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Pulliam Family
Pulliam ( , ) is a surname of English and Welsh origin. Notable people with the surname include: *Dolph Pulliam (born 1946), American basketball player and sportscaster *Eugene C. Pulliam (1889–1975), American newspaper publisher and businessman *Eugene S. Pulliam (1914–1999), American newspaper publisher *George Pulliam (1923–1956), American ice hockey player *Harry Pulliam (1869–1909), American baseball executive *Harvey Pulliam (born 1967), American baseball player *James Pulliam (1863–1934), American politician *James Pulliam (architect) (1925–2005), American architect *Jason K. Pulliam (born 1971), American judge *Juliet Pulliam (born 1979), American epidemiologist *Keshia Knight Pulliam (born 1979), Jamaican American actress *Lee Pulliam (born 1988), American stock car racing driver *Lindsey Pulliam (born 1999), American basketball player *Myrta Pulliam (born 1947), American journalist *Nicole Pulliam, American actress *Nina Mason Pulliam (1906–1997), American jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolph Pulliam
Adolphus Pulliam (born March 14, 1946) is an American former basketball player and television sportscaster. He played collegiately at Drake University. He was named to Drake University's All-Century basketball team. He helped lead the Drake men's basketball team to the 1969 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, 1969 Final Four and a third-place finish. On 7 February 2009, Drake University retired Pulliam's #5 jersey that he wore for the Bulldogs. In 2019 he was inducted into the Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame. Pulliam was born in West Point, Mississippi and grew up in Gary, Indiana. He had eight siblings, and at age 6 Dolph, his mother and siblings left Dolph's father. As a child he picked cotton in Oran, Missouri. His mother died on 24 October 1952, and while her death was officially ruled to be accidental carbon monoxide poisoning in a vehicle, Dolph was never satisfied by that conclusion. He was raised by his aunt and uncle after the death of his mother. Pullia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Pulliam
Lee Pulliam (born April 5, 1988) is an American stock car racing driver and team owner. He is a four-time NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Division I national champion, and is the owner of late model racing team Lee Pulliam Performance. He won the Thunder Road Harley-Davidson 200 a record six times which he did so consecutively. Racing career After graduating high school early and working as a diesel mechanic while in college to save money, Pulliam purchased his first race car in 2007. He raced his first season at South Boston Speedway and won Rookie of the Year in the Limited Sportsman class; he moved up to the late model class in 2011 and claimed 16 wins at Motor Mile Speedway. He also claimed his first ValleyStar Credit Union 300 win in 2011. A year later, Pulliam claimed his first NASCAR Whelen All-American Series championship. He won a second All-American championship in 2013. In 2014, Pulliam agreed to a NASCAR K&N Pro Series East effort with Hattori Racing Enterprises. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flagstaff Pulliam Airport
Flagstaff Pulliam Airport is south of Flagstaff, in Coconino County, Arizona, United States. The airport is serviced by American Eagle, and is also used for general aviation. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a "primary commercial service" airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year). It is the closest airport to Grand Canyon National Park with scheduled passenger service from a major airline. Facilities The airport was built in 1948, and named after Clarence T. Maggie Pulliam, a former Flagstaff city manager who worked for the city for 44 years. The airport covers at an elevation of . Its one runway, 3/21, has an asphalt surface and is in length and in width. In the year ending December 31, 2024, the airport had 39,791 aircraft operations, an average of 109 per day: 40% general aviation, 28% air taxi, 22% local general aviation, 8% military, and 1% airline. Airlines and destinations Passenger Top domestic destinations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willis C
Willis may refer to: Places United States * Willis, Florida, an unincorporated community * Willis, Kansas, a city * Willis, Michigan, an unincorporated community * Willis, Nebraska, an unincorporated community * Willis, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community * Willis, Texas, a city * Willis, Floyd County, Virginia, an unincorporated community * Willis, Russell County, Virginia, an unincorporated community * Willis River, a tributary of the James River in Virginia Elsewhere * Willis, Grenada, a town * Willis Island, Coral Sea Islands Territory, Australia * Willis Islands, South Georgia Islands Arts and entertainment Works * ''Giselle'' or ''The Willis'', a ballet (in the ballet, the Willis are a group of supernatural women) * ''Le Villi'' (''The Willis'' or ''The Fairies''), an opera-ballet composed by Giacomo Puccini * ''Willis'' (album), by The Pietasters Fictional characters * Willis Jackson (character), in the 1970s-1980s American sitcom ''Diff'rent Strokes'' * Willis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Shirley Nathan-Pulliam (born May 20, 1939) is a former American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. She was the first African-Caribbean woman to be elected to the Maryland General Assembly. Pulliam resigned in 2019 due to poor health. Background Nathan-Pulliam was born in Trelawny, Jamaica on May 20, 1939. She attended Park Hospital School of Nursing in Yorkshire, England. While studying there she met her husband, a member of the United States Army, they married and moved to Baltimore, Maryland, in 1960. She earned her bachelor's degree in nursing from the University of Maryland at Baltimore in 1980 and a master's degree in administrative science from the Johns Hopkins University in 1984. In addition to owning her own business, she has been a faculty associate in nursing for Johns Hopkins. Before being elected in 1994, Nathan-Pulliam was active with Democratic Party organizations at the state and national level, as well as with Planned Parenthoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel H
Samuel is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the biblical judges to the United Kingdom of Israel under Saul, and again in the monarchy's transition from Saul to David. He is venerated as a prophet in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In addition to his role in the Bible, Samuel is mentioned in Jewish rabbinical literature, in the Christian New Testament, and in the second chapter of the Quran (although the text does not mention him by name). He is also treated in the fifth through seventh books of ''Antiquities of the Jews'', written by the Jewish scholar Josephus in the first century. He is first called "the Seer" in 1 Samuel 9:9. Biblical account Family Samuel's mother was Hannah and his father was Elkanah. Elkanah lived at Ramathaim in the district of Zuph. His genealogy is also found in a pedigree of the Kohathites (1 Chronicles 6:3–15) and in that of Heman the Ezrahite, apparently his grandson (1 Chronicle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Mason Pulliam
Nina Mason Pulliam (September 19, 1906 – March 26, 1997) was an American journalist, author, and newspaper executive in Arizona and Indiana, where she was also well known as a philanthropist and civic leader. Pulliam began her career as a journalist in Indiana and worked with her husband, Eugene C. Pulliam, as founding secretary-treasurer and a member of the board of Central Newspapers, Incorporated, the media holding company he established in 1934. Following her husband's death in 1975, she served as president of the company until her retirement, in 1979, and as publisher of two of the company's newspapers, the ''Arizona Republic'' and the ''Phoenix Gazette'', from 1975 to 1978. She also wrote a series of articles that were published in North American newspapers and later compiled into several books. During her lifetime and through the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust, which was established after her death in 1997, Pulliam contributed to numerous philanthropic projects to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicole Pulliam
Nicole Pulliam is an American actress. Early life Pulliam, born and raised in Columbus, Ohio Columbus (, ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of cities in Ohio, most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 United States census, 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the List of United States ..., always wanted to be an actress. Filmography Film Television External links * Living people American film actresses American television actresses Actresses from Columbus, Ohio Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses {{US-tv-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrta Pulliam
Myrta Jane Pulliam (born June 20, 1947) is an American journalist. Biography Pulliam was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. She is the granddaughter of Eugene C. Pulliam, the former publisher of ''The Indianapolis Star'', and the daughter of Eugene S. Pulliam, ''Star'' publisher from 1975 to 1999. Pulliam has worked as a journalist in Indianapolis and in Phoenix. A co-founder of Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc., Pulliam is also a past board member. Pulliam is a cousin of former Vice President Dan Quayle and a first cousin, once removed, of former U.S. representative Ben Quayle. Her niece is the ''Washington Post'' journalist Sarah Pulliam Bailey. Pulliam has served on the Board of Trustees of DePauw University and Newfields. Awards Pulliam worked on a 1974 ''Star'' series that uncovered "local police corruption and dilatory law enforcement, resulting in a cleanup of both the Police Department and the office of the County Prosecutor." It was awarded the Pulitzer Prize f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindsey Pulliam
Lindsey Denise Pulliam (born August 6, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for Slávia Banská Bystrica of the Slovakian top-tier Slovak Women's Extraliga. She was drafted by the Atlanta Dream in the third round of the 2021 WNBA draft. Pulliam was born in Washington, D.C. She grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland and attended high school at Our Lady of Good Counsel in Olney, Maryland. Northwestern Pulliam was a four-star recruit going into college. She played college basketball at Northwestern University. Over four years, she started 123 games and averaged 16.5 points per game on a .379 shooting percentage. She had 120 steals and 25 blocks. Pulliam is only the third Northwestern player to score 2,000 points. She was the fastest Wildcat to 1,000 points. She guided Northwestern to a regular-season Big 10 title in 2020 and an NCAA Tournament berth in 2021, when the team reached the Round of 32 for the first time since 1993. She was named to the All-Big Ten First Team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keshia Knight Pulliam
Keshia Knight Pulliam (born April 9, 1979) is an American actress. She began her career as a child actress. She landed her breakthrough role as Rudy Huxtable, on the NBC sitcom ''The Cosby Show'' (1984–1992), and became the youngest person to be nominated for an Emmy Award, when she earned a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in A Comedy Series at the 38th Primetime Emmy Awards. She later reprised the character on the spin-off series ''A Different World'' (1987–88). Knight Pulliam is also known for her portrayal of Miranda Lucas-Payne on the TBS comedy drama '' Tyler Perry's House of Payne'' (2007–present). Career Knight Pulliam made her professional debut at 9 months old, in a national print advertisement for Johnson & Johnson baby products. At age 3, she appeared on ''Sesame Street''. In 1984, she was cast as Rudy Huxtable on the NBC sitcom ''The Cosby Show'', a role she played until the series ended in 1992. In 1986, Knight Pulliam became one of the youn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene C
Eugene may refer to: People and fictional characters * Eugene (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Gene Eugene, stage name of Canadian born actor, record producer, engineer, composer and musician Gene Andrusco (1961–2000) * Eugene (wrestler), professional wrestler Nick Dinsmore * Eugene (actress) (born 1981), Kim Yoo-jin, South Korean actress and former member of the singing group S.E.S. Places Canada * Mount Eugene, in Nunavut; the highest mountain of the United States Range on Ellesmere Island United States * Eugene, Oregon, a city ** Eugene, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area ** Eugene (Amtrak station) * Eugene Apartments, NRHP-listed apartment complex in Portland, Oregon * Eugene, Indiana, an unincorporated town * Eugene, Missouri, an unincorporated town Business * Eugene Green Energy Standard, or EUGENE, an international standard to which electricity labelling schemes can be accredited to confirm that t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
