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98 unusual facts about Robert L.


6-2-0

On a trip to England, Robert L. Stevens, president of the Camden and Amboy (C&A) railroad, saw demonstrations of 6-2-0s on the railways there.

Americo-Liberian

In 2007 BET founder Robert Johnson called for "African Americans to support Liberia like Jewish Americans support Israel".

Bartholomew Cubbins

Robert L. Short, in his book The Parables of Dr. Seuss, points out that Bartholomew shares a name with one of the Apostles of Jesus.

Carl Isett

Isett was initially elected in House District 84 in 1996 to succeed Robert L. Duncan of Lubbock, who was elected to the Texas State Senate.

Chiefdom

The most succinct definition of a chiefdom in anthropology is by Robert L. Carneiro: "An autonomous political unit comprising a number of villages or communities under the permanent control of a paramount chief" (Carneiro 1981: 45).

Custody battle for Anna Mae He

In May 2004 after a 10-day trial, Judge Robert L. Childers, a Tennessee circuit judge, terminated Hes' parental rights on grounds of willful abandonment, despite Hes' persistent effort to get custody back via Juvenile Court.

Davis–Bacon Act

The act is named after its sponsors, James J. Davis, a Senator from Pennsylvania and a former Secretary of Labor under three presidents, and Representative Robert L. Bacon of Long Island, New York.

Debra L. Lee

In March 1996, Lee became President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of BET Holdings, Inc., replacing departing network founder, Robert L. Johnson.

Deinotherium

Carroll, R.L. (1988), Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, WH Freeman & Co.

Edward John White

He was acting Victorian Government Astronomer 1875-76 and an assistant to Robert L. J. Ellery at the Melbourne Observatory 1860 to 1892.

Edward W. Carmack

Carmack failed to secure reelection to a second Senate term, being succeeded by former governor of Tennessee Robert L. Taylor, and returned to the practice of law.

Elaine Race Riot

Approximately 100 African-American farmers, led by Robert L. Hill, the founder of the Progressive Farmers and Household Union of America, met at a church in Hoop Spur in Phillips County, nearby Elaine.

Eryopidae

Carroll, R. L. (1988), Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, W.H. Freeman & Co.

Gebhart v. Belton

Gebhart was filed in 1951 in the Delaware Court of Chancery by lawyers Jack Greenberg and Louis L. Redding under a strategy formulated by Robert L. Carter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Governorship of George Pataki

Pataki was criticized for appointing his close friend and former budget director, Robert L. King, as the Chancellor of the State University of New York.

Graham Air Base

The Air Force closed Graham AB in late 1960, despite efforts of influential Florida Congressman Robert L. F. Sikes to keep it running.

Invasion of Palawan

The U.S. Eighth Army of Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger was directed to invade and seize the provincial capital of Palawan, Puerto Princesa, after which they would proceed to the Zamboanga Peninsula in western Mindanao and parts of the Sulu Archipelago.

Joe Pickens

After leaving office he was named President of St. Johns River Community College, now St. Johns River State College, on November 1, 2008, taking over for Robert L. McLendon, Jr.

Kenneth Roth

In reaction to Richard Goldstone's recantation of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict report, HRW Founder Robert Bernstein said to the Jerusalem Post in April 2011, referring to Roth, that it "is time for him to follow Judge Goldstone’s example and issue his own mea culpa.

Lower Saucon Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

State Representative Robert L. Freeman, Democrat, 136th district (Hellertown, Leithsville, Lower Saucon, Shimersville and Wassergass wards)

Masculine psychology

Robert L. Moore and Douglas Gillette collaborated on a series of five books on male psychology and mythopoetic aspects of human development, including King, Warrior, Magician, Lover, and a book exploring each of these four archetypes.

Maya Hero Twins

Red Horn's Sons, part of the Siouan traditional legends of the deity Red Horn, have been shown to have some interesting analogies with the Maya Hero Twins mythic cycle by the scholar Robert L. Hall.

Mercantile National Bank Building

Mercantile Bank owner and founder Robert L. Thornton constructed his own penthouse level in the upper floors.

Michel Laurin

As an undergraduate he worked in the laboratory of Robert L. Carroll and earned his Ph.D. at the University of Toronto under the direction of Robert R. Reisz; his thesis concerned the osteology of seymouriamorphs.

Microwave News

In his 2000 book Voodoo Science, Robert L. Park described Microwave News as "an influential newsletter devoted entirely to the EMF-health issue" (Page 141).

Mirror matter

The phrase "mirror matter" was also introduced by physicist and author Dr. Robert L. Forward as an alternative term for what is commonly called antimatter, in an attempt to emphasize that antimatter is identical to ordinary matter, except reversed in all possible ways (i.e., CPT).

Negative mass

Although no particles are known to have negative mass, physicists (primarily Hermann Bondi and Robert L. Forward) have been able to describe some of the anticipated properties such particles may have.

Okaloosa Island

The county paid the federal government $4,000 to complete the transaction, which was the result of the efforts of Congressman Bob Sikes.

Oxygen difluoride

In Robert L. Forward's science fiction novel Camelot 30K, oxygen difluoride was used as a biochemical solvent by fictional life forms living in the solar system's Kuiper belt.

Progressive Farmers and Household Union of America

The Progressive Farmers and Household Union of America was formed by Robert L. Hill of Winchester, Arkansas, a black tenant farmer.

Robert Gerry

Robert L. Gerry III (born 1937), American businessman and petroleum industry executive

Robert Gibson

Robert L. Gibson (born 1946), American naval captain and NASA astronaut

Robert L. Bartley

After then Mexican President, Vicente Fox, declared in a speech in 2001 that "NAFTA should evolve into something like the European Union, with open borders for not only goods and investment but also people", Bartley wrote in support of having open borders between Mexico and the United States.

Robert L. Bradley, Jr.

He is also an adjunct scholar of the Cato Institute and the Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C.; and a visiting fellow of the Institute of Economic Affairs in London.

He has been a senior research fellow at the University of Houston and is currently senior research fellow (honorary) at the Center for Energy Economics at the University of Texas at Austin.

Robert L. Brock

As the Chairman of Brock Hotel Corporation, the first and at the time largest franchisee of Holiday Inns, he founded Showbiz Pizza Place in 1980 in Topeka, Kansas.

Robert L. Butler

In 2007, Butler opposed the Illinois electric rate increase that continues to leave many people to struggle economically.

Robert L. Byer

He currently is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Applied Physics at Stanford University.

Robert L. Caslen

Other generals that appeared in the video included Vincent K. Brooks and Air Force generals Peter U. Sutton and Jack J. Catton Jr.

According to a report by the Office of Inspector General "violated the ethical guidelines of the military that forbid officers to promote private organizations" when he appeared in a video for the Christian Embassy.

Robert L. Childers

The ruling was subsequently affirmed by a majority in the Tennessee Court of Appeals, but was completely reversed at the Tennessee Supreme Court.

Robert L. Coble

Robert L. Coble (1928 – August 27, 1992) was an American ceramic scientist, notable for his discovery of Coble creep, the effect that carries his name, and for his invention of Lucalox.

Robert L. Coffey

He was elected as a Democrat to the 81st Congress in 1948, defeating incumbent Republican Congressman Harve Tibbott, and served from January 3, 1949, until his death in an airplane accident at Kirtland Air Force Base near Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Robert L. Cook

Robert L. Cook (December 10, 1952) is a computer graphics researcher and developer, and the co-creator of the RenderMan rendering software.

Robert L. Crawford, Jr.

In 1959, Crawford's appearance on the CBS anthology series Playhouse 90 was nominated for Best Single Performance on the 11th Primetime Emmy Awards.

Robert L. D. Potter

At the age of nine his family moved to Egremont, Massachusetts, where he remained until about 20 years old, when he left to attend Union Law School in Easton, Pennsylvania, receiving his degree in 1857.

Robert L. Denig

Robert Livingston Denig was born on September 29, 1884 as a son of navy officer, Commodore Robert G. Denig and his wife Jane (néé Jane Livingston Hubbard) in Clinton, New York.

Robert L. Emerson

On September 30, 2011, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder appointed an eight-member state review team for the City of Flint including Emerson.

Robert L. F. Sikes

Sikes was elected to the Seventy-ninth and to the sixteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1979).

Robert L. Freeman

In 2003, the political website PoliticsPA named him as a possible successor to House Minority Leader Bill DeWeese.

Robert L. Geddes

Working first for Conda Partnership from 1981 to 1985, Geddes spent the bulk of his career with Monsanto in Soda Springs as an environmental engineer from 1985 until 2011, taking a year-long leave of absence to serve on the Idaho State Tax Commission.

He later earned a Bachelors of Science in Geology from Utah State University in 1981.

Robert L. Genillard

During the last twenty years, Genillard has also been quite active in industry, notably with ties – since 1970 – to the Thyssen-Bornemisza Group, an industrial employing some 20.000 people worldwide at the time, having led the parent company, TBG Holdings N.V. as its Chief Executive from 1977 to 1983, and having served as Deputy Chairman of its Supervisory Board between 1971 and 1994.

Robert L. Gibson

Born in Cooperstown, New York, but considered the Lakewood area of east Long Beach, California, to be his hometown.

Robert L. Hall

Robert L. Hall (February 8, 1927 - March 16, 2012) was an American anthropologist specializing in the ethnohistory, ethnology, and archaeology of the Great Plains and Midwestern United States, the beliefs, rituals, and symbolisms of North American and Mesoamerican indigenous peoples, Mesoamerican calendar systems, and the history of Native American-European contacts.

Robert L. Hendershott

Robert L. Hendershott (August 7, 1898 – March 23, 2005) was a member of the American Numismatic Association Hall of Fame.

Robert L. Hill

Hill based his association on black fraternal organizations, the international trade union movement, and Booker T. Washington's National Negro Business League.

James Weldon Johnson, the NAACP secretary recommended that he join the Topeka branch.

Sometime before 1918 Hill moved from his birthplace to the town of Winchester, Arkansas in Drew County.

Robert L. Hirsch

Hirsch directed the US fusion energy program during the 1970s evolution of the Atomic Energy Commission (including initiation of the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor), through the Energy Research and Development Administration to the present Department of Energy.

Robert L. J. Ellery

He was one of the founders of the Royal Society of Victoria and its president from 1866 to 1884, became a trustee of the public library, museums and National Gallery of Victoria in 1882, and was also for many years a member of the council of the University of Melbourne.

Robert L. J. Long

He was a member of an American election observer team sent to the Philippines in 1986 and headed by Senator Richard Lugar to observe the Presidential election contest involving Ferdinand Marcos and Corazon Aquino.

He served as the principal executive of President Ronald Reagan's fact-finding committee, the Long Commission, that investigated the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing attack that killed 241 U.S. Marines.

Robert L. Leggett

Leggett was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963 - January 3, 1979).

Robert L. Lieff

Lieff founded the firm in 1972, after seven years as a name partner with Melvin Belli in San Francisco (Belli, Ashe, Ellison, Choulos & Lieff).

Lieff was a key player in landmark cases including Exxon Valdez, Holocaust litigation, and the National Tobacco Settlement.

Robert L. Lippert

He rushed into production his film version called Rocketship X-M, released a year later in 1950; he changed the destination to Mars to avoid copying exactly the same idea being utilized by producer George Pal in his large budget, high-profile Destination Moon.

Robert L. McHatton

Mchatton was elected as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James Johnson.

He was reelected as a Jacksonian to the Twentieth Congress and served from December 7, 1826, to March 3, 1829.

Robert L. Metcalf

The National Center for Biotechnology Information called Metcalf "one of the leading entomologists of the 20th century".

Robert L. Miller

In his last four years, Miller was afflicted with Alzheimer's disease.

Robert L. Moore

Moore is probably most widely known as the senior author, with Douglas Gillette, of a series of five books on the in-depth structure of the human psyche, drawing on the account of the archetypal level of the human psyche developed by C.G. Jung.

Robert L. Moran

His campaign was supported by the notorious Jeremiah A. O'Leary and a small group of Irish Americans who opposed the League of Nations and advocated recognition of the Irish Republic.

Robert L. Morris

Richard Wiseman took his PhD in psychology under the supervision of Morris.

Robert L. Nabors

Major General Nabors received the Distinguished Service Medal, the military's third-highest award; Defense Superior Service Medal; Legion of Merit with four oak leaf clusters; Bronze Star Medal; and the Presidential Support Badge.

Robert L. Niehoff

Working on his business background, he has served as the Treasurer of the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley; Associate Treasurer of the Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus; Financial Officer of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nassau, in the Bahamas; and Financial Analyst and Assistant to the Vice President for Student Life at Gonzaga University.

Robert L. Rock

He served in the United States Navy during World War II as a hospital corpsman at Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego, California.

Robert L. Rose

He held several local offices, and then was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1851).

Robert L. Schulz

On December 1, 2008, Schulz questioned whether President-elect Obama is a natural born citizen of the United States.

Robert L. Stevens

Colonel Robert Livingston Stevens (October 18, 1787 – April 20, 1856 Hoboken, New Jersey) was the son of Colonel John Stevens.

Robert L. Washington III

Subsequently, he contributed to several additional comic books (mostly published by DC), including co-creating Shadow Cabinet and writing for Extreme Justice, The Batman Chronicles, JLA Secret Files, and (for Acclaim Comics) Ninjak.

Robert Lee Wilson

Robert L. Wilson (1920–1944), United States Marine and Medal of Honor recipient

Robert Shafer

Robert L. Shafer (born 1932), American lawyer, lobbyist, and diplomat

Robert Stanton

Robert L. Stanton (1810–1885), American Presbyterian minister, teacher and president of Miami University, 1868–1871

Robert Stone

Robert L. Stone (1922–2009), former chief executive of The Hertz Corporation

Saint Peter Basseterre Parish

The parish is home to the Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport, which serves the island of Saint Kitts, and is often credited as being the finest mid-sized airport in the Caribbean.

Saltenia

It was assigned to the family Pipidae by R. L. Carroll in 1988 and again in 2005 by A. M. Báez and T. Harrison.

Scapanops

The fossil, now housed in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, was discovered by American paleontologist Alfred Romer on April 15, 1950 and was first mentioned in the scientific literature by paleontologist Robert L. Carroll in 1964.

Sidney R. Yates

In his closing months of service he surpassed Robert L. Doughton as the oldest person ever to serve in the House (Yates was surpassed in this record by Ralph Hall (R-Texas) in 2012).

St. Johns River State College

He took over from Dr Robert L. McLendon, Jr., who had served as president of the college from 1972–2008.

Systems theory

Important names in contemporary systems science include Russell Ackoff, Béla H. Bánáthy, Anthony Stafford Beer, Peter Checkland, Robert L. Flood, Fritjof Capra, Michael C. Jackson, Edgar Morin and Werner Ulrich, among others.

The Philosophy of Eating

Anthropologist Robert L. Freedman bibliography published in 1981 a book called Human Food Uses: A Cross-cultural, Comprehensive Annotated Bibliography, Volume 1.

We the People Foundation

The letter lists specific documents that, in the opinion of the letter's author, Robert L. Schulz, are missing or have not been made available.

Winchester '73

Written by Borden Chase and Robert L. Richards, the film is about the journey of a prized rifle from one ill-fated owner to another and a cowboy's search for a murderous fugitive.

World Flying Disc Federation

In 1992, Robert L. "Nob" Rauch was elected President of WFDF and Juha Jalovaara become chair of the Ultimate Committee.

World Peace Corps Mission

Robert L. Leggett and Dr. Han Min Su, and operates under the principles of inter-religious collaboration, and in the spirit of altruism and world peace.

WorldWide Telescope

One of the tours featured was made by a six year old boy, while other tours are made by astrophysicists such as Dr. Alyssa A. Goodman of the Harvard/Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and Dr. Robert L. Hurt of Caltech/JPL.

Yamashita Yoshiaki

There were about 25 students in his class, including a future admiral, Robert L. Ghormley.


Andrew Stoddart

He took over the captaincy early in the tour when the Robert L. Seddon died in a sculling accident.

Anne Tompkins

She is one of four openly LGBT U.S. Attorneys, alongside Jenny Durkan of the Western District of Washington, Laura Duffy of the Southern District of California and Robert L. Pitman of the Western District of Texas.

Islands in the Sky: Bold New Ideas for Colonizing Space

It includes five articles authored or co-authored by Zubrin; other notable authors include Robert L. Forward, Martyn J. Fogg, and Christopher McKay.

Leopoldo María Panero

#The quote that headlines the text: Fifteen men over the Dead Man's Chest/ Fifteen men over the Dead Man's Chest/ Yahoo! And a bottle of rum!, which is the song that the pirates sing in Robert L. Stevenson's "The treasure island" (evidently, there is also a film adaptation).

Teacher Retirement System of Texas

It was made possible thanks to passage of Senate Bill 1846, sponsored by Senator Robert L. Duncan of Lubbock and Representative Vicki Truitt of Southlake.

William Mandel

The book received critical acclaim from notables, including author and senior editor of The Black Scholar, Robert L. Allen; renowned musician and activist Pete Seeger; and the internationally respected poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti.