John S. Knight

John S. Knight

male, deceased (1981)
death by myocardial infarction, Elijah Parish Lovejoy, Doctor of Laws, myocardial infarction, colby college, Newspaper editor…UnitedStatesArmy, CornellUniversity
John Shively Knight was an American newspaper publisher and editor. He was born in Bluefield, West Virginia to Charles Landon Knight and Clara...
Rod Serling

Rod Serling

male, deceased (1975)
Rodman Edward "Rod" Serling, American military personnel of World War II, Death from surgical complications, Ithaca College faculty, American, Screenwriter…United States Army soldier, UnitedStatesArmy, University of Wisconsin Center, CornellUniversity
Rodman Edward "Rod" Serling (December 25, 1924 - June 28, 1975) was an American screenwriter, most famous for his science fiction anthology...

Henry Hill

male, 91 years old
Reichian therapy, Dianetics, furniture, chiropractor, Walt Disney Pictures, United States Republican Party…CornellUniversity, University of Southern California, United States Senate candidate, UnitedStatesArmy
Henry Hill (born 1918) is an American artist. Hill was born in Oak Park, Illinois, the son and grandson of executives of a furniture company. He...
Edward J. Bloustein

Edward J. Bloustein

male, deceased (1989) (New Jersey, United States)
Cornell University alumni, Brooklyn College, Fulbright Scholar, Cornell Law School, Fulbright Fellowship, Law clerk…American university and college president, University of Oxford, President of Rutgers University, CornellUniversity, New York University
Edward J. Bloustein (January 20, 1925 - 9 December, 1989) was the seventeenth President of Rutgers University serving from 1971 to 1989. He was...
William F. Friedman

William F. Friedman

male, deceased (1969)
Cryptographer, World War II, cryptography, UnitedStatesArmy, William Frederick Friedman, us army…CornellUniversity
William Frederick Friedman (September 24, 1891 - November 12, 1969) was a US Army cryptologist. He ran the research division of the Army's Signals...
Elmer Ambrose Sperry

Elmer Ambrose Sperry

male, deceased (1930)
gyroscopic compasses, Searchlight, From Cortland, New York, Collier Trophy recipient, normal school, arc lamp…UnitedStatesArmy, United States Navy, CornellUniversity
Elmer Ambrose Sperry was a prolific inventor and entrepreneur, most famous as co-inventor, with Herman Anschütz-Kaempfe of the gyrocompass. Sperry w...
Lee Lorch

Lee Lorch

male
Pacific Ocean theater of World War II, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, African American, Pacific Theater, Civil Rights, City College of New York…York University faculty, university of cincinnati, Penn State University, UnitedStatesArmy, Cornell University alumni
Lee Lorch (born 1915) is a mathematician and was an early civil rights activist. He was born in New York City and graduated from Cornell University...
Haki R. Madhubuti

Haki R. Madhubuti

male, 67 years old
From Little Rock, Arkansas, poet and lecturer, The Spirit, Claiming Earth Race, Rage, Rape, Redemption, GroundWork New and Selected Poems 1966-1996, HeartLove Wedding and Love Poems…University of Iowa, U.S. Army, UnitedStatesArmy, M.F.A. from The University of Iowa
He is a much sought-after poet and lecturer, and has convened workshops and served as guest/keynote speaker at thousands of colleges, universities,...
Ross H. Arnett Jr.

Ross H. Arnett Jr.

male, deceased (1999)
CornellUniversity, Entomologist, UnitedStatesArmy, united states department of agriculture, The Catholic University of America, panama…us army, Army School of Malariology
Ross Harold Arnett, Jr. (April 13, 1919 - July 16, 1999) was an American entomologist noted for his studies of beetles, and as founder of the...
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