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Clark Kerr
Clark Kerr Clark Kerr (born 1911) was an economist and labor/ management expert who served as president of the multi-campus University of California from 1952 to 1967, a period of rapid growth and expansion. He was concerned about the role of the university in society and created a master plan... Read more |
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Jean Collins Kerr
Jean Collins Kerr 1923-2003, American comic author and playwright, b. Scranton, Pa., wife of Walter Kerr . Kerr had a knack for finding wry humor in the worlds of marriage, suburbia, and show business. Her novel Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1957) was made into a movie (1960) and a television... Read more |
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Walter Francis Kerr
Walter Francis Kerr 1913-96, American drama critic, b. Evanston, Ill. He wrote for the theater in the 1930s, and became drama critic for the New York Herald Tribune in 1951 and for the New York Times in 1966. His books include How Not to Write a Play (1955), The Decline of Pleasure (1962), ... Read more |
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Laurence Kerr Olivier Baron Olivier of Brighton
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier of Brighton , 1907-89, English actor, director, and producer. He made his stage debut at Stratford-on-Avon in 1922 and soon achieved renown through his work with the Old Vic company. Noted for his remarkable versatility and striking features, he enjoyed universal... Read more |
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Tony Kushner
KUSHNER, Tony 1956- Personal Born July 16, 1956, in New York, NY. Education: Columbia University, B.A., 1978; New York University, M.F.A., 1984. Addresses Office— Walter Kerr Theatre, 225 West 48th St., New York, NY 10036. Agent Read more |
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Kerr-McGee Corp
Kerr-McGee Corporation Kerr-McGee Center 123 Robert S. Kerr Avenue Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102 U.S.A. Telephone: (405) 270-1313 Fax: (405) 270-3123 Web site: http://www.kerr-mcgee.com Public Company Incorporated: 1932 as A&K Petroleum Company Employees: 3,915 Sales: $4.19... Read more |
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Norman Bel Geddes
Norman Bel Geddes , 1893-1958, American designer, b. Adrian, Mich. as Norman Melancton Geddes. He began his career in 1918 as scene designer for the Metropolitan Opera. He became known for imaginative designs both for the New York stage and for numerous industrial products. Geddes also designed... Read more |
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Sir William Henry Bragg
Sir William Henry Bragg 1862-1942, English physicist, educated at King William's College, Isle of Man, and Trinity College, Cambridge. He served on the faculties of the Univ. of Adelaide in Australia (1886-1908), the Univ. of Leeds (1909-15), and the Univ. of London (1915-23). From 1923 he was... Read more |
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Robert Henry Newell
Newell, Robert Henry (1836–1901), New York journalist and humorist, best known for his comic treatment of contemporary matters in newspapers, written under the pseudonym Orpheus C. Kerr. This name, a pun on the words “Office Seeker,” was suggested by the great number of... Read more |
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Terrorism and censorship: the media in chains. (Power of the Media in the...
...had been bombed; Malcolm Kerr, the president of the American University, Beirut had been...quietly warning Americans to leave Beirut...of those who use terror against innocent...kidnapping, an assassination ... |