Literary Library

William Safire

by Angela Beck February 04, 2024

December 17, 1929 - September 27, 2009American author, columnist, journalist and presidential speechwriterAuthor of "Safire's Political Dictionar...

Author Columnist Journalism Journalist President President Bush President George W. Bush Presidential Medal of Freedom Presidential Speechwriter Pulitzer Prize Speechwriter

by Angela Beck January 29, 2024

December 16, 1901 - November 15, 1978American cultural anthropologist, author and public speakerAuthor of "Male and Female", "New Lives for Old" a...

Anthropologist Anthropology Author Culture Jimmy Carter Presidential Medal of Freedom Public Speaker Speaker

by Angela Beck January 21, 2024

December 9, 1916 - February 5, 2020American actor, filmmaker, novelist and memoiristAuthor of "The Ragman's Son", "My Stroke of Luck" and "I Am Sp...

Acting Actor Film Filmmaker Films Memoir Memoirist Novel Novelist Presidential Medal of Freedom

by Angela Beck January 21, 2024

December 9, 1906 - January 1, 1992American computer scientist and U. S. Navy Rear AdmiralAuthor of "Understanding Computers" and "Instructor's Man...

Admiral Computer Computer Scientist Computers Math Mathematician Mathematics Navy Physicist Presidential Medal of Freedom US Navy

by Angela Beck November 09, 2021

November 12, 1889 - March 30, 1981American magazine publisherCofounded "Reader's Digest" with his wife, Lila Bell Wallace in 1922Was awarded the P...

Magazine President Nixon Presidential Medal of Freedom Publisher Reader's Digest Richard Nixon

by Angela Beck November 06, 2021

November 3, 1909 - December 6, 1995American journalistAuthor of "Prelude to Victory", "The Artillery of the Press" and "Sketches in the Sand"Won t...

Journalist News Newspapers Presidential Medal of Freedom Pulitzer Prize