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unusual facts about Richard L. Abrams


Richard Abrams

Richard L. Abrams, president of the Optical Society of America in 1990


Callimachus

Fantuzzi, M. & Hunter, R. Tradition and Innovation in Hellenistic Poetry (CUP, 2004).

Capability Maturity Model

The first application of a staged maturity model to IT was not by CMM/SEI, but rather by Richard L. Nolan, who, in 1973 published the stages of growth model for IT organizations.

Cayuga Duck

Writing in 1848, Richard L. Allen, recommends the “common black duck” as being the most profitable for domestic use, as they laid between forty to fifty eggs and sometimes even more, if kept from sitting.

Charleston School of Law

In December 2007, Andrew "Andy" L. Abrams, a professor at the school and a former provost for the College of Charleston, was named as the school's interim dean.

Claudia Moscovici

Relying mainly on Gombrich's notion of there being only Romantic writers and artists (as opposed to "Romanticism") and Abrams' theory of Romanticism as an orientation rather than a unified historical movement, Moscovici sees Romanticism as a general quality that crosses time as well as typical categorizations of artists and writers.

Cool Guys Don't Look at Explosions

"Cool Guys Don't Look at Explosions" is a song performed by Andy Samberg, Will Ferrell, and J. J. Abrams at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards.

Dahlgren Affair

At 2 p.m. on March 3 Bagby transferred the papers to Lieutenant James Pollard with instructions to deliver them to his commander Col. Richard L. T. Beale.

Don Dohler

Cinemagic inspired several young filmmakers who later went on to have successful careers in Hollywood, including J.J. Abrams, Tom Sullivan, Ernie Farino and Al Magliochetti.

Environmental finance

The field of Environmental Finance was first defined by Richard L. Sandor, American economist and entrepreneur, when he taught the first ever Environmental Finance course at Columbia University in the fall of 1992.

George T. Simon

Not only was his father wealthy, but his brother, Richard L. Simon, was the co-founder of the American publishing house Simon & Schuster, and the singer-songwriter Carly Simon is one of his nieces.

Hans A. Linde

Afterwards he was a Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator Richard L. Neuberger, 1955-1958.

Jim Fields

Designed by the architect Richard L. Crowther, the Cinerama theater was considered his greatest achievement.

John N. Abrams

After retiring, Abrams became a military analyst for the Associated Press.

Joseph Edward Lake

Joseph Edward Lake (born October 18, 1941) is an American career diplomat who, in 1990, became the first resident U.S. Ambassador to the Mongolian People's Republic (the first U.S. ambassador to Mongolia, Richard L. Williams, was not a resident there).

Multicommunicating

As a concept, multicommunicating primarily builds off Hall’s work on polychronicity, Goffman’s theory of the presentation of self, and Daft and Lengel’s notion of media richness; multicommunicating is also similar in nature to the notion of multitasking.

Nazis at the Center of the Earth

In his commentary director Joseph J. Lawson cites as his visual influences Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, Sam Raimi, John Carpenter, John Landis, David Lean, J.J. Abrams and Robert Rodriguez.

Penelope Austin

In March Austin and Conley won a competition to collaborate with US producer, J. J. Abrams, on a track for the Australian version of the science fiction film, Star Trek Into Darkness (April 2013).

Austin and Conley co-wrote "The Dark Collide" with J. J. Abrams and Charles Scott.

Richard Albert

Richard L. Albert, president of the motion picture advertising agency Design Projects, Inc.

Richard Berkley

Richard L. Berkley (born 1931), mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, 1979–1991

Richard L. Bare

Born in Modesto, California, he attended USC School of Cinematic Arts where he directed his most notable student film, The Oval Portrait, an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's story.

He directed virtually every episode of the 1960s-1970s CBS television series Green Acres.

Richard L. Crowther

All were the first theaters designed around the Cinerama film technology, with cushioned seats on curving risers.

In 2006, Crowther was interviewed by filmmaker Jim Fields, for his documentary movie Preserve Me A Seat, about the grass-root failures and successes of activists working to preserve historic movie theaters in Boston, Chicago, Omaha and Salt Lake City.

Richard L. Dugger

Dugger was warden of Florida State Prison from 1982 to 1987, when he was appointed Secretary of the Department of Corrections by then Florida Governor Bob Martinez.

Richard L. Hasen

Hasen joined the law firm of Horvitz and Levy working as a civil appellate lawyer after clerking for the Honorable David R. Thompson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Richard L. Heschl

After his death, his position at Vienna was filled by Hans Kundrat (1845-1893).

Richard L. Lawson

The general transferred to Headquarters Strategic Air Command at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, in September 1961 and served as a member of the European Force Application Team, Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff.

Richard L. Lewis

Writer on Miramax film Plotz With A View aka Undertaking Betty with Alfred Molina, Brenda Blethyn, Christopher Walken, Lee Evans.

Richard L. Neuberger

Neuberger and State Senator and future Governor Robert Holmes were two of the leading liberals in the Oregon legislature at a time of Republican dominance.

One lasting mark Neuberger left as a Senator was the creation of the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area on the Pacific Coast of Oregon.

Richard L. Nolan

Nolan has held various positions, including the Philip Condit Chair of Management at University of Washington and the William Barclay Harding Professor of Business Administration emeritus at Harvard Business School.

Richard L. Roudebush

Roudebush was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1961-January 3, 1971).

Richard L. Schmalensee

He holds a joint appointment with the Department of Economics at MIT.

Richard L. Stevens

Brigadier General Rick Stevens is the 30th Commander and Division Engineer for the Pacific Ocean Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Richard L. Thompson

Thompson also published several books and articles on religion and science, Hindu cosmology and astronomy.

Richard L. Tierney

A meticulous researcher, Tierney studied the Roman era and Gnosticism for this series featuring the magician-warrior.

Tierney has written widely on a variety of esoteric topics, such as the legends concerning Mount Shasta and Amne Machin.

Richard L. Wright

When Charles Duncan, Jr. became Secretary he was named Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, a position he held until the end the Carter presidency.

Richard L. Young

On July 15, 1997, Young was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana vacated by Gene E. Brooks.

Richard l'Evêque

In 1172 Avranches Cathedral was the scene of the ceremony on 21 May marking the compromise of Avranches, the reconciliation of Henry II of England with the Catholic Church after the murder of Thomas Becket.

Richard Simon

Richard L. Simon (1899–1960), American businessman and co-founder of the publishing house Simon & Schuster

Richard Skinner

Richard L. Skinner, current Department of Homeland Security Inspector General

Richard Wallace

Richard L. Wallace (born 1936), American educator and chancellor of the University of Missouri

Sadr City

Task Force Lancer consisted primarily of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment from the 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division under the command of Colonel Robert B. Abrams.

Tigers of the Sea

The stories feature Howard's character Cormac Mac Art; the volume was edited by Richard L. Tierney.

TrekMovie.com

TrekMovie.com was launched July 15, 2006 (as The Trek XI Report), the same day it was announced that J. J. Abrams had finalized a 5-year deal with Paramount Pictures which included a new Star Trek film as his first project.

Waddesdon Manor

Michael Hall and John Bigelow Taylor, Waddesdon Manor: The Heritage of a Rothschild House (Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2002) ISBN 0-8109-0507-8


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