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4 unusual facts about Walter C. Alvarez


Luis F. Alvarez

Two of Álvarez's children would rise to national prominence: Mabel Alvarez became a well-known artist and oil painter, and Walter C. Alvarez became a noted physician.

Mabel Alvarez

Her brother, Walter C. Alvarez, would later distinguish himself as a physician and author.

Walter C. Alvarez

:For his grandson, the American geology professor, see Walter Alvarez.

Alvarez was married to the former Harriet Skidmore Smythe and the couple had four children: Gladys, Luis, Robert and Bernice.


Arturo G. Álvarez

Arturo G. Alvarez started his career as a performer in 1994 when he was cast in Grease (musical) at the Hidalgo Theater in Mexico City by Julissa, the producer and adaptor of the musical.

Bummy

Bummy Booth (Walter C. Booth), head coach of the Nebraska college football program

Captain Applejack

The film was based on a 1921 play, of the same name, written by Walter C. Hackett.

Chico Alvarez

Alfred "Chico" Alvarez (1920–1992), Canadian trumpeter and session musician with Stan Kenton

Christian views on the Old Covenant

Apparently republished as: Five Views on Law and Gospel, by Greg L. Bahnsen, with five contributors: Stanley N. Gundry, Walter C. Kaiser, Jr., Wayne G. Strickland, Douglas J. Moo, Willem A. VanGemeren; Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996.

IBP, Inc. v. Alvarez

Workers for the Iowa Beef Processors, Inc. (IBP, Inc.), now known as Tyson Foods, Inc., filed a class-action lawsuit requesting reparations for unpaid wages.

Latham Park

For the Elon (United States) University baseball venue, see Walter C. Latham Park.

Luis F. Alvarez

His father was Eugenio Fernández, who was in charge of the business and palace affairs in Madrid of don Francisco de Paula, one of the royal princes.

In 1895, Álvarez resigned his position in Waialua to prepare himself for work as Superintendent of a new experimental hospital for the treatment of leprosy which was to be established in Kalihi, a suburb of Honolulu.

His grandson and great-grandson have also become well known: Luis Walter Alvarez, a physicist and Nobel Prize winner; and Walter Alvarez, Professor of Geology at the University of California, Berkeley.

Mabel Alvarez

Her father, Luis F. Alvarez, a physician, was involved with the leprosy research begun by the legendary Father Damien.

Machaín

Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, a cause of action must be universally recognized by the law of nations as a prohibited norm in order to be actionable

United States v. Alvarez-Machain, 504 U.S. 655 (1992), decision by the United States Supreme Court

United States v. Alvarez-Machain

Despite vigorous protests from the Mexican government, Álvarez was tried in United States District Court in Los Angeles; the trial, in which his defense focused intensely on the legality of the arrest, resulted in an acquittal.

Walter Alvarez

Alvarez and his father Luis W. Alvarez are most widely known for their discovery (with Frank Asaro and Helen Michel) that a clay layer occurring right at the Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) boundary was highly enriched in the element iridium.

His grandfather was the famed physician Walter C. Alvarez and his great-grandfather, Spanish-born Luis F. Alvarez, worked as a doctor in Hawaii and developed a method for the better diagnosis of macular leprosy.

Walter Bachman

Walter C. Bachman (1911–1991), American ship designer and marine engineer

Walter C. Hackett

Several of his stage works (such as Captain Applejack, Freedom of the Seas, Regeneration, Hyde Park Corner, The Gay Adventure, 77 Rue Chalgrin, The Barton Mystery, It Pays to Advertise, 77 Park Lane, It Pays to Advertise and Other Men's Wives) were adapted for film.

Walter C. Lee

Auditors allege that from 2009 through 2012, then Superintendent Lee double-billed expenses to both the DeSoto Parish School Board and the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, of which he remains an elected member, subject to removal only on conviction of a felony.

Walter C. Lindley

On September 15, 1949, President Harry S. Truman nominated Lindley for elevation to the seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit vacated by Truman's successful appointment of Sherman Minton to the United States Supreme Court.

He was a master in chancery for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois from 1912 to 1918.

On September 20, 1922, Lindley was nominated by President Warren G. Harding to a new seat on the Eastern District of Illinois created by 42 Stat.

Walter C. Lowdermilk

They had two children: Winifred Esther Lowdermilk (married Wilmot N. Hess) and William Francis Lowdermilk (deceased).

Walter C. Owen

Born in Trenton, Wisconsin, Owen received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin.

Walter C. Righter

In 1990 another link was developed between the Dioceses of Iowa and Brechin with the Diocese of Swaziland in Africa.

Bishop Righter and his wife Nancy retired to Allstead, New Hampshire before moving to Export, Pennsylvania.

Walter C. Rollins

As a trainer, Rollins spent the majority of his career at racetracks in the New York/New Jersey area, making his home in The Bronx, New York.

Walter Rollins trained for prominent owners such as Norman Kittson, Pierre Lorillard IV, and the Oneck Stable of Harry K. Knapp and his brother, Dr. Gideon Lee Knapp.

Walter C. Taylor

He entered the newspaper business in 1890, purchasing Towner News, a small newspaper from Towner, North Dakota.

He relocated to LaMoure, North Dakota, and edited their newspaper, The Chronicle in 1894.

Walter C. Whitaker

He fought at the Union defense at the Battle of Chickamauga that fall as part of Brig. Gen. Gordon Granger's Reserve Corps, and was again wounded, hit in his abdomen on September 20.

Walter C. Young Middle School

Scrabble Club - This club is a group of about 30 students that train weekly for the United States Scrabble Open (the National Scrabble Competition) for children in 6th-8th grade.

Walter Taylor

Walter C. Taylor (1870–1929), North Dakota Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor


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