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Traynor, Roger John

(Encyclopedia) Traynor, Roger John, 1900–1983, American jurist, b. Park City, Utah, grad. Univ. of California at Berkeley (A.B., 1923, Ph.D., 1926, J.D., 1927.) After teaching political science and…

Roger SHERMAN, Congress, CT (1721-1793)

Senate Years of Service: 1791-1793Party: Pro-AdministrationSHERMAN, Roger, (father-in-law of Samuel Hoar and Simeon Baldwin, grandfather of William Evarts, Roger Sherman Baldwin, George…

Babson, Roger Ward

(Encyclopedia) Babson, Roger Ward, 1875–1967, American businessman and statistician, b. Gloucester, Mass. In 1904 he founded the Babson Statistical Organization, Inc., whose business and financial…

Kornberg, Roger David

(Encyclopedia) Kornberg, Roger David, 1947–, American biochemist, b. St. Louis, Mo., Ph.D. Stanford, 1972; son of Arthur Kornberg. Kornberg held academic posts at Cambridge (1972–76) and Harvard (…

Guillemin, Roger Charles Louis

(Encyclopedia) Guillemin, Roger Charles LouisGuillemin, Roger Charles LouisgēyəmăNˈ [key], 1924–, French-American physiologist, b. Dijon, France. Educated in France, he fought for the resistance…

Myerson, Roger Bruce

(Encyclopedia) Myerson, Roger Bruce, 1951–, American economist, b. Boston, Mass., Ph.D. Harvard, 1976. He has taught at Northwestern Univ. (1976–2001) and the Univ. of Chicago (2001–). With Leonid…

Williams, Roger John

(Encyclopedia) Williams, Roger John, 1893–1988, American chemist, b. India, grad. Univ. of Redlands, Redlands, Calif. (B.S., 1914), Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1919; brother of the chemist Robert R.…

Martin du Gard, Roger

(Encyclopedia) Martin du Gard, RogerMartin du Gard, Rogerrôzhāˈ märtăNˈ də gär [key], 1881–1958, French novelist. Long associated with the Nouvelle Revue française, he first gained recognition with…

Edith Nourse ROGERS, Congress, MA (1881-1960)

ROGERS, Edith Nourse, (wife of John Jacob Rogers), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Saco, York County, Maine, March 19, 1881; graduated from the Rogers Hall School, Lowell, Mass.;…