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2 unusual facts about Walter F. Fontaine


Walter F. Fontaine

Later he moved to Woonsocket, Rhode Island where he began his architectural training in 1887 in the office of Willard Kent, an important architect and engineer in late 19th century Woonsocket.

Willard Kent

Kent had a number of apprentices in his offices, the most notable of which being Walter F. Fontaine.


Ala Moana Center

Dredging projects nearby spearheaded by Walter F. Dillingham created excess coral which filled the swamp, purchased by Dillingham in 1912 from the estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop.

Dooly County, Georgia

Notable Dooly County residents include former governor George Busbee; former U.S. senator Walter F. George; the late Jody Powell, press secretary and aide to Jimmy Carter during his governorship and U.S. presidency; and Roger Kingdom, an Olympic gold medalist in track and field.

Eufaula

Walter F. George Lake, Alabama–Georgia, USA; commonly known as Lake Eufaula

George W. Woodruff

He bequeathed the university's law school a $15 million endowment; the Woodruff Curriculum at Mercer's Walter F. George School of Law is named in his honor.

Lake Eufaula

Walter F. George Lake, an artificial lake on the Chattahoochee River between Alabama and Georgia, USA that is also known as Lake Eufaula, from the town of Eufaula, Alabama on its western banks

Polytron

The PolyMake product was followed in 1985 by the Polytron Version Control System (PVCS) (also written by Kinzer), that was loosely based on the RCS change control system authored by Walt Tichy while at Purdue University.

Revision Control System

by Walter F. Tichy while he was at Purdue University as a free and more evolved alternative to the then-popular Source Code Control System (SCCS).

Thomas Gregory Skinner

Skinner was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress on November 20, 1883, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Walter F. Pool.

Walter F. Kelly

Before his tenure at Butler, Kelly served as a Texas assistant coach to David Farragut Edwards in 1898.

Walter F. Parkes

Other films produced during their tenure include: Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous, Robert Zemeckis' What Lies Beneath, Adam McKay's Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Michael Mann's Collateral, and Steven Spielberg's Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning drama Saving Private Ryan, which was the top-grossing film domestically of 1998.

Walter F. Pool

Pool was elected as a Republican to the 48th United States Congress and served from March 4, 1883, until his death on August 25, 1883, in Elizabeth City, before the assembling of Congress.

Walter F. Tichy

To the larger software development community he is mostly known as the initial developer of the RCS revision control system.

Walter George

Walter F. George (1878–1957), American politician from the state of Georgia

Walter Stone

Walter F. Stone (1822–1874), Republican politician and judge in Ohio


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