Word: pioneers
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Died. Dr. Clifford Grosselle Grulee, 82, a founder and honorary president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, pioneer of the medical specialty of treating infants apart from adults, a firm advocate of breast rather than bottle feeding; of a heart attack; in Evanston...
Maurice Hudson Thatcher is a gnarled, 92-year-old relic of Panama Canal construction days and still has a pioneer's proprietary interest in the Canal Zone, which Teddy Roosevelt leased from Panama in 1903. The only living member of the Isthmian Canal Commission responsible for digging the waterway, Thatcher served five terms as a U.S. Congressman from Kentucky, had a powerful voice in canal legislation. Thatcher Highway and Thatcher Ferry in the zone bear his name, and last week Thatcher was pleased by a third honor: he arranged to have a new bridge named Thatcher Ferry Bridge...
...University's new Center for Behavioral Sciences will be named after Adam James, an American pioneer in the scientific study...
GASPERO DEL CORSO Obelisco Gallery Rome Pioneer Felons...
Died. Rollin Henry White. 90. pioneer Ohio automaker who in 1899 developed a flash boiler that propelled White Steamers down the highway just two years after the famed Stanleys, in 1906 helped found White Motor Co., the U.S.'s largest independent truck manufacturer; in Hobe Sound...