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2 unusual facts about George B. Fitch


George Ashmore Fitch

George Ashmore Fitch (1883–1979) was an American Protestant missionary in China, the Young Men's Christian Association, Nanking Safety Zone International Committee Administrative Director, and the grandfather of politician George B. Fitch.

Jamaica at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Businessmen George B. Fitch and William Maloney proposed the idea of a Jamaican bobsleigh team after seeing a local pushcart derby in Jamaica.


7th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment

He performed duty with his command, made the fruitless march in spring of 1862 under McClellan towards Manassas, went to the first campaign of the Rappahannock, engaged in small affairs at Thornburg near Fredericksburg.

Alva R. Fitch

Newman, John M. JFK and Vietnam: Deception, Intrigue, and the Struggle for Power.

Burnham Hoyt

He practiced as an architect during 1919-1955, and worked during his career as an architect with Denver architects Kidder and Wieger, with New York City architects George Post and Bertram Goodhue, and during 1919-1933 with his Denver-based brother Merrill Hoyt as Hoyt and Hoyt.

California Southern Railroad

Among the organizers were Frank Kimball, a prominent landowner and rancher from San Diego who also represented the Chamber of Commerce and the Board of City Trustees of San Diego, Kidder, Peabody & Co., one of the main financial investment companies involved in the Santa Fe, B.P. Cheney, L.G. Pratt, George B. Wilbur and Thomas Nickerson who was president of the Santa Fe.

Camp Wightman

Company I was called the "McClellan Guards" after General McClellan.

Charles R. Train

-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->During the Civil War served in the Union Army as a volunteer aide-de-camp to General George B. McClellan.

Clark Henry Wells

During this time, sent a letter to the United States Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton, that accused Maj. Granville O. Haller, former commander of George B. McClellan's headquarters guard, of disloyal sentiments to the Union.

Cortelyou

George B. Cortelyou (1862–1940), first US Secretary of Commerce and Labor and later Secretary of the Treasury

Dennis E. Fitch

He was best known for his critical actions as an off-duty McDonnell Douglas DC-10 training captain who helped captain Alfred Haynes minimize loss of life on United Airlines Flight 232, when all flight controls were lost, on July 19, 1989.

Dennis Hart Mahan

Mahan also founded the Napoleon Seminar at West Point, where advanced under-graduates and senior officers including Lee, Reynolds, Thomas and McClellan, studied and discussed the great European wars, Napoleon and Frederick the Great.

Dunn Loring, Virginia

On September 22, 1886, the land was transferred to the Loring Land and Improvement Company, composed of General Dunn, then a retired Army Brigadier General and former Judge Advocate General; George B. Loring, a former Congressman and Commissioner of Agriculture; and George H. LeFetra, a Washington temperance hotel proprietor.

Elizabeth Brinton

The Gold Award-winning Girl Scout was born in Fairfax, Virginia to parents Fullerton Brinton (descendent of George Brinton McClelland ) and mother Noel Chambers Brinton (cousin to Cisco CEO, John Chambers).

Emil Mosbacher

His numerous other offices included Commodore of the New York Yacht Club, chairman of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and directorships of Chemical Bank, Chubb, Abercrombie & Fitch, and other companies.

Fresa

The fresa clothing mostly consists of top, mainstream brands such as: Abercrombie & Fitch, Hollister Co., Lacoste, Armani as well as other expensive clothing brands, and can usually be seen shopping in well located shopping centers (malls) and always paying with cards instead of cash.

George Aitken

George B. Aitken (1928–2006), Scottish footballer and club manager

George B. Crist

Following his graduation from the Armed Forces Staff College in 1968, he commanded the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

George B. Duncan

As a result of his service in World War I, he received numerous decorations, including the Croix de Guerre with two palms and a star and status as a Commander in the Legion of Honor from France, status as a Companion of Order of the Bath from the United Kingdom, and the Distinguished Service Medal from the United States.

George B. Field

Among his doctoral students were Eric G. Blackman, Sean M. Carroll, Carl E. Heiles, Péter Mészáros, Christopher McKee, Telemachos C Mouschovias, and Paul R. Shapiro

George B. Loring

He was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1868, 1872, and 1876; appointed United States centennial commissioner for the State of Massachusetts in 1872; elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1881).

George B. Lyle

Roy LeCraw had fought a tough campaign against incumbent William Hartsfield and won on a slim margin but just a few months after taking office, he joined the army leaving mayor pro-tem Lyle until new elections could be held.

George B. Post

Sarah Bradford Landau, George B. Post, Architect: Picturesque Designer and Determined Realist (1998) inspired the retrospective exhibition at the Society, 1998–99 that reassessed Post's work.

George B. Schwartzman

Schwartzman was the most successful "private citizen" candidate, and finished ninth overall in the race, just after actor Gary Coleman.

George B. Shaw

:Not to be confused with the Anglo-Irish playwright and social thinker George Bernard Shaw.

George B. Throop

After their father's death, their mother married George W. Hatch, and among their children were Congressman Israel T. Hatch (1808–1875) and Eliza Hatch (1800–1885) who married first Congressman Gershom Powers (1789–1831) and then Judge William B. Rochester (1789–1838).

George B. Vogt

After he had been awarded his bachelor of science degree (in 1941), Vogt began his career in 1942, when he joined United States Public Health Service, appointed to World War II studies.

George B. Ward

The house was modeled on the circular Temple of Vesta in Rome and was surrounded by landscaped gardens and fountains.

George Chadwick

George B. Chadwick (1880–1961), All-American football player and coach

George Churchill

George B. Churchill (1866–1925), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts

George H. Noonan

Among Noonan's backers was George B. Jackson, an African-American businessman called the "wealthiest black in Texas" in the second half of the 19th century.

George Handley

George B. Handley, professor of humanities at Brigham Young University

George Hitchcock

George B. Hitchcock (1812–1872), American involved in housing slaves on their way to freedom

George Moffat

George B. Moffat, Jr. American author and world champion sailplane pilot

Iranian frigate Sabalan

At The Pentagon, Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Adm. William J. Crowe Jr., and U.S. Central Command head Gen. George B. Crist monitored the situation.

James P. Fitch

In 1945, when Fitch retired as Region Nine Scout Executive, Phillips insisted that Fitch be appointed the General Manager of Philmont Scout Ranch and Phillips Properties for the B.S.A.

Joseph E. Johnston

He defended the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, during the 1862 Peninsula Campaign, withdrawing under the pressure of a superior force under Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan.

Lee's Mill Earthworks

Confederate Major General John B. Magruder's extensive defensives beginning at Lee's Mill and extending to Yorktown along the Warwick River caused the Union Army of the Potomac Commander Major General George B. McClellan to initiate a month-long siege of the Warwick-Yorktown Line which lasted until May 3, 1862 and contributed to the eventual failure of McClellan's campaign.

Nick Youngquest

In late 2012, Nick decided to step away from rugby to pursue opportunities in modeling, appearing in a campaign for Abercrombie & Fitch shot by Bruce Weber.

Roy LeCraw

He joined the Army, resigning his post in May 1942 when mayor pro tem George B. Lyle took over until a special election could be held on May 27, in which Hartsfield defeated eight opponents.

Royal Exchange Square

Rumours insinuated that AllSaints and Abercrombie & Fitch both looked into a lease for the building - dividing it into two retail units to accommodate both stores.

Samuel Garland, Jr.

Garland's body was retrieved by Union troops and sent down the mountainside, where Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan ordered an honor guard to accompany the body until it could be transferred to Garland's friends and transported home.

Simler Hall

It is named for General George B. Simler, the commander of the Air Training Command and primary proponent of the creation of the CCAF.

Thunder on South Mountain

In this battle, Union forces fought under the command of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan and Confederate forces were under the command of Maj. Gen. Daniel Harvey Hill.

Warwick Line

The Warwick Line (also known as the Warwick–Yorktown line) was a defensive works across the Virginia Peninsula maintained along the Warwick River by Confederate General John B. Magruder against much larger Union forces under General George B. McClellan during the American Civil War in 1861–62.

Wonton font

In 2002, the clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch suffered a public relations disaster when it produced a series of t-shirts with buck-toothed images and Wonton font slogans.


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