Who's Who in America® was joined by several specialized directories, compiled by a variety of criteria, that provide important subsets to contemporary biography. The more extensive Marquis Who's Who presented biographies of nearly 788,000 leaders...
However, women have always played an important role in the music scene and continue to do so. Country music artist Mickey Guyton was the first Black woman country singer nominated for Grammy’s Best Country Solo Performance for her song “Black Like Me” and the first Black woman to host th...
He was elected President of the Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Association and served on the Board of Directors for six years. Mr. Petri is the ATLA National Chairman of Litigation involv- ing burn injuries due to faulty products, defective products that are not fail safe, and gross negligence. ...
On February 1, 1950, Harry’s widow Claire married Adrien Doiron, who was a justice of the Saskatchewan Court of the King’s Bench. Claire and Harry’s son Joseph became a doctor and opened a practice in British Columbia. He married Therese Eccles in 1955 and they had eight children. ...
In 1914, Alex was the president of United Fuel and Supply Company. In 1920, he was the president of the Harlan Gas Coal Company, while his son George was the president of the Malcomson Coal Company and the vice-president of the Harlan Gas Coal Company. In April 1922, the Malcomsons ...
the Univ. of Berlin (1889–1928) and president (1930–35) of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society for the Advancement of Science, Berlin, which after World War II was reconstituted as part of the Max Planck Institutes. He was an editor of theAnnalen der Physikand member of the Royal Society (...
Although Putin has been, in the main, popular with the Russian public, his reputation suffered when he was perceived to have acted belatedly after the Russian submarineKursksank in Aug., 2000. By the end of his second year in office, however, the Russian president's position had visibly str...