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2 unusual facts about Edwin J. Roland


Edwin J. Roland

On 15 January 1965, Roland received Italy's highest award, the Commendatore (Knight Commander) of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, for the Coast Guard's many years of assistance to Centro-Internazionale Radio-Medico, a humanitarian organization which arranges medical first-aid at sea for injured and sick seamen.

The committee meeting reviewed merchant ship standards to prevent fires as occurred on board SS Yarmouth Castle.


American Institute of Electrical Engineers

The 1884 founders of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) included some of the most prominent inventors and innovators in the then new field of electrical engineering, among them Nikola Tesla, Thomas Alva Edison, Elihu Thomson, Edwin J. Houston, and Edward Weston.

Eddie Delahoussaye

Eddie Delahoussaye remains active in the horse racing industry and is a member of the board of directors of the Edwin J. Gregson Foundation.

Edwin Hill

Edwin J. Hill (1894–1941), U.S. Navy sailor, posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor

Edwin J. Gregson Foundation

Its stated objective is to "enhance the quality of life of California's backstretch workers and their families."

Edwin J. Jorden

Jorden was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Myron B. Wright and served from February 23 until March 4, 1895 (10 days).

Edwin J. Prindle

Held posts of the Secretary of the Patent Committee of the National Research Council and later Chairman of the Patent Committee of the American Chemical Society.

Elihu Thomson

With Edwin J. Houston, a former teacher and later colleague of Thomson's at Central High School, Thomson founded the Thomson-Houston Electric Company.

Framheim

Huntford, Roland (1979) Scott and Amundsen (Hodder & Stoughton Ltd) ISBN 978-0-340-19565-9

Huntford, Roland (1999) The Last Place on Earth (Modern Library Exploration) ISBN 978-0-375-75474-6

Patricia Ben Peterson

Peterson's father was Portland attorney Edwin J. Peterson, who was later (in 1979) appointed to the Oregon Supreme Court, and served as its 39th Chief Justice from 1983 to 1991.

Rhymers' Club

Those of the group appearing in these two volumes were: T.W. Rolleston, John Todhunter, W.B. Yeats, Richard Le Gallienne, Lionel Johnson, Arthur Cecil Hillier, Ernest Dowson, Victor Plarr, Ernest Radford, Arthur Symons, G.A. Greene, Edwin J. Ellis, and Ernest Rhys.

Wage Workers Party

Division had been mounting between the regular organization, controlled by Edwin J. Brown, and the left opposition centered around Hermon F. Titus' Seattle Socialist.


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