Melinda French Gates (born Melinda Ann French on August 15, 1964) is an American philanthropist. She is the co-founder and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and a former unit manager for several Microsoft products such as Publisher, Microsoft Bob, Encarta, and Expedia. In 1994, she married Bill Gates, founder, chairman, and former chief software architect of Microsoft. They have three children: Jennifer Katharine Gates (born 26 April, 1996), Rory John Gates (b. 23 May, 1999) and Phoebe Adele Gates (b. 14 September, 2002).
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Re “ Gates Puts the Focus on Teaching ,” by Joe Nocera (column, May 22): We applaud Bill Gates for financing research on defining and measuring effective teaching. Having worked in hundreds of schools in New York City, we know that te ...
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Creating Innovators by Tony Wagner addresses how parents and educators can encourage the next generation of inventors and entrepreneurs. DREAMSTIME PHOTO Education expert Tony Wagner’s new book Creating Innovators offers ...
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The reawakening of the Sagebrush Rebellion began with a bold, if constitutionally suspect, demand from the 2012 Legislature: The federal government must cede all federal lands to the state of Utah. That legislation was supported by the Americ ...
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Less than two years after joining the Bill ...
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Seattle is the epicenter of a global effort to beat back poverty and illness in the poorest corners of the world. We'd like Humanosphere to be your go-to source for news, conversation and analysis about t ...
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Seattle is the epicenter of a global effort to beat back poverty and illness in the poorest corners of the world. We'd like Humanosphere to be your go-to source for news, conversation and analysis about this effort as it unfolds. Your host is KPLU's Tom ...
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A trio of writers at Foreign Affairs says: “After 15 years of heralded progress on pandemic preparedness, tuberculosis control, tobacco regulation, and health metrics, the World Health Organization faces confusion over its future.” The ...
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A good read, and a reminder of how technology can, in fact, by itself sometimes be a force for good. Knock, knock, knock. His guest flinched, but the monk calmly gestured to a desktop computer next to the religious shrine domi ...
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