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Robert W. RisCassi

He served on the Commission on Roles and Missions in 1995, and has been employed as an executive with Loral Corporation and Lockheed Martin.


Al Salvi

In his Senate run Salvi defeated Lieutenant Governor Bob Kustra in the Republican primary but was defeated by Democratic U.S. Representative Dick Durbin in the general election.

Allison Rutledge-Parisi

After graduating from law school and passing the bar exam, Rutledge-Parisi clerked for Judge Robert W. Sweet in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics

On March 29, 2010, Judge Robert W. Sweet of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York declared all of the contested claims invalid.

Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation

This award, known as the Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award has been bestowed upon individuals including Willie Mays, Robert W. (Bobby) Brown, Lou Brock and Brooks Robinson.

C. V. Vishveshwara

With initial interest in particle physics Vishveshwara joined Columbia University,where Robert W. Fuller was his mentor.

Calvin Souther Fuller

They had three children, Robert W. Fuller, Stephen Fuller, and John Fuller and eight grandchildren.

Campbell Award

Robert W. Campbell Award an environmental, health, and safety award named in honor of Robert W. Campbell

Cedar Cove

Ormonde, designed by architect Frank Furness; Notleymere, designed by architect Robert W. Gibson; Scrooby, designed by architect Robert S. Stephenson; and Shore Acres, designed by architect Stanford White.

Hartsock

Robert W. Hartsock (1945–1969), United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient

In the Court of the Dragon

"In the Court of the Dragon" is a short story published by Robert W. Chambers in the collection The King in Yellow in 1895.

James O. Welch Co.

Following the collapse of his own confectionery company, the Oxford Candy Company, during the United States Great Depression James O. Welch's brother, Robert W. Welch, Jr., co-founder of the John Birch Society, joined the James O. Welch Company.

Jesse Mercer

A dissertation on Mercer's life and frontier experience was completed in 1950 at the University of Texas by Robert W. Mondy, the late professor of history at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana.

John Bellamy Foster

Along with Robert McChesney, who had since their days at Evergreen College become a leading scholar of the political economy of the media, Foster joined Paul Sweezy and Harry Magdoff as a co-editor of Monthly Review in 2000.

In 1976 Foster moved to Canada and entered the political science graduate program at York University in Toronto, where he studied with Neal Wood, Ellen Meiksins Wood, Gabriel Kolko, Robert Cox, and Robert Albritton, among other noted critical thinkers.

Jonathan Simons

At 41 years old, Simons was recruited by the Georgia governor Roy Barnes and the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation of Atlanta to be the Founding Director of the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University.

Lancieux

The Scottish poet and writer Robert W. Service known as the "Bard of the Yukon" used to spent summers in Lancieux from 1913 until his death in 1958.

Myriad Genetics

Two of the company's patents on the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes were ruled invalid on March 29, 2010 by Judge Robert W. Sweet in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Neo-Gramscianism

The beginning of the Neo-Gramscian perspective can be traced to York University professor emeritus, Robert W. Cox's article "Social Forces, States and World Orders: Beyond International Relations Theory", in Millennium 10 (1981) 2, and "Gramsci, Hegemony and International Relations: An Essay in Method", published in Millennium 12 (1983) 2.

One Way Forward

This aspect of the problem has been discussed by media scholar Robert W. McChesney in his books on The Problem of the Media: U.S. Communication Politics in the 21st Century, and

Purgatorio

Franz Liszt's Symphony to Dante's Divina Commedia (1856) has a "Purgatorio" movement, as does Robert W. Smith's The Divine Comedy (2006).

Robert Everett

Robert W. H. Everett (1901–1942), British World War II naval pilot and Grand National winner

Robert Lyon

Robert W. Lyon (1842–1904), American politician, mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Robert W. Bonynge

-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Contested the election to the Fifty-eighth Congress of John F. Shafroth, who in an address before the House of Representatives conceded his defeat and withdrew from the contest.

Robert W. Bower

Immediately after receiving his Ph.D. from The California Institute of Technology in 1973, he worked for over 25 years in many different professions: Engineer, Scientist, Department Head at University of California, Davis, and as president and CEO of Device Concept Inc.

Robert W. Boyd

He is currently Canada Excellence Research Chair in Quantum Nonlinear Optics at the University of Ottawa and on the Faculty at the University of Rochester.

In 2010 he became Professor of Physics and Canada Excellence Research Chair in Quantum Nonlinear Optics at the University of Ottawa.

Robert W. Castle

His involvement in Demme's documentary led to an unlikely career as an actor in more than a dozen films over the next two decades, including roles in Philadelphia, The Addiction, Beloved, and Rachel Getting Married.

Robert W. Clower

"The Coordination of Economic Activities: A Keynesian Perspective," with Axel Leijonhufvud, 1975, American Economic Review.

Robert W. Ford

After one year in Lhasa, he was requested to go to Chamdo, capital of eastern Tibet (Kham), to establish a radio link between Lhasa and Chamdo.

Robert W. Hartsock

Hartsock, aged 24 at his death, was buried in Rocky Gap Veterans Cemetery, Flintstone, Maryland.

Robert W. Heagney

After graduating from Simsbury High School, Rob earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Saint Anselm College in 1975 and later received his Juris Doctor from the University of Bridgeport School of Law, now Quinnipiac University, in 1980.

Robert W. Levering

Robert Woodrow Levering (October 3, 1914 – August 11, 1989) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, son-in-law of Usher L. Burdick and brother-in-law of Quentin N. Burdick.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Eighty-seventh Congress in 1960 and for election in 1962.

Robert W. Lyon

He was buried in Calvary Cemetery in the west suburb of McKees Rocks.

Robert W. MacDonald

MacDonald pulled a similar prank later during the 1960 presidential campaign when John F. Kennedy was the featured speaker at a rally at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

Robert W. Mattson, Jr.

Mattson was elected State Auditor at the age of 26, the second-youngest to attain statewide office in Minnesota; the distinction of being the youngest goes to Jim Lord, who was 25 when elected State Treasurer.

Robert W. McCollum

Back at Yale, McCollum and Dr. Saul Krugman performed studies at Willowbrook State School in Staten Island, New York, where they found that a form of hepatitis was spread through blood transfusions and that transmission of serum hepatitis (now known as hepatitis B) could be blocked using gamma globulin.

Robert W. Miers

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1904 to the Fifty-ninth Congress.

Robert W. Mitchell

Robert W. Mitchell (born April 25, 1933 in Wellington, Texas—died March 18, 2010 in San Antonio, Texas) was an American invertebrate zoologist and photographer.

Robert W. Morgan

Morgan also appeared on television as host of several variety shows, including Morgan’s Alley, ABC’s In Concert, NBC’s The Helen Reddy Show, and KHJ-TV’s Groovy Show, which he co-hosted with teen model Kam Nelson.

Robert W. Patten

He claimed that he was born in 1811, ran away from home at age nine, was adopted by Winnebago Chief Big John and romanced the chief's daughter.

Robert W. Paul

After some demonstrations before scientific groups, he was asked to supply a projector and staff to the Alhambra Music Hall in Leicester Square, and he presented his first theatrical programme on 25 March 1896.

Robert W. Sennewald

Sennewald served as Commander in Chief, U.N. Command/Commander in Chief, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army (CINCUNC/CINCCFC/COMUSFK/CG EUSA) from 1982 to 1984; and as Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command (CG FORSCOM) from 1984 to 1986.

Robert W. Straub

Following his reelection defeat, he owned and operated farms in Salem, Springfield, Curtin, and Willamina.

Robert W. Woodruff Professor

Wole Soyinka, Robert W. Woodruff Professor of the Arts (appointed in September 1996)

The Marshall News Messenger

The Texas Republican and the Tri-Weekly Herald, both published by Robert W. Loughery, were credited with aiding the election of Marshall citizens J.P. Henderson, Edward Clark, and Pendleton Murrah to the Governor's office and Louis T. Wigfall to the U.S. Senate.

The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural

Hundreds of genre author entries are provided, including: William Beckford by E.F. Bleiler, Ambrose Bierce and Algernon Blackwood by Jack Sullivan, Ramsey Campbell by Robert Hadji, Robert W. Chambers by T. E. D. Klein, James Herbert by Ramsey Campbell, Shirley Jackson by Sullivan, Stephen King by Don Herron, Arthur Machen by Klein, Ann Radcliffe by Devendra P. Varma, and Peter Straub by Patricia Skarda.

Timothy R. Hawthorne

Hawthorne has also contributed content or chapters for nine direct marketing texts, including Seth Godin's eMarketing (1995), Frank Cannella's Infomercial Insights (1995), and Robert W. Bly's The Complete Idiot's Guide to Direct Marketing (2001).

William Eich

After practicing with a private law firm in Madison, Wisconsin, Eich served as an Assistant and Deputy Attorney General of Wisconsin with Attorneys General Bronson La Follette and Robert W. Warren.

Yue Lao

Yue-Laou (sic) appears as a character in Robert W. Chambers' short story "The Maker of Moons" from the collection of the same name in 1896.


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