1 |
38;1;He won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1892 |
and also later served as president of that organization.;AWARD |
2 |
41;1;Dole was twice decorated for heroic achievement |
receiving two Purple Hearts for his injuries |
and the Bronze Star Medal for his attempt to assist a downed radio man.;AWARD |
3 |
50;2;President Clinton awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom in early 1997 for his service in the military and his political career.;AWARD |
4 |
123;5;The book was awarded the 1957 Pulitzer Prize for Biography.;AWARD |
5 |
4;2;The Foundation has grown immensely and |
by 1950 |
had become national and international in scope.;CONTROL |
6 |
124;1;Kennedy's other decorations of the Second World War include the Purple Heart |
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal |
and the World War II Victory Medal.;AWARD |
7 |
138;1;"Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley |
OM |
FRS (born 22 November 1917 |
Hampstead |
London |
England |
UK) is a British physiologist and biophysicist |
who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work with Alan Lloyd Hodgkin on the basis of nerve ""action potentials |
the electrical impulses that enable the activity of an organism to be coordinated by a central nervous system.";AWARD |
8 |
147;1;He was twice nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
the first for his role in the 1943 film |
Sahara then for his performance in the 1945 film |
A Medal for Benny for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture.;AWARD |
9 |
154;1;In recognition of his work with electricity |
Franklin was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and received its Copley Medal in 1753.;AWARD |
10 |
180;3;"In 1991 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for ""preserving America's defenses at a time of great change around the world.""";AWARD |
11 |
8;2;His support abated as the United States entered WWII.;CONTROL |
12 |
245;1;PFC Fernando Luis Garcia (October 14 |
1929 - September 5 |
1952) |
born in Utuado |
Puerto Rico |
was a member of the United States Marines and the first Puerto Rican who was awarded the Medal of Honor.;AWARD |
13 |
273;1;Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977.;AWARD |
14 |
294;3;Confidential (1997) for which she received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.;AWARD |
15 |
298;1;In 1968 |
6 years after her death |
she was honored |
as the former president of United Nations Commission on Human Rights |
by a posthume Nobel Peace Prize |
along with Rene Cassin |
president of the European Court of Human Rights |
for their work in drafting and promoting the adoption and proclamation the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights.;AWARD |
16 |
298;2;The same year |
they were each awarded by one of the UN's own Human Rights Prizes.;AWARD |
17 |
317;2;He won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1928.;AWARD |
18 |
10;1;On May 26 |
1943 |
Edsel Ford died |
leaving a vacancy in the company presidency.;CONTROL |
19 |
318;3;"He was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics for his explanation of the photoelectric effect in 1905 (his ""miracle year"") and ""for his services to Theoretical Physics"".";AWARD |
20 |
335;1;The Reverend Martin Luther King |
Jr. Ph.D. |
Boston University (January 15 |
1929 - April 4 |
1968) was an American Nobel Laureate |
Baptist minister |
and African American civil rights activist.;AWARD |
21 |
335;4;He also was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.;AWARD |
22 |
355;1;In 1971 |
Coppola won an Academy Award for his screenplay for Patton.;AWARD |
23 |
355;2;However |
his name as a filmmaker was made as the co-writer and director of The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974) |
which both won the Academy Award for Best Picture - the latter being the first sequel to do so.;AWARD |
24 |
357;6;While The Godfather Part II won the Oscar |
The Conversation won the 1974 Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.;AWARD |
25 |
11;5;This led to his being hired by Westinghouse company to service their steam engines.;CONTROL |
26 |
407;1;Clinton received a B.S.F.S. degree from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington DC |
where he became a brother of Alpha Phi Omega |
worked for Senator J. William Fulbright |
was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and won a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford (at the University College |
Oxford) in England.;AWARD |
27 |
418;1;He won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1841.;AWARD |
28 |
419;2;There he published tables of atmospheric refraction based on Bradley's observations |
which won him the Lalande Prize from the Institut de France.;AWARD |
29 |
422;1;In 1923 he was awarded the inaugural Bucher Memorial Prize by the American Mathematical Society.;AWARD |
30 |
432;2;She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Godfather |
Part II and for the Best Actress in a Leading Role for Rocky.;AWARD |
31 |
435;2;Lift |
the mother of Danny DeVito's character in her Academy Award nominated performance in Throw Momma from the Train.;AWARD |
32 |
17;1;He has also made notable appearances on television.;CONTROL |
33 |
480;1;Edric Frederick Gifford |
3rd Baron Gifford |
VC (5 July 1849 - 5 June 1911) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross |
the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.;AWARD |
34 |
520;2;As a soldier |
he led a famous cavalry charge in the Battle of San Juan Hill in 1898 for which he was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2001 by President Bill Clinton |
making Roosevelt the only President to have received the award as of 2005.;AWARD |
35 |
522;1;Roosevelt was also influential in spearheading the construction of the Panama Canal |
and for his mediation in the Russo-Japanese War of 1905 |
he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906.;AWARD |
36 |
522;2;He was the first American to win a Nobel Prize in any category.;AWARD |
37 |
528;1;Reynolds was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress following her performance in The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964) |
a Golden Globe for The Debbie Reynolds Show on television (1970) |
a Golden Globe for the motion picture Mother (1997) |
and a Blockbuster Entertainment Award for In & Out (1997).;AWARD |
38 |
528;2;In 1997 she received the Lifetime Achievement Award in Comedy.;AWARD |
39 |
23;3;Her sister Betty sang in a duo with Rosemary for much of her early career.;CONTROL |
40 |
535;2;A special military decoration |
the Dewey Medal |
was also named in his honor.;AWARD |
41 |
549;2;A screen legend |
Hepburn holds the records for the most Oscars (4) and also Best Actress nominations (12).;AWARD |
42 |
549;3;Hepburn won an Emmy Award in 1975 for her lead role in Love Among the Ruins |
and was nominated for four other Emmys and two Tony Awards during the course of her more than 70-year acting career.;AWARD |
43 |
600;1;He was also a fan of hockey and was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1993.;AWARD |
44 |
32;1;Bush served in the French and Indian Wars as a soldier between 1755 and 1757.;CONTROL |
45 |
638;2;He won directing Emmys for his work on the original 1854 CBS teleplay |
Twelve Angry Men.;AWARD |
46 |
2;1;Because of his father's legacy at Ole Miss |
as well as his own status as the most highly recruited high school quarterback of his class |
Peyton Manning stunned many when he chose to attend and play for the University of Tennessee.;EDUCATION |
47 |
9;4;"In 1989 |
he earned a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from New York University Law School.";EDUCATION |
48 |
25;1;During his stay in prison |
he rediscovered the Bible |
learned Greek |
and became a student of Christian theology at Oxford University.;EDUCATION |
49 |
26;1;Born in Dublin to William Aitken (himself a Conservative MP) and Penelope Aitken |
daughter of John Maffey |
1st Baron Rugby |
he attended Eton College and read law at Christ Church |
Oxford.;EDUCATION |
50 |
35;2;He was educated at the Bury St Edmunds grammar school and at Trinity College |
Dublin |
studied law for a short time after 1624 at the Inner Temple |
London |
accompanied the ill-fated expedition of the duke of Buckingham for the relief of the Protestants of La Rochelle |
and then travelled in Italy and the Levant |
returning to England in 1629.;EDUCATION |
51 |
48;1;Dole graduated from High School in the spring of 1941 |
and enrolled at the University of Kansas the following Autumn.;EDUCATION |
52 |
38;4;Three other children had been born to them but had died young.;CONTROL |
53 |
48;4;After the war |
Dole continued to study law |
and eventually earned his Law Degree from Washburn University in 1952.;EDUCATION |
54 |
70;3;from Dartmouth College in 1809 and an A.M. from Dartmouth in 1812.;EDUCATION |
55 |
45;2;He began to learn mathematics around age twelve.;CONTROL |
56 |
94;1;Marvin graduated from Woodberry Forest School in 1975 |
and spent most summers and holidays at the sprawling family estate |
the Bush Compound.;EDUCATION |
57 |
104;3;He was a first round draft pick in 1992 |
out of Georgia Tech.;EDUCATION |
58 |
105;1;Jon Barry played his high school basketball at an athletic powerhouse |
De La Salle High School in Concord |
California before receiving a basketball scholarship to attend Georgia Tech.;EDUCATION |
59 |
107;2;He graduated from New York University`s College of Arts and Sciences in 1953 and received a scholarship to Harvard Law School.;EDUCATION |
60 |
114;1;At the age of 17 |
and having barely passed West Point's height requirement for entrance |
Grant received a cadetship to the United States Military Academy at West Point |
New York |
through his U.S.;EDUCATION |
61 |
46;2;Einstein's relationship with Mileva developed into romance over the next few years.;CONTROL |
62 |
117;1;"After Raymond graduated from high school |
he enrolled in the ""1Universidad del Sagrado Corazon"" (University of the Sacred Heart) of San Juan |
where he earned a Bachelors Degree in ""Radio and Television Production"".";EDUCATION |
63 |
136;1;In 1928 |
Reagan entered Eureka College in Eureka |
Illinois |
majoring in economics and sociology |
and graduating in 1932.;EDUCATION |
64 |
163;2;"He received an A.B. degree in 1938 and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree in 1941 |
both from Harvard University.";EDUCATION |
65 |
48;2;He kept his Swiss passport for his whole life.;CONTROL |
66 |
171;2;He was educated at a religious Imam Hatip school and at Marmara University's faculty of economics and business.;EDUCATION |
67 |
175;2;He was educated at Marlborough College and |
in 1910 |
he graduated from Trinity College |
Cambridge in mathematics.;EDUCATION |
68 |
181;2;He was elected the Natrona County High School senior class president |
represented the school at Boys State |
and played halfback on the football team.;EDUCATION |
69 |
186;1;Following high school |
Cheney earned an academic scholarship and attended Yale University in 1959.;EDUCATION |
70 |
54;3;Since then |
Miguel has been cast in many major movies |
usually in the role of villain.;CONTROL |
71 |
187;2;Mrs. Cheney has a BA with highest honors from Colorado College |
an MA from The University of Colorado |
and a Ph.D from The University of Wisconsin specializing in British literature.;EDUCATION |
72 |
188;1;He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a doctoral candidate in political science and completed all required coursework as an ABD |
but left and entered politics before completing his thesis.;EDUCATION |
73 |
189;1;Refocusing on academics |
Cheney first matriculated to Casper Community College in 1963 and thereafter to the University of Wyoming where he began earning straight A's.;EDUCATION |
74 |
63;3;He was re-elected several times |
and served until 1784.;CONTROL |
75 |
198;2;He graduated from Princeton University in 1952 |
and attended Harvard University in 1954-55.;EDUCATION |
76 |
212;1;Haeck was educated at Trent University in Peterborough and State University of New York at Buffalo in Buffalo |
New York.;EDUCATION |
77 |
222;1;After attending the Douglas School in Columbus and St. George's School in Newport |
Rhode Island as well as the famous Stonyhurst College in England (where he designed the boys' golf course still in use today) from 1908 to 1913 |
Bush entered Yale University.;EDUCATION |
78 |
241;1;The son of Sir Mortimer Margesson |
he grew up in Worcestershire and was educated at Harrow School.;EDUCATION |
79 |
243;1;Keynes was educated at Oundle School.;EDUCATION |
80 |
74;3;The boycott lasted for 381 days.;CONTROL |
81 |
271;5;He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1930 |
where he was a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity |
the Dartmouth Glee Club |
and the Casque & Gauntlet Society.;EDUCATION |
82 |
290;1;Burroughs attended John Burroughs School in St. Louis |
and The Los Alamos Ranch School in New Mexico.;EDUCATION |
83 |
290;10;Burroughs graduated from Harvard University in 1936.;EDUCATION |
84 |
291;1;Walter William Rouse Ball (August 14 |
1850 - April 4 |
1925) was a British mathematician |
lawyer and a fellow at Trinity College |
Cambridge from 1878 to 1905.;EDUCATION |
85 |
312;1;In 1902 Geiger began to study physics and mathematics in Erlangen and later attained a doctorate in 1906.;EDUCATION |
86 |
70;3;She was the fifth of nine children.;CONTROL |
87 |
312;2;In 1907 he began work with Ernest Rutherford at the University of Manchester.;EDUCATION |
88 |
319;1;Einstein attended the Luitpold Gymnasium where he received a relatively progressive education.;EDUCATION |
89 |
326;4;"The family was Jewish (non-observant); Albert attended a Catholic elementary school and |
at the insistence of his mother |
was given violin lessons.";EDUCATION |
90 |
337;4;He graduated from Morehouse College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology in 1948.;EDUCATION |
91 |
31;2;Elliot and Fokker were able to receive such a large commission because Elliot had close connections to the U.S. Export-Import Bank through his father |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt.;EMPLOYER |
92 |
40;1;Dole is currently special counsel at the Washington |
D.C. |
lobbying firm of Aaron Woo.;EMPLOYER |
93 |
49;2;This has included becoming a television commercial spokesman for such products as Viagra and Pepsi-Cola |
and as an occasional political commentator on the popular American interview program Larry King Live.;EMPLOYER |
94 |
74;1;"Homer works in the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant |
in Sector 7G |
although ""working"" in this case refers largely to dozing and eating doughnuts.";EMPLOYER |
95 |
107;4;He was then hired by the legal department of CBS subsidiary Columbia Records.;EMPLOYER |
96 |
85;3;His ancestor Johann Valentin Pressler emigrated to North America in 1710.;CONTROL |
97 |
130;1;"His employment by the General Electric company further enhanced his political image; he travelled widely as a GE spokesman |
and was noted for his anti-Communist speeches.";EMPLOYER |
98 |
175;3;No doubt |
his family connections helped him to secure an immediate post-graduate position at the Victoria University of Manchester |
working under Ernest Rutherford and Niels Bohr on Rutherford's atomic theory.;EMPLOYER |
99 |
198;4;He joined the Foreign Service |
working for the State Department from 1956 until 1969.;EMPLOYER |
100 |
89;1;He was born into a family of Swedish nobility.;CONTROL |