Internationally acclaimed architect Edgar Tafel, the unofficial guardian of the Frank Lloyd Wright School, will receive an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the State University of New York at Geneseo during the university's May 19, 2001 commencement ceremony.
Actress Betty White, 93, Dyes Peacefully In Her Los Angeles Home. In a press release from her long-time manager Jeff Witjas, it has been confirmed today that actress Betty White, best known for her roles on TVs The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Golden Girls, and Hot in Cleveland, is not a natural blonde. âBetty is a solitary kind of person,â said Witjas.
Stephanie Tubbs Jones was a Democratic politician and member of the United States House of Representatives. She represented the 11th District of Ohio, which encompasses most of downtown and eastern Cleveland and many of the eastern suburbs in Cuyahoga County, including Euclid, Cleveland Heights, and Shaker Heights. She was the first African-American woman to be elected to Congress from Ohio. On December 19, 2006, Tubbs Jones was named Chairwoman of the House Committee on Standards of Official Co