Biography of Podgorny, chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1965-1977. He shared power with Brezhnev and Kosygin.

An excellent collection of the speeches and testimony of Chairman Alan Greenspan from 1998-2000.

This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Michael S. Steele, an American politician, the first African-American to serve as chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC; 2009-2011).

This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Richard D. Parsons, an American businessman who was CEO (2002-07) of AOL Time Warner (now Time Warner) and later chairman (2009-12) of Citigroup.

This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Ursula Burns, an American chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the international document-management and business-services company Xerox Corporation, who was the first African...

Learn about the life of Bobby Seale, African-American political activist, founder, along with Huey Newton, and national chairman of the Black Panther Party. Seale was one of a generation of young African-American radicals who broke away...

Use this resource to learn about the great filmaker, teacher and mentor, Robert Wise, who is credited with editing "Citizen Kane" and directing "The Sound of Music."

Check out great photographs of Tiananmen Square, which is "located at the center at the center of Beijing City." A great resource for offering a visual context to the events of the democracy movement.

Harvard University biologist Walter Bauer, Chairman of the Whitney Foundation's Scientific Advisory Committee; Rockefeller Institute microbiologist Rebecca Price Craighill Lancefield (1895-1981); and Rockefeller Institute biologist...

left to right: Marine biologist Dixy Lee Ray (1914-1994), chemist Glenn Theodore Seaborg (1912-1999), and Ed Westcott, September 17, 1968. Ray left a professorship at University of Washington to be director of the Pacific Science Center...

left to right: Marine biologist Dixy Lee Ray (1914-1994) and chemist Glenn Theodore Seaborg (1912-1999), September 17, 1968. Ray left a professorship at University of Washington to be director of the Pacific Science Center in Seattle,...

Helen Alvina Hunscher Wilkinson (1904-1978) was a biochemist who was professor and department chair at Case Western University. In 1948, Hunscher, was president and chairman of the House of Delegates for the American Dietetic...

A home of Matthew Stanley Quay, a Republican National Chairman who was campaign manager for Benjamin Harrison's successful presidential campaign.

This site provides a brief biography of Esther Dyson, whose role as chairman of EDventure Holdings Inc. inspires women attempting to climb the corporate technology ladder.

Edwin Denison Morgan (February 8, 1811 - February 14, 1883) was Governor of New York from 1859 to 1862 and served in the United States Senate from 1863 to 1869. He was the first and longest serving chairman of the Republican National...

Fernando Wood (June 14, 1812 - February 14, 1881) is famous for being one of the most colorful mayors in the history of New York. He was chairman of the chief young men's political organization in 1839 and was a member of the Tammany...

Photograph of Mao and Jiang Qing, 1947.

From the International Institute of Social History this is "The people's communes are good" a Chinese political propaganda poster by Rui Guangting, 1958.

From the International Institute of Social History this is "Take steel as the key link, for a leap forward in all fields" a Chinese political propaganda poster by the Tianjin People's Fine Arts Publishing House collective work, 1958.

From the International Institute of Social History this is "We sell dry, clean, neat and selected cotton to the state" a Chinese political propaganda poster by Wu Shaoyun, 1958.

From the International Institute of Social History this is "The vegetables are green, the cucumbers plumb, the yield is abundant" a Chinese political propaganda poster by Jin Meisheng, 1959.

From the International Institute of Social History this is "A high tower of winter gourds" a Chinese political propaganda poster by Jin Meisheng, 1959.

From the International Institute of Social History this is "Strike the battle drum of the Great Leap Forward ever louder" a Chinese political propaganda poster by Shao Wenjin, 1959.

From the International Institute of Social History this is "Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of our great nation" a Chinese political propaganda poster by the artists Bei Yingren, Zhang Lingzhi, 1959.