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David G. Watts

Originally a school geography teacher at Milford Haven Grammar School, he designed Railway Rivals, his most popular game, to teach the geography of Wales and upon retirement published it under the imprint Rostherne Games.


Brenda Reneau

In Reneau's first re-election campaign, she faced the father of J.C. Watts and was again endorsed by The Oklahoman.

Congressional Black Caucus

Only six black Republicans have been elected to Congress since the caucus was founded: Senator Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts, Representative Gary Franks of Connecticut, Delegate Melvin H. Evans of the Virgin Islands, Representative J. C. Watts of Oklahoma, Representative Allen West of Florida, and Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina.

Courtroom sketch

By the mid-19th century, there were well-known court artists and printmakers such as George Caleb Bingham and David G. Blyth.

Dan Morse

Dan was the major professor overseeing the MA research of three students at the University of Arkansas, each of whom subsequently went on to have productive careers in southeastern archaeology, David G. Anderson, J. Christopher Gillam, and Albert Goodyear.

David Chandler

David G. Chandler (1934–2004), British historian specializing in Napoleonic history

David Epstein

David G. Epstein, professor at the University of Richmond School of Law and bankruptcy expert

David G. Anderson

The DOE fellowship gave Anderson an office in the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site facility near Williston, South Carolina, the rural community where his family currently resides.

David G. Booth

In 2004 the Booth family gave $9 million to the University of Kansas to fund the Booth Family Hall of Athletics attached to Allen Fieldhouse.

David G. Boschert

He was appointed by Governor Parris Glendening in 2000 as Executive Director of the Annapolis Regional Transportation Management Association.

As of May 2005, his only reported contribution to any federal candidate was to Helen Delich Bentley.

His reported contributions to state candidates are to: Carmen Amedori, Phil Bissett, Bob Costa, Dirk Haire, C. Edward Middlebrooks, and Tony O'Donnell.

David G. Chandler

As a young man he served briefly in the army, reaching the rank of captain, and in later life he taught at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

David G. Compton

His 1970 novel The Steel Crocodile was nominated for the Nebula Award, and his 1974 novel The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe was filmed as Death Watch by Bertrand Tavernier in 1979.

David G. Dalin

Icon of Evil Hitler's Mufti and the Rise of Radical Islam (2008) with John Rothmann

The Myth of Hitler's Pope: How Pope Pius XII Rescued Jews from the Nazis (2005)

David G. Grier

Raised in New York City and a graduate of Stuyvesant High School, Grier attended Harvard College, where he graduated with high honors in physics.

David G. Haskell

David George Haskell is an American biologist, author, and professor of biology at Sewanee: The University of the South, in Sewanee, Tennessee.

David G. Hays

In 1982 he published Cognitive Structures, in which he developed a novel scheme for grounding cognition in perception and action as conceived in the control theory of William T. Powers.

David G. Johnson

Johnson grew up in Fort Wayne Indiana and is a 1978 graduate of Yale College where he studied economics and a 1981 graduate of Harvard Law School.

Prior to MGM, he was a partner of the international law firm White & Case.

David G. Marr

A former assistant professor at Cornell University and University of California, he is currently Emeritus Professor and Visiting Fellow, School of Culture, History & Language and Senior Fellow at the Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University.

David G. McAfee

It contains advice and resources for individuals who are interested in publicly rejecting religion as well as real stories from non-believers who had unsupportive family and friends.

David G. Sorensen

Over the years he has also frequently worked and exhibited in Mexico and is currently represented by Ramon Quiroga in Mexico City, Galeria Vertice and Haus der Kunst in Guadalajara.

Sorensen's international exposure includes exhibits in Mexico city 1964, Basel 1974, Milan and Paris in 1975 and traveling exhibits between 1991-93 in Tokyo, Manila and Hong Kong.

David G. Wilson

David G. Wilson, the son of Michael G. Wilson, is head of Creative & Business Affairs for Eon Screenwriters Workshop Ltd, as well as Vice-president of Global Business Strategy for Eon Productions.

Dick Anthony

David G. Bromley and Anson Shupe, writing in the Encyclopedia of Religion and Society (1998), have credited Anthony and his co-author, sociologist Thomas Robbins, with having written "the most articulate critique" of the anti-cult movement's perspective on brainwashing.

Dimensional Fund Advisors

The company was founded in 1981 by David G. Booth and Rex Sinquefield, both graduates of the University of Chicago's School of Business (now known as the Booth School of Business).

Elcho Shield

The trophy is large and distinctive, known as the Elcho Shield, and is made from a sheet of iron decorated with repousse scenes to a design by the artist G. F. Watts.

Erich Klausener

While writers like Guenter Lewy have expressed criticism at Pius for not intervening more forcefully during the affair, other authors like Joseph Bottum and David G. Dalin have presented a more positive appreciation of Pius' attitude during that time.

Fine-Day

David G. Mandelbaum, in the introduction to his extensive study of the Plains Cree cites Fineday as his principal informant.

Fitz John Porter

He came from a family prominent in American naval service; his cousins were William D. Porter, David Dixon Porter, and David G. Farragut.

Henry C. Nields

Assigned to Metacomet, he earned Admiral David G. Farragut's praise for his part in the rescue of survivors from Tecumseh after that monitor had gone down, mined within 600 yards of Confederate guns during the Battle of Mobile Bay.

James A. Thompson

He was elected mayor of Sugar Land in 2008 after former mayor David G. Wallace stepped down from his office.

Jeffrey K. Hadden

In 1993 he edited a two-volume work entitled Handbook of Cults and Sects in America with David Bromley (Professor of Sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University).

John C. Watts

Watts was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-second Congress, by special election, April 14, 1951, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas R. Underwood.

Laura Macdonald

Her recordings include the eponymous Laura in 2001 featuring David Budway (piano), James Genus (bass) and Jeff "Tain" Watts (drums); and Awakenings in 2003 with the Laura Macdonald Sextet: Steve Hamilton (piano), Donny Macaslin (tenor saxophone and flute), Gildas Boclé (bass), Claus Stoetter (trumpet and flugelhorn) and Antonio Sanchez (drums).

She has worked with many jazz musicians including Tommy Smith (to whom she was once married), drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts, bassist James Genus, pianist David Budway, Guy Barker and Jason Rebello, and has made many appearances at notable jazz events, including the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe.

Mark Watts

Mark F. Watts (born 1964), former Labour Party Member of the European Parliament, 1994–2004

National Journal

Times Mirror owned the magazine from 1986 to 1997, when it was purchased by David G. Bradley.

Participants in the Madoff investment scandal

Madoff's "listed" accountant, David G. Friehling, 49, the sole practitioner at Friehling & Horowitz CPAs, waived indictment and pleaded not guilty to criminal charges on July 10, 2009.

Small-world experiment

In 1998, Duncan J. Watts and Steven Strogatz from Cornell University published the first network model on the small-world phenomenon.

Sol Rabinowitz

Over the next few years, the label was responsible for several moderate sized R&B hits, for The Hearts, Ann Cole - including the original version of "Got My Mojo Working" - and Noble "Thin Man" Watts.

Stephen P. Mugar

In the 1930s, Stephen Mugar married Marian Graves (born June 29, 1901, in Saugus), and they had two children: David Graves Mugar, who became a business leader and philanthropist in his own right, and Carolyn Mugar, activist, who started a reforestation project in Armenia and is executive director of Farm Aid.

Thomas Watts

Thomas H. Watts (1819–1892), Democratic Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1863 to 1865, during the Civil War

Three Popes and the Jews

Rabbi David G. Dalin in The Myth of Hitler's Pope calls the book "meticulously researched and comprehensive" as well as "the definitive work by a Jewish scholar on the subject".

Trey Watts

Coming out of high school, Watts primary selling point was that his father, J.C. Watts, a former member of the United States House of Representatives, was previously a starting quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners.

Year's Best SF

Year's Best SF is a science fiction anthology series edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer.

Year's Best SF 9

Year's Best SF 9 (ISBN 0-06-057559-X) is a science fiction anthology edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer that was published in 2004.


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