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unusual facts about Alfred M. Robertson


Alfred M. Robertson

His grandson, Mark Robertson, is a graduate of the Juilliard School and a noted musician, producer and concertmaster.


907 Fifth Avenue

The twelve-story, limestone-faced building is located at Fifth Avenue and 72nd Street on a site once occupied by the 1893 residence of James A. Burden, which had been designed by R. H. Robertson.

Alfred M. Gray, Jr.

After his Vietnam War tour, Gray served as Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines, Battalion Landing Team 1/2; the 2nd Marine Regiment; the 4th Marine Regiment; and Camp Commander of Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan.

In September 1967, Gray was reassigned to the III Marine Amphibious Force in Da Nang where he commanded the 1st Radio Battalion elements throughout I Corps until February 1968.

Alfred M. Mayer

In 1863/4 he studied physics, mathematics, and physiology in the University of Paris, and on his return he filled successively chairs in Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, and Lehigh University, Bethlehem, from 1865 to 1870.

Alfred Wilson

Alfred M. Wilson (1948–1969), United States Marine and Medal of Honor recipient in the Vietnam War

Antoine Blanc

In 1827, Antoine Blanc, Armand Duplantier, Fulwar Skipwith, Thomas B. Robertson and Sebastien Hiriart received permission from the state legislature to organize a corporation called the Agricultural Society of Baton Rouge.

Archie Robertson

A. E. Robertson (1870–1958), first person to "bag" Scotlands 283 peaks

BAO 3

It was ultimately performed as part of the Abbacadabra musical in 1983 and subsequently released on single by B. A. Robertson.

Benjamin F. Robertson

A Liberty Ship, the SS Ben Robertson, named for him, was launched at Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation, Savannah, Georgia, on January 4, 1944.

Bristol sessions

Among these very early artists were Vernon Dalhart, who recorded the million-selling Wreck of the Old 97, Ernest Stoneman from Galax, Virginia, Henry Whitter, A.C. (Eck) Robertson, who recorded the first documented country record along with Henry C. Gilliland ("Sallie Gooden" b/w "Arkansaw Traveler"), and Uncle Dave Macon.

Christopher Hollis

His last book, Oxford in the Twenties (1976) is about his wide circle of friends, including Evelyn Waugh, Maurice Bowra, Harold Acton, Leslie Hore-Belisha, and the cricketer R. C. Robertson-Glasgow.

Clayton J. Lonetree

The Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Alfred M. Gray, Jr., recommended to the Secretary of the Navy that Lonetree's sentence be reduced from 30 to 15 years in a letter written in 1989 that said that the effect of Private Lonetree's actions "was minimal."

Commission on National Goals

The other members of the Commission were Vice Chairman Frank Pace, Erwin D. Canham, James B. Conant, Colgate W. Darden, Jr., Crawford H. Greenewalt, Alfred M. Gruenther, Learned Hand, Clark Kerr, James R. Killian, Jr., William P. Bundy and George Meany.

Connection Machine

Lewis W. Tucker, George G. Robertson, "Architecture and Applications of the Connection Machine," Computer, vol.

Erstwhile Susan

Erstwhile Susan is a 1919 American silent film drama directed by John S. Robertson, produced and distributed by Realart Pictures.

Franklin J. Phillips

In 1988, under the orders of Commandant General Alfred M. Gray, Jr., the references to Harry Fisher were redacted and Franklin J. Phillips replaced "Harry Fisher" in all official records.

Fulwar Skipwith

In 1827, Skipwith, Armand Duplantier, Antoine Blanc, Thomas B. Robertson and Sebastien Hiriart received permission from the Louisiana state legislature to organize a corporation called the Agricultural Society of Baton Rouge.

Gavin Cecchini

Cecchini was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana and attended Alfred M. Barbe High School.

George W. Robertson

He attended Peekskill Military Academy and Charlottesville University Mechanics Institute, and then became a carpenter.

Gerard Salton Award

2000 - Stephen E. Robertson, City University London : "On theoretical argument in information retrieval."
For ... "Thirty years of significant, sustained and continuing contributions to research in information retrieval. Of special importance are the theoretical and empirical contributions to the development, refinement, and evaluation of probabilistic models of information retrieval."

Gio Linh District

It was under the command of the 12th Marine, and the 1967 hill commander was then USMC Major Alfred M. Gray, Jr..

Gordon P. Robertson

Currently he is producing the new CBN Superbook series which teaches children the truth of Christ in God's word.

Her Right to Live

Polly Biggs (Peggy Hyland) is the eldest of a family of orphaned children who are taken in by their uncle, Mayor Hoadley (John S. Robertson).

James I. Robertson, Jr.

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy nominated Robertson to serve as the executive director of the U.S. Civil War Centennial Commission, a federal committee that was foundering under the pressures of regional differences and the emerging civil rights movement, unable to organize a dignified commemoration of the war era.

Magnusson Klemencic Associates

However, in the early 1980s partner Leslie E. Robertson split the New York City office from the firm to become Leslie E. Robertson Associates.

Nia Gill

Most of the communities added to District 34, which at the time was a Republican stronghold and had been for nearly two decades prior, were heavily Democratic and contributed to Gill's landslide victory over first-time incumbent Norman M. Robertson.

Onest Conley

A few of his most recognizable roles were as George Harris in the 1933 Cecil B. DeMille-directed crime-drama This Day and Age, as Neptune in the 1935 John S. Robertson-directed romantic drama Grand Old Girl and as Mose in the 1935 Sam Newfield-directed adventure film Racing Luck.

Parachute Association of South Africa

Skydive Robertson (Western Province Sport Parachute Club) - Student Operations, operates out of Robertson Airfield in the Western Cape town of Robertson at the heart of South Africa's wine route Route 62 (South Africa) - 147km from Cape Town.

Paul Robertson

Paul W. Robertson, Canadian businessperson, current president of Shaw Media

Paul J. Robertson (born 1946), former Democratic member of the Indiana House of Representatives

R. E. Robertson

He was nominated by the Republican Party to run in Alaska's first U.S. Senate election in 1958, but he lost in a massive landslide to Democrat Bob Bartlett, winning just 15% against Bartlett's 84%.

Robert Robertson

R. H. Robertson (Robert Henderson Robertson, 1849–1919), American architect

Robertson Memorial Field House

The Field House was dedicated on December 17, 1949, and named in honor of Alfred J. Robertson, usually known as "Robbie" or "A.J.", who served as Bradley's coach and athletic director for 28 years.

Robertson Ridge

It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for James D. Robertson, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) geophysicist at Byrd Station, 1970-71 season; he participated in the geophysical survey of the Ross Ice Shelf in the 1973-74 and 1974-75 seasons.

Soul-Fire

Soul-Fire is a 1925 silent drama starring Richard Barthelmess and Bessie Love; directed by John S. Robertson; and is based on the Broadway production Great Music (1924 play) by Martin Brown.

T.A. Robertson

Thomas Argyll Robertson OBE (1909-1994), known as "Tommy" or by his initials as "TAR", was a Scottish MI5 intelligence officer, responsible during the Second World War for the Double Cross System disinformation campaign against the German intelligence services in which every German agent in Britain, with the exception of one who committed suicide without having been detected by the authorities, was actually working for British intelligence.

Texas Brigade

Fredericksburg (December 11–15, 1862); assigned to Hood's Division; Brigade commanded by Brig. Gen. Jerome B. Robertson

The Monster Club

Musical artists performing between stories include B. A. Robertson and The Pretty Things.

The Rise and Fall of the Christian Coalition

The Christian Coalition was founded in 1989 by religious broadcaster and former Republican presidential candidate M. G. "Pat" Robertson.

Thomas B. Robertson

In 1827, Robertson, along with Armand Duplantier, Fulwar Skipwith, Antoine Blanc and Sebastien Hiriart received permission from the state legislature to organize a corporation called the Agricultural Society of Baton Rouge.

United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court

As of 1996, when it was formed, the original judges on the Court were Chief Judge Earl H. Carroll (D. Ariz.), and Judges Michael Anthony Telesca (W.D. N.Y.), David Dudley Dowd, Jr. (N.D. Ohio), William Clark O'Kelley (N.D. Ga.) and Alfred M. Wolin (D. N.J.).

W. Robertson

It was reported in 1908 that Robertson was then residing in Haileybury in Ontario, Canada where he was coaching football.

Walter Robertson

Walter S. Robertson, United States Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs 1953–1959

William H. Robertson

In 1874, after a constitutional amendment created it as a standing office, he was chosen President pro tempore of the New York State Senate.


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