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2 unusual facts about Peter A. Singer


Juxtaposition Magazine

The 2008/09 year, guided by new co-Editors-in-Chief Neill Mears and Stephen Chen, saw the publication of the fourth and issue titled "From Lab to Village", featuring interviews with Dr. Peter A. Singer, Dr. Abdallah Daar, and Dr. Alfred Sommer.

Peter A. Singer

He lives in Toronto with his wife, Heather Gilley, and his family, and has served his community as Board Chair of Branksome Hall, an internationally-minded school for girls.


Charles E. Merrill

Merrill's grandson, Peter A. Magowan, was President and CEO of Safeway Inc. and also the former managing general partner of the San Francisco Giants.

Community Greens

Maryland Delegate Peter A. Hammen sponsored House Bill 1533 to amend the Baltimore City Charter, allowing the City to close alleyways and lease them to interested parties.

David A. Eklund

In response to this opportunity, Eklund, along with Peter A. Appel, formed the Bermuda based reinsurer Aeolus Re to write property catastrophe business.

Dennis Danvers

The Watch (2002), ISBN 0-380-97762-1, described as "being the unauthorized sequel to Peter A. Kropotkin's Memoirs of a Revolutionist as imparted to Dennis Danvers by Anchee Mahur, traveler from a distant future"

Digital Nation

Digital Nation has interviewed prominent scholars and educators for the documentary, many of whom are featured on the website: Mark Bauerlein, Dr. Jerald Block, Danah Boyd, Anne Collier, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, James Paul Gee, Henry Jenkins, Francoise LeGoues, Gloria Mark, Dr. Clifford Nass, Marc Prensky, Albert "Skip" Rizzo, Philip Rosedale, Noah Shachtman, P. W. Singer and Dr. Sherry Turkle.

E. C. Singer

C. Singer was an American engineer (and the nephew of Isaac Singer, inventor of the sewing machine) who worked on secret projects for the benefit of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War and who invented the spar torpedo.

Edgar A. Singer, Jr.

His pupils included Henry Bradford Smith, Edwin Ray Guthrie Jr., C. West Churchman, Russell L. Ackoff and Gordon Clark.

I. M. Singer

Isaac Singer (1811–1875), inventor of the Singer sewing machine

Ishmael Beah

P. W. Singer investigator and author of Children at War(2005)

Kenneth N. Robinson

When McMurray resigned in 2005, Robinson and fellow counselor Peter A. Judd led the church until Stephen M. Veazey was selected as the new president.

P. W. Singer

Singer has also worked with a variety of entertainment world projects, with Warner Brothers, Dreamworks, including the movies Traitor, and Whistleblower, the TV series Strike Back and Curiosity, as well as the 24: Redemption movie/DVD, broadcast in 2008.

Singer has provided commentary on military affairs for many of the major TV and radio outlet, including ABC News Nightline, Al Jazeera, BBC, CBS-60 Minutes, CNN, Fox, NPR, The Daily Show, and the NBC Today Show.

Peter A. Bruck

Private industry clients included leading companies in the broadcasting industry (CBC, Ottawa; ORF, Vienna; YTV, Toronto) the print media (VÖZ, Vienna; Bertelsmann, Gütersloh; Ringier,Zurich; FAZ, Frankfurt; SN, Salzburg, ZVB-Mediaprint, Vienna) the energy and telecommunication sector (Verbund, Vienna; Telekom Austria, Vienna).

Peter A. Carlesimo

He was married to Lucy Rogan and had ten children, including P. J. Carlesimo, the eldest, who was a longtime coach at Seton Hall University and in the NBA.

Carlesimo was known as a humorous speaker, having appeared at countless sports-related dinners and conferences, and was once a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

Peter A. Cohen

In 1978, Cohen left Shearson for one year to work for Edmond Safra at Republic New York Corporation and the Trade Development Bank before returning to Shearson in 1979.

Peter A. Dowling

Dowling's first produced movie was Flightplan starring Jodie Foster which was the number one box office hit in the U.S. and grossed over $223,000,000 worldwide.

Peter A. Jay

The 1838 Peter Augustus Jay House is a National Historic Landmark as well as a Save America's Treasures Project; NHL designation is the highest recognition conferred by the US government for a historic site—out of more than 80,000 places on the National Register, only about 2,430 are NHLs.

Peter A. Porter

In 1907, he was elected as an Independent Republican to the 60th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1907, to March 3, 1909.

Peter A. Quinn

He was elected as a Democrat to the 79th United States Congress, holding office from January 3, 1945, to January 3, 1947.

Peter A. Stott

He was awarded a PhD by Imperial College London for work on atmospheric modelling of the environmental consequences of the Chernobyl disaster.

Peter A. Sturgeon

The writer William Tenn has stated that Sturgeon became involved with POUM while in Spain and fell into disfavor with his superiors.

Peter Assheton Sturgeon (November 22, 1916 – July 22, 2005) was founder of the American branch of Mensa and the older brother of noted American science fiction writer Theodore Sturgeon.

In 1968 he relocated to Vienna, Austria where he worked for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization.

Peter A. Sturrock

As in the AIAA survey, about 5% reported puzzling sightings, but skepticism against the Extraterrestrial Hypothesis (ETH) ran high.

Peter A. Van Bergen

Peter A. Van Bergen's great-great-great-great-granddaughter Marie Princess of Wied (b. 1973) married Duke Friedrich of Württemberg, the heir apparent to the Pretender to the Throne of the Kingdom of Württemberg.

Peter Cohen

Peter A. Cohen, former Chairman and CEO of Shearson Lehman Brothers and current Chairman and CEO of Cowen Group

Peter Freeman

Peter A. Freeman (born 1941), founding dean of the Georgia Tech College of Computing

Peter Munch

Peter A. Munch (1908–1984), Norwegian-American sociologist, educator and author

Peter Porter

Peter A. Porter (1853–1925), U.S. political figure and grandson of Peter Buell Porter

Polly Berry

Some suits had been filed against the leading families of St. Louis, such as Chouteau, Cabanné, Sarpy and Papin, who were slaveholders before and after the Louisiana Purchase.

Rhine capitalism

Two researchers, Peter A. Hall and David Soskice, followed up the idea of two different kinds of capitalism with a large, empirical, international study.

Stuart H. Singer

He specializes in complex business litigation and represents clients such as NASCAR, Carnival Cruise Lines, Florida Power & Light, and Tyco International.

William N. Valavanis

In 2012 he authored the large format book Fine Bonsai: Art & Nature (NY: Abbeville Press, ISBN 978-0789211125), which has 596 digital color photos (including 4 gate folds) by Jonathan M. Singer.


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