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8 unusual facts about Bill Nelson


Aging with Dignity

Founding advisory board members include former Florida Governors Lawton Chiles, Jeb Bush, and Bob Graham, Assistant Secretary on Aging Josefina Carbonell and US Senator Bill Nelson among others.

Bill Nelson's Red Noise

This attracted the attention of Phonogram, who secured the remaining tracks for Cocteau in order to release the full album, Quit Dreaming And Get On The Beam, credited simply to "Bill Nelson", in 1981.

Boca Raton Army Airfield

U.S. Senator Bill Nelson initiated a Senate investigation of the program after the Department of Defense refused his request for information.

Deep Space Climate Observatory

The book mentions legislative efforts by Senators Barbara Mikulski and Bill Nelson to try to get the satellite launched.

Maywand District murders

In response to the news from his son, Christopher Winfield called the Army inspector general's 24-hour hotline, the office of Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), and a sergeant at Joint Base Lewis-McChord who told him to call the Army's Criminal Investigation Division.

Mohammed Nazam

Inspired by artists such as Jimi Hendrix, Brian May, Bill Nelson and Todd Rundgren, Nazam starting playing the guitar at age 15, and is self-taught.

Robert Levinson

On January 13, 2009, U.S. Senator Bill Nelson revealed during Hillary Clinton's confirmation hearing that he believes Robert Levinson is being held in a secret prison in Iran.

Silver State Helicopters

On 23 May 2008 US Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla) called for a Federal Trade Commission investigation of Silver State, indicating that he believes that it was a Ponzi scheme.


Bryan Norcross

Bryan was named Expert Advisor to the Academic Task Force on Hurricane Catastrophe Insurance by Florida State Treasurer and Insurance Commissioner Bill Nelson, and a member of the Governor's Committee to evaluate state response and recommend changes to the state emergency system by Governor Lawton Chiles.

Dave Sturt

Live work developed with Cuban/American guitarist Isaac Guillory, Thee na Shee, The Fraser Sisters, Andy Sheppard, Bosco D’Olivera and Bill Nelson.

Esoteric Recordings

Among the label’s releases have been box sets including the six-CD Jack Bruce Can You Follow? and the four-CD Bill Nelson Trial By Intimacy (The Book Of Splendours) as well as standalone releases by artists including: Man, Claire Hamill, The Keef Hartley Band, Egg, Michael Moorcock, Gary Farr, Daevid Allen and Rare Bird.

John M. LeMoyne

Upon LeMoyne's retirement Florida Senator Bill Nelson noted that his unit led the Hail Mary behind the Iraqi Army in Kuwait, contributing to the quick end of hostilities.

Voskhod 1

The Soviet space program viewed its crews as passengers more than pilots; the new cosmonauts received only three to four months of training, perhaps the briefest in space history other than that received by the American politicians Jake Garn and Bill Nelson for Space Shuttle flights in the 1980s.

William F. Schulz

From 1997 to 2005, Federal Election Commission records show that William F. Schulz contributed a total of $9,450 to the campaigns of Democratic Party politicians Gary Ackerman, Geraldine Ferraro, Carolyn McCarthy, Steve Israel, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Edward M. Kennedy, Charles Schumer, John Kerry, Patrick Leahy, Bill Nelson and Al Gore.


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