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unusual facts about Kenneth S. M. Davidson


Kenneth S. M. Davidson

In November 1942, Davidson started to run test on seaplane hulls for the Bureau of Aeronautics.


Allan Davidson

Allan A. Davidson, lawyer and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada

Andrew Davidson

Andrew B. Davidson (1831–1902), Scottish professor of Hebrew and Oriental languages

Ballantyne, Davidson, McIntyre v. Canada

Elizabeth Evatt, Nisuke Ando, Marco Tulio Bruni Celli and Vojin Dimitrijević filed a concurrence stating that the term "minority" shouldn't be interpreted "solely on the basis of the number of members of the group in question in the State party".

David A. Davidson

Promoted from the rank of inspector, Davidson served as acting Chief of Police from November 19, 1938 to June 23, 1939, and was succeeded by Arthur C. Hohmann, a police lieutenant who was appointed chief by the Police Commission.

David Davidson

David A. Davidson, Chief of Police of the Los Angeles Police Department

Edward Davidson

Edward S. Davidson, professor of electrical engineering and computer science

Eric Davidson

Eric H. Davidson (born 1937), developmental biologist at the California Institute of Technology

Gordon Davidson

Gordon B. Davidson (born 1926), American business attorney and sponsor of Muhammad Ali

J. C. C. Davidson, 1st Viscount Davidson

In this post he was forced to deal with cuts in naval expenditure proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Winston Churchill, especially regarding the construction of new cruisers.

In his biography of Davidson in the Dictionary of National Biography, Robert Blake writes that Davidson's role in the appointment of Baldwin remains a puzzle.

James W. Davidson

Leaving in 1914, he spent CAN$250,000 of his own money to establish branches of Rotary International in Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Jerusalem, Burma, Siam (Thailand), Java, and in several of the Malay states including Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca, Penang, Ipoh, Klang and Singapore.

In June 1897, he was appointed by President Cleveland consular agent for the island of Formosa, where he remained nine years, during which time he wrote numerous monographs on Formosan affairs.

In 1904, Davidson was appointed to Dalny, Manchuria, one of the political consulates, where he was expected to promote Secretary Hay's “open door” policy.

Joseph Baltzell Showalter

He was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James J. Davidson.

Kenneth S. Apfel

A graduate of University of Massachusetts Amherst, Northeastern University, and University of Texas at Austin, Apfel started his federal career as a Presidential Management Intern at the United States Department of Labor.

Since 2006, he has held the position of Professor at the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy.

Kenneth S. Davis

During his varied career, Davis was a journalism instructor at New York University, a war correspondent attached to General Eisenhower's headquarters during World War II, a member of the UNESCO Relations Staff of the Sate Department, and a professor of history at both Kansas State and the University of Kansas.

Kenneth S. Stern

In a review in Reason, Dave Kopel concludes that he "does not come remotely close to showing that militia members encouraged McVeigh to do anything illegal", but uses circumstantial evidence, guilt by association and undocumented quotes that turn out to be false.

After the 1994 elections, Stern found that "the vitriolic antifederal sentiments of some of these newly elected officials" differed "in detail but not in flavor" from the ideas of racist gangs.

Kenneth S. Wagoner

After retirement, Wagoner lived for a number of years at Portage Point, Michigan, where his family had spent many summers.

Kenneth S. Wherry

Wherry was born in Liberty, Nebraska, to David Emery and Jessie (née Comstock) Wherry.

Kerckhoff Marine Laboratory

Current investigators include members of the Eric Davidson lab working on various marine biology related projects.

Lincoln Air National Guard Base

With the outbreak of the Korean War, the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce proposed the idea to Nebraska Senator Kenneth S. Wherry to reactivate Lincoln Airport as an active United States Air Force base.

Margo L. Davidson

In late 2011, she voted for a bill to place more regulations on abortion clinics, she stated this was in reaction to the death of her cousin Semika Shaw, who died as a result of seeking an abortion with Kermit Gosnell, a Philadelphia abortionist who continued to operate in part because of the state not having more stringent regulations on facilities that perform abortions.

Olivia A. Davidson

From there, she attended the State Normal School at Framingham, Massachusetts (now Framingham State University).

Other Losses

Senator Kenneth S. Wherry later complained about the thousands upon thousands of tons of rations spoiling amid a starving population.

Peak uranium

Kenneth S. Deffeyes estimates that if one can accept ore one tenth as rich then the supply of available uranium increased 300 times.

Peter Lu

Lu matriculated at Princeton University in September, 1996, and was advised in his first year by geology professor Kenneth S. Deffeyes.

Robert H. M. Davidson

Davidson was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fifth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1891).

He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress.

He served as chairman of the Committee on Railways and Canals (Forty-eighth through Fiftieth Congresses).

Tahoma Vista Comfort Station

The design was supervised by Park Service Chief Architect Thomas Chalmers Vint, and site selection and development were undertaken by Park Service landscape architect Ernest A. Davidson.

William B. Davidson

He started in films in 1914 with Vitagraph and supported such well known stage and film actresses as Ethel Barrymore, Mabel Taliaferro, Charlotte Walker, Olga Petrova, Viola Dana, June Caprice, Edna Goodrich, and Mae West.


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