X-Nico

8 unusual facts about Marquette


1973–74 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team

Two nights later NC State captured its first NCAA championship by beating Marquette 76-64.

Aghasi Manukyan

Since 2011, he has worked at the Olympic training center located in Marquette.

Beni Mellal

This climate situation is similar to what exists in Marquette, Michigan and many other places that have climate fluctation as a result of the continental climate shift.

Boeing Model 40

February 26, 1928: A Boeing Air Transport Model 40B (c/n 891, registration NC280) crashed near Marquette, Nebraska after the aircraft struck trees when flying low to avoid air turbulence; the passenger was killed, but the pilot survived.

Bonduelle

The company was founded in 1853, when Louis Bonduelle-Dalle (23 October 1802 - 13 November 1880) and Louis Lesaffre-Roussel (1802–1869) established a grain and juniper berry distillery in Marquette-lez-Lille.

Marquette Iron Rangers

Marquette Iron Rangers were a semi-pro senior ice hockey team from Marquette, Michigan that played in the United States Hockey League from 1964-1976 where they were five-time champions (three league and two playoffs).

Marquette, Iowa

Today the city is a tourist destination, most notable for the being home to an Isle of Capri riverboat casino and international award winning wines produced by Eagles Landing Winery.

Smoky Hill River

Besides Junction City, other Kansas towns along the river are Ellsworth, Marquette.


Alpha Sigma Nu

The society, known as Alpha Sigma Tau until 1930, spread from Marquette to Creighton University, to St. Louis University and to the University of Detroit in its first decade.

Biodontics

The ABS has chapters developed or developing at New York University (NYU), Howard University, UConn, and Marquette University.

Curtis L. Carter

His greatest accomplishment at Marquette was the creation of the Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art.

E. Michael McCann

He earned a Master of Laws (LLM) from the Harvard University Law School and has honorary degrees from Marquette University and Marian College in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.

Edward O'Donnell

Edward J. O'Donnell (1909-1986), President of Marquette University (1948-1962)

F.W. Olin Hall

Other universities that have buildings as a result of the F.W. Olin Foundation are Johns Hopkins University, Colgate, Marquette, Tufts, and the University of San Diego, amongst many others.

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

The Federal Reserve moved two blocks away on Marquette Avenue to a building now known as Marquette Plaza, which is constructed much like a suspension bridge with cables strung between pillars at the ends carrying the load.

Gary Bathing Beach Aquatorium

Gary Bathing Beach Aquatorium, formerly known as Lakefront Park Bathhouse and also known as Chanute Aquatorium, is located at One Marquette Drive at Miller Beach in Marquette Park, Gary, Indiana.

Geography of Milwaukee

The Interstate 894 bypass runs through portions of the city's southwest side, and Interstate 794 comes out of the Marquette interchange eastbound, bends south along the lakefront and crosses the harbor over the Hoan Bridge, then ends near the Bay View neighborhood and becomes the Lake Parkway.

Great Midwest Conference

It was formed in 1990 with six members--Cincinnati and Memphis State (now Memphis) from the Metro Conference; UAB from the Sun Belt Conference; Marquette and Saint Louis from the Midwestern Collegiate Conference (now the Horizon League), and independent DePaul.

Hiawatha Music Festival

The Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival in Marquette, Michigan is held each year during the next-to-last full weekend of July and features traditional, acoustic, American music.

Jack Ryan

John J. Ryan, known as Jack, head football coach at Marquette University and the University of Wisconsin

James Henry Garland

Events included a diocesan-wide celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation at the Superior Dome in Marquette, at which 656 youths received the sacrament.

James Ludington

On October 11, 1854 Ludington loaned funds to George W. Ford for a sawmill operation in what was then known as the village of Pere Marquette in the northwestern part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.

John McAdams

John C. McAdams (born 1945), associate professor of political science at Marquette University

Kamla Bhatt

She did an MA in International Relations from Marquette University, Milwaukee and an M.Phil in International Politics and Economy from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

L. D. Meyer

The next year, he scored all the points in TCU's 16-6 victory over Marquette in the Cotton Bowl Classic.

Lewis Ayres

Together with Michel Barnes, Associate Professor of Theology at Marquette University, and Rowan Williams, Ayres is part of a rereading of Augustine's trinitarian theology that breaks with the older neoplatonic-centered account.

Marquette Nat. Bank of Minneapolis v. First of Omaha Service Corp.

"Contrary to the conventional wisdom, Marquette did not lay a foundation for runaway bank profits and consumer suffering," says George Mason University School of Law professor Todd Zywicki.

Marquette Park

Marquette Park may refer to one of several places that are named in honor of Jacques Marquette, a French Jesuit missionary.

Marquette Savings Bank

Marquette was honored by the global publication, The Economist in the Nov. 30th 2013 issue.

Marquette Sports Law Review

Michael J. Cramer, former president of the Texas Rangers and Dallas Stars, and James Swiatko, former Lead Articles Editor of the Marquette Sports Law Review and 2007 graduate, "Did Major League Baseball Balk - Why Didn't MLB Bargain to Impasse and Impose Stricter Testing for Performance Enhancing Substances," 17 Marq. Sports L. Rev. 29 (2006).

Marquette University Radio

Marquette Radio broadcasts on campus via Cable radio channel 96 and to the world through the live stream online.

Milwaukee Cup

Cup matches since 2006 have taken on a heightened sense of rivalry due to Louis Bennett's acceptance of the head coaching position at Marquette.

Mining Journal

The Mining Journal, the predominant daily newspaper of Marquette, Michigan and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Minneapolis Public Library

While the building was under construction, most services were provided at the interim Central Library Marquette location, located on two floors in Marquette Plaza (formerly the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis).

Mitchigamea

In 1673, Marquette and Joliet needed a translator from Miami-Illinois to understand the Michigamea; most contact was in Plains Sign Language.

National Register of Historic Places listings in Marquette County, Michigan

The courtroom drama Anatomy of a Murder, starring Jimmy Stewart, was filmed on location here and throughout the Marquette area.

Pilarz

Scott Pilarz, American Jesuit priest, President of Marquette University, former President of the University of Scranton

Průcha

Francis Paul Prucha, American Jesuit, historian, professor emeritus of history at Marquette University

Robert A. Corrigan

Dr. Leslie E. Wong, Oakland, California native and former President of Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan was selected to replace Corrigan.

Robert A. Wild

On September 25, 2013, it was announced that Wild would become interim president of Marquette University effective October 16, 2013, through August 2014, upon the resignation of Rev. Scott Pilarz.

Ryan Amoroso

Amoroso left Marquette after arguing with then coach Tom Crean about the amount of time he spent playing poker online.

Sara Erikson

Erikson is known for her recurring role as Robyn Marquette, Vince's scheming ex-girlfriend and co-worker in What I Like About You, and various characters in the Jeff Foxworthy series Foxworthy's Big Night Out.

Steve True

Successfully predicted that Dwyane Wade would be a superstar after a Wade performance in a Marquette tournament win at the Great Alaska Shootout.

The Post-Crescent

Post Publishing owned the newspaper from 1920 until it was purchased by Gillett Communications on August 1, 1984, and was also a former owner of WLUK (Channel 11) in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Marquette, Michigan's WLUC (Channel 6), WEAU (Channel 13) in Eau Claire, and Rochester, New York's WOKR (Channel 13).

The Tic Code

The film tells the story of a young boy, Miles Caraday (Marquette), a jazz piano prodigy who has Tourette syndrome, and his divorced mother Laura Caraday (Draper).

Valley Fields

Adjacent to Valley Fields is Marquette's Shimek Track and Field Facility, which hosts the school's cross country and track and field teams.

William Roche

William James Roche (1859–1937), Canadian politician and Conservative Member of Parliament for the Manitoba riding of Marquette

William Schull

After the war, he finished his bachelor degree in Zoology at Marquette in 1946, and then went on to obtain a master degree in Zoology in 1947.

WNMU

WNMU-FM 90.1 a National Public Radio member station in Marquette, co-owned with WNMU television


see also