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2 unusual facts about Paul W. Merrill


Nicholas Mayall

However, he took a hiatus from pursuing his advanced degree and went to work as a human computer at the Mount Wilson Observatory from 1929–1931, where he assisted luminaries such as Edwin Hubble, Paul W. Merrill, and Milton L. Humason.

However, in 1942, Sproul asked Paul W. Merrill from Mt. Wilson to succeed Wright, but was turned down.


Aaron S. Merrill

During his period he cruised extensively with the Chilean Navy, becoming the first foreigner to round the Horn in a Chilean warship.

BMA Tower

The building was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with steel-frame construction and clad in a contrasting grid of deeply inset black glass and white marble.

Charles E. Merrill

A friendship with United States District Judge John M. Woolsey earned him the distinction of being one of the two people consulted to read the book Ulysses by James Joyce to help Woolsey to determine if the ban on the book should remain in place.

Charles E. Merrill, Jr.

As if anticipating his two older siblings would survive him, James Merrill dedicated his 1985 collection of poems Late Settings "for my sister Doris and my brother Charles." (His 1957 novel The Seraglio, widely read as a portrait of Charles E. Merrill's womanizing ways, was dedicated to the poet's ten nephews and nieces.) James Merrill shared with his brother a lifelong love of opera, an experience he wrote about in his 1993 memoir, A Different Person.

The Merrill Trust donated the money used to endow Merrill College at the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1968.

Charles Merrill

Charles E. Merrill, Jr. (born 1920), American educator, author and philanthropist

Charles E. Merrill (1885–1956), American philanthropist, stockbroker and co-founder of Merrill Lynch & Company

Charles W. Cole

Cole was also involved with the Committee on the National Security Organization, American Cancer Society, U.S. Air Force, Merrill Foundation for the Advancement of Financial Knowledge, Educational Testing Service, and Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association.

Chongming County

Once the most rural area of Shanghai, it is now the subject of a major urban and agricultural master-plan led by Philip Enquist of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

Douglas Durst

Located on 14th St and 5th Ave in Manhattan and scheduled for completion in 2014, the New School University center was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and developed by the Durst Organization.

Drexel University College of Engineering

Alumni from the college of engineering include astronauts Christopher Ferguson and Paul W. Richards, inventor of the packet-switch network Paul Baran, professor Eli Fromm, financier Bennett S. LeBow, and engineer David H. Geiger.

Edward C. Merrill, Jr

Under his administration from 1969 to 1983, the College made preparations for the expanded population of deaf students due to the Rubella epidemic in the 1960s.

Ewald

Paul W. Ewald, the evolutionary biologist specializing in the evolution of infectious disease

George Merrill

George F. Merrill (1847–?), former member of the Wisconsin Legislature

John Leo Blair

Several letters and notes exist in company archives, including a letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt, a few from Henry Morgenthau, Jr., and others from Charles Merrill of Merrill & Lynch, Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson (one of Blair's very close friends) and others to support this entry.

John Merrill

John O. Merrill, American architect and structural engineer, 1896-1975

John P. Merrill, American physician, researcher and Harvard professor, 1917-1984

John O. Merrill

Oak Ridge – Merrill was in charge of developing the secret research campus at Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

John P. Merrill

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about John Merrill, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 20+ works in 30+ publications in 3 languages and 400+ library holdings .

Joseph Merrill

Joseph F. Merrill, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Kidney transplantation

The Boston transplantation, performed on December 23, 1954, at Brigham Hospital was performed by Joseph Murray, J. Hartwell Harrison, John P. Merrill and others.

Lorenzo Apicella

On graduating in 1981 he joined Skidmore, Owings & Merrill as assistant designer for the 70-storey Allied Bank Plaza Building in Houston, Texas.

Michel Mossessian

While working for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in their Chicago and London offices, Michel Mossessian, along with his business partner, Larry Oltmanns, made a successful bid, resulting in the design of the new NATO headquarters in Brussels.

NGC 6822

In 1977, Paul W. Hodge extended the list of known H II regions in Barnard to 16.

Ninjak

After the release of Mortal Kombat, its director Paul W. S. Anderson attempted to obtain the rights to Ninjak and produce a feature film of the second incarnation of the character.

Norman Fletcher

In 1943, he worked for the firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill until leaving them in 1944 to work for another firm, Saarinen, Swanson, & Associates.

Optimal virulence

Paul W. Ewald has explored the relationship between virulence and mode of transmission.

Paul Draper

Paul W. Draper (born 1978), American magician, actor, film maker and anthropologist

Paul Robertson

Paul W. Robertson, Canadian businessperson, current president of Shaw Media

Paul W. Airey

Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Paul Wesley Airey (December 13, 1923 – March 11, 2009) was adviser to Secretary of the Air Force Richard Campbell and Air Force Chief of Staff General John P. McConnell.

Paul W. Bryant Museum

Among the exhibits at the museum are a Waterford Crystal houndstooth hat which commemorates the Coach's head-wear and the Daniel Moore painting used to create the 32-cent U.S. postage stamp which celebrated the life of Bryant.

Paul W. Green

Green won the Republican nomination to his seat on the Court in a contested primary against then-Justice Steven Wayne Smith.

Senator John Cornyn, a former Texas Supreme Court Justice himself for seven years, also supported Green over Smith.

Paul W. Grimm

A July 2008 article in the ABA Journal characterized Grimm as a "star" for breaking ground in a previously unaddressed aspect of evidentiary law.

Paul W. Kahn

Similarities can be drawn between his work and that of other contemporary scholars such as Michel Foucault and Giorgio Agamben.

Paul W. Shafer

Shafer went on to be elected to the 75th United States Congress and to the eight succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1937 until his death.

He was a student at Ferris Institute (now Ferris State University), Big Rapids, Michigan, and studied law by correspondence with the Blackstone Institute of Chicago, Illinois.

He died on August 17, 1954 in Washington, D.C., two weeks after being re-nominated in the Republican primary election to the 84th Congress.

Paul W. Smith

In Toledo, Ohio, Smith began his career hosting both radio and TV shows, and he has hosted programs on the New York City stations WABC and WMCA.

Paul W. Whear

His works have been performed by leading orchestras, such as the London Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Philharmonic, Indianapolis Symphony, Rochester Civic Orchestra, Omaha Symphony, Lincoln Symphony, Charleston Symphony, the U.S. Navy Band and the Band of the Coldstream Guards, London.

He also taught composition courses at the National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan.

Peter Exley

Prior to founding his own firm in 1994, he worked for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in Chicago and London and with Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates in Philadelphia.

Pharaohs in the Bible

Eugene H. Merrill has suggested that Senusret II may be the unnamed Pharaoh mentioned in the biblical story of Joseph.

René van Zuuk

Directly after receiving his engineering diploma, he started working at the office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in London and Chicago (1988–1989).

Robin Shou

Shou also appears in a minor role in another fighting video game adaptation, DOA: Dead or Alive, based on Tecmo's video game series of the same name, produced by Mortal Kombat director Paul W. S. Anderson and producer Jeremy Bolt.

The Desert Spear

It has been confirmed that the Demon Cycle has been optioned for film production by the major Hollywood director Paul W. S. Anderson and longtime producing partner Jeremy Bolt, the duo behind the Resident Evil film franchise.

Tugendhat chair

Gerry Griffith in Chicago created examples in the 1960s for use in the United Airlines Executive Office Building designed by Bruce Graham of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.


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