Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an American politician. He was born in 1882 at Hyde Park, New York and died in 1945. He was a Democratic governor of New York from 1929 until 1932, and the 32nd President of the USA, elected in 1932, and was re-elected in 1946, 1940 and 1944. Research Franklin D Roosevelt
Harry S Truman was an American politician and president. He was born in 1884 in Missouri. In 1934 he was elected to the senate for the Democrats. In 1945 he became president when Roosevelt died. In 1948 he was re-elected president and in 1952 he retired from politics. Research Harry S Truman
Lamar Alexander is an American politician. He was born in 1940, at Maryville, Tennessee. He has been Governor of Tennessee, president of the University of Tennessee and US Education Secretary. Governor Alexander helped Tennessee become the third largest automobile producer, the fastest growing state in family incomes and the first state to pay teachers more for teaching well. As chairman of the National Governor's Association he began 'Time for Results', the governors' five-year initiative to create better schools. He chaired President Reagan's Commission on Americans Outdoors, encouraging a 'prairie fire' of support for local land trusts and greenways and an expanded Land and Water Conservation Fund.
As the US Secretary of Education, he helped President Bush push for higher academic standards, 'break the mold schools' and a GI Bill for Kids to give poor families more choices of good schools. The Education Commission of the States and the National College Athletic Association have given him their highest honours, the James B. Conant and Teddy Roosevelt awards. In 1987, he co-founded Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc, (NASDAQ) which has become the nation's largest provider of worksite day care. He is an active investor in and board member of several private companies. Governor Alexander is author of seven books including Six Months Off, the story of his family's life in Australia after eight years in the Governor's residence.
An accomplished pianist, he has performed with twenty symphony orchestras and the Billy Graham Crusade and on the Grand Ole Opry. In 1996 and 2000, Governor Alexander was a candidate for the Republican nomination for president of the United States. On January the 4th 1969, Lamar Alexander married Honey Buhler in Victoria, Texas. They have four children and live in Nashville where he is chairman of the Salvation Army Initiative to help families move from welfare to work, and she is president of Family and Children's Service. Governor Alexander is also an elder in Westminster Presbyterian Church. Research Lamar Alexander
Nellie Tayloe Ross was an American politician. She was born in 1876 and died in 1977. She was a Democratic governor of Wyoming from 1925 until 1927, the first woman governor in the USA, she was elected to succeed her husband, William B Ross, as governor of Wyoming after his death in 1924. In 1933, President Franklin D Roosevelt named her director of the United States Mint, a position she held until 1953. She was the first woman to hold that post, also. For several years she served as a vicechairman of the Democratic National Committee in charge of the activities for women of the Democratic Party. Research Nellie Tayloe Ross
Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th president of the USA, from 1901 to 1909. He was born in 1858 at New York City and died in 1919. He was a Republican member of the New York Assembly from 1880 to 1884. He was an ardentadvocate of political reform, and succeeded in abolishing many political abuses. He wrote a 'History of the Naval War of 1812', and biographies of Benton and GouverneurMorris in the American Statesmen Series and in 1889 became a member of the US Civil Service Commission.
With the assassination of William McKinley in 1901, Theodore Roosevelt, not quite 43 years of age, became the youngest President in the USA's history. He brought new excitement and power to the Presidency, as he vigorously led Congress and the American public toward progressive reforms and a strong foreign policy. Roosevelt steered the USA more actively into world politics. He liked to quote a favourite proverb, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick. . . . ' Aware of the strategic need for a short-cut between the Atlantic and Pacific, Roosevelt ensured the construction of the Panama Canal. His corollary to the Monroe Doctrine prevented the establishment of foreign bases in the Caribbean and arrogated the sole right of intervention in LatinAmerica to the USA. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating the Russo- Japanese War, reached a Gentleman's Agreement on immigration with Japan, and sent the Great White Fleet on a goodwill tour of the world. Research Theodore Roosevelt
W Averell Harriman was an American politician and diplomat. He was born in 1891 at New York and died in 1986. A close friend of President Roosevelt, in 1941 he was America's special war-aid representative (Lease and Lend envoy) in Britain, leading three-power supply talks between Britain, America and Russia and in 1943 was appointed ambassador to Russia, and in 1946 to Britain. He was a Democratic governor of New York from 1955 until 1958. Research W. Averell Harriman
Eddie Murphy is an American actor. He was born in 1961 at Brooklyn. He first appeared on stage at the age of fifteen at the Roosevelt Youth Centre on Long Island, with his first break coming when he appeared at New York's Comic Strip club. Research Eddie Murphy
Laraine Day (real name Laraine Johnson, also known as Lorraine Hayes, Laraine Johnson, and Lorraine Randall) is an American actress. She was born in 1917 at Roosevelt, Utah. Born into a prominent Mormon family in Utah,
Laraine Day's acting career began after her parents moved to Long Beach, California, where she joined the Long Beach Players. She appeared in her first film in 1937 in a bit part, then did leads in several George O' Brien westerns. Signing a contract with MGM, she achieved popularity playing the part of Nurse Lamont in that studio's 'Dr. Kildare' series. An atractive, engaging performer, she had leads in several medium-budget films for various studios, but never achieved major stardom. She was married for 13 years to baseball manager Leo Durocher, and took such an active interest in his career and the sport of baseball in general that she became known as 'The First Lady of Baseball'. Research Laraine Day
The Green Hornet was a simple, but very secure, encryption device used to keep secret the telephone broadcasts made between Prime Minister Winston Churchill and American President Franklin D Roosevelt during the Second World War. At the time, trans-Atlantic telephone calls were made by radio transmission, which could be (and were) intercepted, the Green Hornet was a two stage device; at the transmitting end a recording of white noise was added to the transmission and at the receiving end, the same recording of white noise was removed from the received broadcast, making the underlying broadcast intelligible. Without the precise recording of the white noise, the white noise could not be removed from the broadcast, and as such the broadcast was unintelligible. Research Green Hornet
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