Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; in 1861, he was the first man to receive a pension from the U.S. government for wounds received in military service during the Civil War; cotton broker; liquor merchant; Consul for Belgium in Savannah, Ga., 1878-1903. French ancestry. ...
Although raised as an Episcopalian, Goldwater was the first candidate of ethnically Jewish heritage to be nominated for President by a major American party (his father was Jewish). Goldwater's platform ultimately failed to gain the support of the electorate and he lost the 1964 presidential ...
was a doctor for the Peace Corps in Liberia and Sierra Leone from 1983 until 1985 and worked as a general practitioner. In pursuit of becoming an astronaut she applied to NASA. Jemison left NASA in 1993 and founded a technology research company. She later formed a non-profit educational ...
"He [Walker] was the best catcher I ever worked with, but I disliked a Negro and whenever I had to pitch to him I used to pitch anything I wanted without looking at his signals. One day he signaled me for a curve and I shot a fast ball at him. ...
Charles Lindbergh, born in Detroit, Michigan on February 4, 1902, was an American aviator who achieved worldwide fame as the first person to fly solo and non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean. Born to a congressman father and a schoolteacher mother, his love for machinery and technology was ev...
His more recent work deals with the politics of competition in high technology industries. Age: 76 Birthplace: New Kensington, PennsylvaniaClark Kerr Clark Kerr was an American professor of economics and academic administrator. He was the first chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, ...