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5 unusual facts about Patrick D. Gallagher


Patrick D. Gallagher

Currently, he serves as co-chair of the Standards Subcommittee under the White House National Science and Technology Council.

Gallagher was raised in Albuquerque, where his father, John, worked at Sandia National Laboratories.

He also serves as Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology, a new position created in the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010, signed by President Obama on Jan. 4, 2011.

During high school, the young Gallagher spent summers working on public health and sanitation projects in Mexico, Ecuador, and Honduras under sponsorship of Amigos de las Américas.

Gallagher has been active in the area of U.S. policy for scientific user facilities and was chair of the Interagency Working Group on neutron and light source facilities under the Office of Science and Technology Policy.


Chester J. Straub

In 1963, he began the private practice of law with Willkie Farr & Gallagher, where he became a partner in 1971, and where he remained until his appointment as a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1998.

Chet Giermak

He began his collegiate career as a walk-on player, asking for a uniform from varsity coach Dick Gallagher (whom he later credited with teaching him "the finer points of the game").

David J. A. Clines

Reading from Right to Left: Essays on the Hebrew Bible in Honour of David J.A. Clines (ISBN 0826466869) included contributions by James Barr, John Barton, Joseph Blenkinsopp, Walter Brueggemann, Brevard Childs, Patrick D. Miller, Rolf Rendtorff, Hugh Williamson, and Ellen van Wolde.

Electric Kompany

Electric Kompany is an American band that was formed by Kevin R. Gallagher.

Henry J. McAnulty

McAnulty returned to Duquesne in October 1958 by the invitation of President Vernon F. Gallagher.

James Gallagher

James A. Gallagher (1869–1957), U.S. Republican representative from Pennsylvania

John E. Gallagher

Prior to working in television, he worked as an assistant director and production assistant on the films Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, Born on the Fourth of July, The Hard Way, Out for Justice, Stine Cold, Passenger 57 and other films.

Kevin R. Gallagher

With Electric Kompany, he has arranged music by Jacob ter Veldhuis, Marc Mellits, and commissioned music for the quartet.

Patrick D. Tyrrell

After Boyd's arrest, Irish crime boss James "Big Jim" Kennally (or Kinealy) came up with a plan to steal the body of Abraham Lincoln from its tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield and hold it in exchange for Boyd's release and a full pardon, as well as a cash ransom.

Pineapple Press

Its catalogue includes non-fiction titles such as "Baseball in Florida" and "Florida's Birds" (a reference book with artwork by Karl Karalus) as well as compilations such as "Cracker literature", books on historic homes, lighthouses, Gulf Coast islands, and fiction including historical novels from Patrick D. Smith and a mystery by Virginia Lanier ("Death in Bloodhound Red" set in in Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp).

Thomas Gallagher

Thomas F. Gallagher (1897–1985), Minnesota Supreme Court judge, 1943–1967

Thomas C. Gallagher, Chief Executive Officer of the Genuine Parts Company

William M. Gallagher

Gallagher snapped his Pulitzer-winning photo at a Labor Day rally in Flint Park.


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