American engineer who initiated the Manhattan Project while head of the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development during World War II. He established The Raytheon Company, a major American defense contractor, in 1922. Before Fame He was vice president of his class sophomore year and became president the following year.
Trivia He is credited with one of the earliest versions of the World Wide Web.
Family Life He got married and had two sons: Richard, a surgeon, and John, president of Millipore Corporation.
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On Friday, TIME released my cover story with Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum. If you’re unfamiliar to him or new to crypto, you should definitely start there; it explains who he is and why he’s such an influential leader in the crypto space.
A former US ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell, has revealed the reason the United States Government will not support Nigeria in its war against terrorism and banditry. Speaking on Friday at the maiden edition of Grow Nigeria Conversation in Abuja, Campbell said the US govt will only offer technical and financial support to Nigeria until the government addresses alleged human rights abuses by the military and other security agencies.
He asked the Muhammadu Buhari led-government to do its best to restore public confidence in the security forces, especially the police.
Why did Young Thug get arrested? Young Thug was arrested on Monday, May 9, 2022, on racketeering and street gang charges. Read on for more.
Source: Getty Images28 people, including Young Thug (Jeffery Lamar Williams), were indicted on racketeering and street gang charges in Atlanta, Ga. on Monday, May 9, 2022.
Big Bhris (aka Christian Eppinger), Gunna (Sergio Giavanni Kitchens), Yak Gotti (Deamonte Kendrick), and other people close to YSL, the record label and group Young Thug founded circa 2012, are named in the 56-charge indictment.
The Lamidi Apapa-led faction of the Labour Party (LP) has felicitated with the National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure as he celebrates his 52 birthday on Saturday.
Naija News reports that Apapa celebrated Abure in a statement issued on Saturday and signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Arabambi.
He stated that the party is happy to note that “the former National Chairman” has turned 52 in good health and wishes him God’s sustenance in the same.