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2 unusual facts about George T. Cunningham


George Cunningham

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

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.


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.

Barbara Gibbs Golffing

Gibbs was born in Los Angeles, California, and attended Stanford University and U.C.L.A. She was married to the poet J. V. Cunningham from 1937 to 1945, and, later, to Francis Golffing.

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.

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.

David S. Cunningham, III

Cunningham was appointed to the board in 2001 by L.A. Mayor James Hahn, and became its President in 2003.

Fela Sowande

Later, he studied organ privately under Edmund Rubbra, George Oldroyd, and George Cunningham and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists in 1943, winning the Limpus, Harding and Read Prizes.

G. H. Cunningham

Cunningham produced definitive monographs of New Zealand Gasteromycetes (puffballs), Polyporaceae (pore fungi), Thelephoraceae (crust fungi), and Uredinales (rust fungi).

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 Cunningham

G. D. Cunningham (George Dorrington Cunningham, 1878–1948), English organist

G. H. Cunningham (George Herriot Cunningham, 1892–1962), New Zealand mycologist and plant pathologist

George Emmons

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

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. 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.

Graham Cornes

From 1995 until early 2013, Cornes co-hosted a weekday drivetime sports program that he hosts on Adelaide radio station 5AA, first with Ken "KG" Cunningham, and following KG's retirement in 2008, with Stephen Rowe.

Hal McIntyre

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

Here Come the Tigers

Here Come the Tigers is a 1979 film directed by Sean S. Cunningham.

Irene Hazard Gerlinger

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

John F. Cunningham

He was elected to the 7th Seanad on 25 February 1953 at a by-election for the National University of Ireland constituency caused by the death of Helena Concannon.

Lawrence A. Cunningham

From 1988 to 1992, Cunningham practiced corporate law with Cravath, Swaine & Moore, before taking an appointment to the law faculty at the Cardozo School of Law.

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.

Major “Bloody Bill” Cunningham

Records indicated Private W. Cunningham was paid £20 for service in the Regiment of Rangers, under command of Capt. John Caldwell, from June 26 to July 26, 1775.

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.

Peter Cunningham

Peter L. Cunningham (1814–1899), mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut (1883–1884)

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 Dickinson-Brown

They are often written in the plain style and were evidently influenced by the epigrammatic tradition of Catullus, Martial (whom he translates) and J. V. Cunningham, including their social satire and sometimes risqué humor.

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).

STAR System World Kickboxing Ratings

The STAR ratings helped internationalize the sport by encouraging transnational matchmaking, and by enabling free agent champions such as: Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Benny "The Jet" Urquidez, Rob Kaman, Stan "The Man" Longinidis, Dennis Alexio, Maurice Smith, Peter "Sugarfoot" Cunningham, Fred Royers, James Warring, Graciela Casillas and Lucia Rijker.

Tudor Court, Penley

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

University of the Nations

David L. Cunningham, son of university founder, filmmaker and part-time faculty

Wallace E. Cunningham

He commenced his formal architectural instruction at Hutchinson Central Technical High School in Buffalo, New York, and then the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, where he was influenced by Marya Lilien, one of the first female apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright.

He received a Star of Design Award for Architecture from the Pacific Design Center in 2010.

Winfield S. Cunningham

He died on March 3, 1986 at age 86 and was buried in the Memphis National Cemetery.

After retirement, Rear Admiral Cunningham lived in Memphis, Tennessee.

XCU: Extreme Close Up

XCU: Extreme Close Up is a 2001 film directed by Sean S. Cunningham.


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