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3 unusual facts about Philip E. Vernon


Philip E. Vernon

In 1968, at the age of 63, he abandoned a secure academic career in England to start a second career at the University of Calgary.

He concluded that individual differences in intelligence are approximately 60% attributable to genetic factors, and that there is some evidence implicating genes in racial group differences in average levels of mental ability.

Philip Vernon

Philip E. Vernon (1905–1987), British psychologist and intelligence researcher


Energy in Ohio

Rolls-Royce North America's Energy Systems Inc., a subsidiary of United Kingdom-based Rolls-Royce plc, is headquartered in Mt. Vernon, specializing in gas compression, power generation, and pipeline technologies.

Lexan

It is manufactured at several SABIC plants, the largest being in Mt. Vernon, Indiana and Burkville, Alabama.

Philip E. Agre

Influential works preceding this essay include George Orwell's 1984, Hans Magnus Enzensberger's Constituents of a Theory of the Media, and Michel Foucault's works surrounding the concept of panopticism.

Philip E. Austin

He was awarded the Bronze Star, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, and the Army Commendation Medal during his military duty.

Philip E. Bernatz

He served as director of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery from 1977 to 1983, and was named the Stuart Harrington (S. W. Harrington) Professor of Surgery in the Mayo Medical School in 1981.

Philip E. Smith

Most of his captivity was spent in solitary confinement, however he did meet John T. Downey and Richard Fecteau both of whom were CIA agents captured in 1952.

His aircraft was intercepted and shot down by two Shenyang J-6 fighters of the People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force.

Philip E. Thomas

In building the new railroad, Thomas and the B&O encountered many obstacles - political, legal, financial and technical - but construction of the main line continued westward during the 1830s.

Philip was born in Mount Radnor, Colesville, Maryland, the third son of Evan and Rachel (Hopkins) Thomas.

Philip Vernon

Philip A. Vernon (born 1950), psychologist and intelligence researcher, son of Philip E. Vernon

Raymond F. Clevenger

He was known as one of the Michigan Five Fluke Freshmen and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1966, and again in 1968, losing both times to Republican Philip Ruppe.

Register of the Treasury

Four of the five African Americans whose signatures have appeared on U.S. currency were Registrars of the Treasury (Blanche K. Bruce, Judson W. Lyons, William T. Vernon and James C. Napier).


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