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Encyclopedia: William Proxmire

Edward William Proxmire (November 11 1915–December 15 2005) was a member of the Democratic Party who served in the United States Senate for the state of Wisconsin from 1957 to 1989. He graduated from The Hill School in 1933, Yale University in 1938, Harvard Business School in 1940, and Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 1948. During World War II he served as a member of the Military Intelligence Service. He married Elsie Rockefeller, a great-granddaughter of William Rockefeller, brother and partner of oil magnate John D. Rockefeller. They had two children, Theodore, who lives in Bethesda, Maryland, and Elsie Proxmire Zwerner, of Scottsdale, Arizona. Elsie Proxmire received an uncontested divorce in 1955.

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Chi Psi

, William Proxmire, Thomas Brackett Reed, Kenneth Roberts, Richard Wilbur, Kemmons Wilson Links and...

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Herb Kohl

by: William Proxmire U.S. Senators from Wisconsin Succeeded by: (Currently in Office...

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Harvard Business School

, US Secretary of Defense, 1961 - 1968, 4th President of the World Bank 1968 - 1981 William Proxmire Donald W. Riegle, Jr. William Roth Jeffrey Skilling Jan Stenbeck, Swedish capitalist and majority... and executive programs): William Anders, former NASA astronaut Julie Bishop Michael Bloomberg...

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1915

. 2000) November 11 - William Proxmire, former U.S. Senator December 7 - Eli Wallach, actor December 12... declare war on Austria-Hungary. June 9 - U.S. Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigns over a... - Archie Williams, American athlete May 6 - Orson Welles, American director (Citizen Kane) May 20 - Moshe...

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List of former members of the U.S. Senate

Richard Potts Franklin Pierce William Proxmire Q Matthew S. Quay Dan Quayle R Alexander Ramsey... James Abourezk Spencer Abraham Brock Adams John Quincy Adams George D. Aiken Nelson W. Aldrich William Allen William B. Allison Adelbert Ames Clinton P. Anderson Wendell Richard Anderson Mark Andrews...

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Boeing 2707

anti-SST campaign was led by Democratic Senator William Proxmire, who ran the campaign as a crusade...

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November 11

first published. 1864 - American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea - Union General William Tecumseh... - Howard Fast, American author (d. 2003) 1914 - Henry Wade, American lawyer (d. 2001) 1915 - William Proxmire, U.S. Senator (d. 2005) 1918 - Stubby Kaye, American comic actor (d. 1997) 1919 - Martin Balsam...

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100th United States Congress

Senators William Proxmire (D) Bob Kasten (R) Representatives 1. Les Aspin (D) 2. Robert W... Lewis (R) 36. George E. Brown, Jr. (D) 37. Al McCandless (R) 38. Robert K. Dornan (R) 39. William E...) 44. Jim Bates (D) 45. Duncan Hunter (R) Colorado Senators Tim Wirth (D) William L. Armstong (R...

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Hugo Award for Best Short Story

William Proxmire"   by Larry Niven "Dori Bangs"   by Bruce Sterling "The Edge of the World"   by..."   by Howard Waldrop "Hong's Bluff"   by William F. Wu 1985: "The Crystal Spheres"   by David... "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium"   by William F. Wu 1983: "Melancholy Elephants"   by Spider...

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Joseph McCarthy

: William Proxmire... predecessor. One noted figure was Roy Cohn. Mr. Cohn was known for his zealous prosecution of William... McCarthy and the Press (University of Wisconsin Press, 1981) Buckley, William F., Jr. and L Brent Bozell...

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