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King Walter

Career PBA Tour money leader Walter Ray Williams Jr. continued to shine in 1998 with another monster year.PBA Tour He was the PBA Player of the Year in 1996 and 1997. He had 24 titles to his…

Kalckreuth, Leopold Karl Walter, Graf von

(Encyclopedia) Kalckreuth, Leopold Karl Walter, Graf vonKalckreuth, Leopold Karl Walter, Graf vonlāˈōpôlt kärl välˈtər gräf fən kälkˈroit [key], 1855–1928, German painter and graphic artist. He…

Gieseking, Walter

(Encyclopedia) Gieseking, WalterGieseking, Waltervälˈtər gēˈzəkĭng [key], 1895–1956, German pianist, b. Lyons, France, grad. Hanover Municipal Conservatory, 1916. He began touring Europe in 1920 and…

Brown, Walter Folger

(Encyclopedia) Brown, Walter FolgerBrown, Walter Folgerfōlˈjər [key], 1869–1961, American cabinet officer, b. Massillon, Ohio. A lawyer of Toledo, Ohio, he became prominent in Republican politics and…

Lippmann, Walter

(Encyclopedia) Lippmann, Walter, 1889–1974, American essayist and editor, b. New York City. He was associate editor of the New Republic in its early days (1914–17), but at the outbreak of World War I…

Anthony Rodney, Walter

(Encyclopedia) Rodney, Walter, 1942–1980, Scholar and revolutionary, b. Georgetown, British Guiana. Ph.D. School of African and Oriental Studies, 1966…

Cronkite, Walter

(Encyclopedia) Cronkite, Walter (Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr.)Cronkite, Walterkrŏngˈkīt, krŏnˈ– [key], 1916–2009, American news broadcaster, b. St. Joseph, Mo. He left (1935) the Univ. of Texas to…

Chrysler, Walter Percy

(Encyclopedia) Chrysler, Walter PercyChrysler, Walter Percykrīˈslər [key], 1875–1940, American industrialist, founder of the Chrysler Corp., b. Wamego, Kans. He began as a machinist's apprentice and…

Hagen, Walter

(Encyclopedia) Hagen, WalterHagen, Walterhāˈgən [key], 1892–1969, American golfer, b. Rochester, N.Y. Hagen won the U.S. Open championship in 1914 and again in 1919; he took the British Open title in…

Simons, Walter

(Encyclopedia) Simons, WalterSimons, Waltervälˈtər zēˈmôns [key], 1861–1937, German jurist and statesman. He served (1919) as commissioner general to the German delegation at Versailles, but resigned…