Milwaukee is known by several nicknames: Cream City, Brew City, and German Athens.

Stanislaw II Augustus Poniatowski was the last king of Poland. He ruled 1764-95, when Poland was partitioned among Russia, Prussia, and Austria.

Maria Muldaur was a folk-blues singer best known for her 1974 hit "Midnight at the Oasis." She also popularized Peggy Lee's song "I'm a Woman."

ACTH (AdrenoCorticoTropic Hormone), also known as corticotropin) is a hormone produced and secreted by the pituitary gland. It stimulates the adrenal gland and is produced in response to stress.

Della Reese was an Emmy-nominated actor ("Touched by an Angel") and a Grammy-nominated singer most famous for her 1959 hit "Don't You Know," which was adapted from a Puccini aria, "Musetta's Waltz" from 'La Boheme'.

Walter Gropius was a German architect and the father of Bauhaus. He helped design the Pan Am Building. His family residence, Gropius House, is in Lincoln, Massachusetts.

Group f/64 was a group (named after the smallest aperture setting on a camera) of photographers in the '30s who espoused objective, "straight" photography, especially of the American West. Ansel Adams was a prominent member and a Sierra Club adherent as well.