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3 unusual facts about Andrew J. McDonald


Andrew J. McDonald

McDonald opposed a Three Strikes Law favored by Governor Jodi Rell to mandate life terms to career violent criminals; that measure failed to pass.

Sexual abuse scandal in Bridgeport diocese

Bishop William E. Lori has opposed legislation by State Representative Michael P. Lawlor and State Senator Andrew J. McDonald that would remove control of the diocese from the bishop and place it into the hands of laymen.

William E. Lori

Lori has opposed legislation in Connecticut proposed by State Rep. Michael P. Lawlor and Sen. Andrew McDonald that would remove control of the diocese from the bishop and place it in the control of the laity.


Andrew J. Crevolin

Crevolin attended Chaffey High School in Ontario, California but by the 1930s was living in Alhambra where he was the exclusive Chrysler-Plymouth factory dealer for the eastern and northern sectors of Los Angeles.

In 1950, Andrew Crevolin was appointed a member of the Board of Directors of the Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute and would become Chairman of its Southern California Chapter's fund drive committee for expansion of the Sister Kenny Memorial Hospital in El Monte, California.

Andrew J. Duck

He received most of his contributions from people in Westminster, Frederick, Potomac, Baltimore and Ijamsville.

Andrew J. Hickey

Hickey was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1919-March 3, 1931).

Born in Albion, New York, Hickey attended the public schools of his native city and Buffalo (New York) Law School.

Andrew J. Lewis

During 2006 and 2007 Lewis was a daily contributor to Mike Read's morning show on Big L (Radio London International) radio station, where he was known as 'Lord Tosh' or 'Lord Top Notch of Tosh'.

Andrew J. Porter

Currently, Porter lives in San Antonio, Texas, where he is an Associate Professor of English at Trinity University and directs the creative writing program.

Andrew J. Rausch

Rausch has 17 published books, including Turning Points in Film History (2004), Fifty Filmmakers: Conversations with Directors from Roger Avary to Steven Zaillian (2008), and The Films of Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro (2010).

Andrew J. Russell

Russell's first photographs, taken with a camera borrowed from Fowx, were used by Brigadier General Herman Haupt to illustrate his reports.

Andrew J. Shapiro

During the 2008 presidential election, Shapiro was a member of Hillary Clinton's campaign team, with his special focus being on foreign affairs.

Andrew J. Thomas

Notable Harlem residents who moved to the complex included W. E. B. Du Bois, A. Philip Randolph, Paul Robeson and Bill Robinson.

Andrew J. Transue

In 1936, Transue defeated incumbent Republican William W. Blackney to be elected as a Democrat from Michigan's 6th congressional district to the 75th United States Congress, serving from January 3, 1937 to January 3, 1939.

Andrew J. Weaher

He was one of 34 men received the Medal of Honor for gallantry in several engagements against the Apache Indians, specifically in the Black Mountains of Arizona, from August to October 1868.

Andrew Newman

Andrew J. Newman, a reader in Islamic Studies and Persian at the University of Edinburgh

Andrew Thomas

Andrew J. Thomas, a self-taught American architect who was known for designing garden apartment complexes

Archie McLeod

Helen (died in 2007) was married to retired Church of Scotland minister and former Moderator Alexander "Sandy" McDonald and they had three children, the youngest of whom is actor David Tennant.

Arthur B. McDonald

Theoretical models of the Sun predict that neutrinos should be made in staggering numbers.

Charles McDonald

Charles C. McDonald (born 1933), general in the United States Air Force

Chris Offutt

Chris Offutt was born in Lexington, Kentucky, the son of Andrew J. Offutt, an author, and his wife, and brother of software engineer Jeff Offutt.

Conan the Mercenary

Conan the Mercenary is a fantasy novel written by Andrew J. Offutt and illustrated by Esteban Maroto featuring Robert E. Howard's seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian, the second volume in a trilogy beginning with Conan and the Sorcerer and concluding with The Sword of Skelos.

Craig, Nebraska

Ira J. McDonald, Los Angeles City Council member, 1941–43, born in Craig

Domino's Pizza, Inc. v. McDonald

, 107 Fed. Appx. 18 (9th Cir. 2004).

Donald Blackburn

Following his retirement from military service, Blackburn took a position with Braddock Dunn & McDonald, where he served as vice president, special projects until he retired in 1979.

Edward F. McDonald

McDonald was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress and served from March 4, 1891, until his death in Harrison on November 5, 1892 just a few days before the Congressional election.

Eugene F. McDonald

Moving to Chicago in 1904, he became an automobile salesman with the Franklin Auto Company and, as a publicity stunt, once drove a car up the steps of the General Logan Monument in Grant Park—with a photographer present and a policeman there to arrest him.

Frank B. McDonald

From 1982 to 1987, as NASA Chief Scientist, McDonald was a principal adviser to the NASA administrator and other senior officials.

In 1959, McDonald became one of the first scientists to join NASA's new Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

Frank McDonald

Frank B. McDonald (1925–2012), astrophysicist and creator of the Voyager probe

Ira J. McDonald

McDonald was born May 1, 1895, in Craig, Nebraska, the son of John S. McDonald and Amanda B. Hildreth, both of Jamestown, Tennessee.

J.M. McDonald

After about six months in Kemmerer, McDonald went to Spokane, Washington, to assists his brothers in a department store venture there.

In April 1905, McDonald moved to Kemmerer, Wyoming to assist James Cash Penney, a former neighbor of his in Hamilton, in operating his first store.

James J. Storrow

With police Commissioner Edwin U. Curtis at odds with the rank and file police, Boston Mayor Andrew J. Peters appointed Storrow to chair an ad hoc Citizen's Committee to review the matter.

Jan Neruda

Andrew J. Feustel took a copy of "Cosmic Songs" with him on space shuttle mission STS-125.

Joseph McDonald

Joseph A. McDonald (1866–1930), American businessman influential in the steel industry

Joseph E. McDonald (1819–1891), U.S. Representative and Senator from Indiana

Levelland, Texas

However, several prominent UFO researchers, among them Dr. James E. McDonald, a physicist at the University of Arizona, and Dr. J. Allen Hynek, an astronomer at Northwestern University, disputed this explanation.

Matthew Riddle

Riddle faced Che Mills on February 16, 2013 at UFC on Fuel TV: Barao vs. McDonald.

Nick Zedd

With Rev. Jen Miller, he is the co-creator of the public access series Electra Elf (2004-), featuring Miller, Faceboy, Andrew J. Lederer and a "who's who" of New York downtown artists and performers.

Northern Wedding

Vice Admiral Wesley L. McDonald, Commander, Second Fleet, gave a news conference to a group of U.S. and international journalists in the carrier’s ‘War Room’ on the 9th, describing in some detail the significance of the exercise – normally held every four years – in preparing the allies to resist a Soviet-led attack against the West.

Richmond Community High School

The school began with a grant from Richmond businessman-philanthropist Andrew J. Asch, Jr., perhaps best known as the 1970s developer of downtown Richmond's Shockoe Slip area, a collection of tobacco warehouses in which are located shops, restaurants and offices.

Robert A. McDonald

In 1989 he transferred to Toronto to lead P&G's Canadian Laundry business, and moved to the Philippines as General Manager in 1991.

Thousand Mile Tree

The gorge just east of Devil’s Slide was named Wilhemina Pass and was the subject of several views by Union Pacific’s official photographer A. J. Russell for his stereographic tour of the new line.

Wal-Mart v. Dukes

Judge Harry Pregerson wrote for the majority, which also included Judge Michael Daly Hawkins, while Judge Andrew J. Kleinfeld dissented, criticizing the majority's view of the class certification standards.

Will Ryan

As a side project, with Andrew J. Lederer and Michael Rosenberg (Jackie Diamond), Ryan briefly performed in the '20s-style music and comedy trio, The Merry Metronomes. He and Lederer also appeared from time to time as a duo, usually under the name The Natty Nabobs. He and Nick Santa Maria also perform occasionally as a vaudeville-era comedy team, Biffle & Shooster (Ryan plays the latter), and in 2013 they made their first film, a faux 1930s comedy short titled It's A Frame-Up.

William W. Blackney

He lost to Democrat Andrew J. Transue in 1936, but defeated him to be re-elected in 1938 to the 76th Congress.


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