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John C. B. Ehringhaus

A dormitory at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ehringhaus' alma mater (class of 1902) is named in his honor, and The Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies, of which Ehringhaus was a member, maintains a portrait in his honor.


6th Ohio Cavalry

Following completion of training, the regiment moved to Wheeling, West Virginia on May 13 and then to Strasburg, Virginia to join Major General John C. Fremont's army in the Shenandoah Valley.

Battle of Piedmont

On Imboden's immediate left, Brig. Gen. John C. Vaughn's brigade of dismounted Tennessee and Georgia horsemen went into position.

Colorado Territory

Other notable explorations included the Pike expedition of 1806–07 by Zebulon Pike, the journey along the north bank of the Platte River in 1820 by Stephen H. Long to what came to be called Longs Peak, the John C. Frémont expedition in 1845–46, and the Powell Geographic Expedition of 1869 by John Wesley Powell.

Defunctionalization

The technique was first described by John C. Reynolds in his 1972 paper, "Definitional Interpreters for Higher-Order Programming Languages".

Donald W. Riegle, Jr.

In 1966, Riegle, then 28 years old and a moderate Republican, defeated incumbent Democratic U.S. Representative John C. Mackie to be elected from Michigan's 7th congressional district to the 90th Congress.

Dvorak Awards

The Dvorak Awards for Excellence in Communication were established by computing columnist John C. Dvorak.

Grant City, Staten Island

Many of the streets are named after historical figures such as Lincoln Ave (after President Abraham Lincoln), Fremont Ave (after General John C. Fremont who was the first Republican candidate for President, as well as a Staten Island resident, in 1856), Adams Avenue (after President John Adams), Colfax Ave (after Abraham Lincoln's first Vice President)and Greeley Ave (after newspaper editor Horace Greeley).

J. B. Van Hollen

His father is John C. Van Hollen, a realtor and former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Jack Metzler

John C. Metzler, Sr. (1909-1990), superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery, 1951–1972

Johann Reichhart

He cooperated with Allied chief executioner Master Sergeant John C. Woods in the preparations for further executions of those found guilty and sentenced to death at the Nuremberg Trials.

John C. Ainsworth

The Gold Rush did not live up to his expectations, so he found a job piloting a steamer on the Willamette River in Oregon.

John C. Browne

During Browne's tenure, the Wen Ho Lee spy investigation by the FBI erupted onto the national scene, particularly after release of the Cox Report by the US House of Representatives in 1999.

John C. Churchill

He introduced bill H.R. 2634 on January 9, 1871 that would amend the Enforcement Act of 1870.

John C. Conner

He was reelected to the Forty-second Congress and served from March 31, 1870, to March 3, 1873.

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John C. D'Amico

He graduated from St. Edward Elementary School and Weber High School in Chicago, then attended Northeastern Illinois University.

John C. Dvorak

Dvorak has mentioned in the past that he is a fan of MorphOS and used the Video Toaster in its heyday.

John C. Edmunds

His books, including Brave New Wealthy World (Pearson Prentice Hall 2003) have been praised and criticized for their advocacy of financial expansion.

John C. Ewers

At the time of his death he was Ethnologist Emeritus of the Smithsonian Institution and was the first recipient of the Smithsonian's Exceptional Service Award as well as the Western History Association's Oscar O. Winther Award and the American Alliance of Museums's Distinguished Service Award.

John C. Goss

John C. Goss (born October 21, 1958, in Landstuhl, Germany) is an American artist and author and has lived most of his life in the Asia/Pacific region (Hawaii, Los Angeles, Bangkok).

John C. H. Lee

This section of the Ohio River Division of the Corps was tasked with completing a water-resources survey, as part of the Johnson Administration's War on Poverty.

John C. Hodges Library

Its special collections department includes notable collections such as the writings of James Agee and Alex Haley, as well as film director Clarence Brown.

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 C. Mabee Handicap

In winning the 1971 race, Street Dancer set a new Del Mar course record then won again in 1972, breaking her own record.

John C. Mackie

He was Genesee County surveyor, 1952–1956 and was elected State Highway Commissioner of Michigan, 1957 and reelected in 1961 to a new four-year term.

John C. McKenzie

Mckenzie was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1925).

John C. Meyer

General Meyer then returned to a tactical flying unit in August 1950 when he assumed command of the 4th Fighter Wing at New Castle, Delaware.

John C. Nicholls

Nicholls was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1881), was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1880, but was elected to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885).

John C. Rice

John C. Rice (ca. 1858, Sullivan County, New York – June 5, 1915, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American born Broadway stage actor who is credited with performing the first onscreen kiss with May Irwin in 1896 for the Thomas Edison film company film The Kiss.

John C. Rogers

His mother was a singer for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and his father, a World War II veteran, was an insurance executive.

John C. Sanborn

He was a candidate for United States Senate in 1950 and 1956 but was defeated both times in the Republican primary by Herman Welker.

John C. Waldron

Without fighter escort, his attack bombers vulnerably underpowered and lacking in defensive armament, and forced by the unreliability of their own torpedoes to fly low and slow directly at their targets, all of the Hornet's torpedo planes soon fell to the undivided attention of the enemy's combat air patrol of Mitsubishi "Zero" fighters.

John C. Watson

Watson was born in Frankfort, Kentucky on August 24, 1842, the grandson of renowned Kentucky politician John J. Crittenden.

John C. Waugh

John Clinton Waugh (born October 12, 1929) in Biggs, California is an American journalist.

John Donnelly

John C. Donnelly (1839–1895), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient

John Inglis

John C. Inglis, former Deputy Director of the National Security Agency

John O. Colvin

During college and law school he was employed by a private firm, Niedner, Niedner, Nack and Bodeux, of St. Charles, Missouri, and also worked for a number of political figures, including Missouri Attorney General John C. Danforth and Missouri State Representative Richard C. Marshall, both in Jefferson City; and for U.S. Senator Mark O. Hatfield and Congressman Thomas B. Curtis, in Washington, DC.

Junius F. Wells

Wells was also the author of eleven biographies, including those of John C. Frémont, Thomas L. Kane, Charles C. Rich, James A. Garfield, and Orson Pratt.

Justice Bell

John C. Bell, Jr., an Associate Justice and Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Kentlake High School

In February 2000 Chief Judge John Coughenour ordered the school to reinstate a student who had been suspended for creating an unofficial school website at home stating the school did not have the authority to punish students for exercising their freedom of speech outside of school.

Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton

The airfield is also known as Munn Field in honor of Lieutenant General John C. "Toby" Munn, the first Marine Aviator to serve as the Commanding General of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.

Mount Linn

The mountain was named by John C. Frémont in honor of Lewis F. Linn, a senator from Missouri, who played an important roll in the acquisition of the Oregon Territory.

Nancy Morgan

She is a niece of John "Red" Morgan, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery during World War II in 1943, events which were later fictionalized in the movie Twelve O'Clock High.

Owen Honors

John C. Harvey Jr., the commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command in Norfolk, said in a statement released Tuesday afternoon that Captain Honors was removed for demonstrating poor judgment.

Park-McCullough Historic House

The house was built in 1864-65 by attorney and entrepreneur Trenor W. Park (1823-1882), who was born in nearby Woodford, Vermont but amassed his fortune overseeing the mining interests of John C. Fremont in California.

RAF Podington

92d Bombardment Group Flight Officer John C. Morgan, co-pilot, received the Medal of Honor for action aboard a B-17 during a mission over Europe on 26 July 1943.

Railroad Revival Tour

The 2012 tour was slated to include performances by Willie Nelson, Band of Horses, Jamey Johnson, and John Reilly and Friends.

Sadao Hasegawa

A few days before his death, Hasegawa had lunch with friend and American artist, John C. Goss.

Wiggins, Colorado

Around 1900, Corona was renamed in honor of Oliver P. Wiggins, who served as a guide and scout for Captain John C. Frémont, on some of his explorations through northern Colorado in the 1840s.

Young Earth creationism

Price's work was subsequently adapted and updated by Henry M. Morris and John C. Whitcomb Jr. in their book The Genesis Flood in 1961.


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