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3 unusual facts about Tobin


Alex Tobin

In 2008, the PFA Tobin Medal was inaugurated by the Australian Professional Footballers Association (PFA).

Charles Horsfall

He was in partnership with another notable merchant family, the Tobins and also his cousins the Hodgsons, Jamaican plantation owners.

John Mihaljevic

Mihaljevic served as James Tobin's research assistant from 1996–98 and worked with Professor Tobin to refine the Tobin's q estimation method.


1943–44 NHL season

Chicago started with sub-par goaltending, but then president and general manager Bill Tobin decided to bring back Mike Karakas, who had been demoted to the minors in 1939–40 for his lackluster play.

Anya Corazon

In an interview with Newsarama, writer Paul Tobin stated that as Spider-Girl, the character initially lacks superpowers, but Tobin will be "staying away from having her feel crippled by any power loss; it's for sure on her mind, but Anya is a character that wants to focus on what she can do...".

Battle in Seattle

Ray Liotta as Mayor Jim Tobin (loosely based on real-life Seattle Mayor Paul Schell)

Brian Tobin

Later that month, Tobin conducted an international news conference from a barge on the East River outside the United Nations headquarters and dramatically displayed an illegal, under Canadian Law, trawl net that had allegedly been cut from a Spanish trawler which was arrested outside the Canadian EEZ, on international waters.

Christina Tobin

While Tobin's primary focus is electoral reform and voters' rights, she is an outspoken supporter of the anti-war and marijuana legalization movements and is involved with Antiwar.com, Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP), Americans for Safe Access, Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), and Students for Liberty.

Connor Tobin

Having trained with English club Sheffield United during the spring of 2008, Tobin signed a one-year contract with Norwegian club with Nybergsund on February 16, 2009 after a two-week trial period in which he started in the team's preseason games.

Daniel J. Tobin

That same year, Gompers chose Tobin as the AFL's second delegate to the founding convention of the International Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU).

Dubrow's Cafeteria

Benjamin's descendants worked at and managed the various restaurants, including George Dubrow, his son (who died in a car crash in Florida), his grandsons, Irwin Dubrow and Paul Tobin, and his sons-in-law, Irving Kaplan (who married his daughter Sylvia) and Max Tobin (who married to his daughter Minnie.) Max and Minnie had three children: Paul, Sheila, and Anita (Nini), while Irving and Sylvia had three children as well: Beth Wald, Bonnie Lyons, and Laura Levin.

Emilius R. Ciampa

He also completed numerous life-size portraits in bronze, granite, or marble, such as the statue of Tobin near the Hatch Shell, as well as numerous plaques which can be found throughout Boston, including the Boston University Bridge Plaque, the Veteran’s Memorial in the State House, the Amelia Earhardt memorial on the Mystic River Dam, the plaque for the Paul Revere Mall, and the Arthur Feidler plaque at the Arthur Fiedler Bridge (all in the greater Boston area).

Frank Tobin

It was Tobin who collected the necessary funds for the equipment of the hospital, and in his endeavours he was assisted by both the St.John Ambulance Association, and by the Liverpool branch of the British Red Cross.

French's

They also were a prominent sponsor of the Rochester Red Wings baseball club, often in conjunction with a local brand of hot dogs, Tobin's First Prize.

J. Miller Tobin

As a director, Tobin has worked most notably on the television series Oz, The Agency, Numb3rs, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Supernatural, 90210, Gossip Girl and The Vampire Diaries in which he is also a producer.

Jean Eric Gassy

In October 2006, the Margaret Tobin Centre, a 40 bed "state of the art" mental health inpatient centre was constructed on the grounds of the Flinders Medical Centre.

Jim Tobin

On May 13, 1942, by then a starter, Tobin became the only pitcher in modern major-league history to hit three home runs in one game (Guy Hecker hit three homers in a game in the nineteenth century).

John M. Tobin, Jr.

In October, 2009, Tobin sponsored a city council resolution declaring October 4, 2009 "Mission of Burma Day" in Boston.

John Mihaljevic

In addition to working for and studying under Professor Tobin, Mihaljevic studied under Yale Chief Investment Officer David F. Swensen and Sterling Professor of Economics William Nordhaus.

Judith Tobin

Tobin completed her medical internship at St. Luke's Hospital in New York City.

Julia Tobin

Julia Tobin (born 1955 in Newcastle upon Tyne) is an English actress from Newcastle upon Tyne, and is best known for playing Brenda Hope in the comedy drama series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Joan of Arc in the music video for "Maid of Orleans" by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark.

Lackawanna College

The campus now includes six other buildings: McKinnie Hall (Named for former Lackawanna College and current NFL football player Bryant McKinnie), Seeley Hall, Healey Academic Center, Student Union, Tobin Hall and the Alumni Fitness Center.

Liam Tobin

Tobin was placed on the Army Council and was Director of Intelligence from September 1922 until his appointment as Senior Aide-de-Camp to the new Governor General, Tim Healy in November 1922.

Tobin was involved in planning the assassinations of British soldiers, informants, members of the Royal Irish Constabulary, the Dublin Metropolitan Police, and operatives of MI5.

Mary Luke Tobin

Sister Maureen Fiedler recalled a card Tobin sent her a few years ago when Fiedler was involved in an "uncertain venture".

National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association

Barbara Gittings and Kay Tobin Lahusen: Known for their work with The Ladder, the Daughters of Bilitis publication; Also participated in early gay rights demonstrations during the 1960s

Neil Tobin

Tobin has performed on broadcasts for WBEZ-FM, WGN-AM with Jonathon Brandmeier, WCKG-FM, KISS-FM, and WGN-TV (opposite Gary Sinise).

Peanuts Hucko

His last recording was 1992's Swing That Music (Star Line) featuring Tobin, trumpeter Randy Sandke, and pianist Johnny Varro.

Peter J. Tobin

After graduating from St. John’s University in 1965, Tobin brought the school’s Vincentian values to the corporate world.

Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin

Tobin's most famous visitors included boxer Joe Louis, who would arrive and depart at the Tobin station on the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railway interurban in the mid-1930s as part of his workout training at the Ham Fisher mansion in nearby Carol Beach.

Richard M. Tobin

Tobin maintained homes in San Mateo and San Francisco, and was active in several San Francisco organizations as a board member, officer, and benefactor, including the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco Musical Association, and Catholic church.

Tobin remained a bachelor until 1936, when he married Florence Adele Sloan Burden, the widow of wealthy businessman James Burden.

Steve Tobin

In 2005, Tobin installed what is perhaps his best known work, Trinity Root, at St. Paul's Chapel in Lower Manhattan, New York City.

Ted Wolf

Tobin Wolf, Theodore Walter "Tobin" Wolf, also called "Ted" Wolf (1922 - 1999), American writer

The Fitzpatricks

They had four children, eldest son, Sean (Clark Brandon); introspective second son, Jack (Jimmy McNichol); only daughter Maureen (nicknamed Mo) (Michele Tobin) and youngest son, Max (Sean Marshall).

Thomas Joseph Tobin

Bishop Tobin is an avid Pittsburgh Steelers fan, and displays a Steeler banner on his residence during each game day.

Tobin was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Vincent Leonard on July 21, 1973, and then served as an assistant pastor at St. Vitus Parish in New Castle until 1979.

Tobit

Tobit model, an econometric model for censored endogenous variables proposed by James Tobin


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