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Sulzberger, Arthur Hays, 1891-1968

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Arthur Hays Sulzberger (September 12, 1891 – December 11, 1968) was the publisher of The New York Times from 1935 to 1961. He was born in New York City and graduated from Columbia College in 1913; he married Iphigene Bertha Ochs in 1917. In 1918 he began working at the Times, and became publisher when his father-in-law, Adolph Ochs, the previous Times publisher, died in 1935. Sulzberger broadened the Times’ use of background reporting, pictures, and feature articles, and expanded its sections. ...

Starr, Merritt, 1856-1931

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Starr earned his LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1881 and returned to his native Chicago to practice law. Mr. Starr was active in Chicago's intellectual and civic life. He was a founding member of the Hull House Social Science Club for Men in 1889. A resident of the North Shore suburb Winnetka, Starr was active in New Trier Township civics and organized the creation of New Trier High School in 1899. Starr was elected the first president of the New Trier Board of Educati...

Knox College (Galesburg, Ill.)

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Szold, J. Robert.

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Stock, Harry Thomas, 1891-1958

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Stephenson, Edward Beattie

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Stone, Melville Elijah, 1848-1929

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Melville Elijah Stone was born in Hudson, Illinois on August 22, 1848. His father, Reverend Elijah Stone, was a Methodist minister, and his mother was Sophia Creighton. In 1860, the family moved to Chicago where Stone attended high school and began his journalism career. From 1864 to 1875, Stone held various journalistic positions, working at different times as a reporter, correspondent, editor, and publisher for various Chicago newspapers. During some of these years Stone was the ...

Stewart, William Blair, 1867-

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Stevens, J. Merle.

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Swearingen, John Eldred, 1875-1957

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Student and teacher at the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind; blinded in a hunting accident at age 13; first honor graduate of the University of South Carolina, 1899; State Superintendant of Education, 1908-1922; John Eldred Swearingen, Jr., served as president of Standard Oil Company, ca. 1960s. From the description of John Eldred Swearingen papers, 1772-1959. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 43510558 ...

Swift, Clarence Franklin.

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Sutherland, Robert L.

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James A Dron was a day and evening student at Glasgow School of Art from 1887-1891, 1895-1901 and from 1914-15. During his time as a student he won a medal for still life painting and three national prizes (for ornament, details, and shading antique figures). He was awarded an Art Master's Certificate Group 1 and 1st class Certificates for Life, Antique, Anatomy and Painting. He exhibited at Scottish exhibitions from 1892 onwards and became a member of Paisley Institute in 1892. He was employed ...

Stevenson, Ralph D.

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Standish, John Van Ness.

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Strawn, Silas Hardy, 1866-1946

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Steele, William L.

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