Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 52. Chapters: People from Coal Valley, Illinois, People from East Moline, Illinois, People from Moline, Illinois, People from Oak Grove, Illinois, People from Rock Island, Illinois, Nicholas Mayall, Tim Moore, Black Hawk, Eddie Albert, Bobby Schilling, John Buford, John George Alleman, Warren E. Hearnes, Phil Hare, June Haver, John Patrick Looney, George Davenport, Jesse Johnson, Charles Melville Hays, Bonnie Bartlett, Acie Earl, Pete Mickeal, Katherine Lanpher, Mark Schwiebert, Julie Haydon, Ken Berry, Dorothy Van, Tom Railsback, Ray Klingbiel, Dean Stone, Dan Steele, Warren Giles, Frank Gates Allen, Mayor of Rock Island, Illinois, Daniel G. Garnsey, Michael Vavrus, Lisa De Leeuw, John White, Laurdine "Pat" Patrick, Hiram Y. Smith, Morris E. Muhleman, Jamie Van Fossen, Samuel Rinnah Van Sant, Mike Jacobs, Theophilus Brown, Ed Reimers, Henry Cantwell Wallace, Gary Payton, Jim Jamieson, Steve Kuberski, Jason Reda, Robert Walter Rolf, Madison Keys, Diane Johnson, Kathleen Peirce, Steve Stonebreaker, Jenifer Estess, Chet Widerquist, Paul Norton, Lester Ziffren, Patrick J. Verschoore, Century Milstead, Benjamin T. Cable, Ed Gustafson, Thomas L. Kilbride, Greg Norton, Doris Davenport, Walt Holmer, Heather Rattray, Ben Harper, Flora Bramley, Bill Zies, Elmore W. Hurst, Frank Harris, Phineas Indritz, Lou Black, Swede Ellstrom, Ulysses Sherman Grant, Spike O'Dell, Ken Duncan. Excerpt: Nicholas Ulrich Mayall (May 9, 1906 - January 5, 1993) was an American observational astronomer. After obtaining his doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley, Mayall worked at the Lick Observatory, where he remained from 1934-1960, except for a brief period at MIT's Radiation Laboratory during World War II. During his time at Lick, Mayall contributed to astronomical knowledge of nebulae, supernovae, spiral galaxy internal motions, the redshifts...