Family Declined Option of Having Kennedy Lie in State Aug 28, 2009
Claude Pepper, a long-serving Senator and Representative from Florida, was the last Member to do so, in 1989. Assistant Senate Historian Betty Koed called it a broadly defined honor that is pursued or declined first by the families of the deceased. (Roll Call)
PTSD associated with higher Alzheimer's/dementia risk; moderate alcohol consumption may lower it Jul 13, 2009
(Funders: National Institutes of Health, Wake Forest University Claude Pepper Center, Wake Forest University Kulynych Center for Memory and Cognition Research). EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE UNTIL MONDAY, JULY 13, 2009 8:30 a.m. (Vienna) / 2:30 a.m. ET (U.S.). (EurekAlert!)
Lasker honored on postage stamp May 16, 2009
The Distinguished American Series has highlighted such individuals as Gen. Joseph Stilwell, Wilma Rudolph, Margaret Chase Smith, Claude Pepper, Jonas Salk and Edna Ferber. Lasker has now joined the ranks of those remarkable scholars, educators and trailblazers with a stamp in her honor, Martin said. (Watertown Daily Times, WI)
Rwanda: Country Mourns Kerr May 16, 2009
Before his death, Kerr was the Executive Director of the Claude Pepper Centre at Florida State and was also highly known as a man with countless friends around the world. Relevant Links. (allAfrica.com)
