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Stephen L. Mayo (born 1961) is a professor at the California Institute of Technology, where he is the William K. Bowes Jr. Leadership Chair in the Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, and the Bren Professor of Biology and Chemistry. His research…
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Stephon Haigh-Solomon Alexander is an American theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author, and jazz musician. He is a professor of physics at Brown University and works at the intersection of cosmology, particle physics, and quantum gravity, with research…
1956–
Steven Ralph Arrington (born March 5, 1956) is an American singer, songwriter, drummer, record producer, engineer and minister, who grew up in Dayton, Ohio.
Biography
Steve Burton is the Sports Director for WBZ-TV and WSBK-TV in Boston. The son of former Boston Patriots player Ron Burton, Steve Burton grew up in Framingham, Massachusetts and is a graduate of and a former quarterback for Northwestern University holding a…
Biography
Steven D'Wayne Townsend is a professor of organic chemistry at Vanderbilt University. He investigates the chemistry of human breast milk. In 2019 Townsend was selected as one of Chemical & Engineering News Talented 12.
1953–
Steven Leslie Richardson (born July 22, 1953) is an American physicist and professor of electrical engineering. He is currently a professor emeritus at Howard University, a co-principal investigator in the National Science Foundation Science and Technology…
1956-1957
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA brown student grade book used by James A. Parsons while teaching at Tennessee Agriculture & Industrial State College. The gradebook has silver spiral binding with handwritten text at the top [James A. Parsons / 1956-1957 / Tenn A&I State Univ] and…
1960-1961
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA brown student grade book used by James A. Parsons, Jr. while teaching at Tennessee Agriculture & Industrial State College. The gradebook has a silver spiral bindingand black printed text at the center, outlined in a rectangle, reading [CLASS / RECORD /…
1961-1962
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA brown student grade book used by James A. Parsons, Jr. while teaching at Tennessee Agriculture & Industrial State College. The gradebook has silver spiral binding and black text at the center outlined in a rectangle [Class / Record Book / Form…
1948 - 1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGStudio Portrait of a Man Sitting, Dr. Noble R. Frisby.
1960 - 1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color photograph of a female nurse. She is wearing a white nurse's cap visible behind her curly hair and a white garment with two rows of buttons and pleats on either side down the front.
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Sumner Alexander Furniss (January 30, 1874 – January 18, 1953) was an American prominent Black physician, founding member and president of the Indianapolis Young Men's Colored Association, councilman, and freemason.
1957–
Susan Charlene Taylor (born October 7, 1957) is an American dermatologist. She is the Bernett L. Johnson, Jr., M.D. Professor and the vice chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the department of dermatology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the…
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Susan Maria McKinney Steward (March 1847 – March 17, 1918) was an American physician and author. She was the third African-American woman to earn a medical degree, and the first in New York state. McKinney-Steward's medical career focused on prenatal care…
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Suzanne Packer (born Suzanne Jackson on 26 November 1962) is a Welsh actress, known for playing the role of Tess Bateman in the BBC medical drama Casualty from September 2003 to August 2015. She later returned to the series as a guest for the…
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Suzanne Louise Weekes is the chief executive officer of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. She is also Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). She is a co-founder of the Mathematical Sciences Research…
1970–
Suze Youance (born August 11, 1970) is a Canadian civil engineer, lecturer, researcher, and broadcaster. She was appointed to the Senate of Canada on September 25, 2024. She was nominated by the Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments and…
1938–2010
Edmund Burke (1938 – 30 July 2010), known as Syd Burke, was a broadcaster, photographer and journalist, who moved to the UK from Jamaica to study photography in 1960, after having studied engineering, and later hosted London Broadcasting Corporation's…
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Sylvanus A. Tyler Sr. (August 21, 1914 – July 23, 1986) was an American mathematician and biostatistician. Tyler worked on the Manhattan Project at the Argonne National Laboratory, where he was one of the few African American mathematicians assigned to the…
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Sylvester James Gates Jr. (born December 15, 1950), known as S. James Gates Jr. or Jim Gates, is an American theoretical physicist who works on supersymmetry, supergravity, and superstring theory. He is currently the Toll Professor of Physics at the…
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Sylvester Turner (September 27, 1954 – March 5, 2025) was an American politician and attorney who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 18th congressional district from January 2025 until his death in March 2025. A member of the Democratic Party,…
1947–
Sylvia D. Trimble Bozeman (née Sylvia Trimble, born 1 August 1947) is an African American mathematician and mathematics educator and professor emerita at Spelman College.
1908–1976
Theodore Roosevelt Mason Howard (March 4, 1908 – May 1, 1976) was an American civil rights leader, fraternal organization leader, entrepreneur and surgeon. He was a mentor to activists such as Medgar Evers, Charles Evers, Fannie Lou Hamer, Amzie Moore,…
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Tabbetha A. Dobbins is an American physicist and an associate professor of Physics & Astronomy at Rowan University, where she also serves as the vice president for research. Her research investigates the relationship between structure and dynamics in…
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