American | American Civil War | American Broadcasting Company | American football | African American | American Idol | American Revolutionary War | American Revolution | American Association for the Advancement of Science | American Red Cross | Mount Everest | American Library Association | American Museum of Natural History | American Express | American Academy of Arts and Sciences | American League | American Association | 1963 | American Heart Association | American comic book | Mount Vernon | American Institute of Architects | American Airlines | American Hockey League | Spanish-American War | Pan American Games | American Cancer Society | Whitney Museum of American Art | American Ballet Theatre | American Legion |
As a member of the American Mount Everest Expedition 1963 led by Norman Dyhrenfurth, he was the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest.