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unusual facts about Swenson's


Swenson's

Swensons, a chain of drive-in restaurants located in Northeast Ohio


Bob Swenson

Robert Charles Swenson (born July 1, 1953, in Stockton, California) played college football for the University of California.

Danny Cedrone

Some sources such as Swenson's biography of Haley erroneously indicate that Cedrone performed on "Crazy Man Crazy" and other recordings in 1953, however during these sessions the lead guitar player (per Gardner) was Art Ryerson.

Eric Swenson

Born in San Francisco, Swenson was the chief skateboard designer for the Independent Truck Company which he co-founded with skateboard entrepreneur Fausto Vitello in 1978.

ILLIAC I

1957 – Mathematician Donald B. Gillies, physicist James E. Snyder, and astronomers George C. McVittie, S. P. Wyatt, Ivan R. King and George W. Swenson of the University of Illinois used the ILLIAC I computer to calculate the orbit of the Sputnik I satellite within two days of its launch.

Jordan Creek Town Center

In May 2007, Iowa State University economists David Swenson and Liesl Eathington released a study showing that retail sales in the Dallas County portion of West Des Moines had increased by over $310 million, or 503.7 percent, during Jordan Creek's first two years of operation.

Kathi Kamen Goldmark

Their band was called Los Train Wreck and included Sam Barry (keyboard and harmonica), Todd Swenson (guitar), Paul Olguin (bass), Peter Tucker (drums), and guest performers (such as author Ben Fong-Torres) at El Rio, a venue in San Francisco's Mission District.

Kaycee Nicole

In 1998, Debbie Swenson's real daughter, Kelli Jo Swenson, who was in middle school at the time in Gracemont, Oklahoma, created the online persona of "Kaycee Nicole" with a group of her friends.

Ken Swenson

Kenneth ("Ken") Lloyd Swenson (born April 18, 1948 in Clay Center, Kansas) is a retired middle distance runner from the United States, who represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

Swenson is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's 800 metres event at the 1971 Pan American Games in Cali.

National Night Out

Cadillac Kolstad, Cornbread Harrisalt=Band playing in the mid-distance, bright balloons in the foreground

Perry Swenson

Perry is currently in a 12-episode series follows former PGA Tour professional and current ESPN commentator Charlie Rymer, Hootie & the Blowfish band member Mark Bryan, musician Josh Kelley and Duramed Futures Tour player Perry Swenson as they enjoy an extended Myrtle Beach golf vacation.

Ruth Ann Swenson

Born in Bronxville, New York and raised in Commack, New York on Long Island, Swenson studied at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia and briefly at Hartt College of Music in West Hartford, Connecticut.

Swenson has appeared on many opera stages, including the Opéra National de Paris, the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, the Metropolitan Opera, the Berlin State Opera, the Grand Théâtre de Genève, the Hamburg State Opera, the Bavarian State Opera and the Chicago Lyric Opera.

Silk Degrees

Jim Gilstrap, Maxine Green, Augie Johnson, Marty McCall, Pepper Swenson, Carolyn Willis —backing vocals

Tree Swenson

Tree Swenson (born 1951) is the Executive Director of Richard Hugo House, the Seattle-based non-profit writing center.

Vapor-compression evaporation

The largest single body MVR evaporator built (1968, by Whiting Co., later Swenson Evaporator Co., Harvey, Ill. in Cirò Marina, Italy) was a salt crystallizer, evaporating approximately 400 metric tons per hour of water, featuring an axial-flow compressor (Brown Boveri, later ABB).

Vic Halligan

Halligan was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of John J. Halligan and Carrie (Swenson) Halligan.

Wendi and Brenda Turnbaugh

The twins landed the role of Grace from the friendship of their grandparents (Gordon and Lou Swenson) with "Little House" casting director, Susan McCray and Producer, Kent McCray.


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