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3 unusual facts about David L. Thomas


David L. Thomas

Thomas was one of the first conservative Republican state senators to call for the resignation or impeachment of Governor Mark Sanford.

He served as Greenville Chairman of the 1980 Ronald Reagan for President Campaign as well as State Co-Chair (along with SC State Representative Terry Haskins) of the 1988 Jack Kemp for President Campaign.

Ryan's Law

The Senate bill (S.958) was assigned to the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee, where it received strong support from the committee’s chairman, Senator David Thomas (R-Greenville).


36th Oklahoma Legislature

State legislators met at the Oklahoma State Capitol in session from January 4 to June 8, 1977, from June 13 to June 17, 1977, and from January 3 to March 28, 1978, during the term of Governor David L. Boren.

Andrew J. Thomas

Notable Harlem residents who moved to the complex included W. E. B. Du Bois, A. Philip Randolph, Paul Robeson and Bill Robinson.

Atmen gibt das Leben

The German, English, and French text for the remainder incorporates six quotations: three haiku (by Shiki, Buson, and Issa), and one passage each from Socrates, the Gospel according to St. Thomas, and Meister Eckhart (Stockhausen 1979).

Babi Yar memorials

A number of films and television productions have also marked the tragic events at Babi Yar, and D. M. Thomas's novel The White Hotel uses the massacre's anonymity and violence as a counterpoint to the intimate and complex nature of the human psyche.

Cistercian architecture

Woods, Thomas, How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization (2005), ISBN 0-89526-038-7.

Connie Bernardy

She later attended the University of Minnesota, graduating with a B.A. in communication studies, and also the University of St. Thomas, graduating with an M.B.A. certification in government acquisitions and contract management.

Dale Groutage

Dale Groutage (born 1944) is an engineer who ran in 2006 as the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate in Wyoming against incumbent Senator Craig Thomas.

Daniel Thomas

Daniel M. Thomas, early California politician and pioneer to Los Angeles

David Hawk

David L. Hawk (born 1948), American management theorist, architect and systems scientist

David L. Cornwell

Although an unsuccessful candidate for nomination in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress, Cornwell was elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fifth Congress, representing Indiana's 8th congressional district.

David L. Downie

David Downie is the son of Leonard Downie, Jr., Executive Editor of the Washington Post from 1991–2008, and Barbara Sims, an environmental lawyer.

Dr. Whitman is the daughter of Marina von Neumann Whitman, the noted economist, and Robert Freeman Whitman, professor emeritus of English at the University of Pittsburgh, and the granddaughter of John von Neumann, one of the foremost mathematicians of the 20th century.

David L. Grange

In May 2009, Grange became Chief Executive Officer of PPD LLC, a Contract Research Organization based in North Carolina.

David L. Hoof

Following a stint as a teacher at Montgomery College, Hoof was employed by the United States Department of Energy, where he was part of the nuclear reactor fuel reprocessing program.

David L. Lambert

In 1967 he became an immigrant to the USA to work at the California Institute of Technology, then in 1969 at the University of Texas at Austin, where in 1974 he became a professor.

David L. Seymour

Seymour was elected as a Democrat to the 28th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1843, to March 3, 1845, and was Chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

David MacKenzie

David L. Mackenzie (1860–1926), first Dean of Detroit Junior College

David O. Stewart

Stewart was law clerk to Associate Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. of the United States Supreme Court during October Term, 1979, after working as law clerk for two appellate judges, J. Skelly Wright and David L. Bazelon of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

David Payne

David L. Payne (1836–1884), U.S soldier and pioneer, "Father of Oklahoma"

David Webster

David L. Webster (1888–1976), American physicist in early X-ray theory

Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia

The suburb also boasts Saint Thomas' College, one of Sri Lanka's most prestigious primary and secondary schools.

Diamonds International

Diamonds International was founded in 1986 on the island of St Thomas and currently operates 129 stores in Antigua, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cabo San Lucas, Cancun, Costa Maya, Cozumel, Grand Cayman, Juneau, Ketchikan, Key West, Mazatlán, Playa Del Carmen, Puerto Vallarta, San Jose Del Cabo, Skagway, St. Kitts, St. Maarten, St. Thomas and Turks & Caicos.

Elizabeth Garrett

Garrett was also Legislative Director and Tax and Budget Counsel to Senator David L. Boren.

Finnegan Foundation

Founders of the foundation included: Pittsburgh Mayor Joe Barr, Commonwealth Judge Genevieve Blatt, Democratic National Committeewoman Louise M. John, Pennsylvania Gov. David Lawrence, U.S. Ambassador Matthew H. McCloskey II, U.S. Ambassador John Rice, and Pennsylvania State Treasurer Grace M. Sloan.

Franklin K. Lane High School

Franklin A. Thomas – former President and CEO of the Ford Foundation

Grant Foreman House

The Thomas-Foreman Historic Home, also known as The Grant Foreman House, (1419 West Okmulgee) is a house in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States, built by John R. Thomas in 1905 on a tract of prairie land.

GURPS Bio-Tech

The first edition of GURPS Bio-Tech was written by David L. Pulver.

Jerry Merrick

Apparently, this led to the song (and arrangement) being included by B.J. Thomas on his 1970 Scepter album, Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head.

Jimmy Clanton

Clanton was inducted into The Museum of the Gulf Coast Hall of Fame, which also has inducted such performers as Tex Ritter, Janis Joplin, ZZ Top and B. J. Thomas.

John Carne Bidwill

Bidwill was born at St. Thomas, Exeter, England, the eldest son of Joseph Green Bidwill, a merchant of Exeter and Charlotte, née Carne.

John G. Thomas

At the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Thomas struggled alongside other to-be-famous film students like George Lucas, Ron Howard, and John Carpenter.

Jon R. Thomas

Thomas spent 1966 through 1969 as a member of the U.S. Special Forces, earning a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, and Purple Heart.

Jordan A. Thomas

In both 2013 and 2012, the Ethisphere Institute named Thomas to its listing of “Attorneys Who Matter,” which recognizes leading practitioners in the world of corporate ethics and compliance.

Lawrence S. Thomas, III

Lawrence S. Thomas, III is a retired American brigadier general, most recently assigned as the chief of staff and commander of the New Jersey Air National Guard at Fort Dix, New Jersey.

Marina von Neumann Whitman

Dr. L Whitman is married to David L. Downie, a scholar of international environmental policy, who is the son of the Leonard Downie, Jr., the noted journalist and long-time editor of the Washington Post.

Mason Brayman

In Springfield, Brayman practiced law with Jesse B. Thomas, Jr., and wrote editorials for the town's newspapers.

MS Louis Olympia

Following a voyage across the Atlantic, the Song of America entered service with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines on 5 December 1982 on a cruise from Miami to Nassau, San Juan and St. Thomas.

Naming of moons

The name of Haumea and its moons were suggested by David L. Rabinowitz of Caltech and refer to the mother goddess and her daughters in Hawaiian mythology.

Remittitur

An example of the latter is the high-profile file-sharing court case Capitol v. Thomas.

Richard Ducharme

In 1999 he left GO Transit to join the Toronto Transit Commission as General Manager, replacing David Gunn who announced his retirement on October 7, 1998.

Ring of Brodgar

The first formal survey of the Ring of Brodgar and surrounding antiquities was performed in 1849 by Royal Navy Captain F.W.L. Thomas of HM cutter Woodlark.

SF Squeecast

The podcast features a group of regular contributors, Lynne M. Thomas, Seanan McGuire, Paul Cornell, Elizabeth Bear, and Catherynne M. Valente, most of whom appear on every episode, usually along with a guest contributor.

St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Malayattoor

St. Thomas founded churches in different places in Kerala including Kollam, Kodungalloor, Nilakkal, Niranam, etc.

The Faiths of the Founding Fathers

The Faiths of the Founding Fathers is a book by historian of American religion David L. Holmes of the College of William & Mary.

The Real World: St. Thomas

Maria Menounos hosted, and featured the entire cast, as they discussed their time during filming and their lives since the show ended.

Times Two

As a result, the duo were subsequently dropped from Reprise, and the duo returned in 1990 on EMI Records with the EP "Danger Is My Business." A single was released, "Set Me Free," which prominently featured samples from Blue Swede's 1974 cover of B.J. Thomas' 1969 hit song "Hooked on a Feeling."

Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy

The Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy (VTTMAA), also referred as Vivien T. Thomas, is a public high school located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

W. C. E. Thomas

He was an agent of the American Express office from the establishment of the Green Bay branch in 1857 until 1871.

WFNX

At 7 pm on August 29, 1991, WFNX DJ Kurt St. Thomas gave Nirvana's album Nevermind its world premiere by playing the album from start to finish.

William W. Thomas, Jr.

At only 23 years of age, and full of enthusiasm for his task, he was appointed consul to Gothenburg, Sweden on October 23, 1862.


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