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2 unusual facts about Willet M. Hays


Wendelin Grimm

One of them, Arthur B. Lyman, worked to bring Grimm's alfalfa to the attention of Professor Willet Hays at the University of Minnesota.

Willet M. Hays

Hays had a Liberty ship, the U.S. Willet M. Hays, hull number 2763, named after him.


David G. Hays

In 1982 he published Cognitive Structures, in which he developed a novel scheme for grounding cognition in perception and action as conceived in the control theory of William T. Powers.

Edward Hays

Edward D. Hays (1872–1941), U.S. Representative from Missouri

Felix in Hollywood

In the episode, Felix goes to Hollywood and meets Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, William S. Hart, Will Hays, Snub Pollard & Ben Turpin, in the first animated cartoon to feature caricatures of Hollywood celebrities.

Frank Hayes

Frank L. Hays (1922–2003), 35th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, United States

Hays Mountains

They were named by Byrd for Will H. Hays, former head of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America.

How Kitchener Was Betrayed

Pressure was also successfully exerted on William Hays of the Motion Picture Association of America to ban the film in the United States and the French authorities also refused to screen it.

James H. Hays

His first mine was opened in 1828, at the mouth of Street's Run, where it empties into the Monongahela River.

Kramer v. Union Free School District No. 15

Writing for the Second Circuit panel majority, Judge Paul R. Hays concluded that in light of then-recent Supreme Court caselaw applying the Equal Protection Clause to voter restrictions, Kramer's constitutional challenge could not be considered frivolous.

Linda Watkins

Hess was attorney for Will Hays and the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America.

Monroe Doctrine Centennial half dollar

They hired former Postmaster General Will H. Hays as censor to the industry; the Hays Code would govern how explicit a motion picture could be for decades to come.

Samuel Hays

S. H. Hays (1864–1934), mayor of Boise, Idaho from 1916 to 1919

Silas B. Hays

In May he was assigned as Chief of the Supply Division in the Office of the European Theater's Chief Surgeon, responsible for acquiring, storing and distributing blood, plasma, penicillin and other medical supplies American service members required during combat in Europe.

Will H. Hays

After a year in office, he resigned to become the choice of the Hollywood movie studios to become the first president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA) (1922–45).

In the postwar period, this organization would be renamed the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).


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