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2 unusual facts about Sloan


Nell Brinkley

Nell Brinkley was born in Denver, Colorado, in 1886 (some sources say 1888), but her family soon moved to the small town of Edgewater on Denver's western border, facing Sloan's Lake at Manhattan Beach.

Sloan, Nevada

Sloan appears in the 2010 game, Fallout: New Vegas, where is it occupied by miners who are being plagued by a nearby colony of vicious mutant lizards known as "Deathclaws".


Bastards of the Party

During a term in jail, Cle Sloan picked up a book titled, City of Quartz by Mike Davis.

Catriona Sturton

She has had a prolific career, performing in bands such as Plumtree and collaborating with artists like Joel Plaskett, Al Tuck, the late Dutchy Mason, the Mighty Popo and members of Sloan and Blue Rodeo.

Cle Shaheed Sloan

Sloan starred in two of Training Day writer David Ayer's directorial efforts, the 2008 film Street Kings featuring Forrest Whitaker and Keanu Reeves, and End of Watch, a 2012 film about the life of two LAPD officers (Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña) in South Central Los Angeles.

Sloan was featured on Bill O'Reilly's The O'Reilly Factor and Anderson Cooper 360° speaking out against gang violence on behalf of his non profit organization AKTIVE which is helping to "Change the gangs from the inside" by working with active gang members in communities nationwide.

Coax Me

"Coax Me" is a song by Sloan, released as the first single their second album Twice Removed.

Confederation Secondary School

Evolutionary has been visited by such artists as The Tragically Hip, Hedley, Keisha Chante, Sloan, Suzie McNeil, The Trews, Three Days Grace, music publishing executives Mike McCarty, and Deane Cameron and record producer Bob Ezrin.

David Douglass

Prof. Douglass was a recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan Award (junior) for 4 years, the Alfred P. Sloan Award (senior), and the University of Rochester's Bridging Fellowship to the Eastman School of Music.

Delaware Art Museum

A consolidated library opened in 1985 in the new Pamela and Lammot du Pont Copeland wing and was named in honor of Mrs. Sloan.

Duell, Sloan and Pearce

In March 1961 Duell, Sloan and Pearce became an affiliate of Meredith Publishing Company.

Eldon Quick

Quick's best-remembered television character is the bureaucratic Captain Sloan from two early episodes of M*A*S*H ("Payday" and "The Incubator"), which he reprised as Captain Pratt in "The Late Captain Pierce".

Finnegan Foundation

Founders of the foundation included: Pittsburgh Mayor Joe Barr, Commonwealth Judge Genevieve Blatt, Democratic National Committeewoman Louise M. John, Pennsylvania Gov. David Lawrence, U.S. Ambassador Matthew H. McCloskey II, U.S. Ambassador John Rice, and Pennsylvania State Treasurer Grace M. Sloan.

Harry E. Sloan

Sloan was a California state financial chair for the Mitt Romney presidential campaign, 2012.

Hatebeak

Hatebeak is a death metal band, formed by Blake Harrison, Mark Sloan, and Waldo, a 21-year-old Congo African Grey Parrot.

Henry Sloan

Further research based on Census records has suggested that, in 1920, Sloan and his family were living around West Memphis, Arkansas.

If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem

The Wild Palms is quoted in Jean-Luc Godard's 1959 film, Breathless ("À bout de souffle"), when Patricia claims to prefer to take "grief rather than nothing"; the same quote is cited in the 1986 John Hughes comedy Ferris Bueller's Day Off, when Principal Rooney "consoles" Sloan while waiting in front of the school.

IlyAIMY

I Love You And I Miss You was originally a 4 member musical ensemble that formed in the mid-1990s, the members were rob Hinkal, William Schaff, Carin Wagner (now Sloan) and Sonny Roelle all of whom were students at The Maryland Institute College Of Art at the time and released a two cassette (90 min each) collection of songs and recorded another that was not released.

Indian general election, 1930

Government of India: P. J. Grigg, Sir Nripendra Nath Sircar, J. W. Bhore, Harry Graham Haig, Sir Frank Noyce, P Raghavendra Rau, Lancelot Graham, Girija Shankar Bajpai, G. R. F. Tottenham, H. A. F. Metcalfe, S. P. Varma, K. Sanjiva Row, T. Rayan, A. G. Clow, C. W. Gwynne, J. C. Nixon, Tin Tut, N. R. Pillai, J. W. L. Megaw, S. N. Roy, T. Sloan, A. F. R. Lumby, A. J. Raisman, E. W. Perry, W. L. Scott

Iris Mack

Iris Mack, PhD, EMBA earned a Harvard doctorate in Applied Mathematics and a London Business School Sloan Fellow MBA.

Jakalope

For this album, the band collaborated with a large number of guest musicians, including Trent Reznor (who contributed production work, as well as song writing, and instrumentation), Kat Bjelland and members of Acid Polly Sloan, Monster Magnet and Malhavoc.

James F. Sloan

Before assuming the role of head of Coast Guard Intelligence, James Sloan was the Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) from April 12, 1999.

Jerry Sloan

After the retirement of long-time Jazz anchors Malone and Stockton, Sloan coached a younger group of budding stars, including Carlos Boozer, Andrei Kirilenko and later, Deron Williams.

Joan Sydney

She remains remains best known for her long-running Logie Award winning television role between 1983-1990 as Margaret "Maggie" Sloan', the matron and patriarch of the fictional Wandin Valley Bush Nursing Hospital, in A Country Practice on the Seven Network.

Johnny Nobody

Johnny Nobody is a 1961 UK drama film brought to the screen by Viceroy Films Limited under the production of John R. Sloan with executive production from Irving Allen and Albert R. Broccoli.

Kathleen Sloan

Kathleen Sloan is an American violinist based in Los Angeles, CA and a member of the Sonus Quartet.

Mark Haskins

On April 6, Haskins and Mark Sloan won in the PWF Tag Team Championship Tournament for the vacant PWF Tag Team Championship by defeating Roy Knight and Zak Zodiac

Martin Nisenholtz

His 2003 keynote speech at the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) provided the inspiration for Robin Sloan and Matt Thomson to create their visionary short film EPIC 2014.

Michael A. Cusumano

Michael A. Cusumano is the Sloan Management Review Distinguished Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Michael Blanton

A former postdoctoral fellow at Fermilab, he was part of a team that constructed the largest-ever three-dimensional map, produced by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, of massive galaxies and distant black holes using data from the Sloan Foundation Telescope at Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico.

NC State Wolfpack men's basketball

Burleson, a 7'4" native of Newland, NC, was the first major player of the Wolfpack squad that would have a combined record of 57-1 during the 1972–73 and 1973–74 seasons to be signed. The following spring, Sloan signed the remaining pieces of the 1974 championship nucleus, 6'4" David Thompson, 5'7" point guard Monte Towe, and 6'7" power forward Tim Stoddard.

Ontario Place

Some of the first performers at Echo Beach in 2011 included Sloan, Robyn and Platinum Blonde.

Paddy Sloan

After only a brief spell with Sheffield United, Sloan joined Milan for the 1948–49 season, and as a result he became the first Irish footballer to play in Serie A.

Paul Chaikin

Awards include a Sloan Fellowship (1979-81), a Guggenheim Fellowship (1997), and election to both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2003) and the National Academy of Sciences (2004).

Price Stern Sloan

Price Stern Sloan (originally known as Price/Stern/Sloan) or PSS! is a publisher (now an imprint of the Penguin Group) that was founded in Los Angeles in the early 1960s to publish the Mad Libs that Roger Price and Leonard Stern had concocted during their stint as writers for Tonight Starring Steve Allen and also the Droodles.

R. B. Sloan, Jr.

A corporate executive from Mooresville, North Carolina, Sloan is currently (2003-2004 session) serving in his first term in the state Senate.

San Geronimo Valley

It is part of the Lagunitas School District, unique in that it operates three alternative elementary programs and a traditional middle school program on two connected campuses with one superintendent (Larry Enos), one principal (Christian Francis), and one school board (Denise Santa Cruz-Bohmani, Stephanie O'Brien, Steve Rebscher, Christopher Sabec, and Richard Sloan).

Schein

Edgar Schein, a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management

Selena Sloan Butler

In 1966, the City of Atlanta dedicated the Selena Sloan Butler Park in her honor.

Butler was born in Thomasville, Georgia to William Sloan and Winnie Williams on January 4, around 1872, just seven years after slavery was abolished.

Standard J

Charles Healy Day had designed the Sloan H series of aircraft and continued the line under the Standard Aero Corporation (later Standard Aircraft Corporation).

Stygimys

The genus Stygimys ("Styx mouse") was named by R.E. Sloan and Leigh Van Valen in 1965.

Subodh Das

In 2005, while working with the University of Kentucky's Gatton College of Business and Economics, Das founded the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s Sloan Industry Center for Sustainable Aluminum Industry (CSAI).

Susan Sloan

Susan Estelle Sloan Smith (born April 5, 1958, in Stettler, Alberta) is a former international freestyle swimmer from Canada who won a bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Tanya Sloan

Tanya Sloan, originally named Kenya Sloan, is a fictional character and hero in the Power Rangers universe, appearing in the television series Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers, Power Rangers Zeo and Power Rangers Turbo.

Tarawa Beachhead

Sloan lands on Tarawa with Brady, now a Captain; each hating each other more than the Japanese.

Today Today

The theme music to the show was the opening riff to the song "She Says What She Means" by Canadian band Sloan


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