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My name is Bond, James Bond. No, that that Bond but another one. So, this James Bond was born in Arlington Illinois in 1923 to Vernon and Mabel. He attended Monmouth College for a brief time and then he entered the United States Naval Academy in 1943.In 1945 he graduated due to the reduced schedu...
01/31/2017
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Thaddeus Fairbanks was born in Brimfield, Massachusetts back in 1796. In 1815 he moved to St. Johnsbury, Vermont working in a wheelwright’s shop. In 1824 he married Lucy and in 1824 he built an iron foundry.In 1830 he patented a hemp and flax dressing machine. In the meantime, he invented several...
01/30/2017
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Vicente was born in Palos de la Frontera, crown of Castile circa 1462 (actual date of birth is unknown) to Martin and Mayor. Between 1477 to 1479 records indicate he was a privateer with his brother Martin Alonso. By 1492 he was living in nearby Moguer moving again to in 1502 to Seville.The last ...
01/29/2017
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Glen was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta Canada back in 1918. His family moved to Lincoln, California in 1931. He graduated from UCLA with a degree in Chemical Engineering enlisting in the US Army Air Force in 1941 just five months prior to Pearl Harbor.I February 1942 he was commissioned a Secon...
01/28/2017
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Vinton was born in New Haven, Connecticut back in 1943 to Vinton and Muriel. He attended Van Nuys High School. while in high school he worked at Rocketdyne on the Apollo program. He went on attending Stanford University obtaining his B.S. degree in mathematics (can you tell he is way beyond me...
01/27/2017
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Frank Wilber was born in Peoria, Illinois back in 1895 to Samuel and Grace. He graduated from Peoria High School. his family has a strong background of service to the United States going back to the Revolutionary War.In 1912 at 16 years old he was admitted to the United States Naval Academy he gr...
01/26/2017
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Aline Elizabeth was born in Norfolk, Virginia back in 1906 to Charles and Ida. After high school, she went on to further education receiving a Master of Science degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1935.While attending college, she began working as a science instructor in the public-scho...
01/25/2017
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Earl was born in Columbia Heights, Minnesota back in 1924. He described himself as a nerd. He attended the University of Minnesota earning a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering in 1948. Just after WWII hospitals were just starting to employ electronic equipment however, they did not ...
01/24/2017
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Mary Patricia was born in Fort Worth, Texas back in 1921 to Jay and Mary. Her parents divorced just 10 days prior to her birth. Mary moved to New York with her mother however, at 12 she was sent to live with her grandmother for a year. This put a strain on the already rocky relationship.According...
01/23/2017
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Delbert Ray was born in Tamms, Illinois back in 1924 to Elbert and Emma. An undergraduate at Southern Illinois University was interrupted during WWII. After the war, he went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he received his Ph. D in mathematics in 1951.After graduation, he worked for t...
01/22/2017