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Albert Einstein Heads List Of Those Who Died In '55
By DAVID WEBB
(Of The Daily Kansan Staff)
Albert Einstein, brilliant mathematician and physicist who deviseed the theory of relativity, was probably the outstanding person to die in 1955.
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Einstein was 76. Several other noteworthy persons in their 70s died during the past year—particularly in the field of newspaper publishing.
They include Joseph Politzer, 70,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, son of the
great editor of an earlier day; Col.
Robert R. McCormick, 74, controversial
publisher of the Chicago Tribune;
Julius Ohs Adler, 32, New York Times; E. Lancing Ray, 75, St.
Louis Globe-Democrat; William
Taylor, 84, Boston Globe; Amon G.
Carter, 74, Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
and Silliman Evans, Nashville
Tennessee.
Other famous persons who died in 1955 were:
In baseball-Denton T. (Cy)
Young, 85, pitcher who won a record
511 games; John Peter (Honus)
Wagner, 81, Pittsburgh Pirate short-
stop considered by many the game's
greatest, and Clark Griffith, 85,
president of the Washington Nationals.
Writers—Thomas Mann, 80,
German-born author of "The
Magic Mountain" and the "Joseph"
books; Robert E. Sherwood, 59,
playwright ("Abe Lincoln in illinois") and author of "Roosevelt and Hopkins"; Bernard DeVoto, 58, historian and editor of "The Easy Chair" in Harpers; Arch Ward, 58, Chicago Tribune sports editor.
Grantland Rice, 71, sports columnist; Robert Tristram Coffin, 62, Pulitzer Prize winner; James Hilton, 54, author of "Lost Horizon" and "Goodbye, Mr. Chips," and Marquis James, 64, biographer of Andrew Jackson and Sam Houston.
Labor—Martin P. Durkin, 61, Eisenhower's first secretary of labor, and Daniel Tobin, 83, former president of the AFL Teamsunion.
Government-Cordell Hull, 83,
secretary of state under Franklin
D. Roosevelt and author of much of our recent foreign policy; Paul V. McNutt, 63, federal security administrator under President Roosevelt; John Peurifoy, 48, U. S. ambassador to Thailand and long-time State Department trouble shooter; Owen J. Roberts, 80, former justice of the Supreme Court, and John W. Davis, 81, lawyer and Democratic candidate for the Presidency in 1924.
Industry—William J. Cameron, 76, spokesman for Ford Corporation; Glenn L. Martin, 63, pioneer aircraft manufacturer, and Samuel Kress, 92, founder of S. H. Kress and Company.
Entertainment—Carmen Miranda, 41, fiery singer from Brazil; Suzan Ball, 21, rising television and film star; John Hodhiak, 41, film star and Maryk in the stage version of "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial"; Robert Francis, Willie Keith in the film, "The Caine Mutiny," and James Dean, 21, "East of Eden" star who last week received posthumously the Audience Awards "Audie" as the best film actor of 1955.
Sports—Harry Aggagnis, 25, Boston Red Sox first baseman; Bill Vukovich, 38, two-time winner of Indianapolis 500-mile race; Tommy Burns, 73, former heavyweight champion, and Jcrge Pasquel, 48, millionaire Mexican sportsman who lured away several major league players during the war.
Others—Dale Carnegie, 66, author of "How to Win Friends and Influence People"; Walter White, 61, secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and veteran fighter for Negro rights, and Maurice Urtillo, 71, a leading French painter.
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Museum of Art record concert, 4 p.m.
Rittenhouse Square theater, in G^2
Bottom Row, "Ceremonial" house
Celtic Cross, 7:15 p.m. Westminster House, Annual service of consecration.
Liahona Fellowship, caroling, 7:30 p.m.
Meet at church.
Al-University caroling party, 7:30 p.m.
MIU-sponsored. Refreshed. YM-
YWCA sponsors.
Morning, meditations, 7:30-7:50 a.m.
Daniel L. Fountain, Epic Theater,
Museum of Art record concert, 8:30-9:10 a.m.
Four To Attend History Meeting
Attending the meeting will be Dr. George L. Anderson, professor; and Dr. Ambrose Sanicks, Dr. Robert Johannsen, and Dr. Robert Schofield, assistant professors.
Four members of the faculty of the history department will attend the annual meeting of the American Historical Association to be held in Washington, D. C. Dec. 28-30.
Dr. Anderson will also preside at the meeting of the Agricultural History Society and attend a meeting of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association while in Washington.
Dr. Schofield will read a paper on "Industrial Orientation of Science in the Lunar Society of Birmingham" at the meeting of the History of Science Society to be held at the same time.
Human blood consists of a fluid known as plasma and red and white blood cells.
Monday. Dec. 19, 1955.
4 p.m., Main Gallery, Spohr, "Grand
Nopete."
Baptist Student Union, 12:30-12:50 p.m.
Danforth Chapel. Prayer and devotions
Wednesday
Museum of Art record concert, noon.
4 p.m. Main Gallery, Bach, Mozart, piano.
7 p.m. Studio 108, Bauer, 629-335-5500.
Thursday
Thursday Museum of Art record concert, moon.
4. p.m. Main Gallery. Kabalevsky, "Concerto for Violin."
Friday
Friday
Museum of Art record concert, noon.
4 p.m. Main Gallery, Menotti, "Amahi
and the Night Visitors."
Saturday
Museum of Art & Technology concert, noon
p.m., Main Gallery, Ravel. *Daphnis et
Epiphanies*.
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