Yoonmee Chang was born in Seoul, South Korea, and received her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania with a specialization in Asian American diasporic literature and culture. She was an Associate Professor of English at George Mason University from 2005 until her death, and was previously an Assistant Professor of English and American Studies at […]
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Henry Brandon
Henry Brandon was a naturalized British citizen, born in the Czech Republic. He was the Washington correspondent for the London Sunday Times from 1950 to 1983, and in retirement became a guest scholar in foreign policy at the Brookings Institution and a columnist for the Washington Star. Prior to moving to DC, Brandon served as […]
Robert Penn Warren
Robert Penn Warren came to DC in 1944, to serve as U.S. Poet Laureate. He is the only person to win Pulitzer Prizes in both fiction (in 1947, for All the King’s Men) and poetry (twice, in 1958 for Promises, and 1979 for Now and Then). Other awards include the National Book Award for Poetry, […]
St. Clair McKelway
St. Clair McKelway, a writer and editor at The New Yorker Magazine, is the author of five nonfiction books, one published posthumously: Reporting at Wit’s End: Tales from the New Yorker (2010), The Big Little Man from Brooklyn (1969), The Edinburgh Caper: A One-Man International Plot (1962), True Tales from the Annals of Crime and […]
Maria Martins
Maria Martins is best known as a modern sculptor, fusing human, plant and animal forms in writhing, fluid shapes, and often incorporating imagery from Brazilian mythology. She became associated with the Surrealists in the 1940s, and exhibited several times in the Bienal de São Paulo, which she helped to found in 1950. She is the […]
George M. Lightfoot
A professor of Latin at Howard University for 48 years, George M. Lightfoot was editor of The Howard University Record, founder of the university’s Classics Club, and author of numerous articles on the Roman Classics, classical pedagogy, and civil rights. Lightfoot graduated from the Howard Academy (Howard University’s preparatory school) in 1887, and received an […]
Joseph Kraft
Joseph Kraft is the author of four nonfiction books: The Struggle for Algeria (1961), The Grand Design (1962), Profiles in Power (1966) and The Chinese Difference (1973). He was a journalist who worked for the Washington Post, as well as the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times. His syndicated column ran in over […]
Neil Merton Judd
Neil Merton Judd is the author of the memoir Men Met Along the Trail: Adventures in Archeology (1968), as well as numerous scientific articles. For 39 years, Judd was an archeologist for the Smithsonian Institution. He was an active member of the American Anthropological Association (serving, at different times, as President and Treasurer). He is […]
O.O. Howard
Oliver Otis Howard was a career Army soldier, nicknamed the “Christian General” because he tried to base all policy and military strategy on his deep religious belief. Howard rose through the Army ranks to become a Brevet Major General. During the Civil War, he fought in the Union Army at Bull Run, Fair Oaks, Fredericksburg, […]
Henrietta McCormick Hill
Henrietta McCormick Hill was the wife of Senator Lister Hill, the Democratic politician from Alabama who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1923 and the U.S. Senate in 1938, serving until his retirement in 1969. During that time, Hill embraced the role of political wife, as she recounts in her posthumous book, A […]