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unusual facts about George T. Babbitt, Jr.


The Ventures

Needing a permanent drummer for the group after George T. Babbitt, Jr. dropped out because he was not old enough to play night clubs and bars, they hired Howie Johnson and, in the midst of a fast-paced touring schedule, recorded an album to capitalize on the success of the single.


American Airlines Flight 6780

Also on board were former war correspondent John F. Chester and US Civil Aeronautics Administration officials George T. Williams and John D. Rice, both engaged in the development of airport radar systems and navigational aids.

Carl Gerlinger

The nephew of notable lumberman George T. Gerlinger, Carl was born in on March 28, 1878 to George and Matline Gerlinger in Neuwiller, Alsace-Lorraine Germany.

Columbian half dollar

When initial sketches by Mint Chief Engraver Charles E. Barber proved unsatisfactory, fair organizers turned to a design by artist Olin Levi Warner, which after modification by Barber and by his assistant, George T. Morgan, was struck by the Mint.

The ship on the reverse did not have sufficient detail in Warner's version; Barber requested a photograph of the caravel to be exhibited at the fair from Ellsworth, then turned the reverse over to his assistant, George T. Morgan.

Community Swing

The personnel on the session featured Glenn Miller, Jeffe Ralph, Harry Rodgers, and Jerry Jerome on trombone, George Siravo and Hal McIntyre on alto sax, Carl Biesecker on tenor sax, Charlie Spivak, Mannie Klein, and Sterling Bose on trumpets, Howard Smith on piano, Dick McDonough on guitar, Ted Kotsoftis on bass, and George T. Simon on drums.

Doin' the Jive

Glenn Miller biographer and confidant George T. Simon reviewed the song in the March, 1938 issue of Metronome magazine, describing it as "much swing, fun, and good Kitty Lane singing."

Frederick H. Babbitt

In 1920 Babbitt was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor, losing the Republican nomination to James Hartness.

Fulgham

George T. Fulgham, Sheriff of San Bernardino County, California from 1864–1866

George Ashe

George T. Ashe (1905–1975), politician in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts

George Barclay

George T. Barclay (1910–1997), head football coach at Washington and Lee University (1949–1951) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1953–1955)

George Beck

George T. Beck (1856–1943), politician and business entrepreneur in the U.S. state of Wyoming

George Burling

George T. Burling (1849–1928), American banker and politician from New York

George Cunningham

George T. Cunningham, founder of Cunningham's, a British Columbia pharmacy chain

George Emmons

George T. Emmons (1852–1945), ethnographic photographer and US Navy lieutenant; son of the above

George Stagg

George T. Stagg, a limited-production bourbon whiskey distributed by Buffalo Trace Distillery

George T. Alexander

Alexander's death sparked Senators and Congressmen to debate the merits of the war again, something that had not been done in months, with Senators such as Dick Durbin making statements on the war.

George T. Anthony

During Anthony's term, he was the first Kansas governor to read his message to the state legislature, the state's first telephone was installed, the town of Anthony, Kansas was named for him, and the Last Indian Raid in the state occurred near Fort Dodge.

George T. Babbitt, Jr.

As a teenager in the late 1950s, Babbitt became the original drummer for The Ventures rock group.

George T. Cobb

He returned to New Jersey, and was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-seventh Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1861-March 3, 1863, and declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1862.

George T. Cunningham

George T. Cunningham was the founder of Cunningham's, the 52-store British Columbia pharmacy chain that later became part of Shoppers Drug Mart.

George T. Delacorte, Jr.

He died in Manhattan in 1991 at the age of 97, survived by his second wife Valerie Delacorte (whose first husband was the Hungarian producer Gabriel Pascal), two sons, three daughters, 18 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

He also donated money for the George Delacorte Musical Clock in the park, a sculpture of Alice in Wonderland, sculptures of The Tempest and Romeo and Juliet, and a fountain in City Hall Plaza.

George T. Gerlinger

George's wife, Irene Hazard Gerlinger, was the first woman on the University of Oregon's Board of Regents and an important fundraiser for the university, including for what was then known as the University of Oregon Museum of Art.

George T. Goodwin Community Center

individuals, seniors, and children in the Mars Hill and Decatur Township area.

George T. Heery

In 1986, George Heery and the other shareholders at Heery International sold the company to British Insulated Callender's Cables (BICC), a publicly traded British Company, later known as Balfour Beatty.

George T. Oliver

Oliver owned a summer estate named Dungannon Hall in Hamilton Twp, Ontario, just north of Cobourg.

George T. Simon

Not only was his father wealthy, but his brother, Richard L. Simon, was the co-founder of the American publishing house Simon & Schuster, and the singer-songwriter Carly Simon is one of his nieces.

After leaving Metronome, he was involved with the Jazztone Society (1956–57), was a consultant for the Timex Jazz Shows, and wrote about jazz for the New York Herald Tribune and the New York Post newspapers.

Glenn Springs Raid

When General Hugh L. Scott learned of the attack he organized another punitive expedition under the joint command of Colonel Frederick W. Sibley and Major George T. Langhorne.

Hal McIntyre

George T. Simon (1912–2001), The Big Bands, revised edition, Macmillan Publishing Co., Collier Books (1974)

Irene Hazard Gerlinger

Irene Hazard married George T. Gerlinger at the end of her senior year of college on October 21, 1903.

Louis Shotridge

Perhaps inspired by contact with the ethnologist Lt. G. T. Emmons, Louis accompanied Florence to Portland to exhibit and sell Tlingit artifacts from Klukwan.

Mount Prior

Named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1957–58, for George T. Prior of the Mineral Department, British Museum, who studied and analyzed the rocks obtained from this region by the Discovery expedition, 1901–04.

Product sample

19th Century soap manufacturer Benjamin T. Babbitt was one of the first known people, though not the first ever, to offer free samples of his products.

Robert Murphy Mayo

Mayo was presented credentials as a Readjuster Member-elect to the Forty-eighth United States Congress and served from March 4, 1883, to March 20, 1884, when he was succeeded by George T. Garrison, who contested the election.

Roger Leland Wollman

Wollman began his career as a law clerk to George T. Mickelson of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota from 1962 to 1963.

St Chrysostom's Church

Victoria Park contains examples of work by several architects including Alfred Waterhouse (Xaverian College); George T. Redmayne (Dalton Hall and St Chrysostom's); Edward Salomons (Hirstwood) and Edgar Wood (Church of Christ Scientist).

Tlingit alphabet

The recent publication of George T. Emmons's The Tlingit Indians was heavily edited by De Laguna and subsequently uses her transcription system.

Tlingit language

A number of amateur anthropologists doing extensive work on the Tlingit had no training in linguistics whatsoever and left numerous samples in vague and inconsistent transcriptions, the most famous being George T. Emmons.

Tudor Court, Penley

The house was built in 1878–79 for Hon. George T. Kenyon, the younger son of the 3rd Baron Kenyon.

Wayne H. Babbitt

He was also a delegate to the 1964 Republican National Convention in San Francisco, which nominated Barry Goldwater for the presidency.

Windsor, North Carolina

George T. Winston - Educator and University administrator, brother to Francis.


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