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unusual facts about George E. Nixon


George Nixon

George E. Nixon (1898–1981), Canadian Member of Parliament for Algoma West, 1940–1968


Charles Gary Allison

From 1963 to 1969 he chaired a non-partisan White House youth program under both the Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon administrations, during which time he worked on a master's degree in international relations at Georgetown University.

Covenant theology

Meredith G. Kline did pioneering work in the field of Biblical studies, in the 1960s and 1970s, building on prior work by George E. Mendenhall, by identifying the form of the covenant with the common SuzerainVassal treaties of the Ancient Near East in the 2nd millennium BC.

Dan Lipinski

He served in that same capacity for U.S. Congressman George E. Sangmeister from 1993 to 1995.

David Packard

Upon entering office in 1969, President Richard M. Nixon appointed Packard U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense under Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird.

Desmond Lorenz de Silva

He is the son of Fredrick de Silva, MBE, formerly Ceylon's ambassador to France and Switzerland, and the grandson of The Honorable George E. de Silva.

Dingiri Banda Wijetunga

He closely associated with veteran politicians like George E. de Silva and A. Ratnayaka.

Edward T. Green

On October 24, 1889, Green received a recess appointment from President Benjamin Harrison to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey vacated by John T. Nixon.

Edwin H. Whitehead

Edwin H. "Ed" Whitehead (February 26, 1925 - May 20, 2007) was a lawyer in Cheyenne, Wyoming, a former Democratic member of the Wyoming House of Representatives, and an early supporter of John F. Kennedy for the American presidency in a state which three times supported Richard M. Nixon.

Eshelman

In 1955, vice president Richard M. Nixon was photographed at a gasoline pump "fueling" a Child's Sport Car in a March of Dimes "Fill 'Er Up for Polio" publicity campaign while holding the pump nozzle at the car's rear.

George E. Coghill

Born in Beaucoup, Illinois, to John Waller and Elisabeth Tucker Coghill, George started college at Shurtleff College in Alton, Illinois.

George E. Hibbard

Hibbard befriended the eldest brother of the Dalai Lama, Thubten Norbu, and traveled with him to India, where he was allowed in temples that would have been off-limits had it not been for his escort.

However, much of Tibetan culture can be observed in the immediate border areas of India and Nepal.

George E. Hinman

Hinman graduated from high school in Great Barrington, Massachusetts in 1888, and became a newspaperman, working at the Berkshire Courier, published in Great Barrington, as reporter and advertising manager and later as local editor.

George E. Hood

March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919 - elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses; he was not a candidate for renomination in 1918

George E. Johnson, Sr.

In 1964, Johnson founded Independence Bank, and during the 1970s he became the exclusive sponsor behind the nationally syndicated dance show Soul Train.

George E. Killian

George E. Killian, born on April 6, 1924 in Valley Stream, New York, U.S. is a sports administrator and currently the president of the International University Sports Federation (FISU).

George E. Kimball

During the war, there was liaison between US and UK analysts in service of RAF Coastal Command.

He returned to Princeton's chemistry department to be a graduate student on a graduate fellowship and worked under Hugh Taylor.

George E. M. Kelly

The flying section, now led by Capt. Beck and including the repaired S.C. No. 2, was shipped to College Park, Maryland in June–July 1911 where the Army opened its own Flying School in June.

George E. Mahoney

He had previously been a justice of the peace and a member of the Kenosha County, Wisconsin School Board.

George E. Mayer

He would later fly with other NAS Lemoore-based squadrons, the “Fist of the Fleet” of Attack Squadron 25 (VA-25) and the "Flying Eagles" of VA-122, the latter as an A-7 instructor pilot.

George E. Pugh

After serving in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1848 to 1850, he served as State Attorney General from 1852 to 1854.

George E. Royce

His great grandfather Adonijah Rice, was a member of Rogers' Rangers during the French and Indian War, and his great, great grandfather Jonas Rice was the original European settler of Worcester, Massachusetts.

Rice's father Captain Alpheus Royce (who was born Alpheus Rice and changed his name in middle age) led a company of Vermont militia in the War of 1812 at the Battle of Plattsburgh.

George E. Spencer

Born in Champion, New York, Spencer was the son of Gordon Percival and Deborah Mallory Spencer.

George E. Stratemeyer

One of Stratemeyer's favorite cartoons showed him sitting at his desk surrounded by pictures of his eight bosses (Stillwell, Mountbatten, Gen. George C. Marshall, Chiang, Arnold, Royal Air Force Air Marshal Sir Richard Peirse, Major General Daniel I. Sultan, and FDR), all of whom could give him orders in one or another of his capacities.

George E. White

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1898 to the Fifty-sixth Congress.

George Hood

George E. Hood (1875–1960), U.S. Representative from North Carolina

George Hunt

George E. Hunt (1896–1959), medium-pace bowler who made over 200 appearances for Somerset

George Hyde

George E. Hyde (1882–1968), U.S. historian of the American Indians

George Kent

George E. Kent (1920–1982), African-American professor of literature

George Mayer

George E. Mayer (born 1952), United States Naval officer and aviator

George McInerney

George E. McInerney (1915–1972), lawyer and political figure in New Brunswick

George Merrick

George E. Merrick (1886–1942), real estate developer in Coral Gables, Florida

George Shipley

George E. Shipley (1927–2003), U.S. Representative from Illinois

H. L. Hunley JROTC Award

While the award does have a strong naval theme, it is suitable for award to cadets of other branches due to the fact that the commander of the Hunley, Lt. George E. Dixon, was a serving Army officer.

Hannah Milhous Nixon

Francis Donald Nixon (November 23, 1914 – June 27, 1987), married to Clara Jane Lemke and had three children, including Donald A. Nixon

Isaac F. Hughes

Known as a defender of Mayor George E. Cryer and political figure Kent Kane Parrot, Hughes was defeated in the 1927 election by Ernest L. Webster.

John A. Kay

He became involved with the construction of the South Carolina State House in 1854, first as Peter H. Hammarskold's project superintendent, and later as assistant architect under George E. Walker.

Leisurama house

The precursor to the final design was shown at the 1959 American National Exhibition in Moscow, which provoked the noted Kitchen Debate between Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev.

Pace University School of Law

John P. Cahill '85 - Senior Policy Advisor & Secretary and Chief of Staff to New York State Governor George E. Pataki, and Development Chief of Lower Manhattan; former Commissioner, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Counsel at Chadbourne & Parke

Secret Honor

Secret Honor is a 1984 film written by Donald Freed and Arnold M. Stone (based on their play), and directed by Robert Altman and starring Philip Baker Hall as former president Richard M. Nixon, a fictional account attempting to gain insight into Nixon's personality, life, attitudes and behavior.

The Shadow of Yesterday

The Shadow of Yesterday (or TSoY) is a narrativist sword and sorcery (with optional elements of heroic fantasy) indie role-playing game, designed by Clinton R. Nixon and published by CRN Games.

Trixolan

Trixolan was linked in headlines to American fugitive Robert Lee Vesco and to Donald A. Nixon, President Richard Nixon's nephew.

William A. Massey

He moved to Reno, Nevada and resumed the practice of law, and was appointed as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George S. Nixon by Governor Tasker Oddie.

William Franklin Draper

Returning to painting, he became a well-known American artist, with subjects ranging from John F. Kennedy (painted in 1962), Richard M. Nixon, (1981), the Shah of Iran (painted in 1967), James Michener (1979), Henry Kaiser, and Dr. Richard E. Winter (1992).


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