Arun Netravali

Arun Netravali

male
Techfest, OmniCapital, Businessman, IIT Bombay, Lucent Technologies, Padma Bhushan recipient…MS
Arun N. Netravali (b. May 26, 1946 in Bombay) is an Indian-American engineer and businessman who is a pioneer of digital technology including HDTV....
M. S. Subbulakshmi

M. S. Subbulakshmi

female, deceased (2004)
vocalist, carnatic music, musician, adoptive parent, Mother Tongue, Tamil language
Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (popularly known as M.S. or M.S.S./M.S. Maami.) (September 16, 1916 - December 11, 2004) was a renowned...
Owen K. Garriott

Owen K. Garriott

male, 79 years old
Ph.D., astronaut, NASA, U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Inductee, STS-9, Space Adventures…MS
Owen Kay Garriott, Ph.D. (born November 22, 1930) is a former NASA astronaut who spent 60 days aboard Skylab in 1973 and 10 days aboard Spacelab-1...
Lynn McDonald

Lynn McDonald

female, 69 years old
Anglican, Independent, From Ontario, Non-smokers' Health Act, New Democratic Party, Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
Lynn McDonald, PhD (born July 15 1940) is a university professor, anti-tobacco activist and former member of the Canadian House of Commons....
Valerie Wilson Wesley

Valerie Wilson Wesley

female, 62 years old
Howard University, American, author, essence magazine, Bank Street College of Education, essence
Valerie Wilson Wesley (b. November 22, 1947) is an African-American author of mysteries, adult-theme novels, and children's books, and a former...
Frederick Laurence Field

Frederick Laurence Field

male, deceased (1945)
British, hood, First Sea Lords, battle of jutland, Admiral of the Fleet, First Sea Lord
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick Laurence Field GCB KCMG (18 April 1871-24 October 1945) was a British Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet who served...
Martin J. Fettman

Martin J. Fettman

male, 52 years old
Cornell University alumni, NASA, STS-58, space shuttle columbia, astronaut, Amateur Radio…MS
Martin Joseph Fettman (B.S., D.V.M., M.S., Ph.D., Diplomate, ACVP) is a former NASA Payload Specialist who flew on STS-58 aboard the Space Shuttle...
Edward Adelbert Doisy

Edward Adelbert Doisy

male, deceased (1986)
estrone, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, vitamin k, Saint Louis University faculty…MS
Dr. Edward Adelbert Doisy (November 3, 1893 - October 23, 1986) was an American biochemist, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or...
Y. Lawrence Yao

Y. Lawrence Yao

male
Columbia University faculty, Columbia University, Ph.D., Caterpillar Inc., Machining, Laser Institute of America…MS
Yixin Lawrence Yao (born May 25, 1953) is (as of 2007) the department chair of Mechanical Engineering at Columbia University. He received a Ph.D....
Jill Nelson

Jill Nelson

female, 57 years old
American, Harlem, village voice, essence, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, City College of New York
Jill Nelson (born June 14, 1952) is a prominent African American journalist and novelist. She has written several books, including the...