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84 unusual facts about James L.


1999 Florida Citrus Bowl

Michigan Cornerback James Whitley sealed the victory with 1:47 remaining by intercepting a Stoerner pass, returning it 26 yards for a touchdown

70th Indiana Infantry Regiment

Lieutenant James L. Mitchell - regimental adjutant and 11th mayor of Indianapolis, 1873–1875

A. W. Tozer

"His preaching as well as his writings were but extensions of his prayer life," comments his biographer, James L. Snyder, in the book, In Pursuit of God: The Life Of A.W. Tozer.

Adaptive differential pulse-code modulation

ADPCM was developed in the early 1970s at Bell Labs for voice coding, by P. Cummiskey, N. S. Jayant, and James L. Flanagan.

Barbara Balzerani

In 1981 she participated in the abduction of US general James L. Dozier.

Boston University School of Theology

Dr. James L. Farmer, Sr., the first African-American from Texas to earn a doctorate;

Carrier Strike Group Six

During its nearly 63 years history at least four division Rear Admirals were eventually promoted to Chief of Naval Operations, the most recent being Admiral James L. Holloway III.

Combat pistol shooting

This drill was invented by Jeff Cooper after the kidnap of Brigadier General James L. Dozier by Italian Red Brigade terrorists.

Czechoslovakia 1968

In 1972, Senator James L. Buckley (New York) obtained a copy of Czechoslovakia 1968 to show on New York television stations.

Equisetopsida sensu lato

However in 2009, in an article titled "A phylogenetic classification of the land plants to accompany APG III," Mark W. Chase and James L. Reveal proposed a much broader sense for the Equisetopsida class name.

Fumitada Itakura

From 1973 to 1975 he worked at the Acoustics Research Department of Bell Labs, having been invited to work there on fundamental problems by James Flanagan, who had been impressed by one of Itakura's papers on low bit-rate encoding.

FutureGen

According to James L. Connaughton, chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, the market for steel, concrete and power plant components has “just gone through the roof globally”, and much of the reason is the construction of hundreds of new conventional coal plants.

Grant Tinker

While creating MTM Enterprises, Tinker hired Room 222 writers James L. Brooks and Allan Burns to create and produce the company's first television series, The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

Isiah Thomas

On June 22, 2006, the Knicks fired coach Larry Brown, and owner James Dolan replaced him with Thomas under the condition that he show "evident progress" or be fired.

James Bentley

James L. Bentley (1927–2003), U.S. politician; Comptroller General of Georgia

James Buckley

James L. Buckley (born 1923), American Senator from New York, corporate director and federal judge

James Dolan

James L. Dolan (born 1956), American businessman, President and CEO of Cablevision Systems Corporation

James Dow

James L. Dow (1908–1977), Church of Scotland minister, broadcaster and author

James Farmer

James L. Farmer, Sr. (1886–1961), first African-American Texan to earn a doctorate

James L. Farmer, Jr. (1920–1999), one of the leaders of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s, son of the above

James Fisk

James L. Fisk (c. 1845-1902), Union Army officer and leader of four expeditions

James Foster

James L. Foster, former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1971–1979

James Gould

James L. Gould (born 1945), American ethologist, evolutionary biologist, and popular science writer

James Hodges

James L. Hodges, (1790–1846), delegate from Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives

James Holloway

James L. Holloway III (born 1922), U.S. Navy admiral, Chief of Naval Operations, 1974–1978

James L. Holloway, Jr. (1898–1984), U.S. Navy admiral, superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy

James L. Alcorn

In his later life, Alcorn practiced law in Friars Point, Mississippi and lived quietly at his plantation, Eagle's Nest, in Coahoma County, Mississippi, until his death and interment in the family cemetery on his estate in 1894.

James L. Boldridge

James L. Boldridge (December 17, 1868 - May 18, 1918) was a famous horse trainer in the late 19th century and early 20th century, and is the only other African-American other than Hiram Young buried in an Independence, Missouri cemetery along with other honored city leaders/pioneers, at a time when African-American burials were segregated.

James L. Clark

The other eighteen who were awarded this distinction were: Roy Chapman Andrews; Robert Bartlett; Frederick Russell Burnham; Richard E. Byrd; George Kruck Cherrie; Merian C. Cooper; Lincoln Ellsworth; Louis Agassiz Fuertes; George Bird Grinnell; Charles A. Lindbergh; Donald B. MacMillan; Clifford H. Pope; George Palmer Putnam; Kermit Roosevelt; Carl Rungius; Stewart Edward White; Orville Wright.

James L. Collins

In the early 1920s, at the time of the discovery of Powell oil field in eastern Navarro County, Texas, and the nearby Mexia field in Limestone County, he formed a rewarding partnership with R.L. Wheelock in Corsicana, Texas.

James L. Conger

Then he moved to Macomb County, Michigan and laid out the town of Belvidere where he engaged in banking and mercantile pursuits until 1850.

James L. Connaughton

In his senior year, Connaughton was selected for the senior society Scroll and Key and became a member of the Whiffenpoofs, the world renowned, senior men's singing group.

Prior to joining the Bush Administration, Connaughton was a partner in the law firm Sidley Austin, in its Environmental Practice Group, dealing with corporate environmental compliance.

James L. Day

In April 1966, Maj Day served his first tour in Vietnam as Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division.

James L. Dennis

Dennis is one of three judges on a panel that will hear the appeal to Hornbeck Offshore Services LLC v. Salazar, a case challenging the U.S. Department of the Interior six month moratorium on exploratory drilling in deep water that was adopted in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and the subsequent oil spill.

James L. Foreman

He was the assistant state attorney general of Illinois from 1953 to 1960, and then a state's attorney of Massac County, Illinois until 1964.

On February 16, 1972, Foreman was nominated by President Richard Nixon to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois vacated by William G. Juergens.

James L. Graham

On August 15, 1986, Graham was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio vacated by Robert Morton Duncan.

While serving with the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, he supplied a dissenting opinion on a decision upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act mandate to purchase health insurance.

James L. Gray

A move by the CEGB's Generation, Design and Construction department to Barnwood required him to relocate to Gloucestershire, but he was not happy with the move, and a couple of years later he left to become Manager of Generation, Design and Technical Services at the South of Scotland Electricity Board (SSEB) in Glasgow.

James L. Green

After receiving a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Iowa, Green began his professional career working in the Magnetospheric Physics Branch at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC).

James L. Gulley

Since 1999 he has authored and run a variety of clinical trials at the NCI, serving as Principal Investigator or an Associate Investigator on approximately 40 trials.

Gulley graduated from Loma Linda University in California with a Ph.D. in microbiology in 1994 and an M.D. in 1995.

This phase I trial using PSA-TRICOM with Ipilimumab (Ipi) showed promise for Overall Survival (OS).

James L. Halperin

In 1985 Halperin authored a text on grading coins, How to Grade U.S. Coins, upon which the grading standards of the two leading third-party grading services PCGS and NGC were ultimately based.

James L. Harris

On that day, at Vagney, France, he commanded an M4 Sherman tank in a hunt for an enemy raiding party which had infiltrated Allied lines.

James L. Herdt

After leaving active duty in 1974, Master Chief Herdt enlisted in the Naval Reserve serving in various Selected Naval Reserve units while attending Kansas State University.

James L. Hodges

Hodges was elected as an Adams candidate to the Twentieth Congress and reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses (March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1833).

James L. Hogeboom

Hogeboom was elected as a Crawford Democratic-Republican to the 18th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1823, to March 3, 1825.

James L. Holloway III

He graduated from Saint James School, Maryland in 1939 and was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy in that year as a member of the Class of 1943.

James L. Hull

Hull was born November 27, 1873 in Patoka, Illinois and after entering the navy was sent to fight in the Spanish–American War aboard the U.S.S. Concord as a fireman first class.

James L. Jones, Sr.

When the war broke out, he departed Africa, due to the circumstances of military presence of Nazi Germany forces.

James L. Kemper

After crossing the Emmitsburg Road, his brigade was hit by flanking fire from two Vermont regiments, driving it to the left and disrupting the cohesion of the assault.

James L. Key

He was instrumental in getting Harry Hopkins and his WPA program to update the city sewer system and nearly a million dollars to remodel the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium and Cyclorama building.

James L. McCusker

After winning a three-man September 1891 swimming race at Lake Quinsigamond against John Leavitt and Robert Magree for a prize of $750, he was declared the American champion.

James L. McMichael

James L. McMichael (born 1939) is an award-winning American poet.

James L. Perry

During his 24 years at SPEA he served as a visiting professor at Chinese University of Hong Kong on a Fulbright Scholarship and as a visiting professor at the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs.

James L. Pohl

On January 29, 2009, Pohl denied the request of the Obama Administration to delay proceeding for 120 days in the case of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri.

Pohl argued that tribunal rules give the judges sole authority to delay cases and that postponing proceedings against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri was not reasonable and "does not serve the interest of justice".

On 6 January 2009 Pohl was appointed to replace Ralph Kohlmann as the Chief Presiding Officer for the Military Commissions.

James L. Quinn

During his tenure, the magazine's circulation never sold as well as he'd hoped, even with the assistance of Larry Shaw and a short tenure by Damon Knight as editor of the magazine.

James L. Reveal

Reveal is a professor emeritus at the University of Maryland, adjunct professor at Cornell University's Department of Plant Biology and honorary curator at the New York Botanical Garden.

James Lauritz Reveal (born 1941) is a botanist who is perhaps best known for his work on suprageneric names, presented in an extensive website, which also presents material on plant taxonomy including the Reveal system.

James L. Richetelli, Jr.

Richetelli's son, James, attends Joseph A. Foran High School and his daughters, Michelle and Julie, attend colleges within the state.

James L. Usry

On March 20, 1987, Usry was nominated by President Ronald Reagan for a two-year term on the National Advisory Council on Educational Research and Improvement.

A Republican, Usry served as mayor from 1984 to 1990, after defeating Mayor Michael J. Matthews in a recall election.

Usry graduated from Atlantic City High School and earned a bachelor's degree in 1946 from Lincoln University.

James L. Wattenbarger

A native of Cleveland, Tennessee, Dr. Wattenbarger is credited as being the Father of the Community College System of Florida.

James L. Whitley

He was elected as a Republican to the 71st, 72nd and 73rd United States Congresss, holding office from March 4, 1929, to January 3, 1935.

James Stone

James L. Stone (1922–2012), United States Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient

Joseph Sewall

Among the other members of that Commission were former U.S. Senator Jeremiah Denton and Adm. James Holloway III (Ret.).

Justice Ryan

James L. Ryan, an Associate Justice on the Michigan Supreme Court

Knight International Center

Famed newspaper publisher, James L. Knight donated over one million dollars towards the cost of the arena.

The complex is named after famed newspaper publisher, James L. Knight.

McConaughy

James L. McConaughy (1887–1948), American politician and a former Governor of Connecticut, USA

Nelligan

James L. Nelligan (b. 1929), former US politician member of the United States House of Representatives

Nicholas Dinkel

But during his senior season in 1894, new head coach James L. Morison installed an offense based upon speed running to the outside.

North Shore Country Day School

James L. Oakes '41 - Senior Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1992 to 2007

Rupert Read

(co-authored with James L. Guetti, 1999) Meaningful Consequences, The Philosophical Forum, Volume XXX, Issue 4, December 1999, Pages 289-315.

Scott Layden

Scott Layden was fired on December 22, 2003 by New York Knicks owner James Dolan.

Sodium citrate

:Our modernist version of mac and cheese owes its chemistry to James L. Kraft, who in 1916 patented the first American cheese slice.

St. James School, Maryland

James L. Holloway III Former Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral USN, Ret.

The Simpsons Movie: The Music

Executive producer James L. Brooks chose Zimmer to compose the film's score, as they were good friends and regular collaborators.

Treaty of Balta Liman

James L. Gelvin, The Modern Middle East , Oxford University Press, 2005.


C. Jay Cox

He mentioned in a 2004 interview that some of his idols are James L. Brooks, Sydney Pollack and Billy Wilder.

Frank H. Spearman

His western novel Whispering Smith – the title character of which was modeled on real-life Union Pacific Railroad detectives Timothy Keliher and Joe Lefors (though the name of the titular hero was apparently derived from another UPRR policeman, James L. "Whispering" Smith) – was made into a movie on eight separate occasions, four silent films in 1916, 1917, 1926, and 1927, with later versions in 1930, 1935, 1948 and 1952.

Half-Decent Proposal

Although the episode was written by Tim Long, the idea for the episode was pitched by series' co-creator and executive producer James L. Brooks.

J. A. B. van Buitenen

van Buitenen contributed to the training of several able scholars in the USA, among them James L. Fitzgerald (Brown University), Walter O. Kaelber, Michael D. Willis, Bruce M. Sullivan (Northern Arizona University) and Bruce Lincoln (University of Chicago).

Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards

The final round of the awards are judged by prominent writers, directors, and entertainers, who have included Moss Hart, Billy Wilder, George Stevens, Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, Dustin Hoffman, James Brooks, David Mamet, A. Scott Berg, and David Lynch.

Steve Faber

Faber is writing and executive producing a film for writer/director James L. Brooks, as well as adapting the screen version of journalist A. J. Liebling's Telephone Booth Indians.