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3 unusual facts about Robert K. Crane


Active transport

In August 1960, in Prague, Robert K. Crane presented for the first time his discovery of the sodium-glucose cotransport as the mechanism for intestinal glucose absorption.

Robert K. Crane

After that, he was professor and chairman of the department of Biochemistry at the Chicago Medical School until 1966 and then became professor and chairman of the department of Physiology and Biophysics at Rutgers Medical School (now known as Robert Wood Johnson Medical School) of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey until 1986.

Crane's discovery is also used in blockbuster drugs, such as the SSRI Prozac, which treat depression by inhibiting the Na/serotonin cotransporters in the brain.


America's Music: The Roots of Country

America's Music: The Roots of Country is a 1996 three-part, six episode documentary about the history of American country music directed by Tom Neff and Jerry Aronson and written by Neff and Robert K. Oermann.

Blume in Love

In an interview with Robert K. Elder for his book The Best Film You've Never Seen, director Neil LaBute explains his feelings on the film: “I was both intrigued and frustrated by what was happening.

Department of Geography and the Environment at University of Texas at Austin

Brain Roberts (2012–Present); Kenneth Young (2009–2012); William Doolittle (interim chair, 2009); Leo Zonn (2006–2009); William Doolittle (2004–2006); Gregory Knapp (1996–2004); William Doolittle (1992–1996); Paul English (1982–1992; George Hoffman (1978–1982); Robert Holz (1972–1978); C. Shane Davies (acting chair, 1971–1972); Robert Mayfield (1967–1971); Lorrin Kennamer (1960–1967); Donald Brand (1949–1960).

Frederick Crane

Frederick E. Crane (1869–1947), American lawyer and politician from New York

George Crane

George W. Crane (1901–1995), psychologist, physician and syndicated newspaper columnist

George W. Crane

He was the father of Republican U.S. congressmen Phil and Dan Crane.

Hjalmar Sundén

His approach stands in contrast to essentialist approaches such as the perennial psychology of Robert K.C. Forman.

Intentionality

Robert K.C. Forman argues that some of the unusual states of consciousness typical of mystical experience are Pure Consciousness Events in which awareness exists, but has no object, is not awareness "of" anything.

John Whipple House

With its original location threatened by the railroad, the house was moved in 1927 to its present location, on land donated by philanthropist Richard T. Crane.

Jon Christopher Davis

The album also got the attention of popular music critic Robert K. Oermann: "I’m a huge fan of this man’s album. Its second single sizzles with zesty rhythm, yelping vocals, sidewinder guitar and a ridiculously catchy melody. The major-label “stars” on Music Row have nothing on this guy. Play this!"

Junior Achievement

Junior Achievement (also JA or JA Worldwide) is a non-profit youth organization founded in 1919 by Horace A. Moses, Theodore Vail, and Winthrop M. Crane.

Livin' Lovin' Rockin' Rollin': The 25th Anniversary Collection

In addition to the three compact discs, The 25th Anniversary Collection includes a booklet containing photographs, a biography by Nashville journalist Robert K. Oermann and comments from band members.

Marianne von Weizsäcker

Marianne and Richard von Weizsäcker married in 1953, and have four children, including Robert K. von Weizsäcker, Professor of Economics.

Maximillian Arturo

In the DVD audio commentary on the Sliders pilot episode, series creators Tracy Tormé and Robert K. Weiss revealed that the character of Maximillian Arturo was very nearly played by actors other than John Rhys-DaviesHector Elizondo was in fact the producers' final choice for the role prior to auditioning Rhys-Davies, but ultimately passed, due to the filming location.

Middle range theory

Middle range theory (sociology) - as discussed by Robert K. Merton is a theory with limited scope, that explains a specific set of phenomena, as opposed to a grand theory like that proposed by Talcott Parsons that seeks to explain phenomena at a societal level.

Minaret of Freedom Institute

Its early board of advisers included former Richard Nixon advisor Robert D. Crane, a convert to Islam, and Charles Butterworth, a University of Maryland Islamic scholar.

Multiple discovery

Robert K. Merton, On Social Structure and Science, edited and with an introduction by Piotr Sztompka, University of Chicago Press, 1996.

Nikita Zotov

Robert K. Massie, for example, praises his efforts, but Lindsey Hughes criticizes the education that he gave to the future tsar.

Perennial philosophy

Writers such as WT Stace, Huston Smith, and Robert Forman argue that there are core similarities to mystical experience across religions, cultures and eras.

Robert A. Futterman

Robert A. Futterman is not related to Robert K. Futterman, Chairman & CEO of Robert K. Futterman & Associates, a Newy York-based real estate investment company which holds no business interest in the now defunct Futterman Corporation.

Robert Casey

Robert K. Casey (born 1931), member of the Florida House of Representatives

Robert D. Crane

From the time of the Cuban missile crisis in 1962 until the beginning of Richard Nixon’s victorious campaign for the presidency in 1967, Dr. Crane was a foreign policy adviser, responsible for preparing a “reader's digest” of professional articles for him on the key foreign policy issues.

In 1966, he left to become Director of Third World Studies at the first professional futures forecasting center, The Hudson Institute, led by Herman Kahn.

Robert Elder

Robert K. Elder (born 1976), American journalist, author and film columnist

Robert Goodwin

Robert K. Goodwin (1905-1983), a Republican U.S. Representative from March 1940 until 1941

Robert K. Brown

On September 22, 1999, Las Vegas, Nevada Mayor Oscar Goodman issued a proclamation declaring that day to be "Soldier of Fortune Day" and "Lt. Col. Robert K. Brown Day" in honor of Soldier of Fortune magazine, its 20th annual convention in Las Vegas, and its founder and publisher.

Smuggled from Afghanistan 5,000 rounds 5.45mm Com Bloc ammunition to U.S. Government (first test sample of AK-74 ammunition in U.S.)

Robert K. Futterman

Additionally, Futterman has served as an advisor to the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey for the World Trade Center redevelopment, and has also worked on behalf of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for Grand Central Terminal.

Robert K. G. Temple

Robert K. G. Temple (born in 1945) is an American author best known for his controversial book, The Sirius Mystery (1976; though Temple began writing it in 1967) which presents the idea that the Dogon people preserve the tradition of contact with intelligent extraterrestrial beings from the Sirius star-system.

Robert K. Holz

Mendes I (coauthored with Emma Swan Hall; Bernard V Bothmer) Cairo : American Research Center in Egypt, 1980

Robert K. Killian

Killian then spent a decade as chairman of the Hartford Civic Center and Coliseum Commission.

Robert K. Steel

In 2013, Steel was a signatory to an amicus curiae brief submitted to the Supreme Court in support of same-sex marriage during the Hollingsworth v. Perry case.

Robert Rasmussen

Robert K. Rasmussen, dean of the Gould School of Law at the University of Southern California

Robert Steel

Robert K. Steel (born 1951), President and CEO of Wachovia Corporation

St. Clare Entertainment

Clare Entertainment is a television production company owned by John Landis, Robert K. Weiss, and Leslie Belzberg.

Tanny

Tanny B. Crane (living), the President and CEO of Crane Group, Chair of the Board of Directors for the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Tanny B. Crane

She is also a member of the Dean's Advisory Council of the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University, sits on the Board of the United Way of Central Ohio, is a member of the Columbus Partnership and the Columbus Foundation, and sits on the Board of the Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce.

Tears Will Be the Chaser for Your Wine

Music journalist, Robert K. Oermann and anthropologist, Mary A. Bufwack called this song, among Jackson's other late 60s recordings, "self-assertive about women's issues".

The John Forsythe Show

Its competition was Garry Moore's quiz program, I've Got a Secret on CBS, and the second half of the military drama Twelve O'Clock High starring Robert Lansing, Paul Burke, and Robert K. Dornan.

William M. Crane

The Naval Ammunition Depot in Burns City, Indiana was renamed US Naval Ammunition Depot, Crane, in honor of Commodore Crane.

Winthrop M. Crane

Born into the Dalton, Massachusetts family that owned the papermaking Crane & Co., he successfully expanded the company during the 1880s after securing an exclusive government contract to supply the paper for United States currency (a monopoly the company continues to hold).

He was hosting President Theodore Roosevelt in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on September 3, 1902 when a speeding trolley car rammed into the open-air horse carriage carrying Roosevelt.

In 1906, Crane married Josephine Porter Boardman, 20 years his junior, from a politically well-connected family.

Żukowski

Robert K. Zukowski (born 1925), American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly


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