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unusual facts about Donald J. Ryder


Donald J. Ryder

In 2003 Ryder conducted an inquiry into abuse of prisoners in Iraq, cited in the Taguba Report.


452d Air Mobility Wing

1st Lieutenant Donald J. Gott and 2nd Lieutenant William E. Metzger, Jr were both awarded the Medal of Honor for their heroic actions.

Animals, Men and Morals

The book contains essays by Ruth Harrison on factory farming; Muriel Dowding, founder of Beauty without Cruelty, on furs and cosmetics; Richard D. Ryder on animal testing; and Terence Hegarty from the Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments on alternatives.

Anne Wexler

In 1966, Wexler began her political career by helping John Fitzgerald organize a Congressional campaign against the pro-Vietnam war Democrat incumbent Donald J. Irwin.

Boudreaux

Donald J. Boudreaux (contemporary), American professor of law and economics

Coupon collector's problem

Donald J. Newman and Lawrence Shepp found a generalization of the coupon collector's problem when m copies of each coupon needs to be collected.

Donald Harrington

Donald J. Harrington (born 1945), former president of St. John's University

Donald J. Albosta

This did not play well with voters in his district and he was defeated in November 1984 by Bill Schuette.

It was later revealed that the person behind the leaked briefing books was Paul Corbin, a former aide to Robert Kennedy and a disgruntled Ted Kennedy supporter.

Albosta was chair of the House Subcommittee on Human Resources which conducted an investigation into the so-called October Surprise, in which the presidential campaign of Ronald Reagan was alleged to have orchestrated delaying the release of U.S. hostages held by Iran until after the election as well as allegations that the Reagan campaign stole President Carter's briefing materials, a controversy known as Debategate.

Donald J. Atwood Jr.

He lived on a small farm adjoining the ancestral home of the Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier.

Donald J. Cram

He entertained his classes by strumming his guitar and singing folk songs.

Donald J. DePorter

A successful restaurateur, Grant DePorter came to worldwide prominence in 2004 when he paid US$113,824.16 for a baseball which a fan had unwittingly deflected out of the hands of a Chicago Cubs player (thus contributing to the team's defeat in the 2003 National League Championship Series), and then having the ball blown-up in a nationally televised event intended to help end the "Curse of the Billy Goat" which had afflicted the Cubs since 1945.

Donald J. Devine

Before and after his government service he has been an academic, teaching 14 years as associate professor of government and politics at the University of Maryland and for a decade as a professor of Western civilization at Bellevue University.

Donald J. Gott

Flares in the cockpit were ignited and a fire raged therein, which was further increased by free-flowing fluid from damaged hydraulic lines.

Donald J. Hall, Sr.

Upon graduation from Dartmouth in 1950, he joined the United States Army, served most of his military career as an officer at a small post in Gifu Prefecture, Japan.

Donald J. Hughes

Donald J. Hughes (April 2, 1915- April 12, 1960) was an American nuclear physicist, chiefly notable as one of the signers of the Franck Report in June, 1945, recommending that the United States not use the atomic bomb as a weapon to prompt the surrender of Japan in World War II.

Donald J. Kutyna

Kutyna is perhaps most famous for his aid in several investigations of NASA launch failures, especially his membership on the Rogers Commission investigating the loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger.

Donald J. Sobol

After a brief stint as a buyer at Macy's in New York, he moved to Florida and started writing full-time.

Jack Ryder

Frederick Bushnell "Jack" Ryder (1871–1936), American sportswriter and football coach

James Franck

He was also the chairman of the Committee on Political and Social Problems regarding the atomic bomb; the committee consisted of himself and other scientists at the Met Lab, including Donald J. Hughes, J. J. Nickson, Eugene Rabinowitch, Glenn T. Seaborg, J. C. Stearns and Leó Szilárd.

Jane Louise Kelly

After graduation, she clerked for Judge Donald J. Porter of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.

Loren L. Ryder

He won five Academy Awards and was nominated for twelve more in the categories Best Sound Recording and Best Effects.

During World War II, General George S. Patton called upon Ryder's audio expertise to help disguise the sounds of American tanks at the Battle of the Bulge.

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

In 2006, Hallmark Cards chairman Donald J. Hall, Sr., donated to the museum the entire Hallmark Photographic Collection, spanning the history of photography from 1839 to the present day.

Peter Bruce

Since the discovery of crown ethers and cryptands by Pederson, Cram and Lehn (for which they received the Nobel Prize in 1987), the significance of molecules containing the repeat units -CH2-CH2-O- as coordinating ligands for metal cations has been recognised.

Putnam Valley, New York

Real estate mogul Donald Trump bought land in Putnam Valley and later donated it to the state; in 2006, this parcel was renamed Donald J. Trump State Park.

Richard Ryder

Richard D. Ryder (born 1940), British psychologist and animal rights advocate

Ruhl

Donald J. Ruhl (1923 – 1945), American Marine; awarded Medal of Honor for action at Iwo Jima

Sean Lee

Sean is also a grandson of Federal Judge Donald J. Lee of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Stephen Elmer

He did not confine himself entirely to still life, but occasionally painted genre pictures, such as "The Miser" (engraved by B. Granger), "The Politician" (engraved by T. Ryder), scripture pieces, such as "The Last Supper", formerly over the altar, but now in the vestry of Farnham Church, and portraits.

Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr.

On December 6, 2007, President George W. Bush nominated Judge Limbaugh to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri to fill the seat vacated by Donald J. Stohr.

William Ryder

William T. Ryder (1913–1992), first American paratrooper, later a brigadier general

William T. Ryder

In 1990, General Ryder represented the Airborne to receive a proclamation by North Carolina Governor Jim Martin honoring the 50th anniversary of his first jump.


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