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2 unusual facts about Charles B. Sears


Flick Trial

The judges in this case, heard before Military Tribunal IV, were Charles B. Sears (presiding judge), former Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals; William C. Christianson, former Minnesota Supreme Court justice; Frank N. Richman, former Supreme Court of Indiana justice; and Richard D. Dixon, former North Carolina Superior Court judge, as an alternate judge.

University at Buffalo Libraries

The Charles B. Sears Law Library is located on the second through seventh floors of O'Brian Hall on the North Campus.


Ben E. May

He supported the Weizmann Institute; funded the research of Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of penicillin; aided the investigations of Paul Dudley White, renowned cardiologist affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts; and helped found a cancer research institute led by Charles B. Huggins, director of oncology research at the University of Chicago.

Bob Osgood

Osgood enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1934 where he ran track under renowned Michigan Track Coach Charles B. Hoyt.

Charles B. Andrews

In 1863 he moved to Litchfield, and became the partner of John H. Hubbard, then in large practice; here he at once took a prominent position at the bar, advancing rapidly till he became its leader.

Charles B. Benedict

He commenced practice in Attica, New York, and was the Justice of the Peace from 1854 to 1860.He organized and was president of the Attica National Bank, also Bank of Attica and the First National bank of Moorhead, Minnesota.

Charles B. Brownson

Brownson was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1959) representing Indiana's 11th Congressional District.

Charles B. Cochran

In 1917, he became responsible for the productions of the Oxford Music Hall, including the surprise hit The Better 'Ole, which ran for over 800 performances.

Charles B. Greul

His designs sold well and were mass distributed through the Hudson's Bay Company retail stores in the 1950s.

Charles B. Hoeven

He served in Congress for 22 years (from January 3, 1943 to January 3, 1965), in the Seventy-eighth Congress and in ten succeeding Congresses.

Charles B. Kornmann

On January 23, 1995, Kornmann was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota vacated by John Bailey Jones.

Charles B. McClintock

Born in Paint Township, Wayne County, Ohio, near Beach City, Stark County, McClintock was educated in the public schools.

McClintock was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first and Seventy-second Congresses (March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933).

Charles B. Moores

Charles Moores was born to John H. Moores and Virginia Lafayette Lamon on August 6, 1849, in Benton, Missouri.

A native of Missouri, he came from a family of politicians including his father John H. Moores, his grandfather Isaac R. Moores, and uncle Isaac R. Moores, Jr. who all served in the Oregon Legislature.

Charles B. Sedgwick

Sedgwick was elected as a Republican to the 36th and 37th United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1859, to March 3, 1863.

Charles B. Stone III

Joining the Air Defense Command in February 1946, General Stone assumed command of the 2nd Air Force at Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Charles B. Tanksley

During his time in the Senate, Tanksley was the Senate floor leader for Governor Roy E. Barnes from 1998 to 2002, who was a member of the United States Democratic Party and was Tankley’s former law partner.

Charles B. Timberlake

Timberlake was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1933).

Charles B. Towns

The third major ingredient was the dried bark or berries of Xanthoxylum americanum, or prickly ash, added to help with diarrhea and intestinal cramps.

Charles B. Ward

Ward was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1925).

Charles B. Warren

During World War I, He served in the U.S. Army on the staff of the Judge Advocate General, ending his service with a rank of Lieutenant Colonel and a Distinguished Service Medal.

Charles Benedict

Charles B. Benedict (1828–1901), U.S. Representative from New York 31st District, 1877–79

Charles Fulton

Charles B. Fulton (1910–1996), United States federal judge from Florida

Charles McVay

Charles B. McVay III (1898–1968), captain of the USS Indianapolis during World War II

Charles Ward

Charles B. Ward (1879–1946), American politician, U.S. Representative from New York

Cory's Shearwater

This bird was named after the American ornithologist Charles B. Cory.

Criminal records in the United States

Congressman Charles B. Rangel proposed the Second Chance Act in 2007, 2009, and 2011, which was intended to "amend the federal criminal code to allow an individual to file a petition for expungement of a record of conviction for a nonviolent criminal offense".

Forbidden Island

Forbidden Island is a 1959 film directed by Charles B. Griffith.

Ghost of the China Sea

Ghost of the China Sea is a 1958 film co-written by Charles B. Griffith set during World War II.

International Controls Corporation

Vesco wanted Richard Nixon's Attorney General John N. Mitchell to intercede on his behalf with SEC chairman William J. Casey, and in April 1972 he sent his counsel, former New Jersey State Senator Harry L. Sears, along with ICC president Lawrence Richardson, to deliver a cash contribution of $200,000 to Maurice Stans, finance chairman for the Committee to Re-elect the President.

Isaac J. Wistar

Sears, Stephen W., Controversies & Commanders: Dispatches from the Army of the Potomac, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2000, ISBN 0-618-05706-4.

Jesse M. Williams

Sears, Stephen W., To the Gates of Richmond: The Peninsula Campaign, New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1992.

Jolene Koester

In spring 2006, CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed and the Board of Trustees completed their its second three-year performance evaluation of President Koester.

Least Bittern

A dark rufous morph, "neoxenus", termed "Cory's Bittern" or "Cory's Least Bittern" was originally described by Cory as a separate species in 1885, from a specimen collected on or near the Caloosahatchee River, near Lake Okeechobee, in southwest Florida; Cory stated that the specimen was "without doubt perfectly distinct from any other known species".

Manhattan Chamber of Commerce

For example, the MCC invited Congressman Charles B. Rangel to address members atto hear his priorities in Washington.

Max Neal

According to a June 24, 1922 article in The New York Times titled "Woods Back with 40 Foreign Plays", producers Albert H. Woods and Charles B. Dillingham traveled to Europe to collect plays to re-produce in the States, of which Parquette No. 6 by Max Neal and Hans Gerbeck were one.

Michael M. Sears

Boeing terminated Mr. Sears on November 24, 2003 as the result of corruption allegations relating to the improper hiring of Darleen Druyun.

Myrtle Vail

After the show ended, Vail became a low-keyed supporting actress in films, best known for roles in the low-budget cult films A Bucket of Blood (1959) and The Little Shop of Horrors (1960), written by her grandson Charles B. Griffith, and directed by Roger Corman, for whom Griffith has written and/or directed several films.

Naked Paradise

Robert Wright Campbell's script was rewritten by Charles B. Griffith, who claimed Corman asked him to reuse his screenplay for Atlas (1960), Beast from Haunted Cave (1960) and Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961).

Old South Church

Its present building was designed in the Gothic Revival style by Charles Amos Cummings and Willard T. Sears, completed in 1873, and amplified by the architects Allen & Collens 1935–1937.

Pablo Carrillo

The investigation lead to a major corruption scandal which lead to successful prosecutions of Boeing's CFO Michael M. Sears and senior air force personal Darleen Druyun and Boeing being forced to deduct about a half-billion dollars in payments required under a global settlement agreement with the Justice Department.

Ponce High School

In that sense, these are the most representative examples of school building ideas being developed at the time in the United States by architects of renown, such as Haussander and Perkins of Chicago, Snyder of New York, Cooper of Boston and, especially, William B. Ittner of St. Louis.

Robert Vesco

As counsel to International Controls Corporation, New Jersey lawyer Harry L. Sears delivered the contribution to Maurice Stans, finance chairman for the Committee to Re-elect the President.

Special creation

In The Mystery of Life's Origin, Charles B. Thaxton argues for "Special Creation by a Creator beyond the Cosmos", and asserts that special creation holds "that the source that produced life was intelligent".

Stephen W. Sears

Stephen Ward Sears (born July 27, 1932) is an American historian specializing in the American Civil War.

William R. Sears

Several of his colleagues in these years included Qian Xuesen and Frank Malina.


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