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Donald E. Belfi

His voluntary activities included serving as commissioner of Rockville Centre Little League, and as a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Association for the Help of Retarded Children, and the St. Agnes Cathedral Parish Council.


7th World Science Fiction Convention

Don Ford carried out the duties of Chairman, but was officially Secretary-Treasurer; Charles R. Tanner had the honorary title of Chairman.

Bank Shot

It was loosely based upon Donald E. Westlake's novel of the same name, and was the second book of his Dortmunder series.

Bunkie, Louisiana

The Bunkie physician, Donald E. Hines, is a former member of the Louisiana State Senate who served from 2004 to 2008 as the Senate president.

Donald E. Ballard

Sent to Vietnam, Ballard served as a corpsman in the Quang Tri province with Company M, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines (Mike 3/4) of the 3rd Marine Division.

Donald E. Edwards

After his military retirement General Edwards served on the staff of U.S. Representative Bernie Sanders for two years.

Donald E. Graham

In 1994, Graham was responsible for “a heavy blow to the newspaper’s credibility” (WaPo ombudsman on October 9, 1994), when he successfully lobbied Senator John Danforth for a special provision, favoring Washington Post Co.'s cell phone holdings, in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) treaty.

Donald E. Hillman

He graduated from Broadway High School, and attended the University of Washington for a short time before transferring to Virginia Military Academy.

Donald E. Hines

Term-limited in the Senate, Hines was succeeded by his fellow Democrat Eric LaFleur of Ville Platte in Evangeline Parish.

Donald E. Wilkes Jr.

A graduate of the University of Florida (B.A., 1965; J.D., 1969) Wilkes became Professor of Law at the University of Georgia in 1971, a post he has held ever since.

Donald E. Williams

During the mission the crew successfully deployed the Galileo spacecraft, starting its journey to explore Jupiter, operated the Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Instrument (SSBUV) to map atmospheric ozone, and performed numerous secondary experiments involving radiation measurements, polymer morphology, lightning research, microgravity effects on plants, and a student experiment on ice crystal growth in space.

Donald E. Williams, Jr.

Senator Williams was the News and Public Affairs Director for WINY radio in Putnam, Connecticut, from 1980 to 1983.

In approving the legislation, Governor M. Jodi Rell said, "If there is a crown jewel in this bonding bill, it is the program that will continue the glorious transformation of higher education in Connecticut. That transformation began with ‘UConn 2000’ and continues today with ‘CSU 2020.’"

Donald Pease

Donald E. Pease, professor of English, Dartmouth College and Director of the Futures of American Studies Institute

Donald Stewart

Donald E. Stewart (1930–1999), screenwriter, winner of 1983 Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay Winner for Missing

Eddy current

In the late 1950s, solid-state versions were developed by Donald E. Bently at Bently Nevada Corporation.

Eric LaFleur

Newton's grandfather, Donald E. Hines, a Bunkie physician and the Democratic Senate President from 2004 to 2008, retired from the legislature.

Farey sequence

Ronald L. Graham, Donald E. Knuth, and Oren Patashnik, Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science, 2nd Edition (Addison-Wesley, Boston, 1989); in particular, Sec. 4.5 (pp. 115–123), Bonus Problem 4.61 (pp. 150, 523–524), Sec. 4.9 (pp. 133–139), Sec. 9.3, Problem 9.3.6 (pp. 462–463).

Joel Chaisson

Chaisson succeeded the term-limited Senate President Donald E. Hines, a Democrat physician from Bunkie in Avoyelles Parish in south central Louisiana.

Lung on a chip

The technology was developed by Donald E. Ingber, M.D., Ph.D., an American cell biologist who is the Founding Director of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, and Dongeun Huh, Ph.D., who is a Technology Development Fellow at the Wyss Institute.

Magnetar

Peter Douglas Ward, Donald Brownlee Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe.

Military disc-shaped aircraft

In an apparent attempt to quell speculation about the military nature of flying saucers, a press conference was held in July 1952, at which Major John A. Sandford denied any knowledge of the craft, and retired Major Donald E. Keyhoe declared his belief that they were of alien origin.

Rosemont, Illinois

Among these are the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, used for trade shows and gatherings; the Akoo Theater, formally known as the Rosemont Theater, used for theatrical purposes; and the Allstate Arena, used for concerts, professional wrestling (three times hosting WrestleMania), DePaul Blue Demons Basketball, Chicago Rush arena football, Chicago Sky WNBA basketball and Chicago Wolves hockey.

The Wooster Book Company

Under the trade name “The Wooster Book Company,” its first title, a corporate history of Rubbermaid, written by retired Rubbermaid CEO and Chairman of the Board, Donald E. Noble, was released in 1996.


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