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5 unusual facts about Maurice J.


Clipper Smith

Maurice J. "Clipper" Smith (1898–1984), coach at Gonzaga, Santa Clara, Villanova, San Francisco, and Lafayette and for the Boston Yanks of the NFL

Maurice J. McDonough High School

Former Principal Jervie Petty announced in 2009 that the official school anthem would be "Purple Rain" by Prince, in honor of the school's purple colors.

Maurice J. Murphy, Jr.

(October 3, 1927 – October 27, 2002) was (for one month) the New Hampshire Attorney General and (for eleven months) an appointed United States Senator.

Maurice J. Power

His political influence helped artists such as sculpture William Rudolf O'Donovan gain sponsorship for public works of art, many of which were soldier monuments commemorating the American Civil War.

He studied monumental sculpture under Robert Eberhard Launitz, continuing in this occupation for 20 years before setting up the National Fine Art Foundry in East Twenty Fifth Street, New York.



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