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Hace 1 día · Mel Powell (B.A. 1952), 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Music for Duplicates: A Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra; founding dean and professor of music of the California Institute of the Arts; Samantha Power (B.A. 1992), Pulitzer Prize for the book A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide
Hace 1 día · William Roy: 1981 Former U.S. Olympian and world champion in skeet shooting; captain of 1996 U.S. Olympic shooting team; Professor of English at United States Air Force Academy; Boeing 747 pilot for United Airlines: Alonzo Babers: 1983 Winner of two gold medals (400m and 4×400m relay) at the 1984 Summer Olympics; Boeing 777 pilot for United ...
Hace 1 día · Biography Early life: 1899–1919 Early childhood and education William Hitchcock, probably with his first son, William, outside the family shop in London, c. 1900; the sign above the store says "W. Hitchcock's". The Hitchcocks used the pony to deliver groceries. Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born on 13 August 1899 in the flat above his parents' leased greengrocer's shop at 517 High Road in ...
Hace 1 día · Hugo Lafayette Black (February 27, 1886 – September 25, 1971) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as a U.S. Senator from Alabama from 1927 to 1937 and as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1937 to 1971. A member of the Democratic Party and a devoted New Dealer, Black endorsed Franklin D. Roosevelt in both the 1932 and 1936 presidential elections.
Hace 3 horas · History In his last will, President George Washington left shares to endow a university in the nation's new capital. Founding. The first President of the United States, George Washington, long favored the establishment of a university in a central part of the United States. He wrote to the U.S. Congress and others in favor of it, and envisioned it would be in a central part of D.C., stating he ...
Hace 3 horas · This is a list of the present and extant Barons (Lords of Parliament, in Scottish terms) in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.Note that it does not include those extant baronies which have become merged (either through marriage or elevation) with higher peerage dignities and are today only seen as subsidiary titles.
Hace 1 día · Chyna (born Joan Marie Laurer; December 27, 1969 – April 17, 2016) was an American professional wrestler, fitness model, bodybuilder, author, actress, adult actress and television personality.. She first rose to prominence in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)) in 1997, where she was billed as "The Ninth Wonder of the World" (André the Giant was ...
