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unusual facts about Samuel M. Sampler


Samuel M. Sampler

During an attack near Saint-Étienne-à-Arnes, France, on October 8, 1918, his company's advance was halted and they took heavy casualties from a German machine gun nest.


Africa Boulevard

The avenue was formerly named after Dr. Samuel Jordan, the founder and the head of the American College of Tehran (later Alborz High School) from the 1910s to 1941.

Albert A. Rollestone

There is no evidence that Mr. Rollestone ever visited Persia or even met the visionary President of Alborz College, Presbyterian missionary Dr. Samuel M. Jordan.

Hugh T. Inman

He was born in Dandridge, Tennessee son of Shadrach Inman and grew up there with his brother Samuel M. Inman.

Indian Rights Association

The management of early Indian Rights Association's programs fell almost entirely to five men, all of whom had lengthy careers with the IRA: Herbert Welsh, Matthew Sniffen, and Lawrence E. Lindley, active in Philadelphia; and Charles C. Painter and Samuel M. Brosius, agents and lobbyists in Washington D.C.

Samuel Hopkins

Samuel M. Hopkins (1772–1837), United States Representative from New York

Samuel M. Clark

Two years later Clark won re-election, and served in the Fifty-fifth Congress.

In 1894, Clark was elected as a Republican to represent Iowa's 1st congressional district (in southeastern Iowa) in the Fifty-fourth Congress.

Samuel M. Hammond

Highlights of his one season as coach include a victory of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the DePauw Tigers.

Samuel M. Inman

He went to college at Princeton College and at the age of 18 he joined Company K of the First Tennessee Cavalry during the American Civil War.

Samuel M. Jones

He held many jobs in his younger years, the most important of which was the position he accepted at the oil fields of Western Pennsylvania, where he gained a good deal of knowledge of the oil industry and was able to accumulate some modest sums.

While often mistaken for a socialist, he was, rather, a "Single Taxer", as the followers of Henry George were often known.

Samuel M. Jordan

On 21 April 2005, the microtechnology pioneer Fariborz Maseeh (founder of IntelliSense) and the Massiah Foundation pledged $2 million to create an innovative interdisciplinary research center at UC Irvine named "The Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture" that will bring together scholars in Persian history, language, culture, art and literature.

Samuel M. Moore

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1834 to the Twenty-fourth Congress.

Samuel M. Nabrit

Samuel M. Nabrit, (February 21, 1905 – December 30, 2003) became the first African-American to be awarded a doctoral degree from Brown University, the first Morehouse College graduate to earn a Ph.D. and the first African-American appointed to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (now the Nuclear Regulatory Commission).

Samuel M. Rubin

He managed concessions for several major movie theater chains and Broadway theatres, as well as several sports stadiums, Central Park, and the Empire State Building.

Samuel M. Spencer

He was postmaster in the area, which is why some sources say the post office for Waimea, Hawaii County, Hawaii is called "Kamuela", the equivalent of Samuel in the Hawaiian language.

Samuel M. Taylor

Taylor was subsequently elected to the Sixty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Joseph T. Robinson.

He was reelected to the Sixty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from January 15, 1913, until his death in Washington, D.C., September 13, 1921.

Samuel M. Vauclain

Vauclain was a Republican, and served as a delegate from Pennsylvania's 7th District to the 1920 Republican National Convention, which nominated Warren G. Harding for president.

Samuel M. Witten

He joined the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division in 1992, working there until 1993.

Sattareh Farmanfarmaian

The following day Dr. Samuel M. Jordan (who had been involved with the American School in Tehran) met her in Los Angeles and convinced the admissions director of the University of Southern California to admit her.

Skaggs Companies

The first company was based in American Falls, Idaho, where in 1915 Samuel M. Skaggs founded a grocery store and operated it as Skaggs' Cash Store, which was sold to his son Marion Barton Skaggs.

Stephen Mizwa

When Mizwa gained financial support from Samuel M. Vauclain, president of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, which had sold locomotives to Poland, the fledgling foundation was well launched.

Take a Letter, Darling

It was nominated for three Academy Awards; Best Cinematography, Best Score and Best Art Direction (Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer).

The Proud and Profane

It was nominated for two Academy Awards, for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Hal Pereira, A. Earl Hedrick, Samuel M. Comer, Frank R. McKelvy) and Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (Edith Head).


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