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unusual facts about Philip H. Iselin


Philip H. Iselin

A member of The Jockey Club, Iselin and Amory L. Haskell headed a group of investors who founded the Monmouth Park Jockey Club in 1944 to build a new Thoroughbred horse racing facility in Oceanport, New Jersey.


Bowditch's American Practical Navigator

After the first major revision, a total overhaul of the book's content completed in 1880 under the direction of Commander Philip H. Cooper, USN, the name was changed to American Practical Navigator.

Diamond–Dybvig model

The model, published in 1983 by Douglas W. Diamond of the University of Chicago and Philip H. Dybvig, then of Yale University and now of Washington University in St. Louis, provides a mathematical statement of the idea that an institution with long-maturity assets and short-maturity liabilities may be unstable.

Philip H. Corboy

He was also active in national and international associations such as the Inner Circle of Advocates, International Academy of Trial Lawyers, American College of Trial Lawyers, International Society of Barristers, American Board of Trial Advocates, and American Association for Justice.

Philip H. Frohman

In 1919 Frohman began making preliminary sketches for revisions of Bodley’s designs at the invitation of the Bishop of Washington, The Right Reverend Alfred Harding.

Philip H. Gilbert

Philip H. Gilbert’s great-granddaughter, Jane M. Triche-Milazzo, daughter of Risley "Pappy" Triche, is a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

For four years, Gilbert served in the Confederate Army and was a first lieutenant of the Trans-Mississippi Division.

Philip H. Hilder

In the lobbying scandal surrounding Jack Abramoff, Hilder represented Tom Rodgers, a Washington lobbyist for Indian tribes who leaked documents to the media about Abramoff’s activities.

Philip H. Hoff

Philip Henderson Hoff (born June 29, 1924) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Vermont where he served as the 73rd Governor of Vermont from 1963 to 1969.

At the time of his election, he was the first Democrat elected Governor of Vermont in 108 years.

Philip H. Stoll

Born in Little Rock, Marion (now Dillon) County, South Carolina, Stoll attended the public schools.

Philip Rose

Philip H. Rose (born 1946), American politician in the Ohio House of Representatives

Robert Clayton Maffett

On August 26, 1864, while on picket line in Halltown, West Virginia, Lt. Col. Maffett and about 100 men of the 15th South Carolina were captured by Philip H. Sheridan's Federal cavalry.

Skip Away

After Skip Away was soundly defeated as a four-year-old by Formal Gold in the Philip H. Iselin Breeders' Cup Handicap at Monmouth Park and in the Woodward Stakes at Belmont Park, he was given a new rider, Jerry Bailey, who replaced Shane Sellers.

William McEntyre Dye

In 1888 General Philip H. Sheridan recommended Dye for the position as Chief Military Adviser to the Korean Government under King Gojong.


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