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G. David Schine
Gerard David Schine, better known as G. David Schine or David Schine (September 11, 1927 – June 19, 1996), was the wealthy heir to a hotel chain fortune who became a central figure in the Army–McCarthy hearings of 1954 in his role as the chief consultant to the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Early years Schine was born in Gloversville, New York to Jewish parents, hotel magnate Junius Myer Schine and Hildegarde Feldman. He attended Phillips Academy and graduated from Harvard University in 1949. He had entered Harvard in the summer of 1945, taken a leave of absence in the spring of 1946, and returned in the fall of 1947 after a year working as an assistant purser for the Army Transport Service. Though this was a civilian position, he wrote on his application for re-admission to Harvard that he was a "lieutenant in the Army," and other students resented his calling himself a veteran. Said one, "We were all veterans and his pretending to be one went over like a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Eliot Morison
Samuel Eliot Morison (July 9, 1887 – May 15, 1976) was an American historian noted for his works of maritime history and American history that were both authoritative and popular. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1912, and taught history at the university for 40 years. He won Pulitzer Prizes for ''Admiral of the Ocean Sea'' (1942), a biography of Christopher Columbus, and ''John Paul Jones: A Sailor's Biography'' (1959). In 1942, he was commissioned to write a History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, history of United States naval operations in World War II, which was published in 15 volumes between 1947 and 1962. Morison wrote the popular ''Oxford History of the American People'' (1965), and co-authored the classic textbook ''The Growth of the American Republic'' (1930) with Henry Steele Commager. Over the course of his career, Morison received eleven honorary doctoral degrees, and garnered numerous literary prizes, military honors, and nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Kaghan
Theodore Kaghan (July 24, 1912 – August 9, 1989) was an American civil servant and journalist. Early years Kaghan was born in Boston on July 24, 1912 and graduated from the University of Michigan.''New York Times''"Theodore Kaghan, 77; Was in Foreign Service," August 11, 1989 accessed March 7, 2011 At the University of Michigan he won several annual prizes given for undergraduate dramatic writing, including the top award in 1935 for a play called ''Unfinished Picture'', later read but not performed by the Group Theatre, named in 1948 as a Communist front organization by the House Un-American Activities Committee. He wrote a one-act play called ''Hello, Franco'' that was staged in New York City in January 1938. It depicted a multi-ethnic group of Americans in the Lincoln Brigade. They pretend to use their broken field telephone to talk with friends and family back home as well as with Francisco Franco. Kaghan worked on the foreign news desk of the ''New York Herald Tribune'' b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |