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5 unusual facts about Holland, Michigan


A Sun Came

Stevens originally recorded the bulk of the album in Holland, Michigan in 1998, with some post-editing performed at Hope College Recording Arts Center—the short track "Godzuki" was recorded by his siblings in 1981 and recorded by their stepfather Lowell Brams.

Albert H. McGeehan

Albert H. McGeehan (born October 1944), was mayor of Holland, Michigan from 1993–2009.

Harry Bannister

Born in Holland, Michigan, Bannister began acting in movies and on Broadway in the 1920s.

Reformed Church of Shawangunk

Scott left Shawangunk to accept a professorship at Hope College in Holland, Michigan; he would eventually serve as church president from 1881-92.

William Garvelink

Garvelink was born in Holland, Michigan and graduated from Calvin College (B.A.) in 1971 and the University of Minnesota (M.A.); along with post-graduate studies at the University of North Carolina in Latin American history, but ran out of money before earning his Ph.D.


1918 Michigan Wolverines football team

On November 16, 1918, five days after the signing of the Armistice marking the end of hostilities in Europe, Michigan defeated Syracuse 16–0.

1943 Michigan Wolverines football team

Michigan's starting lineup against Wisconsin was Rudy Smeja (left end), Bob Hanzlik (left tackle), John Gallagher (left guard), Fred Negus (center), Rex Wells (right guard), Robert Derleth (right tackle), Art Renner (right end), Jack Wink (quarterback), Bob Nussbaumer (left halfback), Wally Dreyer (right halfback), and Bob Wiese (fullback).

2003 Purdue Boilermakers football team

Despite being dominated, Purdue had a chance to seize momentum late in the first half when the Boilers recovered a fumble from a Shaun Phillips sack of Michigan QB John Navarre.

Abrams Planetarium

Talbert Abrams was born on August 17, 1896 in Tekonsha, Michigan.

Adams Mills, Michigan

It was established in 1831 by Wales Adams at the point where the road to Chicago crossed the Prairie River.

Adelaide of Guelders

# Otto (d. 1249), Regent of Holland in 1238–1239, Bishop of Utrecht

Barrie Leslie Konicov

Konicov's Libertarian political leanings eventually led him to a 1994 bid for Michigan district 3 seat in the United States House of Representatives.

Bob Osgood

Osgood enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1934 where he ran track under renowned Michigan Track Coach Charles B. Hoyt.

Dexter, Michigan

Dexter residents typically send their children to public institutions, including Cornerstone Elementary School, Bates Elementary School, Wylie Elementary School, Creekside Intermediate School, Mill Creek Middle School, and Dexter High School.

DK Holland

DK (Deborah Katherine) Holland (born March 26, 1947, Metuchen, New Jersey) is an American graphic designer, writer and educator who, besides working on independent projects, spends much of her career writing, teaching about graphic design, Design thinking and ethics.

Dutch Mission

George Edmundson wrote, in History of Holland, that Henry, "was compelled" in 1528 to formally surrender "the temporalities of the see" to Charles V.

Edward Mardigian

Pleased with the work of the Armenian Research Center and with the generosity of the Mardigians towards the University, which has extended beyond their original contributions, the then Chancellor of the Dearborn campus, William A. Jenkins, recommended to the President of The University of Michigan, at that time Harold Shapiro, that the University name the campus library the Edward and Helen Mardigian Library.

Edwin Wood

Edwin Orin Wood (1861–1918), Democratic state chair from Flint, Michigan in 1904

Fort Wayne Freedom

He had worked previously as an assistant coach at the University of St. Francis, an NAIA institution, and NCAA Division II Hillsdale College in Michigan.

Frederick Schule

While attending Michigan, Schule was also a member of the 1903 Michigan Wolverines football team coached by Fielding H. Yost.

Grand Rapids Community Foundation

Grand Rapids Community Foundation, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan serves all of Kent County and is Michigan's oldest community foundation.

Highland Park Community College

Among the alumni of Highland Park Community College is Michigan State Senator Martha G. Scott.

Interstate 78 in New York

I-478 is currently the Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel and approaches, connecting I-278 in Brooklyn with the Battery in Manhattan; it was once planned to continue north along the unbuilt Westway to I-78 at the Holland Tunnel.

J. J. Barnes

J. Barnes (born James Jay Barnes, November 30, 1943, Detroit, Michigan) is an American R&B singer.

Jack Hoogendyk

Hoogendyk was first elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 2002 representing the 61st district, which includes the cities of Portage and Parchment, and the townships of Alamo, Kalamazoo, Oshtemo, Prairie Ronde and Texas.

Jacopo Foroni

After studies with Alberto Mazzucato in Milan Foroni worked as a conductor in France, Belgium and Holland before arriving in Sweden in 1849 to work for Vincenzo Galli's opera company at the Mindre teatern where he gave the Swedish premieres of works by Bellini and Donizetti as well as the young Verdi.

Jerome Pathon

He gained 1,299 yards receiving that year, an average of 108.3 yards per game, including 4 receptions for 54 yards in the Huskies' 51-23 victory over Michigan State in the 1997 Aloha Bowl.

Jim Brandstatter

In 2008, its name was changed to Inside Michigan Football (in honor of the retirement of coach Lloyd Carr).

John C. Ketcham

Ketcham was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 4th congressional district to the 67th United States Congress and to the five succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1921 to March 3, 1933.

John Campbell, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland

John Campbell, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland KB (10 March 1696 – 26 January 1782), styled Lord Glenorchy from 1716 until 1752, was a Scottish nobleman, diplomat and politician.

John Corliss

John Blaisdell Corliss (1851–1929), U.S. Representative from Michigan, 1895–1903

John LaMountain

In September 1859, La Mountain made an ascension with the Atlantic, along with newspaperman John Haddock, from Watertown, New York across Minnesota and Michigan.

John Lesinski

T. John Lesinski, politician and jurist from Wayne County, Michigan

Jonathan Arking

However, a chance encounter with Dick Kernan from the Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts led him to take the News Director position at WTWR-FM in Monroe, Michigan.

Kenneth Thorpe Rowe

Across the span of six decades at Michigan, he taught and inspired legions of notable students, including Josh Greenfeld, Lawrence Kasdan, Dennis McIntyre, Robert McKee, Arthur Miller, Davi Napoleon (aka Davida Skurnick), Betty Smith, and Milan Stitt.

Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!

#"Territorial Pissings" (In two parts: 1991.12.06 - UK TV show Jonathan Ross / 1991.11.25 - Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland)

Lybster

However, during the American Revolution, following some victories in the Ohio and Illinois territories, Patrick Sinclair felt it was necessary to move Fort Michilimackinac from its exposed location on the northernmost point of the lower peninsula of Michigan to Mackinac Island.

Marjolein Bastin

A Hallmark designer discovered Marjolein's artwork while on a trip to Holland in the early 1990s.

Michigan Department of Transportation

These freeways became the start of Michigan's section of the Interstate Highway System.

Mio, Michigan

There are no AM Radio Stations in range of Mio, Michigan, although WWJ can be faintly heard during the nighttime.

Neil Rogers

While in Michigan, Rogers broadcast football and basketball games for Albion College.

Nicole Tieri

Tieri is a native of Hudsonville, Michigan but moved to New York City in 1999 after graduating from Unity Christian High School.

Nothingman

"Nothingman" was first performed live at the band's March 20, 1994 concert in Ann Arbor, Michigan at Crisler Arena.

Prince of Wales Theatre

The theatre played more musical comedies beginning in 1903, including the Frank Curzon and Isabel Jay hits Miss Hook of Holland (1907, its matinee version, Little Miss Hook of Holland was performed by children for children), King of Cadonia (1908), and The Balkan Princess (1910), and later the World War I hits, Broadway Jones (1914), Carminetta (1917), and Yes, Uncle! (1917).

Ralph A. Sawyer

At the invitation of Harrison M. Randall, Sawyer then joined the faculty of the Physics Department at the University of Michigan, an affiliation that he retained for his entire career.

Robert Michael Dow Jr.

On December 2, 2010, Judge Dow ruled against five states (Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin), stating that five Chicago-area shipping locks will stay open despite the risk that Lake Michigan Asian carp pose to the multi-billion dollar fishing industry, saying not enough evidence was presented that indicated the danger was truly imminent.

Roy O. Woodruff

In 1912, Woodruff defeated incumbent Republican U.S. Representative George A. Loud to be elected as the candidate of the Progressive Party from Michigan's 10th congressional district to the 63rd Congress, serving from March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1915.

Samuel William Smith

He was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 6th congressional district to the 56th United States Congress and to the eight succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1897 to March 3, 1915.

Scott Dreisbach

In Lloyd Carr's debut as Michigan head coach, the Wolverines trailed 17–0 at home in the fourth quarter before the redshirt freshman Dreisbach engineered three scoring drives, the last culminating with a touchdown pass to Mercury Hayes as time expired for a 18–17 Michigan victory.

Scott Holland Memorial Lectures

The Scott Holland Memorial Lectures are held in memory of Henry Scott Holland.

Somerset Mall

Somerset Collection (formerly Somerset Mall), an upscale mall in Michigan

T. J. Lang

Lang attended Lakeland High School in White Lake, Michigan before transferring to Brother Rice High School in Birmingham, Michigan.

The Lavender Hill Mob

The scene where Holland and Pendlebury run down the Eiffel Tower steps and become increasingly dizzy and erratic, as does the camera work, presages James Stewart's condition in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, made seven years later.

William P. Latham

His orchestral works have been performed by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Eastman-Rochester Philharmonic, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, and Radio Orchestras in Brussels, Belgium and Hilversum, Holland, under such well known conductors as Eugene Goossens, Howard Hanson, Thor Johnson, Anshel Brusilow, John Giordano, and Walter Susskind.

WMRP

WWCK-FM, an AM radio station in Flint, Michigan that held the WMRP call letters from 1964 until 1971.


see also

WMAX

WMAX-FM, a radio station (96.1 FM) licensed to Holland, Michigan, United States