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unusual facts about Thomas A. Jenkins


Reed-Jenkins Act

The law was sponsored by Senator David A. Reed (Republican) of Pennsylvania and Representative Thomas A. Jenkins (Republican) of Ohio.


Arthur L. Jenkins

In 2001, Jenkins was named an Honorary Police Surgeon of the New York City Police Department.

Bird's Point, Missouri

Union cavalry under David P. Jenkins guarded the region for the early part of the war, deterring Confederate attempts to regain control of the supply routes.

David P. Jenkins

During the American Civil War, Jenkins served in Union Army under Generals Grant, Pope, Sherman and Burnside in the Western Theater.

Elizabeth B. Jenkins

In May 2010, Elizabeth served as technical advisor and guide to the DISCOVERY CHANNEL's Les Stroud Beyond Survival into the Andean mountains to join the Q'ero Indians on their yearly pilgrimage to the holy site of Qollorit'i.

Esomeprazole

Thomas A. Scully, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, also criticized AstraZeneca for their aggressive marketing of Nexium.

George W. Jenkins

He was transferred to the company's largest store in Winter Haven, which he managed for four years.

Harry W. Jenkins

He was then assigned to the 5th Marine Regiment and then the 9th Marine Regiment in Okinawa, Japan.

Hilliard P. Jenkins

Jenkins served in other leadership roles with the Mobile-Baldwin Area Boy Scouts of America, the Baldwin County Mental Health Board, the Baldwin County Executive Committee, and the Alabama Selective Service Board.

If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again

A 1934 recording of the song by Thomas A. Dorsey was selected in 2007 by the United States' National Recording Preservation Board for preservation in the National Recording Registry.

Interference theory

In 1924, James J. Jenkins and Karl Dallenbach showed that everyday experiences can interfere with memory with an experiment that resulted in retention being better over a period of sleep than over the same amount of time devoted to activity.

Jerry B. Jenkins

From 1996 to 2004, Jenkins was writer of the sports-oriented comic strip Gil Thorp.

Jimmy Hayes

Republican Louis E. "Woody" Jenkins of Baton Rouge and Democrat Mary Landrieu of New Orleans then advanced to the tightly contested general election, which Landrieu narrowly won.

John C. Brown

In 1876, Brown, who supported Thomas A. Scott's efforts to build a transcontinental railroad in the South, joined the Texas & Pacific Railroad as a vice president.

John I. Jenkins

Jenkins is a member of the Board of Directors for the Commission on Presidential Debates.

Jubilee quartet

Groups such as the Golden Gate Quartet—originally named the Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet—infused their performances of spirituals with the rhythmic beat of blues and jazz and gradually began including gospel standards written by Thomas A. Dorsey and others in their repertoire.

Kansas City Public Schools

Missouri v. Jenkins is a case decided by the United States Supreme Court.

Larry Cuba

Created in Chicago with Tom DeFanti's Graphic Symbiosis System GRASS, consists of sixteen "objects", each composed of 100 points of light, some of them geometric shapes like circles and squares, others more organic shapes resembling gushes of water.

Medicare Part D

Medicare boss Thomas Scully, who threatened to fire Medicare Chief Actuary Richard Foster if he reported how much the bill would actually cost, was negotiating for a new job as a pharmaceutical lobbyist as the bill was working through Congress.

Mike Craver

This humoristic song is based on the first words transmitted thru the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas A. Watson.

Nenad Ban

His interest in large macromolecular assemblies led him for his postdoctoral work to the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University where he determined the atomic structure of the large ribosomal subunit by X-ray crystallography, as part of the group in the laboratory of Thomas A. Steitz.

Pittsburgh in the American Civil War

Other important personalities of the Civil War born in the immediate Pittsburgh area included Col. Daniel Leasure, Congressman Robert McKnight, industrialist William Metcalf, and Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Rowley.

Ripley, West Virginia

During the Civil War, Ripley remained under control of the Union except for a brief incursion by Confederate General Albert G. Jenkins in September 1862.

Spectacular mark

Some players have achieved fame for their role as stepledders of famous marks, such as Graeme "Jerker" Jenkins, who was the stepladder for Alex Jesaulenko's mark; Melbourne band TISM wrote the song "The Back Upon Which Jezza Jumped" about him.

The Eudaemonic Pie

The Eudaemonic Pie is a 1985 book by American author Thomas A. Bass, about a group of University of California, Santa Cruz, physics graduate students (known as the Eudaemons) who in the late 1970s and early 1980s designed and employed miniaturized computers, hidden in specially modified platform soled shoes, to help predict the outcome of casino roulette games.

The Telephone Gambit

# The world famous scene in which Bell and Watson make their first telephone call is described in his autobiography by Thomas A. Watson some year's after Bell's death.

Thomas A. Benes

Awards he received include the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal three award stars, the Air Medal with valor device and four strike/flight numerals, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, and the Navy Achievement Medal.

Thomas A. Bickle

Thomas Anthony Bickle (born 23 December 1940 in Norfolk, UK) is a British/Swiss microbiologist.

Thomas A. Davis

During the Spanish-American War he served as a Captain of the 6th US Volunteer Infantry, also known as the Sixth Immunes, which was mustered at Knoxville, Tennessee and saw service in Puerto Rico.

Thomas A. Desjardin

Historical advisor to actor Jeff Daniels - In 2011, Daniels said publicly of his role as Joshua Chamberlain: "For me, whatever people think that role was, it is because of Tom Desjardin."

Desjardin has appeared in nationally televised documentaries numerous times and was the historical consultant for actor Jeff Daniels in his role as Chamberlain in the 1993 movie Gettysburg.

Thomas A. (Tom) Desjardin (born June 10, 1964) is an American historian who has written books on the American Civil War and American Revolutionary War.

Thomas A. DuBois

DuBois has also translated into English Johan Turi's "An Account of the Sámi", the first secular book ever written in the Sámi language.

Thomas A. Ferguson

Since retiring from government service, Ferguson has run a consulting business based out of Howard County, Maryland.

Thomas A. Jackson

During the 1920s he was a major figure in the CPGB, being on the Central Committee from 1924 to 1929 and editor of The Communist and The Sunday Worker.

Thomas A. Livesley

Elected Mayor of Salem in 1927, he presided over a number of public works in the city that included bridge building, paving of major streets, the installation of street lights and traffic signals and the construction of the Salem Municipal Airport (McNary Field).

Thomas A. O'Donnell

O'Donnell served as president and board chairman of CALPET until it was sold to the Texas Company (later known as Texaco).

Thomas A. Romberg

In the 1980s Romberg was chair of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) commissions that produced Curriculum and Evaluation Standards NCTM standards for School Mathematics, and the Assessment Standards for School Mathematics.

Thomas A. Smith

He is also an active member of the Houston Geologic Society, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, Seismological Society of America and the American Geophysical Union.

Thomas A. Walker

Other works that he undertook were the Barry Dock and Railway, and the Preston Dock, and in addition he carried out the contract for the Buenos Aires Harbour Works with John Hawkshaw and resident engineer James Murray Dobson.

Thomas A. Wiseman, Jr.

He ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Governor in 1974 amid a crowded field of candidates and was badly outspent by both eventual nominee and winner Ray Blanton and runner-up Jake Butcher.

Thomas A. Wofford

He was admitted to the bar in the latter year and commenced the practice of law in Greenville.

Thomas Barry

Thomas A. Barry (c. 1879–1947), American football player and coach

Thomas Dorsey

Thomas A. Dorsey, gospel composer and performer, known as Georgia Tom in his earlier jazz career

Thomas McCann

Thomas A. McCann, head football coach at Bowdoin College (1913–1914) and the University of Maine (1917)

Thomas McMahon

Thomas A. McMahon (1943–1999), novelist and Professor of Applied Mechanics and Biology at Harvard University

Tom Moloney

:This article is about the British businessman, for the American politician see Thomas A. Maloney.

Viking 1

The Viking 1 Lander was named the Thomas Mutch Memorial Station in January 1982 in honor of the leader of the Viking imaging team.

West Virginia in the American Civil War

Albert G. Jenkins - Former Congressman who led a brigade of western Virginia cavalrymen.

On the Confederate side, Albert G. Jenkins, a former U.S. Representative, recruited a brigade of cavalry in western Virginia, which he led until his death in May 1864.


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