- Larry Combest
Larry Ed Combest (born March 20 1945) is a Texas Republican U.S. politician who was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1985-2003. Combest was born in Memphis, the seat of Hall County in West Texas. In 1969, he earned his bachelor of business administration degree from West Texas State University in Canyon, the seat of Randall County south of Amarillo. His family operated a farm for four generations. - Mollie Orshansky
Mollie Orshansky, (January 9 1915 - December 18 2006), was an American economist and statistician who, in 1963-65, developed the "Orshansky Poverty Thresholds", which are used in the United States as a measure of the income that a household must not exceed to be counted as poor. - Charles Valentine Riley
Charles Valentine Riley (September 19, 1843, London - September 14, 1895) was an entomologist and artist. He was born in London on September 19, 1843 and moved to the United States at the age of 17. At the age of 21, Riley began working for the "Prairie Farmer", a leading agricultural journal as reporter, artist, and editor of the entomological department. In 1868, he was appointed to the office of entomologist of the State of Missouri. - Dee Brown
Dorris Alexander "Dee" Brown (February 29,1908---December 12, 2002) was an American novelist and historian. His most famous work is "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee", published in 1970, detailing the violent relationship between Native Americans and American expansionism. This work led to further appreciation of the Native American culture by the common American, and caused a new look at the history of the American west, from the Native American point of view. - Milton S. Eisenhower
Milton Stover Eisenhower (September 15, 1899 - May 2, 1985) served as president of three major American universities: Kansas State University, the Pennsylvania State University, and the Johns Hopkins University. He was the younger brother of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. In 1930 he had a son, Milton Stover "Bud" Eisenhower, Jr. and in 1937, a daughter, Ruth Eisenhower. - Richard L. Skinner
Richard L. Skinner is the current Department of Homeland Security Inspector General (since July 28, 2005). He has served the U.S. Federal government since 1969, starting at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. - Edward Palmer
Edward Palmer (1829 - 1911) was a self-taught British botanist and early American archaeologist. Born in England, he spent most of his life in the United States, where he was employed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a botanist. He led an expedition in 1891 exploring the flora and fauna of California and particularly Death Valley. - Anna Botsford Comstock
Anna Botsford Comstock (September 1, 1854-August 24, 1930), was a US artist, educator, conservationist, and a leader of the nature study movement, born in Otto, New York, to Marvin and Phebe Irish Botsford. Comstock grew up on her parents' farm, where she and her Quaker mother spent time together examining the wildflowers, birds, and trees. Comstock attended the Chamberlain Institute and Female College, a Methodist school in Randolph, New York, … - Eugene Branstool
Eugene Branstool is an American politician of the Democratic party. Branstool, a Utica, Ohio, farmer, held a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1974 to 1982. He was a member of the Ohio Senate from 1982 to 1990 and served as minority whip. In 1990, Branstool was chosen as the running mate of Democratic gubernatorial nominee Tony Celebrezze, who lost the election to George Voinovich. - Loretta Schwartz-Nobel
Loretta Schwartz-Nobel is an American journalist and writer currently living in Pennsylvania. She is known primarily for her advocacy of the disadvantaged families of America. Schwartz-Nobel achieved national acclaim for her article in the Christmas 1974 issue of "Philadelphia" magazine, in which she brought attention to the hardships of the poor and destitute living in the otherwise typical American city of Philadelphia. - Henry Beachell
Henry Monroe Beachell was an American plant breeder. His research led to the development of "miracle rice" - hybrid rice cultivars that saved millions of people around the world from starvation. "Hank" Beachell has been called the most important person in rice improvement in the world. As farmers planted higher yielding rice, nutrition improved in many Asian countries, and farmers increased their incomes. For his efforts, he received at age 90 the 1996 World Food Prize, … - Charles Piper
Charles Vancouver Piper (16 June 1867 - 11 February 1926) was an American botanist and agriculturalist. Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, he spent his youth in Seattle, Washington Territory and graduated from the University of Washington Territory in 1885. He taught botany and zoology in 1892 at the Washington Agricultural College (now Washington State University) in Pullman. He earned a Masters degree in botany in 1900 from Harvard University. - Thomas Wyatt Turner
Thomas Wyatt Turner (March 16, 1877 - April 21, 1978) was an American civil rights activist, biologist and educator. Born in Hughesville, Maryland, Turner attended Episcopal local schools after Catholic schools refused to admit him because of his race. After receiving the proper credentials, Turner headed to the Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, where he served as teacher of biology. He later taught at various public schools in Baltimore, Maryland. - Francis Gano Benedict
Francis Gano Benedict was an American nutritionist who developed a calorimeter and a spirometer used to determine oxygen consumption and measure metabolic rate. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Benedict attended Harvard University, earning his bachelor's degree in 1893 and his master's degree in 1894. He earned his PhD, "magna cum laude", at Heidelberg University in 1895. He taught at Wesleyan University and did work for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. - William Edwin Safford
William Edwin Safford was an American botanist, ethnologist, and educator employed by the U.S. Navy and federal government. Safford graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1880 and pursued advanced studies at Yale and Harvard. He served in the Spanish-American War. In 1899 he was appointed deputy to the naval governor of Guam, Richard P. Leary. In practice, however, Leary delegated day-to-day administrative and judicial duties to Safford, … - Joseph Nelson Rose
Joseph Nelson Rose (January 11, 1862 - May 4, 1928) was an American botanist. He was born in Union County, Indiana. His father died serving during the Civil War when Joseph Rose was a young boy. He later graduated from high school in Liberty, Indiana. He received his Ph.D. from Wabash College in 1889. having received his B.A. and M.A. earlier at the same institute. He married Lou Beatrice Sims in 1888 and produced with her three sons and three daughters. - Abraham Z. Joffe
Abraham Z. Joffe (1909-2000) was Professor of Mycology and Mycotoxicology at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Dr. Joffe's professional interests were centered primarily in toxigenic fungi associated with production of mycotoxins (aflatoxins, trichothecenes, and other toxins); ecology and environmental factors favoring formation and distribution of Fusarium mycotoxins in cereal grains, feeds and foods; and phytotoxic action of Fusarium strains, … - Donald C. Peattie
Donald Culross Peattie (June 21, 1898 - November 16, 1964) was a U.S. botanist, naturalist and author. He was described by Joseph Wood Krutch as "perhaps the most widely read of all contemporary American nature writers". Peattie was born in Chicago and initially studied French poetry for two years at the University of Chicago. He then transferred to, and graduated (1922) from, Harvard University where he studied with the noted botanist Merritt Lyndon Fernald. - James G. Polk
James Gould Polk (October 6, 1896 - April 28, 1959) was a prominent U.S. politician of the Democratic Party during the middle of the 20th century. A native of Highland County, Ohio, Polk grew up on a farm and graduated from high school in New Vienna, Ohio. He did not serve during World War I because of a physical disability, and graduated from Ohio State University in 1919. Polk worked as a school administrator in small towns in Ohio during the 1920s, … - Robert Dinsmore Harrison
Robert Dinsmore Harrison (b. 1897- d. 1977) was a Nebraska Republican politician. Born on a farm near Panama, Nebraska on January 26, 1897, he graduated from Peru State College in 1926. He also graduated from University of California in 1928 and University of Nebraska in 1934. In 1918 to 1919, during World War I, he was a sergeant in the Twenty-second Engineers. He was the superintendent of schools in Bradshaw, Nebraska (1926-1929) and De Witt, Nebraska (1929-1937). - Victor Veysey
Victor Vincent Veysey (April 14, 1915 - February 13, 2001) was a California Republican politician. Veysey was born 1915 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He received a BS from California Institute of Technology (CalTech) in 1936, a MBA from Harvard University in 1938, and did graduate work at Stanford University. He was a professor at CalTech during 1938-1940 and 1941-1946, and Stanford University, 1940-1941. - Philip Hunter Timberlake
Philip Hunter Timberlake (1883-1981) was one of the most prolific American entomologists of the 20th century. He was born on June 5, 1883 in Bethel, Maine, and died in 1981 in Riverside, California, where he had served as an Associate Entomologist in the Department of Entomology of the University of California, Riverside. He obtained an A.B. degree in 1908 in Liberal Arts from Bowdoin College with a major in Greek and Latin. - Phillip Hart Weaver
Phillip Hart Weaver (b. 1919- d. 1989) was a Nebraska Republican politician, who was also the son of former Nebraska govenor Arthur J. Weaver and grandson of former representative Archibald Jerard Weaver. He was born in Falls City, Nebraska on April 9, 1919. He was educated at St. Benedicts College in Atchison, Kansas from 1938 to 1939 and graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. From 1938 to 1940 he was a radio announcer. - David Fairchild
David Grandison Fairchild (April 7 1869 - August 6 1954) was an American botanist and plant explorer. Fairchild was responsible for the introduction of more than 20,000 exotic plants and varieties of established crops into the United States, including mangos, alfalfa, nectarines, dates, horseradish, bamboos, and flowering cherries. He was a member of the Fairchild family, descendants of Thomas Fairchild of Stratford, Connecticut. - Theobald Smith
Theobald Smith (July 31, 1859 - December 10, 1934) was a pioneering epidemiologist and pathologist and is widely-considered to be America's first internationally-significant medical research scientist. - Adelle Davis
Daisie Adelle Davis (1904-1974), popularly known as Adelle Davis, was an American pioneer in the fledgling field of nutrition during the mid-20th century. She was an outspoken advocate of the superior value of whole unprocessed foods, the dangers of food additives, and the dominant role that all nutrients play in maintaining health, preventing disease, … - Alice Catherine Evans
Alice Catherine Evans (January 29, 1881-September 5, 1975) was an American microbiologist. She was born in a farm in Neath, Pennsylvania. In 1886 she survived Scarlet Fever, as did her brother Morgan. She attended the Susquehanna Collegiate Institute for a year, then became a teacher. After earning a B.S. in bacteriology from the Cornell University in 1909 and an M.S. University of Wisconsin the following year, she became a researcher at the US Department of Agriculture. - Oliver Edwin Baker
Oliver Edwin Baker (1883, College Park, Maryland - December 2, 1949, College Park, Maryland) was an American economic geographer. He graduated from Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio. At Yale, he studied forestry, and later economics and agriculture at the University of Wisconsin, where he received his Ph.D in 1921. For two years he worked with the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station. From 1912-1942 he served as an analyst with the US Department of Agriculture, … - Ruth Harkin
Ruth R. Harkin Ruth R. Harkin , 62, senior vice president, international affairs and government relations, for United Technologies Corporation (UTC) and chair of United Technologies International, UTC’s international representation arm, from 1997 to 2005. CEO and president of Overseas Private Investment Corporation from 1993 to 1997. Also a member of the board of regents, the state of Iowa, and a director of Bowater Incorporated. Lives in Alexandria, Va. - Eliot Coleman
Eliot Coleman (1938-) is an American farmer, author, agricultural researcher and educator, and a proponent of organic farming. His 1989 book, "The New Organic Grower", is considered must-reading for organic farmers and market gardeners. He served for two years as Executive Director of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), and was an advisor to the US Department of Agriculture during their 1979-80 study, … - Luc Anselin
Dr. Anselin's research deals with various aspects of spatial data analysis, ranging from exploratory spatial data analysis, to GIS and spatial econometrics, with substantive applications in regional economics, environmental economics, real estate economics as well as in epidemiology, criminology and political science. - Thom Haller
Thom Haller teaches principles and strategies for helping people find the information they need, use it, and appreciate the experience. He works as a consultant and coach, helping organizations infuse user-centered performance structure into electronic and print products. Thom has been teaching information architecture since 1998 and also provides instruction in professional writing, web writing, information design, creative nonfiction writing, and other understanding-focused courses. - Stephanie Dareing
Outgoing, fun loving lady. I have worked for the federal government for 32+ years and am looking forward to retiring in 2 years. I have 2 adult kids and 4 grandchildren. - Will
I would say that I have a passion for what I do. - Suzanne
Opus Dei. - James Elwell
Back in Jersey. Working at the FAA Tech Center. Umm, I run (not as much as I should); I play basketball when I can. I like computers and computer games. And I play guitar. I'm also a Christian, and I go to Faith Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Elmer, NJ. I'm now married to my best friend. - Wes Cunningham
Nature and music lover. I dig conversation with well read people and playing music with anybody. Top five dream jobs are as follows: 1. Field Researcher in Conservation 2. Traveling Minstrel 3. Record Shop Owner 4. Architect 5. Luthier/woodworker. - Jeff A. Serfass
Jeff was the founding Executive Director of the Fuel Cell Commercialization Group, the Utility Biomass Energy Commercialization Association, and the Utility PhotoVoltaic Group (now the Solar Electric Power Association). He led the exploratory workshops and relationship building that led to formation of each of these organizations, and then went on to manage them through start-up, development and strategic transition phases. - Bethany
I'm bored so I decided to change this. There's no telling what I'll do when I'm bored at work. Anyway.... I can't really describe myself other to say that I'm weird. I've been called that forever, I know this, I accept this, moving on deal with it. I like what I like when I like it. Maybe for a reason maybe for no reason maybe for reasons as yet discovered. I'm from the country, I'm scared of people, I love the city. - Pamela Row
Hey my name is Pamela Row I guess Im just an average easy goin person. I love to camp, fish, hike anything that is outdoors. Im a huge movie buff and I love music( i win at popculture games!) I love to play sports mostly I play roller hockey, and rugby. I love to be a smartass and sometimes people think im a bitch! I try to know a little bit about everything just so I can hold a conversation, and I think it makes a well rounded person.
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