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unusual facts about Henry T. Hazard


Hazard's Pavilion

Showman George "Roundhouse" Lehman had planned to construct a large theatre center on the land he purchased at this location, but he went broke and the property was sold to the City Attorney (and soon to be Mayor), Henry T. Hazard.


Henry T. Anthony

After that, he worked intermittedly as a civil engineer, at the Erie railroad, Croton Aqueduct and Hudson River railroad, and as a clerk at the Bank of New York.

Henry T. Brush

William was a Mathematical Instrument Maker.

Henry T. Ellett

In the 1846 election, the Democrat Ellett defeated future Civil War general Peter B. Starke for a seat in the Twenty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jefferson Davis.

Henry T. Mayo

He evidenced foresight in urging the postwar development of fleet aviation.

Henry T. Mudd

He served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Cyprus Mines Corporation.

Henry T. Waskow

The character of Captain Bill Walker (played by Robert Mitchum) in William Wellman's motion picture The Story of G.I. Joe is partly based on Pyle's column about Waskow's death.

It was first published a month later, after notification of the next of kin, in Scripps-Howard's home newspaper, the Washington Daily News, which gave it front page billing, and sold out its entire edition.

Pyle's story informed John Huston's documentary The Battle of San Pietro (released in 1945) and heightened interest in it.

The column also publicized the documentary film The Battle of San Pietro, by John Huston, depicting the action in which Waskow died.

Henry Wickham

Henry T. Wickham (1849–1943), American lawyer and politician in the Virginia Senate

Holiday Inn Express Riverwalk Area

Because of a rapid increase in the city's population, Henry T. Phelps designed a third floor addition and remodeling in 1912, transforming the building to the Mission Revival style.

Jacob Barker

In the 1840s he collaborated with Rowland G. Hazard to secure the release of free African-Americans who were being illegally detained in Louisiana under the assumption they were escaped slaves.

James Armsey

He was director of public relations at the Illinois Institute of Technology from 1947 to 1952 under the Institute's president Henry T. Heald, and was assistant to the Chancellor of New York University from 1952 to 1956 when Heald moved there.

John N. Hazard

He was associated with the Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law at Columbia and helped shape its programs in Russian and East European law.

Lance Liebman

On May 16, 1999 he was named the fifth director of the American Law Institute succeeding Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr..

Medal of Honor Aircraft

Capt. Henry T. Elrod was awarded a posthumous MoH in recognition for his heroism while flying this aircraft, known as Mike Fox 11, over Wake Island in December 1941.

Milch Trial

The assistant counsel for the prosecution included James S. Conway, Dorothy M. Hunt, Henry T. King, Jr., Raymond J. McMahon, Jr., and Maurice C. Myers.

Rowland G. Hazard

He worked with Jacob Barker, then a New Orleans lawyer, to obtain freedom for nearly 100 people being held as slaves.

Rowland Hazard

Rowland G. Hazard (1801–1888), son of above, industrialist associated with textile mill complexes in Peace Dale and Carolina, Rhode Island


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