1977 [sound recording]. (University of Nevada, Reno). WorldCat record id: 40431294 American economist; member, President's Economic Policy Advisory Board, 1981-1988. From the description of Milton Friedman papers, 1931-2006. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870797 ...

Wilmington Club (Wilmington, Del.)

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Alexander, Henry C., 1902-1965.

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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

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The National Academy of Sciences, founded in Washington, D. C., in 1863, grew out of a desire for a body of scientists to give advice on scientific matters to the federal government. Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian, was a force behind its creation. From the description of National Academy of Sciences, 1863-1887 Records. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78403445 ...

Morton, Rogers C. B. (Rogers Clark Ballard), 1914-1979

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Kentucky native, U.S. senator from Md., secretary of the interior, and secretary of commerce. From the description of Rogers C.B. Morton : miscellaneous papers, 1863-1976. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49254347 Maryland congressman, RNC Chair, Secretary of Interior and Commerce. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Morton left for Maryland in 1950, to seek a political career apart from his brother Thruston, who represented Kentucky i...

Brevard Music Center

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Nickerson, Albert L. (Albert Lindsay), 1911-1994.

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American chemical society

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Boeschenstein, Harold, 1896-1972.

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Corporation executive. From the description of Reminiscences of Harold Boeschenstein : oral history, 1970. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122586725 Harold Boeschenstein (1896-1972) was born in Edwardsville, Illinois. He graduated from the University of Illinois in 1920. During his long career in the glass industry he rose to the position of Chairman of the Board of Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation. He served as Chairman of the Business ...

Confrérie des chevaliers du tastevin (Nuits-Saint-Georges, France)

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Bullitt, Orville H. (Orville Horwitz), 1894-1979

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Served on the board of directors of the Philadelphia Orchestra. From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Dec. 2, 1977 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861477 Board of directors, Philadelphia Orchestra. From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Nov. 9, 1978 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155862112 ...

Haggerty, Patrick E.

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RFE/RL

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American radio broadcasting organization operating Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. From the description of RFE / RL corporate records, 1949-2005. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122385004 From the description of RFE / RL broadcast records, 1951-2005. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122384983 ...

Flory, Paul J.

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Biographical Note 1910 June 19 Born, Sterling, Illinois 1931 Bachelor's degree, Manchester College 1934 Ph.D in Chemistry, Ohio State University 1936 Married Emily Catherine Tabor ...

Stanton, Frank, 1908-2006

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Broadcast executive. From the description of Frank Stanton papers, 1908-2006 (bulk 1926-1979). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 726696065 Broadcasting executive. From the description of Reminiscences of Frank Stanton : oral history, 1978. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86158389 From the description of Reminiscences of Frank Stanton : oral history, 1968. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 1...

Morton, Thruston B. (Thruston Ballard), 1907-1982

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Thruston Ballard Morton was a prominent political and business leader in Kentucky during the mid-twentieth century. As a student, Morton attended public schools, the Woodberry Forest School in Virginia, and graduated from Yale University in 1929. He married Belle Clay Lyons in 1931 and had two sons. From 1947 to 1953, Morton served three terms as a representative for Kentucky's Third Congressional District. After his tenure in the House, Morton was appointed Assistant Secretary of State of Congr...

National Audubon Society.

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BIRD-LORE later became AUDUBON MAGAZINE. From the description of Account book for Bird-lore, 1901-1902. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155507194 Callison was Executive Vice President of the National Audubon Society, 1966-1970s. From the description of Charles H. Callison records, 1969-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155507203 The Finley and Davis families, related through marriage, lived in Marshall County, Mississippi; in 1834, Mary Ja...

Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954

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Enrico Fermi was a physicist. From the description of Letters, 1918-1926, to Enrico Perisco. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173466015 From the guide to the Enrico Fermi letters, 1918-1926, to Enrico Perisco, 1918-1926, (American Philosophical Society) Physicist. From the description of Papers of Enrico Fermi, 1919-1954. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068165 Physicist (slow neutrons, artificial radioactivity, beta-ray emission, statistical mode...

National Geographic Society (U.S.)

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The eruption of Mount Katmai on the Alaska Peninsula in 1912 was one of the great volcanic events of modern history. The eruption covered the town of Kodiak with almost one foot of ash and the explosion was reportedly heard as far away as Juneau, 750 miles distant. To study this phenomena, the National Geographic Society launched several scientific investigating expeditions to Katmai and surrounding areas affected by the eruption. There was a brief expedition to Kodiak and Afognak Islands, led b...

Funston, G. Keith, 1910-1992

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Allison, Samuel King, 1900-1965

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Physicist. S.B., University of Chicago, 1921; Ph. D., 1923. National Research Fellow, Harvard University, 1923-1925. Research associate, Carnegie Institution, 1925-1926. Instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1926-1930. Associate professor of physics, University of Chicago, 1930-1942; professor, 1942-1959; Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor, 1959-1965. Member of Manhattan Project, 1942-1945. Director of Enrico Fermi Institute (origin...

Wilson, Thomas A. (Thomas Albert), 1888-1972

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Fulbright, J. William (James William), 1905-1995

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Senator. From the description of Reminiscences of James William Fulbright : oral history, 1982. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309743979 From the description of Reminiscences of James William Fulbright : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309743991 Epithet: Senator Chairman United States Senate Committee for Foreign Relations British Library Archives and Manuscripts C...

Magnetic Minerals Corporation.

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Jones, Reginald, H. (Reginald Harold), 1917-

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Wilcox, Thomas R. (Thomas Robert), 1916-1993.

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Cornell University. Laboratory of Ornithology.

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Delaware River Port Authority

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Business Advisory Council for the Dept. of Commerce (U.S.)

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Boggs, J. Caleb (James Caleb), 1909-1993

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J. Caleb Boggs served three terms as a United States Representative and two terms as a U. S. Senator from the state of Delaware, as well as two terms the state's Governor (1953-1960). Born in Cheswold, Delaware, on May 15, 1909, J. Caleb Boggs graduated from the University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, in 1931, and from Georgetown University Law School, Washington, D.C., in 1937. Boggs was admitted to the bar in 1938 and began practice in Do...

Tower, John G. (John Goodwin), 1925-1991

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Wheeler, John Archibald, 1911-2008

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John Archibald Wheeler is a physicist and a pioneer theorist on the existence of black holes. He studied under Herzfeld at Johns Hopkins University (Ph. D., 1933) and later studied nuclear fission with Niels Bohr. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1950s-1970s]. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 154298147 Physicist (atomic and nuclear theory, relativity theory, and cosmology). On the physics faculty at Princeton University from 1938; physicist, ...

Gill, Frank B.

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National Conference of Christians and Jews.

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The conference, founded as the National Conference of Jews and Christians, was formed to promote the religious ideals of brotherhood and justice. The conference name changed Nov. 28, 1938 to National Conference of Christians and Jews. From the description of National Conference of Christians and Jews records, 1927-1989. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63285851 The National Conference of Christians and Jews, was formed in 1928 to facilitate coopera...

Borch, Fred J., 1910-

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United States. National Bureau of Standards.

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After World War II the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) was charged with the task of following developments in computing. In response, NBS began to index and abstract books, journals, reports and other literature covering a broad range of computer-related topics beginning in the mid-1940s. Eventually the enormity of the task forced NBS to abandon this work in 1978. From the description of Computer Literature Collection, 1956-1978. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat re...

Gilbert, Carl Joyce, 1906-1983.

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Peterson, Russell W. (Russell Wilbur), 1916-2011

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Governor of Delaware and environmentalist. From the description of Russell W. Peterson papers, 1917-2004 (bulk 1973-2002). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71073519 Conservationist. From the description of Reminiscences of Russell W. Peterson : oral history, 1985. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309726014 Biographical Note 1916, Oct. ...

H.L. Mencken Society.

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Mansfield, Michael Joseph "Mike", 1903-2001

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Mike Mansfield Quiet Leadership in Troubled Times On March 24, 1998, Mike Mansfield returned to the Senate to deliver the first Leader's Lecture in the Old Senate Chamber, which had been restored during his long tenure as Senate majority leader. Many of the senators who attended had not served with Mansfield. He was 95 years old, but stood straight and spoke forthrightly. In reflecting on Senate leadership, he chose to deliver a speech that he had planned to give on November 22, 1963, but ...

Mount Cuba Astronomical Observatory (Del.)

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Republican National Committee (U.S.)

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Landon was the 1936 Republican presidential nominee. He lost to Franklin D. Roosevelt, but had the second highest number of votes out of a number of contenders for the position. He was governor of Kanses, 1933-1937. From the description of Campaign Pamphlets, [1935]. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 42033301 ...

Morgan guaranty trust company of New York

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Boggs, Hale, 1914-1972

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Hale Boggs was a United States representative from Louisiana. DeLesseps Story Morrison (1912-1964), an attorney, politician, and mayor of New Orleans, was active in encouraging new industry and foreign trade in Louisiana, particularly, trade with Latin America. From the description of Thomas Hale Boggs correspondence, 1964. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 122335887 Hale Boggs was a United States representative from Louisiana. From the descriptio...

Ford, Henry, II, 1917-1987

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For information on the Fords, see an encyclopedia. For information on Cumming see his papers at the Clarke. A copy of the book by Bennett is also available at the Clarke. From the description of Correspondence, 1967. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 43884289 ...

Sibley, Charles G. (Charles Gald), 1917-1998

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Allen, William M., 1900-1985

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Symes, James M. (James Miller), 1897-1976

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Carnegie Institution of Washington.

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Burch, Dean, 1927-1991

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Roy Dean Burch was born December 20, 1927 in Enid, Oklahoma, the son of Bert A. Burch and Leola Atkisson. While his father was employed as a guard, he lived at the Alcatraz penal institution in San Francisco Bay, and graduated from Galileo High School in San Francisco, California in 1945. In January, 1946 he enlisted in the U.S. Army, and served in the 7th Cavalry Regiment in Tokyo until his discharge in 1948. In 1953 he earned an LLB degree from the University of Arizona, and serve...

Burns, Arthur F. (Arthur Frank), 1904-1987

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Arthur Frank Burns (1904-1987) became President Eisenhower's chief economic adviser, serving as the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, and was given much credit for the 1955 economic miniboom. At the end of Eisenhower's first term in 1956, Burns resigned his official position and returned to his post at Columbia University, but continued to advise Eisenhower on an unofficial basis. During the 1960 presidential campaign, Burns was part of the "Scholars," the academics advising Republic...

Hasselblad, Victor, 1906-1978

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Stans, Maurice H., 1908-1998

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Investment banker, government executive. From the description of Reminiscences of Maurice Hubert Stans : oral history, 1968. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122565482 Maurice Hubert Stans (1908-1998), accountant, banker, politician, and author. Stans served as Secretary of Commerce in Richard Nixon's administration from 1969 until he resigned in 1972 to become Finance Chairman of the Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP). Stans also s...

Libby, Willard F.

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American chemist. Awarded Nobel Prize. From the description of Typed letter signed : Los Angeles, to Curt F. Bühler, 1963 Feb. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270593345 ...

Delaware State Arts Council

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Olin, John M., 1892-1982

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John M. Olin was an American businessman and industrialist. He graduated from Cornell in 1913. Olin Library at Cornell was named in his honor. From the description of John M. Olin medallions and certificate, 1966,1973. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 711952906 ...

Roth, William V., 1921-2003

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Percy, Charles H., 1919-2011

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Senator. From the description of Reminiscences of Charles Harting Percy : oral history, 1970. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86147380 Epithet: US senator British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x000067 ...

Milliken, Roger, 1915-2010

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Udall, Stewart L.

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U.S. secretary of the interior, lawyer, and author. Born 1920. From the description of Stewart L. Udall papers, 1961-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981747 Lawyer; Democratic U.S. Representative from Arizona, 1955-1960; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1961-1968. From the description of Papers, 1950-[ongoing] (bulk 1950-1977). (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 28318942 Stewart L. Udall is a former politician and government official from ...

Murphy, William B. (William Beverly), 1907-1994.

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British ornithologists' union

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Compton, Arthur Holly, 1892-1962

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Physicist Arthur Holly Compton worked as a research engineer at Westinghouse Lamp Co. (1917-1919) and studied with Rutherford at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, England (1919). He taught physics at Washington University (1920-1923) and at University of Chicago (1923-1945) and served as Chancellor of Washington University from 1945-1953. From the guide to the Arthur Holly Compton notebooks, 1919-1941, 1919-1941, (American Philosophical Society) In 1920, Arthur Holly Co...

American Institute of Chemists

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University of Chicago.

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Most of the records in the collection pertain to the $400,000 raised by the American Baptist Education Society in 1889-1890 in order to obtain a 600,000 grant from John D. Rockefeller for the creation of an endowment for the University of Chicago. The first volume in the inventory, Record of Pledges for the University of Chicago, contains an alphabetical numbered listing of subscribers, amounts pledged, and payments made through 1906. The subscription forms and letters (1:4-13) are numbered to c...

Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents.

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The Board of Regents is the governing body of the Smithsonian Institution, created by the Act of August 10, 1846, which established the Institution and gave form to the trust received from its English benefactor, James Smithson. The Board's composition has varied over time. At present it consists of two ex officio members, the Vice-President of the United States and the Chief Justice of the United States (by custom, its Chancellor), three members of the House of Representatives and ...

Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954

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P. S. du Pont was president of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. from 1915 to 1919 and chairman of the board from 1919 to 1940. He was also president of General Motors (1920-1923) and chairman (1920-1929), as well as a member of many other major corporate boards. He was also an avid collector of documents on the early history of the Du Pont family and company. From the description of The P. S. du Pont Office Collection, 1749-1939. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 16...

Delaware River and Bay Authority

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Bunche, Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson), 1904-1971

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Ralph Bunche was Secretary of United Nations. From the description of Letter (typewritten) to Abraham Stavsky, 1967, February 28. (Regent University). WorldCat record id: 49291995 Ralph Johnson Bunche b 1904; educated at University of California, Los Angeles (AB), Harvard University (AM, PhD); Chairman, Dept of Political Science, Howard University, Washington DC, 1928-1950; Director, Trusteeship Department, Unted Nations, 1946-1954; acting UN Mediator on Palestine, 1948-1949...

Boeing Company

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Rosenberg, Arthur James, 1926-

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Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1911-1988

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Winterthur Corporation.

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Wilmington Medical Center

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Garvin, C. C.

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Frear, J. Allen, Jr.

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Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993

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Crawford H. Greenewalt was an executive with the Du Pont Company and president of the firm from 1948 to 1962. He joined the company in 1922 and served as a supervisor on the nylon project in the 1930s and during the war as technical liason on the Manhattan Project. He was an accomplished amateur photographer and ornithologist and author of a study of hummingbirds (1960). After his retirement from Du Pont, Greenewalt served on a number of corporate boards, business, political, scientific, civic a...

Carpenter, Walter Samuel, 1888-1976

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Walter S. Carpenter, Jr., was born in Wilkes Barre, Pa., on January 8, 1888. He graduated from Wyoming Seminary in 1906 and entered Cornell University. He left in 1910 in the middle of his senior year, when he was hired by the E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. to go to Chile in connection with the nitrate business. After several years, he came to Wilmington as the Director of the Development Department. He was elected as director and vice president in 1919 and in 1926 he was named vice chairman ...

Stevens, Robert T. (Robert Ten Broeck), 1899-1983

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Robert Ten Broeck Stevens (b. July 31, 1899, Fanwood, N.J.-d. Jan. 31, 1983) served as Secretary of the U.S. Army from 1953 to 1955. From the description of Stevens, Robert T. (Robert Ten Broeck), 1899-1983 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10598660 ...

Baker, Howard Henry, 1925-2014

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Howard H. Baker Jr., former US senator whose ability to work with Democratic and Republican lawmakers earned him the nickname of “The Great Conciliator,” died on Thursday, June 26, 2014. He was eighty-eight. Baker earned his law degree from UT in 1949. The Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy at UT was founded in 2003 as a nonpartisan institute devoted to education and research concerning public policy and civic engagement. Baker received the university’s first honorary doctorate in spri...

Scranton, William Warren, 1917-2013

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William Warren Scranton was a businessman and civic leader in Scranton, Pa., 1946-; special assistant to Secretary of State, 1958-60; Congressman from 10th Pennsylvania House district, 1960-62; Governor of Pennsylvania, 1963-67; candidate for Republican Party nomination for President of U.S., 1964; diplomat, policy advisor, businessman, civic leader, 1966- From the description of William Warren Scranton papers, 1933-2005 (bulk 1952-1989) (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). Wor...

Amadon, Dean

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Ornithologist. Hobart College, 1934; Cornell University Ph.D. 1947; ornithologist at the American Museum of Natural History. From the description of Dean Amadon papers, 1943-2000. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64049212 ...

Peterson, Roger Tory, 1908-1996.

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Greater Wilmington Development Council (Del.)

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The Greater Wilmington Development Council (GWDC) was founded in 1960 as a private, non-profit, public interest organization. With support from the business community, particularly the Du Pont Company and du Pont family, GWDC proposed and implemented solutions to Wilmington's economic, social, educational, and governmental problems. The GWDC's initial focus was on economic development, housing, and transportation. During the 1960s they were one of the important forces pu...

Forbes, Malcolm Stevenson, 1919-

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Philadelphia orchestra

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