What’s New: March 2024

The March 2024 update of the American National Biography adds 25 images from the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution.

Aiken, George David (20 August 1892–19 November 1984), farmer and U.S. senator

Berle, Milton (12 July 1908–27 March 2002), comic performer in vaudeville, nightclubs, film, radio, and television

Clark, Mark Wayne (01 May 1896–17 April 1984), general and college president

Damrosch, Walter Johannes (30 January 1862–22 December 1950), conductor and composer

Durante, Jimmy (10 February 1893–29 January 1980), comedian

Finley, John Huston (19 October 1863–07 March 1940), educator and journalist

Gallup, George Horace (18 November 1901–26 July 1984), public opinion polling expert

Hamilton, Alice (27 February 1869–22 September 1970), physician

Hammerstein, Oscar, II (12 July 1895–23 August 1960), Broadway librettist, lyricist, and producer

Haynes, George Edmund (11 May 1880–08 January 1960), sociologist and social worker

Hicks, Granville (09 September 1901–18 June 1982), literary critic and author

Hilton, Conrad (25 December 1887–03 January 1979), businessman

Ives, Charles (20 October 1874–19 May 1954), composer

Land, Edwin Herbert (07 May 1909–01 March 1991), inventor

Loveman, Amy (16 May 1881–11 December 1955), editor and literary critic

Peale, Norman Vincent (31 May 1898–24 December 1993), minister

Pons, Lily (12 April 1898–13 February 1976), coloratura soprano

Serkin, Rudolf (28 March 1903–08 May 1991), pianist

Stella, Joseph (13 June 1877–05 November 1946), painter

Strayhorn, Billy (29 November 1915–31 May 1967), composer, arranger, and pianist

Theiler, Max (30 January 1899–11 August 1972), medical researcher

Tucker, Sophie (13 January 1884–09 February 1966), entertainer

Whitney, John Hay (17 August 1904–08 February 1982), financier, philanthropist, and sportsman

Woodward, C. Vann (13 November 1908–17 December 1999), historian

Young, Loretta (06 January 1913–12 August 2000), actress

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