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2 unusual facts about Herbert C. Holdridge


Herbert C. Holdridge

Opposition to mental health reform and the Roman Catholic Church, commitment to pacifism, and championship of returning Native American tribes to government by traditional chieftains, were among the few positions that he did hold consistently over the years.

He then married a former dancer named Julie Phelps (19 October 1908-24 October 2003), and adopted her daughter Cheryl.


2-Norbornyl cation

Herbert C. Brown did not believe that it was necessary to invoke a new type of bonding in stable intermediates to explain the interesting reactivity of the 2-norbornyl cation.

Herbert C. Brown challenged this assertion on the grounds that classical resonance structures could explain the stereospecificity without needing to adapt a new perspective of bonding.

Caroline Dormon

U.S. Representative James B. Aswell of Natchitoches worked with Dormon to bring to fruition the Kisatchie National Forest, which was designated in 1930 during the administration of President Herbert C. Hoover.

Henschel Hs 293

Early jamming efforts by the United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) produced the XCJ jamming transmitter installed aboard the destroyer escorts USS Herbert C. Jones and Frederick C. Davis in late September 1943.

Herbert C. Brown

According to Brown, after receiving the Nobel prize in Stockholm, he carried the medal and she carried the US$100,000 award.

Herbert C. Hoover Building

Also located inside the building is the Commerce Departmental Library (also called the U.S. Department of Commerce Main Library), a Federal Agency Library which is open to the public but is used mainly by Commerce and other federal government employees and academics.

Soon afterward Treasury Secretary Andrew W. Mellon and the Board of Architectural Consultants, composed of leading architects and headed by Edward H. Bennett of the Chicago architectural firm of Bennett, Parsons, and Frost, developed design guidelines for the site.

Herbert C. Kraft

He wrote numerous books about archaeology in New Jersey, the Lenape and the Paleo-indians of New Jersey, as well as over 170 articles in his career.

Herbert Jones

Herbert C. Jones (1918–1941), officer in the US Navy who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for heroism during the attack on Pearl Harbor

John H. Holdridge

While serving on the NSC, Holdridge was selected by Kissinger to help lay the groundwork for diplomatic reproachment between the US and Red China.

John Holdridge's first State Department posting was as US Vice Consul in Bangkok, Thailand, from 1950 to 1953.

His parents later divorced, and John gained his only sibling, a much younger stepsister, Cheryl Holdridge, after his father remarried.

NovaBay Pharmaceuticals

Najafi, chemistry Nobel Laureate Herbert C. Brown, and Purdue University's Professor Dale Margerum recruited Dr. Lu Wang to NovaBay, where she is now Director of Product Development.

White House Visitors Office

In April 1995 the current White House Visitor Center facility was opened in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, two blocks from the White House.

The White House Visitor Center is located in the north end of the Herbert C. Hoover Building (the Department of Commerce headquarters) between 14th Street and 15th Street on Pennsylvania Avenue NW, in the Federal Triangle.


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