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Black Donnellys

The publication of Thomas Kelley's The Black Donnellys in 1954 generated much interest in the case.


1881 Hopkins tornado

Thomas P. Grazulis, in Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991/a Chronology and Analysis of Events, lists the tornado as "probably" an F5.

1966 Candlestick Park tornado

In the decades following the tornado, reassessments on the history of the storm have been made; most notably the Jackson, Mississippi branch of the National Weather Service and meteorologist Thomas P. Grazulis both indicate that there were two separate tornadoes.

1972 Hurricane Agnes tornado outbreak

Thomas P. Grazulis states that his criteria yielded fewer strong tornadoes than the official records.

Amherst Center for Russian Culture

The Amherst Center for Russian Culture was created by Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts after the gift of a major collection of Russian books, manuscripts, periodicals and ephemera by Thomas P. Whitney in 1991.

April 1958 Florida tornado outbreak

Thomas P. Grazulis disputes the rating and classifies the event at F3 status.

Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps

Major General Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr. was the first to hold the billet and went on to become Commandant, as well as five others: Randolph M. Pate, Leonard F. Chapman, Jr., Robert H. Barrow, Paul X. Kelley and James F. Amos.

Augustine B. Kelley

Kelley was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh and to the eight succeeding Congresses and served until his death in Bethesda, Maryland.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse

U.S. Senators Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Alfonse D'Amato, Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Representative Jerrold Nadler, Second Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Jon O. Newman, Southern District of New York Chief Judge Thomas P. Griesa attended the ceremony.

Dean M. Kelley

In Why Conservative Churches are Growing, Kelley pointed out what he saw as the essential difference between liberal and conservative churches: conservative churches concentrated on spiritual needs, liberal churches on political causes, which causes were better promoted by political organizations such as the Democratic Party and the Americans for Democratic Action.

DJ Delicious

With his first public release in 1993, "Chaos Tribe" on Thomas P. Heckmann's old "Uptown" label and 1996 with the first two records under the name "DJ Delicious", released by WEA Germany, he laid the foundation stone for the coming years as a producer and DJ.

E. W. Kelley

He was founding partner of Kelley & Partners, Ltd. and taught at the Columbia Business School.

Ealhmund of Kent

Kelley, David H., "The House of Aethelred", in Brooks, Lindsay L., ed.

Energy–maneuverability theory

He teamed with mathematician Thomas Christie at Eglin Air Force Base to use the base's high-speed computer to compare the performance envelopes of U.S. and Soviet aircraft from the Korean and Vietnam Wars.

Fighter Mafia

The Fighter Mafia was a controversial group of U.S. Air Force officers and civilian defense analysts who, in the 1970s, advocated the use of John Boyd and Thomas P. Christie's Energy-Maneuverability (E-M) theory as the sole driver in designing fighter aircraft.

Boyd, defense analysts Tom Christie and Pierre Sprey, and test pilot Col. Everest Riccioni and aeronautical engineer Harry Hillaker formed the core of the self-dubbed "Fighter Mafia" which worked behind the scenes in the late 1960s to pursue a lightweight fighter as an alternative to the F-15.

Fitch Senior High School

John J. Kelley (1930–2011), winner of the 1957 Boston Marathon, member of two U.S. Olympic Marathon teams and a coach at the school

Folck's Mill

It is historically significant for its association with the August 1, 1864, Civil War "Battle of Folck's Mill." In that battle, Union troops commanded by General Benjamin F. Kelley engaged General John McCausland’s Confederate forces as they advanced along the Baltimore Pike towards Cumberland after having burned the town of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, two days previously.

Frank J. Kelley

Frank Joseph Kelley (born December 31, 1924), was the 50th Attorney General of the U.S. state of Michigan.

Houchens Industries

It had acquired the company from its founder Brad Kelley in 2001; it was the first time that Houchens had ever sold one of its acquisitions.

IDEO

IDEO was formed in 1991 by a merger of four established design firms: David Kelley Design (founded by Stanford University professor David Kelley), London-based Moggridge Associates and San Francisco's ID Two (both founded by British-born Bill Moggridge), and Matrix Product Design (founded by Mike Nuttall).

Ives House

Thomas P. Ives House, Providence, Rhode Island, a National Historic Landmark

John L. Kelley

In 1960, he took a leave of absence to serve as the National Teacher on NBC's Continental Classroom television program.

Kaj-Erik Eriksen

In 2001 after returning to Los Angeles, Kaj landed the role of Jeremy Peters on David E. Kelley's Boston Public.

Mackinac Island State Park Commission

The chairman of the commission is the former Michigan House of Representatives Republican Leader Dennis O. Cawthorne. Other commission members include (youngest, oldest and longest serving) Michigan Attorney General Frank J. Kelley; Barry J. Goodman; Karen Karam; Richard A. Manoogian; Chuck Yob and William K. Marvin.

Mike Nuttall

In 1991, his company merged with two other established design firms, David Kelley Design (founded by David Kelley) and ID Two (founded by Britain's Bill Moggridge) to form the designing giant IDEO.

Operation Greylord

Four United States Attorneys, Thomas P. Sullivan, Dan K. Webb, Anton R. Valukas and Fred Foreman supervised the investigations and prosecutions.

Robert P. Griffin

He was elected November 8, 1966, to a full six-year term, defeating former Governor Soapy Williams by a 56% to 44% margin, commencing January 3, 1967 and was reelected in 1972, winning a tough race against state Attorney General Frank J. Kelley, and served from May 11, 1966, to January 2, 1979.

Robert S. Kelley

In 1885 Kelley was appointed by President Grover Cleveland the 5th United States Marshal for Montana, and served in that office with official integrity until the day President Benjamin Harrison was inaugurated, when he resigned, believing that the party in power should have control of all the Federal patronage and be held responsible for it.

Shea Farrell

He started at David E. Kelley Productions working in various positions within the company and shows, The Practice, Ally McBeal, Boston Public and Boston Legal.

Susan Kelley

Susan J. Kelley, Dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences at Georgia State University

Thomas Cholmondeley

Thomas P. G. Cholmondeley (born 1968), Kenyan farmer, son and heir of the 5th Baron Delamere, convicted of manslaughter (7 May 2009)

Thomas P. Barnett

Surviving examples include the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas, Texas, and the Saint Clement Catholic Church in Chicago.

Thomas P. Foy

He had been general counsel to the New Jersey AFL-CIO in the 1980s, and was later employed as senior vice president of business development for Hill International, where he worked on issues relating to the firm's construction projects on the Tappan Zee Bridge and Interstate 287 in Westchester County, New York.

Thomas P. Gerrity

:For the U.S. Air Force general and Thomas P. Gerrity's father, see Thomas Patrick Gerrity

Thomas P. Gordon

Tom Gordon was Co-commander of Delaware's first serial killer task force which led to the apprehension and prosecution of Steven Brian Pennell, the state's first and only known serial killer.

Thomas P. Grazulis

After teaching in New Jersey, he and his wife Doris moved to St. Johnsbury, Vermont.

Thomas P. Griesa

Judge Griesa is the sitting judge hearing a case regarding the Argentine debt restructuring.

Thomas P. Riccio

He has also served as a Visiting Professor at the Korean National University for the Arts, California Institute of Integral Studies and the University of Dar es Salaam.

Thomas P. Whitney

Thomas Porter Whitney (January 26, 1917 – December 2, 2007 in Manhattan, New York) was an American diplomat, author, translator, philanthropist and Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder.

A fan of Thoroughbred racing, as a hobby Whitney owned and raced several horses, most notably winning the Grade 1 Diana Handicap in 1983.

Thomas Salmon

Thomas P. Salmon (born 1932), Governor of the U.S. state of Vermont, 1973–1977

Tom Dooley

Thomas P. Dooley, Judeo-Christian author, biomedical scientist, inventor

Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities

The Center hosts the Solomon Katz Distinguished Lectures in the Humanities, which feature leading thinkers such as Dipesh Chakrabarty, Robin D. G. Kelley, Wendy Brown, and Cathy Davidson in events that are free and open to the public.

William D. Kelley

He served as Chairman on the United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, as Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, and on the Committee on Manufactures (51st United States Congress).


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