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Ernest Gross Biography

Ernest GrossAge: 92 influential American diplomat and lawyer. He held key positions in the State Department and the U.N. during the Cold War and took significant actions against genocide and…

Arthur Guyton 2003 Deaths

Arthur GuytonAge: 83 researcher whose 1956 Textbook of Medical Physiology, remains one of the most widely used texts. Died: Jackson, Miss., April 3, 2003Martha GriffithsG - LAnne Gwynne…

Winston Graham 2003 Deaths

Winston GrahamAge: 93 British novelist who wrote a series of 12 historical novels about the Poldarks, an 18th-century Cornwall family. The series was adapted for two TV miniseries. Died:…

Archie Griffin

Archie GriffinBorn: Aug. 21, 1954Football RB only college player to win two Heisman Trophies (1974-75); rushed for 5,177 yards in career at Ohio St. and played in four straight Rose Bowls;…

Dick Groat

Dick GroatBorn: Nov. 4, 1930Basketball G and Baseball SS 2-time basketball All-America at Duke and college Player of Year in 1951; won NL MVP award as shortstop with Pittsburgh in 1960; won…

Meg Greenfield Biography

Meg GreenfieldAge: 68 20–year editor of the Washington Post editorial page. She was noted in the nation's capital and beyond for her sharp analysis of a generation of policy makers, which won…

Pittsburgh

(Encyclopedia) PittsburghPittsburghpĭtsˈbərg [key], city (1990 pop. 369,879), seat of Allegheny co., SW Pa., at the confluence of the Allegheny and the Monongahela rivers, which there form the Ohio…

Cunningham, Merce

(Encyclopedia) Cunningham, Merce (Mercier Philip Cunningham), 1919–2009, American modern dancer and choreographer, b. Centralia, Wash. Cunningham studied modern dance with Martha Graham and ballet at…

Adolph Green 2002 Deaths

Adolph GreenAge: 86 playwright and lyricist who, with Betty Comden, wrote the beloved Broadway musicals On the Town, Wonderful Town, and Singin' in the Rain. Green and Comden collaborated for…