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Donald Cortez was born in Chicago, Illinois back in 1936. He graduated from DuSable High School in 1954. After graduation, he joined the United States Marine Corps where he served 18 months in Korea. After being discharged he worked as a tire salesman, a car salesman and insurance sales.For a sho...
07/31/2019
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Cornelis Jacobszoon was born in Alkmaar, Netherlands back in 1572. He attended a Latin school until around 1587 when he attended the Academy in Haarlem. He was a skilled engraver on copperplate but also was interested in alchemy. In 1595, he married Sophia, that union produced 6 children.In 1604,...
07/30/2019
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John Walter Vincent was born in Durham, North Carolina back in 1919. He moved to New York where he studied at NYU before graduating from the New York University School of Medicine. He joined the United States Army in 1943, serving as the official physician for the Tuskegee Airmen.While serving he...
07/29/2019
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Cornelis Corneliszoon was born in Uitgeest, Holland back in circa 1550. Little is known about his early life, parents or siblings. What I can tell you is of course the rest of the story, so let’s get to it. In 1594, he built his first sawmill which floated on a raft. He sold that sawmill moving t...
07/28/2019
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Jack Leroy Cooper was born in Memphis, Tennessee back in 1888 to William and Lavina. He left home when he was ten moving to Cincinnati, Ohio where his was a successful boxer in his teens and a semi-professional baseball player. By 1905, he was working in vaudeville on the Theater Owners Booking A...
07/27/2019
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George Constantinescu was born in Craiova, Romania back in 1881. His father was a professor of mathematics and engineering at Sorbonne University. He moved to England in 1912 where he stayed the rest of his life. While I can’t find anything about his education, when you read the rest of this post...
07/26/2019
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Alvin Charles Copeland was born in New Orleans, Louisiana back in 1944. His father left shortly after his birth causing the family to live at the St. Thomas Public Housing Project. He did not finish high school leaving at 16 to help support the family. Working first for Schwegmann’s Super Market ...
07/25/2019
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Lloyd Hillyard was born in Orange, New Jersey back in 1923. In 1941, he studied chemistry at Amherst College. World War II interrupted his studies when he joined the Navy. He spent three years in the Pacific aboard a landing ship, rising to the rank of lieutenant junior grade.After being discharg...
07/24/2019
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Dora Colvin was raised in North Dakota on a farm. Sorry I don’t have any other data except to note she started working as a teacher. She retired in 2010 and now lives in Udall, Kansas. Nothing to get excited about, right? Well hang on because the following is the rest of the story, so let’s get t...
07/23/2019
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Frank Benjamin Colton was born in Poland back in 1923, he immigrated to the United States in 1934. He attended Northwestern University graduating with a B.S. and M.S in 1945 and 1946 respectively. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1950. He was a research fellow at the Mayo Fou...
07/22/2019
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