After coaching at Texas A&M University (1954-57), he returned to Alabama (1957-82). His Alabama coaching record of 323 wins, 85 losses, and 17 ties broke Amos Alonzo Stagg's long-standing coaching record for games won; in 1985 it was broken by Eddie Robinson of Grambling State. In all, he took Alabama to 28 bowl games and six national championships
orig. Paul William Bryant born Sept. 11, 1913, Kingsland, Ark., U.S. died Jan. 26, 1983, Tuscaloosa, Ala. U.S. collegiate football coach. He was an all-state tackle in high school and went on to play blocking end at the University of Alabama (1932-36). As head coach at the University of Kentucky (1946-53), his team won 60 games, lost 23, and tied
born March 26, 1893, Dorchester, Mass., U.S. died Feb. 11, 1978, Hanover, N.H. U.S. educator and scientist, president of Harvard University (1933-53). Conant received a Ph.D. (1916) from Harvard and taught chemistry there until he was elected its president in 1933. He led the university to broaden the social and geographic makeup of its student body. During World War II he was a central figure in organizing American science, including the development of the atomic bomb. In 1953 he was appointed U.S. high commissioner for West Germany, and in 1955 he was appointed ambassador. His publications include chemistry textbooks, works on science for the lay reader, and books on educational policy
born Nov. 3, 1794, Cummington, Mass., U.S. died June 12, 1878, New York, N.Y. U.S. poet. At age 17 Bryant wrote "Thanatopsis," a meditation on nature and death that remains his best-known poem; influenced by deism, it in turn influenced Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Admitted to the bar at age 21, he spent nearly 10 years as an attorney, a profession he hated. His Poems (1821), including "To a Waterfowl," secured his reputation. In 1825 he moved to New York City, where for almost 50 years (1829-78) he was editor in chief of the Evening Post, which he transformed into an organ of progressive thought