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  1. W. Robert Pearson

    Infobox Officeholder name W. Robert Pearson image Directorgeneral pearson 150.jpg image size 250px caption W. Robert Pearson office United States Ambassador to Turkey president Bill Clinton br George W. Bush term start 2000 term end 2003 predecessor Mark Robert Parris successor Eric S. Edelman website Personal data birth date 1943 birth place death date death place birthname nationality party otherparty For additional political affiliations spouse partner For those with a domestic partner and not married relations children residence alma mater Vanderbilt University br University of Virginia Law School profession Diplomat W. Robert Pearson born 1943 is a former United States Foreign Service Foreign Service Officer who served as Ambassadors of the United States United States Ambassador to Turkey 2000&ndash 2003 and later as Director of Human Resources in the United States Foreign Service Foreign Service until his retirement in 2006. He became the fourth ref 14 September 2010 . In IREX Official ... . NAME Pearson, W. Robert ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American diplomat DATE OF BIRTH 1943 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Pearson, W. Robert Category Ambassadors of the United ... ref Career Pearson is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service , Class of Career Minister ... . Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy to France from July 1997 to July 2000, Pearson closely ... and helped in the opening of five new American offices in France s regions. Pearson was appointed ... to 1990 on the international staff as chair of NATO s Political Committee. Between 1991 and 1993, Pearson was also Executive Secretary of the Department of State . Education Pearson received his BA degree ... Turkish . External links http www.state.gov r pa ei biog 25161.htm Ambassador Pearson at U.S. Department of State s website http www.nndb.com people 986 000122620 W. Robert Pearson at NNDB References Reflist s start s dip succession box before Mark Robert Parris title United States Ambassador ...   more details



  1. Robert Pearson

    for the American diplomat W. Robert Pearson Captain Robert Pearson was a soldier and politician from Alberta , Canada . Pearson was first elected as a non partisan to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the Alberta general election, 1917 1917 Alberta general election as the top pick in the, At large soldiers and nurses vote from voters fighting overseas in World War I . Roberta MacAdams was elected second in the block vote by a very narrow margin behind his total. He kept his seat in the legislature after the war by running in the Alberta general election, 1921 1921 Alberta general election and becoming the fifth person elected in a block vote in the Calgary provincial electoral district Calgary electoral district. Robert served his 2nd term in office as an Independent. He did not run again in 1926 and retired from the legislature after two terms. External links http www.ourfutureourpast.ca law page.aspx?id 3279844 Robert Pearson notice of election Alberta Gazette October 1917 start box s par ca ab succession box before New Position title Member of the Legislative Assembly MLA Province at Large years 1917 1921 after Position Abolished succession box before William Henry Cushing William Cushing br Thomas Tweedie title Member of the Legislative Assembly MLA Calgary provincial electoral district Calgary years 1921&ndash 1926 after Alexander McGillivray politician Alexander McGillivray br John Irwin politician John Irwin br George Harry Webster George Webster br Robert Parkyn end box Alberta politician stub DEFAULTSORT Pearson, Robert Category Independent Alberta MLAs Category Canadian military personnel of World War I ...   more details



  1. Kevin W. Pearson

    Infobox LDS biography name Kevin W. Pearson birth name Kevin Wayne Pearson birth date birth date and age 1957 6 10 birth place Salt Lake City , Utah , United States position or quorum1 First Quorum of the Seventy president1 Thomas S. Monson start date1 start date 2008 04 05 Kevin Wayne Pearson born April 10, 1957 has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints LDS Church since 2008. He is a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy . Pearson grew up in Salt Lake City , Utah . As a young man, Pearson was a Missionary LDS Church Mormon missionary in the Finland Helsinki Mission LDS Church Mission . He received a bachelors degree in finance from the University of Utah and an MBA from Harvard Business School . He worked for the Brighton Consulting Group and later Ernst & Young . From 1991 to 1997, he was the COO CFO of Medicode and from 1998 to 2005 he was the CEO of Ingenix . In the LDS Church, Pearson has served in several positions, including Bishop LDS Church bishop . From 2005 to 2008, he served as Mission president president of the Washington U.S. state Washington Tacoma Mission LDS Church Mission . He was still serving in Washington U.S. state Washington when he was called to the First Quorum of the Seventy . As a general authority , he has served ... &vgnextoid f318118dd536c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD Elder Kevin W. Pearson, Liahona magazine Liahona , May 2008, p. 137 External links http lds.org church leader kevin w pearson?lang eng General Authorities Elder Kevin W. Pearson , lds.org http www.gapages.com pearskw1.htm Grampa Bill s G.A. pages Kevin W. Pearson LDS70quorum1members Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Pearson, Kevin W. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1957 PLACE OF BIRTH Salt Lake City , Utah DATE OF DEATH April 5, 2008 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Pearson, Kevin W. Category 1957 ... , based in Auckland , New Zealand . Pearson and his wife, June, are the parents of six children. References ...   more details



  1. Jay F. W. Pearson

    Use mdy dates date October 2011 Infobox university chancellor name Jay F. W. Pearson image caption university 2nd President of the University of Miami term start 1952 term end 1962 predecessor Bowman Foster Ashe successor Henry King Stanford birth date birth date 1901 05 11 ref cite news first Michael last Thompson title At The U M 2000 Guest sic Attend Party url http news.google.com newspapers?id WrMyAAAAIBAJ&sjid J wFAAAAIBAJ&pg 1920 2C4148680 newspaper The Miami News at 8D location Miami date May 11, 1958 ref birth place death date Death date and age 1965 8 8 1901 05 11 ref cite news first William last Tucker title U M Mourns Chancellor Pearson url http news.google.com newspapers?id JbgyAAAAIBAJ&sjid AOsFAAAAIBAJ&pg 1102 2C2710071 newspaper The Miami News at 1B location Miami date August 9, 1965 ref ref cite news title Dr. Jay Pearson, 64, Miami U. Chancellor url http select.nytimes.com ..., administrator religion spouse children signature Jay F. W. Pearson May 11, 1901 August 8, 1965 ... as a marine biologist. President Ashe recruited Pearson from the University of Pittsburgh . ref ... letter from Ashe to Pearson accessdate 2009 11 30 ref As one of Ashe s longtime assistants, Pearson was positioned to succeed Ashe as President when Ashe died in 1952. Pearson ushered in a decade of growth ... 11 13 ref Pearson was named Chancellor after retiring as President. Pearson was initiated as an honorary ... of Miami honored Pearson by naming scholarships for transfer students after him. ref cite web url http www.aie.org Scholarships detail.cfm?ID 5308 title Jay F.W. Pearson Scholarship accessdate 2009 11 30 ref When UM built a new residence hall in 1962, it was named for Pearson. ref cite web url http www6.miami.edu UMH CDA UMH Main 1,1770,42701 1 42738 3,00.html title Pearson Residential College ... Persondata . NAME Pearson, Jay ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1901 05 11 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1965 08 09 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Pearson, Jay Category 1901 births Category ...   more details



  1. Robert E. Pearson

    Robert E. Pearson is a movie director , writer , a Painting painter . He was involved in over 100 films. ref name lawrence.com http www.lawrence.com news 2004 feb 15 kansas artist Kansas artist remains prolific despite handicaps lawrence.com Bot generated title ref Early life When Pearson was twelve years old, he left his hometown of Concordia, Kansas on a three year trek to California to get into show business. He had reportedly decided to make this trip himself after witnessing a band concert at Concordia Junior Senior High School Concordia High School when he was ten years old. ref name lawrence.com Movie career In 1950, Pearson got his first big break when he met Norman Rice who was hosting the weekly CBS radio show, This Is Our America . He was hired to play seven characters on the show. His work there led to minor roles in other movies. Pearson also served as official videographer for stars receiving the Palme d Or Golden Palm Award s, including Mickey Rooney , James Earl Jones and Robert Stack . ref http www.lawrence.com news 2004 feb 15 kansas artist ?print Kansas artist remains prolific despite handicaps LJWorld.com Bot generated title ref While in Hollywood, California Hollywood , Peasron directed two films The Devil and LeRoy Bassett ref http www.imdb.com name nm0669371 Robert E. Pearson Bot generated title ref and Hawaiian Split . The movie, The Devil and LeRoy Bassett starring Don Epperson premiered at the Brown Grand Theatre in Concordia, Kansas where Robert previously had lived. This was the last movie to be shown at the theatre before its restoration. ref http ... title ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Pearson, Robert ... DEFAULTSORT Pearson, Robert E. Category Year of birth missing living people Category Living people ... film and television career, Pearson wrote poetry and created art in his spare time. He now lives in Clay ... galleries. ref name lawrence.com Pearson has had Parkinson s disease for nearly a decade ...   more details



  1. Robert Pearson Brereton

    Robert Pearson Brereton 4 April 1818 1 September 1894 was an English railway engineer. He worked under Isambard Kingdom Brunel for more than twenty years and, following Brunel s death, completed many of his projects. Family Robert Pearson Brereton came from a Norfolk family that produced other notable Victorian engineers Cuthbert A. Brereton John Wolfe Barry Sir John Wolfe Barry s partner and Robert Maitland Brereton chief engineer on part of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway and advocate in the US Congress for the building of irrigation canals in California . Citation needed date December 2011 Brunel s assistant File Royal albert bridge hist.jpg thumb The Royal Albert Bridge after Brereton had floated the second span into position for jacking up to the top of the piers. Brereton was recruited by Brunel staff in 1836 to be one of seven resident engineers supervising the construction of the Great Western Railway . He lost an eye in a work accident and is depicted in a portrait with an eye patch. ref name Brindle cite book last Brindle first Stephen title Brunel the man who built the world date 2005 publisher Wiedenfield and Nicolson location London isbn 0 297 84408 3 pages 230 232 ref ref name Buchanan cite book last Buchanan first R.A. editor Pugsley, Sir Alfred title The Works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel date 1976 publisher Institution of Civil Engineers and University of Bristol location London and Bristol isbn 0 7277 0030 8 pages 7 10 ref After the Great Western railway was completed, he carried out similar tasks on other railways that Brunel was building. For example, in 1845 he was one of Brunel s resident engineers on the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway in 1845 ref cite book last MacDermot first E T title History of the Great Western Railway edition 1 volume ... Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Brereton, Robert Pearson ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT ... DEFAULTSORT Brereton, Robert Pearson Category 1818 births Category 1894 deaths Category English ...   more details



  1. Robert W. Woodruff Professor

    File Soyinka, Wole 1934 .jpg thumb Wole Soyinka , the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate, was appointed as the Robert W. Woodruff Professor of the Arts in 1996 The Robert W. Woodruff Professorships are endowed professorship s at Emory University , named for philanthropist Robert W. Woodruff . The chairs are Emory University s most distinguished academic appointments ... reserved for world class scholars who are not only proven leaders of their own fields of specialty but also ambitious bridge builders across specialty disciplines. ref Thomas C. Arthur and John Witte, Jr., The Foundations of Law Introduction , 54 Emory Law Journal, 1 375 2005 . ref List of Robert W. Woodruff Professors Law Harold J. Berman 1918 2007 , Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law appointed in 1985 Michael J. Perry , Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law appointed in 2003 Martha Fineman born 1943 , Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law appointed in 2004 Other areas Wole Soyinka , Robert W. Woodruff Professor of the Arts appointed in September 1996 Michael Davis , Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Luke Timothy Johnson , Robert W. Woodruff Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins Reynaldo Martorell , Robert W Woodruff Professor of International Nutrition Kenneth E. Thorpe , Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Health Policy Martin E. Marty , Robert W. Woodruff Visiting Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Emory University 2003 2004 References reflist Category Emory University Category Professorships in Law Category Professorships in art Category Professorships in History Category Professorships in Medicine Category Professorships in Divinity ...   more details



  1. Robert W. Holley

    File Robert W. Holley nobel.jpg thumb Image R Holley.jpg thumb right Robert W. Holley, on the far left Robert William Holley January 28, 1922 February 11, 1993 was an American biochemist . He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1968 with Har Gobind Khorana and Marshall Warren Nirenberg for describing the structure of alanine tRNA transfer RNA , linking DNA and protein synthesis . Holley was born in Urbana, Illinois , and graduated from Urbana High School in 1938. He went on to study chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign , graduating in 1942 and commencing his PhD studies in organic chemistry at Cornell University . During World War II Holley spent two years working under Professor Vincent du Vigneaud at Cornell University Medical College, where he was involved in the first chemical synthesis of penicillin . Holley completed his PhD studies in 1947. USDA ... medicine laureates 1968 holley bio.html title Robert W. Holley Biography ref ref cite web url ... and possibly dangerous man we call ......Robert W. Holley 1922 1993 ? ref Following his ... . NAME Holley, Robert W. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1922 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH February 11, 1993 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Holley, Robert W. Category ... alumni ar bg ca Robert W. Holley de Robert W. Holley es Robert W. Holley eu Robert William Holley fr Robert Holley hr Robert W. Holley io Robert W. Holley id Robert William Holley it Robert William Holley nl Robert W. Holley ja W no Robert W. Holley oc Robert W. Holley pnb nds Robert William Holley pl Robert William Holley pt Robert Holley ru , simple Robert W. Holley fi Robert W. Holley sv Robert W. Holley tr Robert William Holley uk yo Robert W. Holley zh W ... title Holley s Nobel Lecture ref and Har Gobind Khorana and Marshall W. Nirenberg were also awarded ...   more details



  1. Robert W. Woolley

    File Robert W, Woolley at his desk.jpg thumb right alt A man sits at a desk. Mint Director Robert W. Woolley Robert Wickliffe Woolley April 29, 1871 &ndash December 15, 1958 ref http books.google.com books?id K wgAAAAMAAJ&q 22Robert Wickliffe Woolley 22 December 1958&dq 22Robert Wickliffe Woolley 22 December 1958&hl en&ei 7O oTdK2Do SsAP3suD6DA&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 3&ved 0CC4Q6AEwAg ref ref http books.google.com books?id ayxPAAAAYAAJ&q Robert W. Woolley Mint born&dq Robert W. Woolley Mint born&hl en&ei R moTa3PNK B0QGD Ln5CA&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 4&ved 0CDUQ6AEwAw ref an American Democratic Party United States Democratic politician from Washington D.C. , and member of the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1920, was an early critic of Energy policy of the United States American fuel consumption . ref Woolley, Robert W. What Fuel Conservation Means to America 1920, as published in American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1920. ref Commons category Robert W. Woolley References Reflist s start s gov s bef before George E. Roberts s ttl title Director of the United States Mint years March 1915 July 1916 s aft after Friedrich Johannes Hugo von Engelken s end USMintDirectors Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Woolley, Robert W. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION director of the US mint DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1871 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH December 15, 1958 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Woolley, Robert W. Category Washington, D.C. Democrats Category People of the Interstate Commerce Commission Category Directors of the United States Mint Category 1871 births Category 1958 deaths US poli bio stub ...   more details



  1. Robert W. Laing

    Infobox person image imagesize name Robert W. Laing birth date birth place death date death place othername Bob Laing br Robert Laing occupation Production designer br Art director br Set decorator yearsactive 1968 2000 Robert W. Laing is a British production designer , art director in film art director and set decorator . He won an Academy Award and was nominated for another in the category Academy Award for Best Art Direction Best Art Direction . ref name theoscarsite.com Cite web url http theoscarsite.com whoswho5 laing r.htm title Robert W. Laing accessdate 2011 01 28 work theoscarsite.com ref ref name IMDb.com cite web url http www.imdb.com name nm0481925 awards title IMDb.com Robert W. Laing Awards accessdate 2008 12 28 work IMDb.com ref Selected filmography Laing won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction and was nominated for another ref name OscarDB cite web accessdate December 28, 2008 url http awardsdatabase.oscars.org ampas awards DisplayMain.jsp?curTime 1230488976332 title Academy Awards database format search on Laing ref Won for Art Direction at the 55th Academy Awards for Gandhi film Gandhi 1982 Stuart Craig, Bob Laing Set Decoration Michael Seirton Nominated for Art Direction at the 45th Academy Awards for Travels with My Aunt film Travels with My Aunt 1972 John Box, Gil Parrondo, Robert W. Laing References reflist External links IMDb name 0481925 Amg name 98494 Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata Persondata NAME Laing, Robert W. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Production designer , Art director , Set decorator DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH AcademyAwardBestArtDirection 1981 2000 DEFAULTSORT Laing, Robert W. Category Production designers Category British art directors Category British set decorators Category Best Art Direction Academy Award winners Category Year of birth missing living people Category Living people artdirector stub de Robert W. Laing ...   more details



  1. Robert W. Parry

    Context date September 2009 Lead too short date September 2009 Robert W. Parry October 1, 1917 December 1, 2006 was a professor of chemistry at the University of Michigan and the University of Utah . Among his awards were the Priestley Medal in 1993. ref http unews.utah.edu p ?r 120706 1 Longtime U Chemist Robert W. Parry Dies , University of Utah News Release, December 7, 2006, accessed August 3, 2008. ref References references Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Parry, Robert W. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1917 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH December 1, 2006 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Parry, Robert W. Category 1917 births Category 2006 deaths Category University of Michigan faculty Category University of Utah faculty Category Article Feedback 5 chemist stub ...   more details



  1. Robert W. Vishny

    founding partners and portfolio managers. Selected works Vishny, Robert W, & LaPorta, R. & Lopez ... 1113. Vishny, Robert W. & Shleifer, A. A Survey of Corporate Governance , Journal of Finance, 1997, 52 2 , pp.  737 83. Vishny, Robert W. & Shleifer, A. The Limits of Arbitrage , Journal of Finance, 1997, 52 1 , pp.  35 55. Vishny, Robert W. & Lakonishok, J. & Shleifer, A. Contrarian Investment, Extrapolation and Risk , Journal of Finance 1994, 49 5 , pp.  1541 78. Vishny, Robert W ..., Part 1 , pp.  461 88. External links http www.nber.org robert vishny Robert W. Vishny Robert W ... A Businessweek article profiling Robert W. Vishny http www.lsvasset.com LSV Asset Management ..., Robert W. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Vishny, Robert W. Category Year of birth missing living people Category Living people ...Robert Ward Vishny is an American economist and is the Myron S. Scholes Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business . He was the Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business . He received his Bachelor of Arts A.B. with highest distinction economics, mathematics, and philosophy from the University of Michigan in 1981 and Ph.D. Economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1985. He is one of the prominent representatives of the school of behavioral finance . His research activities include market for corporate control corporate governance around the world privatization and the role of government in the economy behavior of institutional investors behavior of stock prices the economics of corruption and rent seeking behavior. His research papers many of them written jointly with Andrei Shleifer , Rafael LaPorta and Josef Lakonishok are among the most often cited ... of Technology alumni Category University of Chicago faculty de Robert Vishny ...   more details



  1. Robert W. Paul

    Company took over the smaller but successful Robert W. Paul Instrument Company and became The Cambridge ..., Robert W. Category 1869 births Category 1943 deaths Category Cinema pioneers Category Scientific instrument makers Category People from Highbury fr Robert W. Paul it Robert William Paul pt Robert William Paul ru , fi Robert William Paul uk ...Infobox person name Robert William Paul image caption birth date birth date 1869 10 3 df y birth place Liverpool Road, Highbury br London Borough of Islington death date death date and age 1943 3 28 1869 10 3 df y death place other names known for Theatrograph occupation film maker Robert W. Paul 3 October 1869 &ndash 28 March 1943 was a United Kingdom British electrician, scientific instrument maker and early pioneer of British film . Early career He was born in Highbury , London , and began his technical career learning instrument making skills at the Elliott Brothers computer company Elliott Brothers , a firm of London instrument makers founded in 1804, followed by the Bell Telephone Company in Antwerp . In 1891, he established an instrument making company, Robert W. Paul Instrument Company, initially with a workshop at 44 Hatton Garden , London, later his office. In 1894, he was approached by two Greek businessmen who wanted him to make copies of an Thomas Edison Edison Kinetoscope that they had purchased. He at first refused, then found to his amazement that Edison had not patented the invention in Britain. Subsequently, Paul himself would go on to purchase a Kinetoscope, intent ... A Short History of the Movies edition Abridged 9th Edition year 2007 publisher Pearson Education ... A Fraud? 1906 References Reflist External links http www.victorian cinema.net paul.htm Robert William Paul Who s Who of Victorian Cinema Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Paul, Robert W. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 3 October 1869 PLACE OF BIRTH Liverpool Road ...   more details



  1. Robert W. Williams Plantation

    Orphan date February 2009 The Robert W. Williams Plantation was a small cotton plantation located in of approximately convert 800 acre abbr on located in northern Leon County, Florida Leon County , Florida , United States U.S. established by Robert W. Williams. Location The Robert W. Williams Plantation was located on the south shore of Lake Iamonia, Florida Lake Iamonia . Plantation specifics The Leon County Florida 1860 Agricultural Census shows that the Robert W. Williams Plantation had the following Improved Land convert 400 acre abbr on Unimproved Land convert 400 acre abbr on Cash value of plantation United States dollar 8,000 Cash value of farm implements machinery 300 Cash value of farm animals N A Number of slaves 37 Bushels of corn N A Bales of cotton N A The owner Robert W. Williams was an attorney and represented the Marquis de Lafayette and his heirs over the Lafayette lands. Williams also belonged to the National Agricultural Society and served as vice president from 1841 1842 and was considered a scientific farmer References http ftp.rootsweb.com pub usgenweb fl leon census 1860agri.txt Rootsweb Plantations http freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com ajac flleon.htm Largest Slaveholders from 1860 Slave Census Schedules Paisley, Clifton From Cotton To Quail , University of Florida Press, c1968. coord missing Florida Category Plantations in Leon County, Florida ...   more details



  1. Robert W. Watson

    orphan date February 2009 Robert W. Watson born 1925 was born in Passaic, New Jersey . He attended Williams College and Johns Hopkins University , where he received a doctoral degree in 1955. From 1953 to his retirement in 1987, he served as a member of the English Department at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro . He was the main architect of the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program at UNCG. The program is considered one of the best in the nation. In 1966, Watson and graduate writing student Lawrence Judson Reynolds began the Greensboro Review , a respected literary journal that has since earned a national reputation. Some of Watson s awards and honors include the American Scholar Poetry Prize 1959 , a National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship 1974 1975 , and the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Award 1977 . References http library.uncg.edu depts archives mss html Mss084.htm Finding Aid for the Robert W. Watson Papers The University of North Carolina at Greensboro http library.uncg.edu dp crg personBio.aspx?c 328 Civil Rights Greensboro Robert W. Watson Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Watson, Robert. W ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American academic DATE OF BIRTH 1925 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Watson, Robert. W Category 1925 births Category Living people Category American academics US English academic bio stub ...   more details



  1. Robert W. Wiley

    BLP sources date May 2011 Infobox Politician name Robert W. Wiley image name birth date 1963 occupation residence Derry, New Hampshire alma mater state New Hampshire term start 2002 term end 2006 party Republican Party United States Republican Robert W. Wiley is a Republican Party United States Republican United States politician from Rockingham County, New Hampshire ref name Vote NH cite web url http vote nh.org Intro.aspx?State NH&Id NHWileyRobertW title Robert W. Wiley, Candidate for New Hampshire Rockingham County District 5 work vote nh.org publisher Vote USA, LLC accessdate May 20, 2011 ref . Wiley served 2 terms 2002 2006 as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives , where he represented Derry, New Hampshire Derry . References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Wiley, Robert W. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American politician DATE OF BIRTH 1963 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Wiley, Robert W. Category 1963 births Category Living people Category New Hampshire Republicans Category Members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives Category People from Derry, New Hampshire NewHampshire politician stub ...   more details



  1. Robert W. Glass, Jr.

    Infobox person image imagesize name Robert W. Glass, Jr. birth name birth date birth place death date death place othername occupation audio engineering Sound engineer yearsactive 1977 &ndash 1999 Robert W. Glass, Jr. is an American audio engineering sound engineer . He was nominated for two Academy Award s in the category Academy Award for Best Sound Best Sound . Selected filmography Days of Heaven 1978 ref name Oscars1979 Cite web url http www.oscars.org awards academyawards legacy ceremony 51st winners.html title The 51st Academy Awards 1979 Nominees and Winners accessdate 2011 10 06 work oscars.org ref Outland film Outland 1981 ref name Oscars1982 Cite web url http www.oscars.org awards academyawards legacy ceremony 54th winners.html title The 54th Academy Awards 1982 Nominees and Winners accessdate 2011 10 08 work oscars.org ref References reflist External links IMDb name 0321903 name Robert W. Glass, Jr. Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata Persondata NAME Glass, Robert W. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION audio engineering Sound engineer DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Glass, Robert W. Category Year of birth missing living people Category Living people Category American audio engineers US film bio stub ...   more details



  1. Robert W. Hayes, Jr.

    Infobox State Senator image name Robert W. Hayes, Jr. image name state senate South Carolina state South Carolina district 15th term 2000 preceded succeeded Incumbent birth date birth date and age 1952 12 19 birth place Spartanburg, South Carolina death date death place spouse Sarah Mellon Shurley profession Attorney at law United States attorney religion Presbyterian party Republican Party United States Republican Robert W. Hayes, Jr. is a Republican Party United States Republican member of the South Carolina Senate , representing the 15th District since 2000. Previously was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1985 through 1991. External links http www.scstatehouse.net members bios 0804545358.html South Carolina Legislature Senator Robert W. Hayes, Jr. official SC Senate website http www.vote smart.org bio.php?can id 3952 Project Vote Smart Senator Robert W. Hayes, Jr. SC profile Follow the Money Robert W. Hayes, Jr. http www.followthemoney.org database StateGlance candidate.phtml?si 200640&c 427025 2006 http www.followthemoney.org database StateGlance candidate.phtml?si 200440&c 59522 2004 http www.followthemoney.org database StateGlance candidate.phtml?si 200240&c 24792 2002 http www.followthemoney.org database StateGlance candidate.phtml?si 200040&c 378505 2000 http www.followthemoney.org database StateGlance candidate.phtml?si 199640&c 377952 1996 campaign contributions South Carolina State Senators Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Hayes, Robert W. Jr. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American politician DATE OF BIRTH 1952 12 19 PLACE OF BIRTH Spartanburg, South Carolina DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Hayes, Robert W. Jr. Category South Carolina State Senators Category Members of the South Carolina House of Representatives Category 1952 births Category Living people SouthCarolina politician stub ...   more details



  1. Robert W. Smith (historian)

    Robert W. Smith is a scholar of history and the classics at the University of Alberta , and he directed the Science, Technology and Society Program in the Faculty of Arts. He researches the history of big science , especially U.S. technology and the history of spaceflight. He wrote The Space Telescope A Study of NASA , Science, Technology and Politics and he co edited Reconsidering Sputnik Forty Years After the Soviet Satellite . He served as the Walter Hines Page Fellow at the National Humanities Center in North Carolina in 1993 94. He held the Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History at the U.S. National Air and Space Museum , Smithsonian Institution during the academic year 2006 07. He is interested in the technology and politics of the James Webb Space Telescope . ref cite web url http www.americanstudies.ualberta.ca Fellows.cfm title Smith, Robert publisher Alberta Institute for American Studies work Fellows accessdate May 27, 2011 ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Smith, Robert W. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Smith, Robert W. Category Living people Category Writers from Alberta Category Canadian academics Category Canadian historians Category Historians of aviation Category Canadian scientists Category University of Alberta faculty Category Canadian non fiction writers Canada academic bio stub fr Robert W. Smith ...   more details



  1. Robert W. Clifford

    Robert W. Clifford born 1937 is an United States American lawyer and a Justice official justice on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court . He was appointed to the Maine Superior Court in 1979 by Joseph E. Brennan and appointed to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court on 1986 08 01. ref cite web title Justice leaving Maine supreme court url http www.bangordailynews.com detail 107259.html publisher Bangor Daily News author Judy Harrison date 2009 05 30 accessdate 2009 07 02 ref References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Clifford, Robert W. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American judge DATE OF BIRTH 1937 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Clifford, Robert W. Category 1937 births Category Living people Category People from Lewiston, Maine Category Maine Supreme Judicial Court justices Category Boston College Law School alumni US judge stub ...   more details



  1. Robert W. Gardner House

    Infobox NRHP name Robert W. Gardner House nrhp type image Quincy Gardner House.JPG caption location Quincy, Illinois lat degrees 39 lat minutes 56 lat seconds 9 lat direction N long degrees 91 long minutes 24 long seconds 21 long direction W locmapin Illinois area built 1875 architect Unknown architecture Late Victorian added June 20, 1979 governing body Private refnum 79000812 ref name nris NRISref 2007a ref The Robert W. Gardner House in Quincy, Illinois , Adams County, Illinois Adams County , is designed in the Second Empire architecture Second Empire style along with a few elements common to Italianate style and found its place among the locales on the National Register of Historic Places on April 20, 1979. ref http www.nr.nps.gov nrloc1.htm NRIS Database NRIS dead link date January 2012 , National Register of Historic Places, retrieved Jan. 2007. ref ref name quincy http www.ci.quincy.il.us EconomicDevelopment HistoricPreservation Landmarks.htm Robert W. Gardner House , Quincy s Local Landmarks and Historic Districts, City of Quincy, Official site. Retrieved Jan. 2007. ref Though the building was constructed in the later half of the 19th century, 1873, the architect as well as the builder are unknown. The interior woodwork , all original, has been fully restored including the walnut staircase . Robert W. Gardner inventor Gardner invented the speed governor used in steam engine s and the Gardner Museum of Architecture and Design in Quincy is named for him. ref name quincy Notes div class references small references div External links http www.gardnermuseumarchitecture.org Gardner Museum of Architecture and Design Registered Historic Places DEFAULTSORT Gardner, Robert W., House Category Houses in Adams County, Illinois Category Houses completed in 1873 Category Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois Category National Register of Historic Places in Adams County, Illinois Category Buildings and structures in Quincy, Illinois Illinois NRHP stub ...   more details



  1. Robert W. Hebberd

    File R.W. Hebberd.jpg thumb Robert W. Hebberd October 31, 1857 November 25, 1928 was the Commissioner of Charities of the New York State Board of Charities and superintendent of the Queensboro Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children . He aided in the formation of Coney Island Hospital . ref cite news author coauthors title Hebberd Criticizes Charities Methods. Secretary Says that Societies Are Not Establishing Better Standards of Living url http query.nytimes.com gst abstract.html?res F60713F6395417738DDDAB0A94D0405B808DF1D3 quote Secretary Robert W. Hebberd of the State Board of Charities, who as Commissioner of Charities for several years became thoroughly acquainted with living conditions here, is one of those who believe that the present methods of charitable societies are not permanently improving the sufferers from congestion or establishing better standards of living. newspaper New York Times date August 10, 1910 accessdate 2011 05 19 ref ref name obit Biography He was born on October 31, 1857 to Gilbert Oliver Hebberd and Isabella Lenox. On November 29, 1882 in Seneca Falls, New York he married Harriet Metcalf. He died on November 25, 1928 at Jamaica Hospital of heart disease. ref name obit cite news author coauthors title R. W. Hebberd Dead. Long In Charities. He Was Identified for Forty Years With Welfare Work in City and State. Had Held Several Offices. Erection of Coney Island Hospital, Nurses Home and Queens Shelter Aided by Him url http select.nytimes.com gst abstract.html?res F00F11F73F5A127A93C7AB178AD95F4C8285F9 quote Robert W. Hebberd, superintendent of the Queensboro Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and for years identified with various charitable organizations in this city, died yesterday in the Jamaica Hospital of heart disease ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Hebberd, Robert W. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... Hebberd, Robert W. Category 1857 births Category 1928 deaths ...   more details



  1. Robert W. Cox

    with Robert Cox by Theory Talks Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Cox, Robert W. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1926 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Cox, Robert W. Category McGill University alumni Category Living people Category 1926 births de Robert W. Cox es Robert W. Cox fr Robert Cox ja no Robert W. Cox ...Other people2 Robert Cox disambiguation Robert Cox Robert Cox born 1926 is a former political science professor and United Nations officer. He is cited as one of the intellectual leaders, along with Susan Strange , of the British School of International Political Economy ref Cohen, B. 2008 International Political Economy An Intellectual History, Princeton Princeton University Press ref and is still active as a scholar after his formal retirement, writing and giving occasional lectures. He is currently professor emeritus of political science and social and political thought at York University . He started work at the International Labor Organization ILO in Geneva , Switzerland in 1947, eventually serving as director of the ILO s International Institute for Labour Studies 1965 71 . Following his departure from the ILO he taught at Columbia University . From 1977 to 1992 he was professor of political science at York University in Toronto, Canada. Biography Cox graduated in 1946 from McGill University in Montreal , where he received a Master s degree in history. Following his graduation he worked for the International Labor Organization where he would remain for a quarter century, helping to set up and design the International Institute for Labor Studies . In his academic career Cox is known for his fierce independence and unwavering challenge of orthodoxy as well as his historical approach. While his initial scholarly contributions during his time at Columbia University were quite ..., the structures that underlie the world . ref cite journal last1 Cox first1 Robert year 1999 ...   more details



  1. Robert W. Oliver

    Image R.W.Oliver.JPG thumb 300px Rev. R. W. Oliver Rev. Robert W. Oliver 1815 1899 was the first Chancellor of the University of Kansas from 1865 to 1867. ref name KUlist cite web last first authorlink coauthors title Previous chancellors work publisher date url http www.chancellor.ku.edu office index.shtml doi accessdate 2009 11 29 ref References reflist KU Chancellors Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Oliver, R. W. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1815 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1899 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Oliver, R. W. Category Chancellors of the University of Kansas Category 1815 births Category 1899 deaths US academic administrator stub ...   more details



  1. Robert W. Hansen

    Robert Wayne Hansen April 29, 1911 &ndash June 9, 1997 was an United States American jurist from Wisconsin . Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin , Hansen graduated from Marquette University Law School . He worked for the City of Milwaukee Police and Fire Commission. In 1954, he was appointed judge of the Milwaukee County Court. From 1968 until 1978, he served on the Wisconsin Supreme Court having defeated the incumbent chief justice George R. Currie . He retired in 1978. ref http www.wisconsinhistory.org dictionary index.asp?action view&term id 2126&keyword hansen Robert Wayne Hansen ref ref http www.wicourts.gov about judges supreme retired hansen2.htm Justice Robert Hansen Wisconsin Supreme Court ref Notes reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Hansen, Robert W. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Wisconsin Supreme Court justice DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1911 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH June 9, 1997 PLACE OF DEFAULTSORT Hansen, Robert W. Category People from Milwaukee, Wisconsin Category Marquette University Law School alumni Category Wisconsin state court judges Category Wisconsin Supreme Court justices Category 1911 births Category 1997 deaths Wisconsin politician stub ...   more details




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