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2 unusual facts about Vernon W. Evans


Vernon W. Evans

On February 20, 1962 the Board of Selectmen voted 3 to 2 to appoint John O. Stinson Town Manager with Evans voting for Clarence Wilkinson.

In 1961 the Board voted to ban dancing and other entertainment on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.


Albert Rosellini

Rosellini was defeated in his bid for a third term as governor by Republican Daniel J. Evans in 1964.

Arthur Kramer

In 1992, Colorado voters passed Amendment 2, an anti-gay rights referendum, and Arthur refused to cancel a ski trip to Aspen.

Bendix G-15

David C. Evans was one of the Bendix engineers on the G-15 project.

Charles L. Evans

Evans received a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Virginia and a doctorate in economics from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

Circuit Court of Cook County

Dorothy Brown is the current Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, and Timothy C. Evans is system's chief judge.

Congressional Black Caucus

Only six black Republicans have been elected to Congress since the caucus was founded: Senator Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts, Representative Gary Franks of Connecticut, Delegate Melvin H. Evans of the Virgin Islands, Representative J. C. Watts of Oklahoma, Representative Allen West of Florida, and Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina.

Daniel Evans

Daniel J. Evans (born 1925), Governor of Washington and United States Senator

Edward Porter Alexander

Stationed atop "Signal Hill", in Manassas, Capt. Alexander saw Union troop movements and signaled to the brigade under Col. Nathan "Shanks" Evans, "Look out for your left, your position is turned", which meant that they were in danger of being attacked on their left flank.

El Centro de la Raza

The people who occupied the building joked that they were simply implementing advice from Washington governor Dan Evans, “advocating use of empty schools for community needs, such as child care”.

Elk-Foot of the Taos Tribe

The painting was purchased for the United States national art collection by the well-known art collector William T. Evans and is now displayed in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Ernest Evans

Ernest E. Evans (1908–1944), U.S. Navy officer who was awarded the Medal of Honor

F. Holland Day

There is a photo "Portrait of F. Holland Day in Arab Costume, 1901" by Frederick H. Evans.

Frank E. Evans

Evans was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1979).

Frederick Evans

Frederick H. Evans (1853–1943), British photographer, primarily of architectural subjects

George S. Evans

Born in August 8, 1826 in Tecumseh, Michigan, George S. Evans came to California in 1849 from Texas, where he had served in the Texas Rangers during the Mexican-American War.

Hortense Powdermaker

While at the LSE, Powdermaker also worked under and was influenced by other well-known anthropologists such as A. R. Radcliffe-Brown, E. E. Evans-Pritchard and Raymond Firth.

J.J. Evans

The actual paintings in the series were painted for the show by renowned artist and former AFL football player Ernie Barnes.

John R. Evans

Then, after a successful internship, he went on to become the sportscaster at WJET-TV in Erie.

Josiah Evans

Josiah J. Evans (1786–1858), United States Senator from South Carolina

Luther H. Evans

Working with a range of other Americans prominent in foreign policy, including Father Theodore Hesburgh of Notre Dame, Norman Cousins of Saturday Review, James Grant of the Overseas Development Council, anthropologist Margaret Mead, World Federalist Chairman H. Donald Wilson, and World Bank president Robert McNamara, Evans organized an organization called New Directions.

Lynn S. Adelman

On January 22, 2010, United States Senators Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold forwarded four names to the Obama White House for consideration to fill the vacancy on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals created when Judge Terence T. Evans assumed senior status.

Marcellus H. Evans

Evans was elected as a Democrat to the 74th, 75th and 76th United States Congresses, holding office from January 3, 1935, to January 3, 1941.

Max Predöhl

Richard J. Evans: Tod in Hamburg: Stadt, Gesellschaft und Politik in den Cholera-Jahren 1830-1910, Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1996.

Meyer Fortes

His volume with E. E. Evans-Pritchard, African Political Systems (1940) established the principles of segmentation and balanced opposition, which were to become the hallmarks of African political anthropology.

Michael H. Evans

With Riili, Evans raised money from friends and family, purchased 900 acres of land in the Uco Valley, and created The Vines of Mendoza’s private vineyard estates.

Mike Lowry

In a 1983 special election, he was defeated by Republican former Governor Dan Evans, then an appointed Senator and the incumbent, in a race to replace Democrat Henry "Scoop" Jackson, and in 1988 he lost to Slade Gorton, also a Republican, in a close race.

Nazi views on Catholicism

Richard J. Evans wrote that Hitler believed that in the long run National Socialism and religion would not be able to co-exist, and stressed repeatedly that Nazism was a secular ideology, founded on modern science: "Science, he declared, would easily destroy the last remaining vestiges of superstition".

Patrick Keohane

Served with Edward "Teddy" Evans on HMS Talbot.

Paul Evans

Paul F. Evans, American law enforcement officer who served as Commissioner of the Boston Police Department from 1994 to 2003

Paul F. Evans

In 1985 he was a finalist for the position of Police Commissioner, however mayor Raymond Flynn instead chose Francis Roache, the head of the Community Disorders Unit and a longtime friend.

Pawnee, Oklahoma

Ernest E. Evans, Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy, Medal of Honor recipient for action as commander of Destroyer USS Johnston off Samar Island, Philippines, 1944

Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 5

The 5th District is an electoral district for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and is currently represented by Republican John R. Evans.

Philadelphia mayoral election, 2007

His opponent, businessman Tom Knox came in second, with congressmen Bob Brady and Chaka Fattah and State Representative Dwight Evans coming in third, fourth, and fifth respectively.

Ren Shields

He co-wrote the song with George "Honey Boy" Evans "In the Good Old Summer Time" amongst other songs such as "Dreamy Eyes", and "Come, take a Trip in My Air-ship".

Robert E. Evans

He was re-elected for a second term to the Sixty-seventh Congress.

Roderick L. Evans

Evans attended Atlantic Community High School and during his junior year of school he became a born again Christian in 1992.

Romer v. Evans

Supporters of the decision, such as law professor Louis Michael Seidman, celebrated its "radical" nature, and hailed it as a revival of the Warren Court's activism.

The Missing Gospels

The book contains numerous endorsements by prominent Christian New Testament scholars and academics including Larry Hurtado, Martin Hengel, Donald Hagner, Craig A. Evans, Craig L. Blomberg and Scot McKnight.

Tim Gill

Gill's involvement in LGBT political action began in 1992, in response to the passage of Colorado Amendment 2, which prevented non-discrimination ordinances in the state from protecting people based on sexual orientation.

Timothy C. Evans

Timothy C. Evans is the Chief Judge of the Cook County Circuit Court.

Tom Railsback

In 1980, the Congressman was one of three U.S. House members (the others were future Vice President Dan Quayle (R-Indiana) and Tom Evans (R-Delaware)) involved in the controversial Florida golfing trip with lobbyist Paula Parkinson.

Vernon W. Hughes

Vernon W. Hughes (May 28, 1921, Kankakee, Illinois - Mar 25, 2003) was an American physicist specializing in research of subatomic particles.

William S. Evans

First Sergeant William Stanton Evans (July 16, 1910 - June 6, 1944) was a non-commissioned officer of the Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the 101st Airborne Division, United States Army during the Second World War.

Evans's remains were returned to the States and were buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.


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