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Arthur Collins

Arthur L. Collins (1868–1902), British metallurgist, mining engineer and mine manager


Alan Wurtzel

Circuit City was profiled as one of 11 companies in Jim Collins’ bestselling book, Good to Great.

Allan M. Collins

With collaborator Jaime Carbonell, Collins produced the first documented example of an intelligent tutor system called SCHOLAR CAI (computer-assisted instruction).

Arthur Andrews

Arthur L. Andrews (1934–1996), Chief Master Sergeant of the U.S. Air Force

Arthur D. Collins, Jr.

During travels that take them deep into the Amazon River rainforest, to two Caribbean islands, above the Arctic Circle, to the not-so-exotic independent Chinese territory of Hong Kong, and to Australia's outback, as well as several other mysterious locations in the United States, the boys meet a number of characters – some human, and some not, but all unforgettable.

#Encourage change and innovation, while promoting quality and continuous quality improvement—as Jim Collins said, “Good enough never is.”

Arthur L. Annecharico

Annecharico also produced 26 half-hour episodes of Dragnet, and Adam-12.

The Arthur Company finished a £28,000,000 order for 271 half-hour sitcoms for Turner Broadcasting Systems, and also a $10,000,000 order for 24 episodes of the hour-long action adventure series, Airwolf.

Arthur L. Bristol

A brief stop in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations upon his return from England in the spring of 1934 preceded his traveling to the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia, as prospective commanding officer of the new aircraft carrier Ranger (CV-4).

Arthur L. Carter

In 1967, he married Dixie Carter, and they eventually had two daughters, Ginna and Mary Dixie.

Arthur L. Jenkins

In 2001, Jenkins was named an Honorary Police Surgeon of the New York City Police Department.

Arthur L. Johnson

The district opted to name the school, which was a part of county district and now operates as part of the Clark Public Schools System, in his honor.

Arthur L. Johnson (died 1955) was an educator in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the namesake of Arthur L. Johnson High School in Clark.

Arthur L. Welsh

Called back to Dayton, he was asked to help establish the company's flight school at Huffman Prairie.

The funeral was attended by Orville Wright and his sister Katherine, who had traveled from Dayton, Ohio and who were still in mourning for their brother Wilbur, who had died less than two weeks earlier.

Arthur L. Williams, Jr.

Even though the CFL moved their late-season home games to Sundays so as not to compete directly against Alabama or Auburn, the team's September and October gates were so abysmal that Williams lost anywhere from $4-10 million on the team.

Arthur White

Arthur L. White (1907–1991), Seventh-day Adventist and authority on his grandmother Ellen White

Café du Monde

Café du Monde has appeared in multiple fictional depictions of the city including the "Dave Robicheaux" series of novels by James Lee Burke, and novels by John Connolly, Poppy Z. Brite, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Anne Rice, Kresley Cole and Nancy A. Collins.

Canton, Connecticut

Samuel W. Collins (1802–1871), founder of the Collins Axe Factory for which Collinsville is named

The Canton Historical Museum in Collinsville is located in a building of the former Collins Axe Company, founded by Samuel W. Collins and one of the first ax factories in the world.

Cardiss Collins

Collins was elected to Congress in the June 5, 1973 special election to replace her husband, George, who had died in the December 8, 1972 United Airlines Flight 553 plane crash.

Carroll Sheehan

In 1960, Sheehan was appointed to the Boston Planning Board by Mayor John F. Collins.

Cecil L. Collins

His civic activities included the Optimist Club, Dixie Youth Baseball, American Legion Post 71, Grace United Methodist Church, The University of Georgia Heritage Society, as well as co-chairing the North Augusta High School Stadium fund raising committee.

Ceratitis capitata

In response to such concerns, Brown's chief of staff, B. T. Collins, staged a news conference during which he publicly drank a small glass of malathion.

Devils Tower

A painting depicting this legend by artist Herbert A. Collins hangs over the fireplace in the visitor's center at Devils Tower.

Green Lawn Abbey

Notable residents include George Karb (former Franklin County police commissioner and five-time mayor of Columbus), magician Howard Thurston, Charles Foster Johnson (first real estate tycoon in the area), Isaac Collins (founder of Anchor Hocking), Edward and Rollin Swisher (from the company that manufactures Swisher Sweets cigars), and H. R. Penney (brother of J.C. Penney of department store fame).

How the mighty fall

James C. Collins book, How the Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In

Idaho State Capitol

Twenty portraits of Idaho territorial and state Governors painted by artist Herbert A. Collins in 1911 are on display.

Jacqueline Y. Collins

Because of the genocide and terrorism that is taking place in Darfur, Collins authored and sponsored legislation, passed by the state government, that would prohibit Illinois state investment in companies doing business in the Republic of the Sudan.

James C. Collins

Collins is married to former triathlete and 1985 Ironman winner, Joanne Ernst.

Jerry I. Porras

He is also a business and management analyst who co-authored Success Built to Last: Creating A Life That Matters, and, with James C. Collins, the bestseller Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies.

Joanne Ernst

Joanne Ernst is married to management consultant and writer Jim Collins.

John A. Collins

Born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1931, Collins was an ordained Roman Catholic priest in the Redemptorist Order.

John F. Collins

Collins' administration focused on downtown redevelopment: Collins brought the urban planner Edward J. Logue to Boston to lead the Boston Redevelopment Authority and Collins' administration supervised the construction of the Prudential Center complex and of Government Center.

John W. Collins

There has been a long-held belief that Collins was Fischer's teacher and coach, as well as a teacher and coach for William Lombardy, Robert Byrne, Donald Byrne, Raymond Weinstein, Salvatore Matera, and Lewis Cohen.

K. C. Collins

He attended Monroe Community College in Rochester, New York, on a baseball scholarship, choosing this rather than options of The University Of Hawaii and Florida State University to stay close to his grandmother who raised him from the age of 6.

Lily Yeh

In 1986, Lily Yeh was asked by Arthur Hall, founder of the Afro-American Dance Ensemble, to create a park in the abandoned lot next to his studio in North Philadelphia.

Myrmekite

Yet Lorence G. Collins does not agree with the assumption of the K-feldspar being primary magmatic and the myrmekite being formed due to deformation-induced Na-Ca-metasomatism.

Paducah Bank

This concept, as outlined in the book "Good to Great" by Jim Collins, is consistent with the bank's Owners' Commitment.

Richard J. Collins

He worked on several notable programs including Bonanza, General Electric Theater, Matlock and Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre.

Ronald K. L. Collins

Afterwards, Collins served as a law clerk to Justice Hans A. Linde on the Oregon Supreme Court and was a Supreme Court Fellow under United States Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger.

In spring, 2010, Collins was a fellow in residence at the Norman Mailer Writers Colony in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Ross A. Collins

In 1929, Collins successfully proposed the Library of Congress's $1.5 million purchase of Otto Vollbehr's collection of incunabula, including one of four remaining perfect vellum copies of the Gutenberg Bible.

Sadie McKee

Actors James Dunn, Leif Erickson, Arthur Jarrett, Donald Woods and Robert Young were all considered for the role played by Gene Raymond.

Scorecard of A. E. J. Collins

Captain Arthur Edward Jeune "James" Collins, better known as A. E. J. Collins (18 August 1885 – 11 November 1914), was a cricketer and soldier, most famous for his achievement, as a schoolboy, of the highest-ever recorded score in cricket, 628 not out, over four afternoons in June 1899.

Stuart H. Ingersoll

During this period, Ingersoll was a lieutenant commander and air operations officer on the staff of Rear Admiral Arthur L. Bristol, Jr., who was commander of the U.S. Navy Support Force at Argentia in the Dominion of Newfoundland, the force responsible for the escort work.

Thomas H. Collins

A native of Stoughton, Massachusetts, Collins graduated from the Coast Guard Academy in 1968 and later served as a faculty member within the Humanities Department.

Vincent Lecavalier

Lecavalier was drafted first overall by Tampa Bay in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, during which new Lightning owner Art Williams proclaimed that Lecavalier would be "the Michael Jordan of hockey".


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