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unusual facts about Commissioner's Park


Carling Avenue

It also runs along the northern boundaries of the Central Experimental Farm and Commissioner's Park.


39th District corruption scandal

The investigation of the illegal search was ultimately turned over to the F.B.I. by the PPD Internal Affairs Bureau at the direction of Police Commissioner Willie Williams, in the wake of the Rodney King beating at the hands of the LAPD.

Abel Guobadia

Later in 1986, the Colonel John Mark Inienger military administration appointed him the Bendel State Commissioner of Finance and Economic Planning.

Anthony Cobos

The most prominent among them was Barbara Perez, a former El Paso County Commissioner and trustee of Socorro Independent School District in El Paso.

Austin Gunsel

In 1952, Gunsel was hired by the NFL to head the league's investigative department, a move made in response to commissioner Bert Bell's fear of a scandal damaging the league's image.

C.K. Gandhirajan, IPS

He was promoted as the Inspector General of Police on the 22nd of October 2005 and served in Operations, Intelligence and Railways before being posted as The Commissioner of Police, Coimbatore City on November 25, 2006.

Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission

key people = Hector Charlesworth (Chairman),
Thomas Maher (Commissioner),
W.

Caneadea, New York

William Muldoon, wrestler & first New York State Athletic Commissioner

Charles Rowan

Rowan was to provide the military discipline and organisation that it was felt the new police force needed and the junior Commissioner, barrister Richard Mayne, was to provide the legal expertise.

Christine Nixon

As Chief Commissioner, Nixon marched in uniform during Melbourne's gay and lesbian 'Pride March', run as part of the Midsumma Festival.

Common Agricultural Policy

In 1992, the MacSharry reforms (named after the European Commissioner for Agriculture, Ray MacSharry) were created to limit rising production, while at the same time adjusting to the trend toward a more free agricultural market.

Concours international de roses nouvelles de Bagatelle

Established in 1907 by Jean-Claude Nicolas Forestier, the city's Commissioner of Gardens, it was the first international competition to assess new roses and remains one of the most prestigious events in the commercial rose growers' calendar.

Cutler's Park

Historic Florence, Nebraska was built on its site, making use of what had been left when it was abandoned.

David H. Stevens

Immediately prior to joining MBA, Stevens was the Assistant Secretary for Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner at the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Frederick Paul Keppel

From 1920 to 1921 he served as commissioner for the United States to the International Chamber of Commerce.

Geoffrey T. Hellman

He also wrote about prominent people such as author Louis Auchincloss; New York Parks Commissioner Robert Moses, who sent him story ideas; and architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

George F. Fitzpatrick

George Fitzpatrick married Phyllis Sinanan, sister of Mitra and Ashford Sinanan, uniting the Fitzpatrick family with another prominent political family of Trinidad (see Ashford Sinanan, Ambassador, Leader of the Opposition, Democratic Labour Party (DLP), West Indies Federation, Founder of the West Indian National Party (WINP) and High Commissioner to India.

Gordon Robertson

Robert Gordon Robertson (1917–2013), Commissioner of the Northwest Territories

Gratien Fernando

Fernando’s father petitioned the army authorities to commute the death penalty and asked Sir Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke, the Civil Defence Commissioner, to intercede with Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton, the British Commander of Ceylon.

Harvey Washington Wiley

Wiley was offered the position of Chief Chemist in the United States Department of Agriculture by George Loring, the Commissioner of Agriculture, in 1882.

Henry Ellsworth

Henry Leavitt Ellsworth (1791–1858), Commissioner of the U.S. Patent Office

Henry Stern

In 1966, Parks Commissioner Thomas Hoving appointed him executive director of the agency.

James Pyke Thompson

In 1924 the land surrounding the family house in Canton, Cardiff was also presented to the city; it was renamed Thompson's Park.

Jane E. Henney

Prior to her appointment as commissioner, Henney had worked at the FDA from 1992 to 1994 as deputy commissioner for operations under then commissioner David Aaron Kessler, and then at the University of New Mexico, where she was vice president of the health sciences center.

Jerry Priddy

Commissioner Happy Chandler cancelled the trade, and Berardino then un-retired.

John Donald

John Stuart Donald, former Chief Commissioner of the North West Frontier Province of British India

John Mellen Thurston

He was appointed as the United States commissioner to the St. Louis Exposition in 1901.

June Jackson Christmas

Dr. Christmas was appointed Commissioner of Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services on August 16, 1972 by Mayor of New York City John Lindsay.

Merab Ratishvili

In April 2011, Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, visited Merab Ratishvili in Rustavi prison No.6 as part of a visit to Georgia to report on the administration of justice and level of protection of human rights in the justice system of Georgia.

Mickey Owen

In retaliation for the defections, Commissioner Happy Chandler sought a lifetime suspension for them, but his penalty was later reduced to three years.

Napoleon Blown-Aparte

The music cue during the scene at the Commissioner's country house is Camille Saint-Saëns's "The Carnival of the Animals".

Nilkantha Upreti

Nilkantha Upreti is Acting Chief Election Commissioner of Election Commission of Nepal.

Notes from My Travels

Notes from My Travels is a collection of journal excerpts kept by actress Angelina Jolie in 2001-2002 detailing her experiences travelling to troubled Third World regions in her role as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Obadiah German

Supporting DeWitt Clinton's canal project, German also took part in the construction of the Erie Canal after being appointed State Commissioner of Public Works in 1817.

Old German government headquarters in Douala

During the French Mandate, the capital was moved to Yaoundé, with the decree of the 1st March 1921 and the High Commissioner Delegate occupied the building.

Oonagh McDonald

McDonald is currently a director of the British Portfolio Trust, Complaints Commissioner for the London Metal Exchange, ICE Futures and Virt-x and a member of International Monetary Fund's Expert Roster.

Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards

The second Commissioner was Elizabeth Filkin (1999–2002), whose first case involved Peter Mandelson and a large loan which he had failed to declare in the Register of Members' Interests.

Paul Evans

Paul F. Evans, American law enforcement officer who served as Commissioner of the Boston Police Department from 1994 to 2003

Philémon Yang

Yang lived in Ottawa's Grenfell Glen neighbourhood during his long stint as High Commissioner.

Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy

The film deals with the reconstruction of the Piazza Fontana bombing that took place in Milan December 12, 1969, and of the tragic events that ensued, from the death of Giuseppe Pinelli, which occurred in mysterious circumstances during an interrogation, to the death of the Commissioner Luigi Calabresi, who had led the investigation.

Purcell, Oklahoma

The bridge, among the longest in Oklahoma, is named for James C. Nance, a newspaper publisher and legislative leader in Oklahoma and U.S. Uniform Law Commissioner.

Rafael Celestino Benítez

After he finished high school he was accepted in the United States Naval Academy by appointment of the Honorable Santiago Iglesias, Puerto Rico's Resident Commissioner.

Robert Sutherland Rattray

In 1911 he became the assistant District Commissioner at Ejura.

Sidney Smythe

While a puisne baron, Smythe was twice appointed a commissioner of the Great Seal.

Sir William St Quintin, 3rd Baronet

In 1717 he became Commissioner of the Alienation Office, and in 1720 was appointed joint Vice-Treasurer, Receiver General and Paymaster of Ireland, offices he held until his death.

Smithville Seminary

The site of Henry Barnard’s first Rhode Island Teachers Institute in 1845, the school began giving normal instruction for teachers with public funding in 1867, but ceased in 1871 when the state's Education Commissioner re-established the Rhode Island Normal School and cut program funding for other institutions.

Terri L. White

In 2007, while White was serving as the Department's Director of Communications and Public Policy, then Commissioner Terry Cline resigned after being nominated by (then) President of the United States George W. Bush to become the administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, an agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

Tirso del Junco, Jr.

In 1997 he was appointed Commissioner to the California State Athletic Commission and was a member if the Oversight Committee of the Department of Health Service for California.

Uganda Insurance Commission

According to its website, the mandate of the commission is "to supervise and regulate the insurance industry in Uganda." Commission offices are located in Kampala; the position of Commissioner of Insurance is currently vacant.

Viscount Dunrossil

His son, the second Viscount, notably served as High Commissioner to Fiji and as Governor of Bermuda.

Warren McDonald

McDonald ran unsuccessfully for the Country Party in the 1946 federal election, a fact which did not prevent the Chifley government appointing him to advise the prices commissioner in 1947.


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