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2 unusual facts about Robert N. Proctor


Anti-tobacco movement in Nazi Germany

At the end of the 20th century, the anti-tobacco campaign in Germany was unable to approach the level of the Nazi-era climax in the years 1939–41 and German tobacco health research was described by Robert N. Proctor as "muted".

Merchants of Doubt

Robert N. Proctor, who coined the term "agnotology" to describe the study of culturally induced ignorance or doubt, wrote in American Scientist that Merchants of Doubt is a detailed and artfully written book.


Bangor, New York

Robert N. Chamberlain, (July 24, 1856-September 20, 1917) an American lawyer who served as the Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives and as the Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court.

Bernard E. Proctor

Initially led by George J. Hucker of the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station (part of Cornell University) in Geneva, New York, a small group meeting was held on August 5, 1938 on forming an organization with an expanded group meeting in New York City on January 16, 1939 to further discuss this.

Edward McCaffery

He served as a clerk to Chief Justice Robert N. Wilentz of the New Jersey Supreme Court and was an attorney with Titchell, Maltman, Mark, Bass, Ohleyer & Mishell before joining the USC Law faculty in 1989.

Elements of Dynamic

Richard A. Proctor noted in The Contemporary Review (33:65) that there are "few errors in the work, and even misprints are few and far between for a treatise of this kind."

Four fours

This date aligns with the appearance of the problem in Knowledge, An Illustrated Magazine of Science, (Dec 30, 1881) edited by Richard A. Proctor, the English astronomer who is remembered for one of the earliest maps of Mars.

International Longevity Center

Organized in 1990 by Robert N. Butler, M.D., Professor of Geriatrics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, The International Longevity Center (ILC) is a not-for-profit, nonpartisan research, policy and education organization whose mission is to help societies address the issues of population aging and longevity in positive and constructive ways and to highlight older people's productivity and contributions to their families and to society as a whole.

Lance Kinsey

Lance Kinsey (born June 13, 1959) is a Canadian actor and screenwriter, best known for his role as Lt. Proctor in the Police Academy film series.

Louise Stanley

In 1937 she was cast in the leading role, starring alongside Tex Ritter, in the western Riders of the Rockies, directed by Robert N. Bradbury.

Management control system

The term ‘management control’ was given of its current connotations by Robert N. Anthony (Otley, 1994).

Robert N. Anthony (2007) defined Management Control as the process by which managers influence other members of the organization to implement the organization’s strategies.

Richard N. Palmer

After practicing privately with Shipman and Goodman, Palmer was as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut, interrupted briefly by a stint in the firm of Chatigny and Palmer.

Robert Chamberlain

Robert N. Chamberlain (1856–1917), American lawyer and politician in New Hampshire

Robert N. Anthony

Robert N. Anthony (September 6, 1916 – December 1, 2006) was a Harvard Business School professor who researched the Management control system.

Robert N. Barone

He has 10 years of experience as the director of the California State Automobile Association (AAA) in San Francisco and was the chairman from 2007-2009.

Robert N. Chatigny

1) that Chatigny served as co-counsel for director Woody Allen when he unsuccessfully complained against a prosecutor who had publicly stated he had probable cause grounds for Allen's reportedly abusing a minor stepchild; 2) that Judge Chatigny was reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2001 "when the judge tried to rule against one aspect of his state's version of a Megan's Law sex-offender registry";

He gained national attention in 2005 when he delayed the execution of Michael Bruce Ross in order to determine if he was competent to waive challenges to his death sentence and potentially prevent a violation of the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.

Robert N. Fried

As a studio executive, Rob Fried served as President and CEO of Savoy Pictures in the mid-1990s and was responsible for numerous films including Soul Food, A Simple Plan, The Adventures of Pinocchio, A Thin Line Between Love and Hate.

Robert N. Gorman

In the fall of 1918, Gorman entered the Harvard Law School, but had studies interrupted by enlistment in the United States Navy in December, 1918.

Robert N. Hunter, Jr.

Robert C. Hunter, a similarly named fellow judge of the Court of Appeals

Robert N. Martin

He later served as judge of the superior court of Baltimore from 1859 to 1867, and as professor of international law at the University of Maryland, Baltimore from 1867 to 1870.

Robert N. Page

Born in Cary, North Carolina, Page attended the Cary High School and Bingham Military School in Mebane, North Carolina.

Page was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1917).

Robert N. Rayne

In 1964, he and his wife and daughter moved to Hong Kong from England to become Vice-President of Chung Chi College, a position left vacant by the retirement of Dr. Leslie G. Kilborn in 1963.

Robert N. Skir

Skir's work on the Pocket Dragon Adventures episode "Festival of Lights" earned him a nomination for the Humanitas Award.

He co-created and served as Story Editor on programs including Transformers: Beast Machines, Extreme Ghostbusters, Godzilla, and Dino Squad, and co-developed the series X-Men: Evolution.

Robert N.C. Nix, Sr. Federal Building

It was designed by Harry Sternfield in the Moderne style and features several sculptures and reliefs by Donald De Lue and Edmond Amateis.

Robert Nix

Robert N.C. Nix, Sr. Federal Building, formerly known as the U.S. Courthouse and Post Office Building in Philadelphia

Robert Shelton

Robert N. Shelton (born 1948), former President of the University of Arizona and current director of the Fiesta Bowl.

Spyke

Created by writer Robert N. Skir and artist Steven E. Gordon, he first appeared in "Speed And Spyke", episode #5 (December 9, 2000), where he was voiced by Neil Denis.

Ursa Major Moving Group

The Ursa Major Moving Group was discovered in 1869 by Richard A. Proctor, who noticed that, except for Dubhe and Alkaid (Eta Ursae Majoris), the stars of the Big Dipper asterism all have proper motions heading towards a common point in Sagittarius.

William Proctor

William L. Proctor (born 1933), Republican Party member of the Florida House of Representatives


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