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unusual facts about Skinner & Eddy


David E. Skinner II

He was the grandson of David E. Skinner (1867-1933) who owned the Skinner & Eddy shipyard, the Pacific Steamship Co., and the Port Blakely Mill.


George A. Eddy

Eddy's suspension arose from his associations with and open support of alleged communists, including Lauchlin Currie, Harry Dexter White, V. Frank Coe, Robert C. Barnard, Emile Despres, William Ludwig Ullman, Harold Glasser, Solomon Adler, and William Henry Taylor.

Karl-Wilhelm von Schlieben

However, just 3 days later von Schlieben and over 800 other troops surrendered to Major General Manton S. Eddy the Commander of the U.S. 9th Infantry Division.

Magician Among the Spirits

The album title was inspired by a book written by Harry Houdini co-authored with C. M. Eddy, Jr. (uncredited) in 1924 and published by Harper & Brothers in which the famed magician discussed his investigations of spirit mediums.

R. P. Eddy

After leaving the White House, Eddy served on behalf of the US government as Chief of Staff to US Ambassador Richard Holbrooke while Holbrooke served as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations.

Eddy is credited as being one of the principal architects behind the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

Eddy entered the private sector in 2002 when he joined the Monitor Group where he led teams on projects on AIDS pharmaceutical distribution and revamping the United States’ 9-1-1 emergency telephone system.

Eddy is a recipient of the Leland Fellowship, the Manfred Wörner Scholarship, and the Evangelische Akademie Scholarship.

Sultan Industrial Road

Originally built as a resource route for E. B. Eddy's logging and lumber operations in the northwestern Sudbury District, the road is now owned and operated by Domtar following its acquisition of E. B. Eddy in 1998.

Tripoli Evangelical School

William Nelson was its first president, whose tremendous efforts raised subsidies for the establishment and the construction of the institute in Al Kibba, in Tripoli.

William Eddy

William F. Eddy (1852–?), builder and political figure in Saskatchewan

William A. Eddy (1896–1962), U.S. minister to Saudi Arabia, university professor and college president

William C. Eddy (1902–1989), American submarine and television pioneer, and inventor


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