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74 unusual facts about George M!


1903 New York Highlanders season

Given the media's penchant for citing popular culture, that nickname was also possibly influenced by the then-current and hugely popular America-centric George M. Cohan Broadway play, "Little Johnny Jones", and its centerpiece song, "Yankee Doodle Dandy".

American Irish Historical Society

Notable members through the years have included politician William Bourke Cockran, tenor John McCormack, New York Governor Hugh Carey, and performer/composer George M. Cohan.

Betty Roberts

On September 1, 1977, Oregon Governor Straub, a former opponent, appointed Roberts to the Oregon Court of Appeals to a new position, along with W. Michael Gillette, George M. Joseph, and John Buttler, when the court expanded from six to ten positions.

Boysenberry

In the late 1920s, George M. Darrow of the USDA began tracking down reports of a large, reddish-purple berry that had been grown on Boysen's Northern California farm.

Chip art

Such is the case of Harvard chemist George Whitesides, who collaborated with pioneer photographer Felice Frankel to publish On the Surface of Things, a highly praised photography book on experiments from (mostly) the Whitesides lab.

Dan Rice

He was very patriotic, later influencing the likes of George M. Cohan.

Doc Willing

George M. Willing(c. 1829 – 1874), American physician, prospector, and political lobbyist.

Edward Buzzell

He appeared on Broadway, and was hired to star in the 1929 film version of George M. Cohan's Little Johnny Jones with Alice Day.

Famous Players-Lasky

For a brief period Famous Players-Lasky acted as a holding company for its subsidiaries- Famous Players, Feature Play, Oliver Morosco Photoplay, Bosworth, Cardinal, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Artcraft, and The George M. Cohan Film Corporation.

First Battle of Independence

For example, Upton Hays was aided by thirty men from Quantrill's command under the brutal George Todd.

George Cochran

George M. Cochran (1912–2011), Virginia State Supreme Court Justice

George Dallas

George M. Dallas (1792–1864), U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and the eleventh Vice President of the United States

George Davison

George M. Davison (1855–1912), U.S. Representative from Kentucky

George Ferris

George M. Ferris, Jr. (1927–2008), American investment banker and philanthropist

George M. Ferris (1893–1992), American investment banker and philanthropist

George Heath

George M. Heath, American scientist who developed a tuberculosis serum in 1913

George Hendee

George M. Hendee (1866–1943), co-founder of the Indian Motocycle Manufacturing Company

George Humphrey

George M. Humphrey (1890–1970), American lawyer, businessman and Cabinet secretary

George Joseph

George M. Joseph (1930–2003), chief judge of the Oregon Court of Appeals, 1981–1992

George Keller

George M. Keller (1923–2008), chairman of Standard Oil Company of California

George Love

George M. Love (1831–1887), colonel in the Union Army and Medal of Honor recipient

George M!

George M! is a Broadway musical based on the life of George M. Cohan, the biggest Broadway star of his day who was known as "The Man Who Owned Broadway." The book for the musical was written by Michael Stewart, John Pascal, and Francine Pascal.

George M. Bedinger

Bedinger was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Eighth and Ninth Congresses (March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807).

George M. Bourquin

On February 13, 1912, Bourquin was nominated by President William H. Taft to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Montana vacated by Carl Rasch.

George M. Brooks

Brooks was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George S. Boutwell.

He was reelected to the Forty-second Congress and served from November 2, 1869, to May 13, 1872, when he resigned, having been appointed to a judicial position.

George M. Cannon House

Today the George M. Cannon House is the Parrish Place Bed and Breakfast, so called because each of its guest rooms is named for a different Maxfield Parrish painting.

Its current owners are Jeff and Karin Gauvin, whose 2006 quest to purchase the house was featured on HGTV's House Hunters.

George M. Cohan Tonight!

Able to be performed in dozen of venues, George M. Cohan Tonight! opened Off-Broadway in 2006 at the Irish Repertory Theatre in New York City.

George M. Cox

After training as a fighter pilot, he was posted in 1917 to 65 Squadron to fly Sopwith Camel no.

George M. Curtis

After defeating Hayes, he served in the 54th United States Congress, then was re-elected two years later and served in the 55th United States Congress.

George M. Davison

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

George M. Galambos

Prior to which, he studied chemical engineering at the Leningrad Technology Institute (Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology).

George M. Holmes

The George M. Holmes Convocation Center, an 8,325 seat arena in Boone, North Carolina, is named for Holmes, who was instrumental in bringing in state funds for the project.

George M. Humphrey

After practicing law in his hometown for five years with his father's firm, he accepted a position with steel manufacturer M. A. Hanna Company in 1917.

George M. Keller

In August 1988, Chevron named Kenneth T. Derr as chairman to succeed Keller, who would be reaching the mandatory retirement age of 65.

George M. Lowry

Five men volunteered: Joseph G. Harner, Coxswain J. F. Schumaker, Boatswain's Mate Second Class George Cregan, and Seamen Harry C. Beasley and Lawrence C. Sinnett.

George M. Odom

During his career, George Odom operated a public stable whose clients over the years included Robert L. Gerry, Sr., Marshall Field III, and Hollywood film mogul Louis B. Mayer who owned Odom's most famous runner, Busher, a future Hall of Fame filly who was voted 1945 American Horse of the Year honors.

George M. Ottinger

Ottinger joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in 1858 after which he came to Utah Territory in 1861.

George M. Prince

He joined the Arthur D. Little Consulting Company when he heard about the creativity experiments going on there.

George M. Rhodes

He worked as a printer for the Reading Eagle Co. from 1913 to 1927, and business manager for the Reading Labor Advocate from 1927 to 1942.

George M. Robinson

George M. Robinson was an American from Salem, Wisconsin, who served a single one-year term as a Free Soil Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from southern Racine County, succeeding fellow Free Soiler Herman Thorp.

George M. Seignious

General Seignious died in Charleston on July 3, 2005; his funeral service took place in Summerall Chapel at The Citadel and he was buried with full military honors at the National Cemetery in Beaufort.

In 1981 President Ronald Reagan made him Delegate-at-Large for Arms Control Negotiations with the rank of Ambassador; after retiring from public service in 1984 he served as President of the Atlantic Council, a foreign policy think tank.

George M. Stearns

He eventually moved to Springfield himself, where he practiced with E. D. Beach and later with Marcus Perrin Knowlton.

George M. Sullivan

After his lengthy tenure as mayor, Sullivan served as the senior vice president of Western Airlines.

The Sullivan Arena in Anchorage, constructed in 1983 as a part of Project 80s, was named in his honor.

George M. Wertz

Wertz was elected to the Sixty-eighth Congress, but was defeated in the 1924 Republican primary.

George M. Young

Young was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1913, to September 2, 1924, when he resigned to accept a judicial position.

George M.A. Hanfmann

He studied at the University of Jena under Ernst Buschor and Hans Diepolder, and then at the University of Berlin with Werner Jaeger, where he earned his first doctorate.

George M'Gonigle

George Cuthbert Mura M'Gonigle was the only son of William M'Gonigle, vicar of Ellingham, Northumberland,UK.

George Merrick

George M. Merrick (1883–1964), writer of the Frank Buck serial Jungle Menace

George Prince

George M. Prince (died 2009), co-creator of synectics with William J. J. Gordon

George Rhodes

George M. Rhodes (1898–1978), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

George Shelley

George M. Shelley (1849–1927), mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, 1878-1879

George Todd

George M. Todd (died 1864), Confederate guerrilla leader during the American Civil War

Harrigan and Son

The closing of show featured O'Brien and Perry, in silhouette behind the credits, singing the old George M. Cohan song, "Harrigan".

Jesse Fuller McDonald

Five years later, he formed a partnership with George M. Robinson, and became the owner of several lucrative mines, including the Harvard, Penrose and El Dorado.

John Peter Oleson

Oleson received his MA (1971) and PhD (1973) in Classical Archaeology at Harvard University, working in particular with George M.A. Hanfmann and David Mitten.

Jonelle Allen

She was in the cast of the original off-Broadway production of Hair at Joseph Papp's Public Theater and also appeared in George M! before receiving critical acclaim and a Tony Award nomination for Two Gentlemen of Verona, which earned her New York Drama Critics' Circle, Drama Desk, Theatre World, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for her performance.

Katherine Prescott Wormeley

George M. Fredrickson (1965/1993), The Inner Civil War: Northern Intellectuals and the Crisis of the Union, reprint with new preface, Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press.

Lung on a chip

The device was created using a microfabrication strategy known as soft lithography that was pioneered by George M. Whitesides, an American chemist, who is a professor of chemistry at Harvard, as well as a Wyss Institute core faculty member.

Michael Weishan

Weishan's research in landscape design overlaps with a life-long love of architecture, architectural design and archaeology, and his first published work (1991) was as editor and co-contributor (along with noted Harvard archaeologist George M.A. Hanfmann) of The Byzantine Shops at Sardis, volume 9 of the Sardis Archaeological Series published by the Harvard University Press.

Orestes Brownson

George M. Fredrickson (1965/1993), The Inner Civil War: Northern Intellectuals and the Crisis of the Union, reprint, Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press.

Physicians Health Choice

Founded by George M. Rapier III, MD, Physicians Health Choice evolved from WellMed Medical Management and offers health plans in Arkansas, Florida, New Mexico and Texas.

Rodney McKeever

Citadel President Lt. Gen. George M. Seignious stressed that his departure had nothing to do with basketball, the coach, or the team.

Second Battle of Independence

One casualty of the first day's fighting was Confederate raider George M. Todd, who had participated in the First Battle of Independence in 1862, where he was guilty of summarily executing two captured Union officers.

Shannon Boyd-Bailey McCune

Shannon Boyd-Bailey McCune (April 6, 1913 – January 4, 1993) was an American geographer and brother of George M. McCune.

Spring Mountain Vineyard

Taber, George M. Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting that Revolutionized Wine.

The Big Oak

On a hunting visit to Thomasville with colleague George M. Humphrey, Dwight Eisenhower stopped by to take a photograph of the tree on his way to the airport.

The Joggers

Ben Whitesides is the son of George M. Whitesides, one of the most decorated and wealthy chemists in the world.

The Payne Family Native American Center

President George Dennison sent out a campus wide email that appealed to the campus to report

WellMed Medical Management, Inc.

George M. Rapier III, M.D. founded the company in 1990 and continues to be the primary shareholder, chairman and CEO of the largest physician-led healthcare delivery network for seniors in South Texas.

Younan Xia

Dr. Xia received his PhD degree in physical chemistry from Harvard University (with Professor George M. Whitesides) in 1996, his M.S. degree in inorganic chemistry from University of Pennsylvania (with the late Professor Alan G. MacDiarmid, a Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 2000) in 1993, and his B.S. degree in chemical physics from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 1987.


Chip Deffaa

Deffaa has written and directed in New York such plays as George M. Cohan: In his Own Words (published by Samuel French Inc.,), Yankee Doodle Boy (Drama Source), The George M. Cohan Revue (Baker's Plays), George M. Cohan & Co. (Eldridge Plays), The Seven Little Foys, The Johnny Mercer Jamboree, and Theater Boys.

Dale Mabry Highway

Dale Mabry Highway has many items of interest, including Raymond James Stadium, George M. Steinbrenner Field, Tampa International Airport, the Dale Mabry branch of the Hillsborough Community College, Plant High School, Gaither High School, shopping centers, car dealerships and restaurants.

Jacob Holgate

Future Vice President George M. Dallas gave the preamble and resolutions at this meeting, and then began to criticize the then present administration of John Quincy Adams.

John Pascal

His works included collaboration on the book for the Broadway musical George M!, which was also released on NBC, and on scripts for the ABC Daytime soap opera The Young Marrieds.

Karl Hoschna

1910: Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (The main composer was George M. Cohan; Hoschna was represented by a selection from Madame Sherry)

Patsy Touhey

He toured the Eastern United States with Irish variety and theatre, including Jeremiah Cohan’s Irish Hibernia, in which he played for the step-dancing of young George M. Cohan, and William Powers' Ivy Leaf company.

Roberta Sherwood

Sherwood was an occasional actress, appearing in a 1957 TV movie about the early life of George M. Cohan entitled "Mr. Broadway," in which she co-starred with Mickey Rooney, James Dunn, Gloria DeHaven and June Havoc, sporadically in the 1960s (including as the housekeeper in The Courtship of Eddie's Father), and as late as 1978 had a bit part in an episode of The Incredible Hulk.

The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation

In 2009, the foundation awarded the first Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences (a citation, a medal, and a monetary award of $250,000) to George M. Whitesides of Harvard University for his work in the field of materials chemistry.

Theistic science

Similar ideas have been expressed by George M. Marsden and Mehdi Golshani (the latter referring to it as 'Islamic science').

Vera Violetta

Vera Violetta was an operetta, with a libretto by Louis Stein and music by Edmund Eysler, additional music by George M. Cohan, Jean Schwartz and Louis A. Hirsch, about the flirtatious wife of a professor.

Woodland Opera House

Some notable performers on the WOH stage in the late 19th and early 20th century include Nance O'Neil, James A. Herne, Harry Davenport Madame Helena Modjeska, John Philip Sousa and his band, comics Weber and Fields, George M. Cohan's troupe, "Gentleman Jim" Corbett, John L. Sullivan as well as rising motion picture stars Sydney Greenstreet, Walter Huston and Verna Felton.