James T. Conway (1947)
James Terry Conway is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as the 34th Commandant of the Marine Corps. Among his previous postings were Director of Operations (J-3) on…
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Brian Leveson (1949)
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Ron Popeil (1935)
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Rosa Parks (1913)
American civil rights activist whose refusal to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955 sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a pivotal event in the civil rights movement.
Dick Raaijmakers (1930)
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Hannes Alfvén (1908)
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