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unusual facts about Norman D. Newell


Norman D. Newell

During his tenure at Columbia he trained a number of students who later became prominent paleontologists, including Stephen Jay Gould, Niles Eldredge, Steven M. Stanley, Alan Cheetham, Alfred Fischer, and Don Boyd.


Charles Gilman Norris

The Oxford Companion to American Literature notes that Norris' novels dealt with "such problems as modern education, women in business, hereditary and environmental influences, big business, ethics and birth control." He also published three plays: The Rout of the Philistines (with Nino Marcelli, 1922), A Gest of Robin Hood (with Robert C. Newell, 1929), and Ivanhoe: A Grove Play 1936.

D'Amours

Norman D'Amours (born 1937), member of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire

Egyptian National Library and Archives

The Library also has a large collection of medieval Arabic coins from as early as AD 696, which were published by Stanley Lane-Poole, Bernhardt Moritz and recently by Norman D. Nicol, Jere L. Bacharach and Rifa'at al-Nabarawy (1982).

Graham S. Newell

President John F. Kennedy appointed him to the National Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.

Great Sooty Satyr

Lionel G. Higgins and Norman D. Riley (1988) Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe Collins, London

Homer E. Newell, Jr.

Newell became successively head of the theoretical analysis subsection, associate head of the section, and by 1947 headed the section; which performed upper atmosphere research using rockets including German-built V2s, US-built Aerobees and eventually NRL's own Viking; mostly launched from the White Sands Missile Range.

In 1954, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower assigned NRL responsibility to launch satellites during the International Geophysical Year (IGY), Newell was promoted to Acting Superintendent of NRL's Atmosphere and Astrophysics division, with an additional assignment as science coordinator for Project Vanguard.

Lloyd D. Newell

He is also a professor of religion and family life at Brigham Young University (BYU) and was formerly an anchor for CNN and at WSEE-TV.

Mark M. Newell

Newell participated in St. Andrews University's identification of the Resurgam, the world's first practical powered submarine.

Martin Newell

Martin J. Newell (1910–1985), Irish mathematician and educationalist, who served as President of University College Galway from 1960 to 1975

Norman D'Amours

Instead of running for a 6th term in the House of Representatives, he ran for the United States Senate in 1984 against Republican incumbent Gordon J. Humphrey and lost with 41%.

Norman Vaughan

Norman D. Vaughan (1905–2005), American dogsled driver and explorer

Sled dog racing at the 1932 Winter Olympics

Norman D. Vaughan qualified for the event thorough a race held by the New England Sled Dog Club in Wonalancet, New Hampshire in the winter of 1932.

William A. Newell

Under this Act, a series of light house stations were set up between Sandy Hook and Little Egg Harbor.

He is probably best known for, and was most proud of, the Newell Act, which created the United States Life-Saving Service (a Federal agency that grew out of private and local humanitarian efforts to save the lives of shipwrecked mariners and passengers; which ultimately merged with the Revenue Cutter Service to form the United States Coast Guard in 1915).

William Newell

William A. Newell (1817–1901), American physician and politician, Governor of New Jersey and Washington Territory


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