X-Nico

unusual facts about George Q. Daley


George Daley

George Q. Daley, professor of hematology and the director of the Stem Cell Transplantation Program at Children’s Hospital Boston


Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Brigham Young, Jr. (9 December 1899—10 October 1901) : When Lorenzo Snow became President of the Church, the next senior Apostles, George Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith, were asked by Snow to be counselors in the First Presidency.

Adolph Kiefer

In the 1960s he worked with Mayor Richard J. Daley to build swimming-pools across the inner city of Chicago, providing the facilities needed for thousands of children to learn to swim.

Amalgamated Sugar Company

Directors included David Eccles, Thomas Duncombe Dee, George Q. Cannon, and John R. Winder, with Eccles as president, and Dee as vice president.

An Seanphobal

Richard J. Daley was the only child of Michael and Lillian (Dunne) Daley, whose families had both arrived from An tSean Phobail area during the Great Famine (Ireland).

Bee Bee Bee

Bee Bee Bee was bred by former Illinois racing commissioner William S. Miller of Chicago who dispersed his racing stable following a bribery scandal involving Chicago mayor, Richard J. Daley.

Beth Kelly

In March 2010, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley named Kelly head of the city's LGBT advisory council for a three-year term.

Brian E. Daley

He is currently the Catherine F. Huisking Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame and was the recipient of a Ratzinger Prize for Theology in 2012.

Burton Natarus

After Washington's death and eventual replacement by Richard M. Daley, Natarus was as loyal to the son he had been to his father.

Chicago Park District

The size and personnel of the park district was dramatically pared down during the reform administration of Mayor Richard M. Daley-appointed CEO Forrest Claypool in the mid-1990s.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater

The move was accompanied by a public relations blitz, which even involved Mayor Richard M. Daley naming April 23, 1997 Shakespeare Repertory Day.

Chicago Spire

Chicago Mayor Daley said he approved of the design, stating that it was environmentally friendly.

Consulate-General of Pakistan, Chicago

An inaugural ceremony was held on Saturday January 22, with Richard M. Daley, Mayor of Chicago, inaugurating the consulate.

Dennis H. Holtschneider

Holtschneider was appointed by Chicago Mayor Richard Daley to the Mayor's Chicago 2016 Evaluation Committee, which was at the time preparing a bid for Chicago to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Divvy

In 2007, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley visited Paris, France, where he personally tested out their Vélib' bicycle sharing system and was "greatly impressed".

Edward T. Hanley

Among the many notable individuals who Hanley counted among his friends were House Ways and Means Committee chairman Dan Rostenkowski, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley, and former Illinois governor James R. Thompson.

Fern Persons

On July 27, 1999, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley officially declared "Fern Persons Day" to mark her 89th birthday.

Gallery 37

Gallery 37 is a job training program and was created in 1991 by Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs' Lois Weisberg and Maggie Daley, wife of the city's former mayor, Richard M. Daley.

George Cannon

George Q. Cannon (1827–1901), early member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

George Daley

George W. Daley (1875–1952), American newspaper editor, sports writer, and syndicated author of fictional baseball stories and poetry

George V. Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs

David Wilhelm, Visiting Professor of Leadership and Public Affairs, has managed campaigns for President Bill Clinton, Sen. Paul Simon, Sen. Joe Biden, and Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley.

George W. Daley

When the World closed its doors in 1931, Mr. Daley went to work for The New York Times as a copy editor in the sports department until his death in 1952.

Georgious Y. Cannon

Georgious was the youngest of 32 children born March 6, 1892 to LDS church leader George Q. Cannon.

James Balcer

Balcer's ward encompasses part of Chicago's Southwest Side, and includes the neighborhood of Bridgeport, which has been home to five Chicago mayors, including both Richard M. and Richard J. Daley.

Joffrey Tower

The placement of the Joffrey Ballet in this building appears to have involved political dealings with the Mayor of Chicago, Richard M. Daley and his brother, William M. Daley, a co-chairman of the Joffrey board of trustees.

John J. Daley

Daley was also a candidate for presidential elector during the 1972 presidential election (Vermont was carried by Republican incumbent President Richard Nixon).

Johnny Kerr

February 10, 2009 was declared Johnny Red Kerr Appreciation Day in the city of Chicago by Mayor Richard M. Daley.

Kenneth R. Mladenka

Mladenka contributed "The Political Machine, the Urban Bureaucracy, and the Distribution of Public Services" to Chicago Politics Papers, a joint effort of the University of Illinois and Northwestern University, to study the period between the two Chicago mayors named Daley.

Lewis T. Cannon

Lewis was born to LDS church leader George Q. Cannon and Martha Telle Cannon on April 22, 1872.

Marion Stamps

In 1994, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley skipped a news conference on job creation; fearing facing her.

Michael Jordan's Restaurant

Guests at the grand opening included Illinois governor Jim Edgar, Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley, actor Mickey Rooney, and comedian Jackie Mason.

Nellie Fox

The group grew to as many as 600 members, including Richard M. Daley, James R. Thompson, George Will and several former MLB players.

Nollaig Ó Gadhra

He authored several important academic works, including biographies of Edmund Ignatius Rice, Mahatma Gandhi, Mayor of Chicago Richard J. Daley and John Boyle O'Reilly, many of which were written in Irish.

Penelope Peterson

From May 13–16, 2009, Peterson traveled to Beijing, China with Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, as part of a cultural and business exchange between the Chinese capital and the Second City.

Peotone, Illinois

Politicians opposing the Peotone airport plan include former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, former Gary Mayor Scott King, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, and Representative Pete Visclosky from Indiana.

Ratzinger Foundation

Reverend Professor Brian E. Daley, S.J., an American Jesuit who is Catherine F. Huisking Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana.

Richard Daley

Richard J. Daley (1902–1976), Mayor of Chicago (1955–1976), father of Richard M. Daley

Richard M. Daley (born 1942), Mayor of Chicago (1989–2011), son of Richard J. Daley

Richard J. Daley College

In 1977, a week after the death of Richard J. Daley, the college was renamed in honor of the late mayor.

Roy W. Hill

In 1964, the Custom Tailors Guild of America named Hill as one of America's ten best dressed men, along with Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hawaii

With Hiram Clark presiding, the missionaries included Elders Henry Bigler, Hiram Blackwell, George Q. Cannon, John Dixon, William Farrer, James Hawkins, James Keeler, Thomas Morris, and Thomas Whittle.

Timothy C. Evans

Evans ran in the 1989 special election for Mayor of Chicago to fill Washington's term as independent candidate and lost the 1989 election to Richard M. Daley.

William M. Daley

Daley was photographed in the White House Situation Room photograph taken on May 1, 2011 by Pete Souza.

William R. Daley

:For other people with a similar name, see William Daley


see also