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A. Ralph Mollis

Mollis attended St. Anselm College and the Southern New England School of Law, but he left law school to pursue a career in finance with LAMCO Pension and Investment Advisory Firm, simultaneously serving as Town Councilman of North Providence from 1986 until 1996.

Abitibi-Consolidated

Following the death of Price Sr sons William Evan Price and Evans John Price took over and the firm became Price Brothers and Company Limited.

Anatol Kagan

After arriving in Melbourne in 1939, Kagan worked in the offices of several prominent architectural firms of the day, including Hugh & Arthur Peck, Seabrook & Fildes, Joseph Plottel, and Geelong-based firm of Buchan, Laird & Buchan.

Arc International

The company was established in Arques, Pas-de-Calais, where it is still headquartered, as a glass-making firm under the name Verrerie des Sept Ecluses in 1825.

Blue State

Blue State Digital, a Washington, D.C.-based Internet strategy and technology firm

Brian C. Griffin

In January 2004, Griffin was appointed the President and member of the Board for Clean Energy Systems, a private Rancho Cordova, California based energy technology innovations firm.

Broderick Bozimo

His wife is Rosaline Bozimo, who was his partner in the law firm Broderick Bozimo & Co and later become the chief justice of Delta State.

Canterbury Cathedral

It was built in 1886 by Henry Willis and subsequently rebuilt by the same firm in the mid 20th century.

CAP Scientific

CAP (Computer Analysts and Programmers) merged with the French firm Sema-Metra SA in 1988 as Sema Group plc which was acquired by Schlumberger in 2001 to become SchlumbergerSema, itself acquired by Atos Origin in 2004.

Cerizay

The firm currently construct the roof module for the Peugeot 206CC and till 2009 built the Vauxhall/Opel Tigra Twin Top.

City of Toronto Archives

It was designed by the architectural firm of Zeidler Roberts, who also designed the Toronto Eaton Centre, as a state-of-the-art purpose-built archives building incorporating a climate controlled records, a central atrium and exhibition area; a 60-seat theatre and a Research Hall.

Concrete and Clay

As a result, Crewe had a cover version of "Concrete and Clay" cut by Eddie Rambeau, a staff writer at Crewe's music publishing firm, which was the inaugural release for Crewe's own DynoVoice Records.

Derek Bellotti

Bellotti is currently managing director of Kingfisher Print and Design, a print firm based in Dartington.

DZRJ-FM

On October 15, 2010, HP Philippines, a unit of United States-based information technology firm Hewlett-Packard Company, have entered an agreement with RJ 100.3 FM as part of radio commercials.

Edward Baldwin Whitney

In 1883, with General Henry Lawrence Burnett, who was a member of that firm, he formed the firm of Burnett & Whitney.

Eric Swanson

In March 2004, SEC lawyer Genevievette Walker-Lightfoot, who was reviewing Madoff's firm, raised questions to Swanson (Walker-Lightfoot's boss's supervisor) about unusual trading at a Bernie Madoff fund; Walker-Lightfoot was told to instead concentrate on an unrelated matter.

Fivay High School

Fivay High School was designed by Florida-based architecture firm Harvard Jolly.

Globe Telecom

Kickstart Ventures is a early-stage seed fund, wholly owned subsidiary of major telecommunications firm Globe Telecom, backed by SingTel and the Ayala Corporation.

Goodman Center

The Goodman Center is a partnership between Lipman Hearne, the largest full-service marketing and communications firm dedicated to serving the nonprofit sector and Andy Goodman, communications consultant and author of the books Why Bad Ads Happen to Good Causes and Why Bad Presentations Happen to Good Causes.

Hancock

John Hancock Tower, a building in Boston, Massachusetts, owned by the insurance firm

Hogan Lovells

Soon after formation, the firm moved to Thavies Inn at Holborn Circus and later to Serjeant's Inn, Fleet Street, before moving to 21 Holborn Viaduct in October 1977.

The firm traced its history in the UK back to 1899, when John Lovell set up on his own account at Octavia Hill, between St Paul's and Smithfield.

Houlihan Lokey

During this period the firm advised on almost 1000 restructuring transactions (including 12 of the 15 largest bankruptcy cases), special situations or Distressed M&A, with aggregate debt claims in excess of $1.5 trillion, including cases such as Lehman Brothers, WorldCom, Enron, General Motors and CIT Group.

Husqvarna TR650

The company began producing motorcycles in 1903 at Huskvarna, Sweden, as a subsidiary of the Husqvarna armament firm.

Intellibridge

Intellibridge was a strategic analysis firm in Washington DC, founded by David Rothkopf in 1999.

John J. Mooney

He retired from Engelhard in 2003, having spent 43 years working for the firm.

Jurek Becker

After completing his national service in the East German army in the 1950s, during which time he became firm friends with the actor Manfred Krug, Becker studied philosophy in East Berlin but was expelled for expressing non-conformist views.

Kinderhook Industries

In June, 2012, the firm took control of M. Davis Company, Incorporated (doing business as USA Recovery, and Skip Masters), a firm based in El Dorado Hills, California that reprocesses property when owners default on loans.

Luce Memorial Chapel

It was designed by the architect and artist Chen Chi-Kwan in collaboration with the firm of noted architect I. M. Pei, and named in honor of the Rev. Henry W. Luce, an American missionary in China in the late 19th century and father of publisher Henry Luce.

Michael Slive

Early in his life, he practiced law in New Hampshire, serving as judge of the Hanover District Court from 1972 to 1977, and was a partner in a Chicago law firm.

Mike Kim

He is currently a Managing Director at Ferrazzi Greenlight, a management consulting firm and research institute, working with founder and CEO Keith Ferrazzi on human behavior and culture change.

Military Professional Resources Inc.

General William F. Kernan of the U.S. Army also joined the firm after his military service.

Muhlenberg Greene Architects

Frequently confused with the Muhlenberg Brothers, an architecture/engineering firm also operating in Reading, Pennsylvania during the first half of the 20th century, Muhlenberg Greene Architects was never affiliated with Muhlenberg Brothers’ firm, although Frederick Muhlenberg does have familial ties with the Brothers.

Museo Picasso Málaga

Gluckman's firm received a 2005 Design Award from the American Institute of Architects for the project.

Naomi Robson

Figures from the ratings research firm OzTAM indicate that she had a nightly audience of more than one million people across the three capital cities.

National Junior College

Chen Show Mao, Partner in the Corporate Department of international law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell and Managing Partner of their Beijing Office.

Olson Kundig Architects

Olson Kundig Architects, a Seattle-based architectural firm, was founded by architect Jim Olson in 1967.

Outokumpu

In 1992, British Steel Stainless merged with the Swedish firm Avesta (as in Avesta Municipality) to form Avesta Sheffield, and in 2001 merged with Outokumpu, making it the third-largest stainless steel producing company in the world at the time.

Pedro L. Marín

In June 2012, he joined the London office of The Brattle Group, a global economic consulting firm, as a principal.

Proviso Township High Schools District 209

The school was designed by the noted Chicago architectural firm of Perkins and Will.

Ralph Anderson

Ralph G. Anderson (1923–2010), American engineer, farmer, and founder of engineering firm Belcan

Richard Socarides

From 1984 to 1990, Socarides was an associate, then a partner, at the New York law firm of Squadron, Ellenoff, Plesent & Sheinfeld.

St Michael's Cemetery, Sheffield

John Francis Bentley designed the three east windows which feature, The Risen Christ, The Blessed Virgin and St John, they were produced by the firm of Lavers, Barraud and Westlake.

Thomas Waldrom

Waldrom instantly became a firm favourite at Welford Road and has been given the nickname "Thomas the tank engine", due to his size and rampaging runs to which he has taken to giving an arm gesture as if blowing a train engines horn when scoring a try.

Tim Willoughby

Having left Goldman Sachs in late 2007, Willoughby was due to start work at the firm of Citi Smith Barney on 10 January 2008, but died suddenly on 9 January 2008 after suffering a heart attack on board a flight from the United States to Singapore, returning home from a family holiday in New Mexico.

Vantis

As of 2010 Vantis was ranked the 13th largest accountancy firm in the UK by Accountancy Age.

Warren De la Rue

He was born in Guernsey, the son of the founder of the large firm of stationers of that name in London, Thomas de la Rue and Jane (née Warren).

Warren Rudman

At the time of his death, he was a co-chair of Albright Stonebridge Group; a retired partner in the international law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; and an advisory board member of Promontory Financial Group.

Wartenberg Trust

WartenbergTrust is a global multi-family office, wealth management and investment advisory firm established in 1921 to manage financial and other assets of the Wartenberg family in German-speaking Europe and from 1931 also in France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, the US and Italy.

Wedgwood

Josiah Wedgwood III (1795–1880), son of Josiah II, was a partner in the firm from 1825 until he retired in 1842.


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