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3 unusual facts about Howard W. Blake High School


Howard W. Blake High School

Students of the theatre department have continued into university theatre or are working in LA and Broadway, such as Taylor Trensch who is on tour with Spring Awakening and Rachel Lee, a working actress in Hollywood who was recently an extra in Valentines Day.

Blake was originally open to only African-American students in the Tampa area as one of the two black schools during segregation in Tampa, the other being its current rival school Middleton High School.

St. James House of Prayer Episcopal Church

The merger of the two was made after the former St. James Church property was chosen as the site for the new Blake High School.


Abraham Siegel

Abraham J. Siegel was Dean (from 1980–1987), and is currently Howard W. Johnson Professor of Management Emeritus in the MIT Sloan School of Management.

C. Markland Kelly

Appointed in 1935 by Baltimore Mayor Howard W. Jackson, Kelly, Sr. served for eight years on the Park Board, first as a member, then as president.

Captain goes down with the ship

February 7, 1943: Commander Howard W. Gilmore, captain of the American submarine USS Growler (SS-215), gave the order to "clear the bridge," as his crew was being attacked by a Japanese gunboat.

Carl C. Rasmussen

Rasmussen's predecessor, Howard W. Davis, had been the representative in the 7th almost continuously since 1927, but in February 1939, a grand jury, at the instigation of District Attorney Buron Fitts, voted 38 charges of misconduct against him.

David J. Saposs

The AFL allied with anti-union Democratic Representative Howard W. Smith to attack the National Labor Relations Board.

Foreign policy of Mobutu Sese Seko

French, Howard W. A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa.

Gobind Behari Lal

Lal shared the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Reporting with John J. O'Neill, William L. Laurence, Howard W. Blakeslee and David Dietz.

Howard Davis

Howard W. Davis (1885–1959), member of the California State Assembly and the Los Angeles City Council

Howard French

Howard W. French (born 1957), American journalist, author and photographer

Howard Hunter

Howard W. Hunter (1907–1995), fourteenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Howard Johnston

Howard W. Johnston (1913–2005), principal founder of the Free University of Berlin

Howard Koch

Howard W. Koch (1916–2001), American film and TV director, producer

Howard Riley

Howard W. Riley (1879–1971), professor of agricultural engineering at Cornell University

Howard W. Davis

have conspired with . . . Alphonzo Bell, Samuel Traylor and Chapin A. Day, all multi-millionaires, to grant this group a special spot zoning permit to crush and ship . . . from the high-class residential section of Santa Monica, limestone and rock for cement.

Davis's first bid for public office was in August 1923, when he cross-filed for the State Assembly in the 73rd District primary election.

Howard W. Gilmore

In the movie Operation Pacific, John Wayne's character as Executive Officer of USS Thunderfish orders Thunderfish submerged, leaving his wounded Commanding Officer (played by Ward Bond) on the bridge.

In the historical notes section epilogue of War and Remembrance (copyright 1978 by Herman Wouk, Library of Congress catalog Card Number 78-17746) Howard Gilmore is recognized by "The death of Carter Aster is based on the famous self-sacrifice of Commander Howard W. Gilmore of the U.S.S. Growler for which he was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor"

Howard W. Hunter

On October 14, 2007 at her home in Laguna Hills, California, his wife, Inis Stanton Hunter, died of causes incident to age.

Hunter then began to study at Southwestern Law School and after graduating he had a successful career as a lawyer.

Howard W. Hunter Law Library

The Howard W. Hunter Law Library is the library of the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University (BYU), Provo, Utah.

Howard W. Mattson

Hired by Executive Director Calvert L. Willey in 1973, Mattson would be named as Director of Public Information (called Vice President of Communications as of 2006).

National Association of Science Writers

In June 1934, John J. O'Neill, William L. Laurence, Howard W. Blakeslee, Gobind Behari Lal and David Dietz formed NASW as a press association with Dietz as its President.

Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back

Directed by Marty Pasetta and produced by Howard W. Koch Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back was a glowing success made all the more memorable by a special appearance from Gene Kelly who had first co-starred with Sinatra 30 years prior in Anchors Aweigh.

The Black Sleep

The Black Sleep (1956) is an American black-and-white horror film, scripted by John C. Higgins from a story by Gerald Drayson Adams developed for producers Aubrey Schenck and Howard W. Koch, who had a four-picture finance-for-distribution arrangement with United Artists.

The Wages of Fear

Violent Road (aka Hell's Highway), directed by Howard W. Koch in 1958, and Sorcerer, directed by William Friedkin in 1977, are American remakes.

We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet

While preparing to speak at a CES fireside being held at Brigham Young University's Marriott Center on February 7, 1993, then President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles Howard W. Hunter was confronted by Cody Judy, who rushed onto the rostrum and threatened Hunter and the audience of 15,000–17,000.


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