Book Description

Who Was Who in America preserves the lifetime accomplishments of many world history-makers. Extending a tradition of excellence in recording and publishing essential data, Who Was Who in America has proved its uniqueness and usefulness in countless research applications. Each biographical entry, provides personal data unavailable in any other source: family relationships, political affiliations, key positions held, awards, published writings, and other basic facts and vital statistics. Approximately every three years, sketches of Marquis Who's Who Biographees who have died since publication of the prior volume of Who Was Who in America are incorporated into a new compilation. Biographees included in Volume XII will join the 120,000 listees in previous Who Was Who volumes to form a compendium that mirrors American history. The Index (1607-1998) identifies the volume in which each of the 130,000 biographies appears. Among the biographees whose final sketches will be included in Volume XII ofWho Was Who in America are: founder of the Missionaries of Charities and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mother Teresa; Princess Diana of Wales; archaeologist Mary Leakey; scientist and author Carl Sagan; oceanographer Jacques Cousteau; beat generation writer William S. Burroughs; former California Supreme Court Justice Allen E. Broussard; writer and television personality Charles Kuralt; actors Jimmy Stewart and Robert Mitchum; musician Carl Perkins; conductor George Solti; fashion designer Gianni Versace; comedian Henny Youngman; member of congress and former entertainer Sonny Bono; legendary singer Frank Sinatra; and ambassador to France Pamela Digby Harriman. Who Was Who in America is publishedin 14 convenient, chronological volumes which may be purchased separately or together.