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Thomas Collins

Thomas H. Collins (born 1946), retired Commandant of the United States Coast Guard

Thomas H. Collins

A native of Stoughton, Massachusetts, Collins graduated from the Coast Guard Academy in 1968 and later served as a faculty member within the Humanities Department.


Alan Wurtzel

Circuit City was profiled as one of 11 companies in Jim Collins’ bestselling book, Good to Great.

Allan M. Collins

With collaborator Jaime Carbonell, Collins produced the first documented example of an intelligent tutor system called SCHOLAR CAI (computer-assisted instruction).

Arthur Collins

Arthur L. Collins (1868–1902), British metallurgist, mining engineer and mine manager

Arthur D. Collins, Jr.

During travels that take them deep into the Amazon River rainforest, to two Caribbean islands, above the Arctic Circle, to the not-so-exotic independent Chinese territory of Hong Kong, and to Australia's outback, as well as several other mysterious locations in the United States, the boys meet a number of characters – some human, and some not, but all unforgettable.

#Encourage change and innovation, while promoting quality and continuous quality improvement—as Jim Collins said, “Good enough never is.”

Canton, Connecticut

Samuel W. Collins (1802–1871), founder of the Collins Axe Factory for which Collinsville is named

Ceratitis capitata

In response to such concerns, Brown's chief of staff, B. T. Collins, staged a news conference during which he publicly drank a small glass of malathion.

Checkers speech

When the Dick Nixon Special arrived in Bakersfield, California, that day, the candidate, still oblivious to the developing furor, made a speech promoting the Republican ticket, and backing local congressman Thomas H. Werdel.

Devils Tower

A painting depicting this legend by artist Herbert A. Collins hangs over the fireplace in the visitor's center at Devils Tower.

Embassy of Botswana in Washington, D.C.

Notable owners have included William F. Aldrich, Thomas H. Anderson, Thomas Leiter (son of Levi Leiter) and the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association.

Green Lawn Abbey

Notable residents include George Karb (former Franklin County police commissioner and five-time mayor of Columbus), magician Howard Thurston, Charles Foster Johnson (first real estate tycoon in the area), Isaac Collins (founder of Anchor Hocking), Edward and Rollin Swisher (from the company that manufactures Swisher Sweets cigars), and H. R. Penney (brother of J.C. Penney of department store fame).

How the mighty fall

James C. Collins book, How the Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In

Idaho State Capitol

Twenty portraits of Idaho territorial and state Governors painted by artist Herbert A. Collins in 1911 are on display.

Jacqueline Y. Collins

Because of the genocide and terrorism that is taking place in Darfur, Collins authored and sponsored legislation, passed by the state government, that would prohibit Illinois state investment in companies doing business in the Republic of the Sudan.

James C. Collins

Collins is married to former triathlete and 1985 Ironman winner, Joanne Ernst.

Jerry I. Porras

He is also a business and management analyst who co-authored Success Built to Last: Creating A Life That Matters, and, with James C. Collins, the bestseller Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies.

Joanne Ernst

Joanne Ernst is married to management consultant and writer Jim Collins.

John A. Collins

Born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1931, Collins was an ordained Roman Catholic priest in the Redemptorist Order.

John W. Collins

There has been a long-held belief that Collins was Fischer's teacher and coach, as well as a teacher and coach for William Lombardy, Robert Byrne, Donald Byrne, Raymond Weinstein, Salvatore Matera, and Lewis Cohen.

K. C. Collins

He attended Monroe Community College in Rochester, New York, on a baseball scholarship, choosing this rather than options of The University Of Hawaii and Florida State University to stay close to his grandmother who raised him from the age of 6.

KUFX

These limits were imposed when Clear Channel was officially taken private by Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners on July 30, 2008.

Myrmekite

Yet Lorence G. Collins does not agree with the assumption of the K-feldspar being primary magmatic and the myrmekite being formed due to deformation-induced Na-Ca-metasomatism.

Ochyor

Patricia Vickers-Rich and Thomas H. Rich, The Great Russian Dinosaurs, Guntar Graphics, 1993

Reginald Barker

At the company's studio/ranch in California, he worked under film producer and screenwriter Thomas H. Ince.

Richard J. Collins

He worked on several notable programs including Bonanza, General Electric Theater, Matlock and Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre.

Ronald K. L. Collins

Afterwards, Collins served as a law clerk to Justice Hans A. Linde on the Oregon Supreme Court and was a Supreme Court Fellow under United States Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger.

Ross A. Collins

In 1929, Collins successfully proposed the Library of Congress's $1.5 million purchase of Otto Vollbehr's collection of incunabula, including one of four remaining perfect vellum copies of the Gutenberg Bible.

Scorecard of A. E. J. Collins

Captain Arthur Edward Jeune "James" Collins, better known as A. E. J. Collins (18 August 1885 – 11 November 1914), was a cricketer and soldier, most famous for his achievement, as a schoolboy, of the highest-ever recorded score in cricket, 628 not out, over four afternoons in June 1899.

Thomas Cullen

Thomas H. Cullen (1868–1944), United States Representative from New York

Thomas Ford

Thomas H. Ford (1814–1868), American Republican politician in Ohio

Thomas Forsyth

Thomas H. Forsyth (1842–1908), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient

Thomas H. Averett

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1846 to the Thirtieth Congress.

Thomas H. Blake

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress.

Thomas H. D. Mahoney

Mahoney wrote and edited several books, including The United States in World History (co-written with J. B. Rae) and a number of works on the life and thought of philosopher and statesman Edmund Burke.

Thomas H. Herndon

Herndon was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh, and Forty-eighth Congresses and served from March 4, 1879, until his death in Mobile, Alabama, March 28, 1883, before the convening of the Forty-eighth Congress.

Thomas H. Hughes House

Thomas Hughes' house was built in the nineteenth century in a Greek Revival style.

Thomas H. Miller

His development of the military helicopter during this time helped generate a new level of helicopter capability for civilian use in a broad range of applications, ranging from police and Medivac work to corporate executive transportation.

Thomas H. O'Shea

By early 1932 O'Shea was involved with the expat movement Clan na Gael, attempting to organize New York City subway employees and soon seeking the support of the Communist Party USA in the formation of the TWU.

Thomas H. Seymour

Born in Hartford, Connecticut to Major Henry Seymour and Jane Ellery, Seymour was sent to public schools as a child and graduated from Middletown Military Academy in Middletown, Connecticut in 1829.

Thomas H. Stix

Born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1924, Stix graduated from John Burroughs School and served in the U.S. Army as a radio expert in the Pacific theater during and after World War II.

Thomas H. Werdel

Werdel was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses (January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953).

Thomas Ince

Thomas H. Ince (1882–1924), American silent film actor, director, screenwriter and producer

Thomas Patterson

Thomas H. Patterson (1820–1889), U.S. naval officer during the American Civil War

Univision Communications

In March 2007, Univision Communications, Inc. was sold to Broadcasting Media Partners, Inc. which includes Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, Providence Equity Partners Inc., TPG Capital, L.P., Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P., and Saban Capital Group Inc.

Vigo County Courthouse

Numerous notable lawyers from the region began their careers at the first Vigo County Courthouse, including Thomas H. Blake, James Whitcomb, Elisha Mills Huntington and Edward A. Hannegan.


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