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Demarest (other)
Demarest may refer to: Places ;United States * Demarest, New Jersey, borough in Bergen County ** Demarest (Erie Railroad station), on the National Register of Historic Places * Demarest Hall, dormitory at Rutgers College People * Aaron T. Demarest, (1841 – July 13, 1908), American carriage and automobile body manufacturer * Arthur Demarest, (fl. late 20th century), anthropologist noted for his work on the Mayans * Calvin Demarest, (1886–1925), American carom billiards champion * Clifford Demarest, (August 12, 1874 – May 13, 1946), American composer and pianist * David Demarest, (born 1951), White House Communications Director under George H.W. Bush * David P. Demarest, (1931–2011), American academic and writer * Joseph M. Demarest, associate executive assistant director of the Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services branch of the FBI * Ken Demarest, Internet game pioneer and artist * Lea Demarest Taylor, (June 24, 1883 – December 3, 1975), head resident of the Chicago Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demarest, New Jersey
Demarest is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 4,881,DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Demarest borough, Bergen County, New Jersey United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 15, 2011. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demarest (Erie Railroad Station)
Demarest station is located in Demarest, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The station's depot was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 7, 2004. History The station was designed by architect J. Cleaveland Cady and built in 1872 on the Northern Railroad of New Jersey line. The station was named after State Senator Ralph S. Demarest, who was a director of the railroad and owned the land that the station was built upon. The borough of Demarest took the name when incorporated in 1903. The depot was purchased by the borough of Demarest in 1977 and is used as a senior center. The Demarest Historical Society also uses the depot. The depot is currently undergoing the final stage of a renovation that started in 2002. Retrieved March 27, 2010. Passenger service for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demarest Hall
Demarest may refer to: Places ;United States * Demarest, New Jersey, borough in Bergen County ** Demarest (Erie Railroad station), on the National Register of Historic Places * Demarest Hall, dormitory at Rutgers College People * Arthur Demarest (fl. late 20th century), anthropologist noted for his work on the Mayans * Calvin Demarest (1886–1925), American carom billiards champion * David Demarest (born 1951), White House Communications Director under George H.W. Bush * David P. Demarest (1931–2011) American academic and writer * Ken Demarest, Internet game pioneer and artist * William Demarest, (1892–1983), American actor * William Henry Steele Demarest William Henry Steele Demarest (May 12, 1863 – June 23, 1956) was an American Dutch Reformed minister and the eleventh President of Rutgers College (now Rutgers University) serving from 1906 to 1924. Biography May 12, 1863 in Hudson, New ..., (1863–1956), American academic See also * Demarest House (disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron T
According to Abrahamic religions, Aaron ''′aharon'', ar, هارون, Hārūn, Greek (Septuagint): Ἀαρών; often called Aaron the priest ()., group="note" ( or ; ''’Ahărōn'') was a prophet, a high priest, and the elder brother of Moses. Knowledge of Aaron, along with his brother Moses, exclusively comes from religious texts, such as the Hebrew Bible, Bible and the Quran. The Hebrew Bible relates that, unlike Moses, who grew up in the Egyptian royal court, Aaron and his elder sister Miriam remained with their kinsmen in the eastern border-land of Egypt ( Goshen). When Moses first confronted the Egyptian king about the enslavement of the Israelites, Aaron served as his brother's spokesman ("prophet") to the Pharaoh (). Part of the Law given to Moses at Sinai granted Aaron the priesthood for himself and his male descendants, and he became the first High Priest of the Israelites. Aaron died before the Israelites crossed the Jordan river. According to the Book of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Demarest
Arthur Andrew Demarest is an American anthropologist and archaeologist, known for his studies of the Maya civilization. Career Demarest, a Louisiana Cajun, studied Mesoamerican anthropology and archaeology at Tulane University, where he graduated summa cum laude and was awarded the Dean's Medal. Demarest earned his M.A. and doctorate in anthropology and archaeology at Harvard University, he held the endowed Danforth Chair in Archeology, and was elected to the prestigious Harvard Society of Fellows. From 1984 to 1986 he served as assistant professor at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, US. In 1986 he was promoted to Full Professor and was named to the endowed Centennial Chair. He now holds the endowed chair of Ingram Professor of Anthropology and is the director of Mesoamerican archaeology and development. Research contributions Demarest has worked in Mesoamerica for over 35 years, leading archaeological excavations and investigative expeditions every year. He is considered o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calvin Demarest
Calvin W. Demarest (June 1886 – June 12, 1925) of Chicago, was a national amateur and professional carom billiards champion from Chicago in the early 20th century known for an open, crowd-pleasing style of play. He later gained notoriety for stabbing his wife and injuring his mother during a suicidal psychotic episode. Demarest won major amateur championships in 1907 and 1908. Biography Demarest was born in June 1886 in Illinois. His mother was Ida B. Demarest (1860–1923) of Ohio He studied music as a child, his father an organist in Chicago, and his mother a singer. At an early age he developed an interest in pool and balkline billiards. On March 9, 1907, he set a new record 14.2 balkline billiards average of 27 3–11 during the national amateur championship tournament in New York City beating the record set by Justus Ferdinand Poggenburg III. On March 14, 1908, he broke the world's amateur record for the high in the opening game of the national amateur 14.2 balkl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clifford Demarest
Clifford Demarest (August 12, 1874 – May 13, 1946) was an American composer. He wrote a number of anthems, songs, and part-songs, as well as some pieces for piano and for organ. He was early leader of the American Guild of Organists, and from 1911 until his death he served as organist at Church of the Messiah (New York City). Biography Clifford Demarest was born in Tenafly, New Jersey, which remained his home for his entire life. His father, a successful businessman, ran a general store; his mother was a capable musician who played the organ at the local Presbyterian Church. Demarest learned music first from her, later studying with the organist R. Huntington Woodman at the Metropolitan College of Music, New York. On October 12, 1898, Demarest married Josephine Maugham (b. 1873); the couple had three children before Josephine died in 1912. Demarest then married Annie Maugham, Josephine's twin sister; Annie died in 1934. Career In 1901 Demarest was appointed organist and cho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Demarest (politician)
David Franklin Demarest Jr. is a former Vice President for Public Affairs, Stanford University and a former Republican operative who worked for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. Career David Demarest began his Washington, D.C. career in the late 1970s, working with state and local political candidates on behalf of the Republican National Committee. Before 1977, he participated in several congressional campaigns in New Jersey. During the Reagan administration, he served in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, where he was Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Public, Intergovernmental, and Private Sector Affairs. He was later Assistant Secretary of Labor The United States Secretary of Labor is a member of the Cabinet of the United States, and as the head of the United States Department of Labor, controls the department, and enforces and suggests laws involving unions, the workplace, and all ot ... for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs. In 1988 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David P
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the United Kingdom of Israel. In the Books of Samuel, he is described as a young shepherd and harpist who gains fame by slaying Goliath, a champion of the Philistines, in southern Canaan. David becomes a favourite of Saul, the first king of Israel; he also forges a notably close friendship with Jonathan, a son of Saul. However, under the paranoia that David is seeking to usurp the throne, Saul attempts to kill David, forcing the latter to go into hiding and effectively operate as a fugitive for several years. After Saul and Jonathan are both killed in battle against the Philistines, a 30-year-old David is anointed king over all of Israel and Judah. Following his rise to power, Dav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph M
Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese and Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled '' Yūsuf''. In Persian, the name is "Yousef". The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and ''Joseph'' was one of the two names, along with ''Robert'', to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especially common in contemporary Israel, as either "Yossi" or "Yossef", and in Italy, where the name "Giuseppe" was the most common male name in the 20th century. In the first century CE, Joseph was the second most popular male name for Palestine Jews. In the Book of Genesis Joseph is Jacob's eleventh son and Rachel's first son, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Demarest
Kenneth Llewellyn Demarest III is a computer game programmer, artist, and business person. Early life and education Career Demarest worked on '' Wing Commander'' and developed 3D, texture-mapped characters in ''BioForge''. As a Director of Technology at Origin Systems, Demarest developed the technical prototype for '' Ultima Online'' using '' Ultima VI'' as a code base. His later work resulted in the persistent-world real-time strategy game '' NetStorm: Islands At War'', which as of March 2016 is being re-made in 3D as Disciples of the Storm, funded through KickStarter. In social gaming, Demarest was part of the early work blending 3D multiplayer online games and social game play both stand-alone and on networks such as Facebook and MySpace. Demarest was a founder of Appsoma, a platform as a service for scientific analysis. As an artist for Shadow Garden he wrote 'Sand', the most popular and frequently sold work on the platform developed by Zack Simpson. Sand is in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lea Demarest Taylor
Lea Demarest Taylor (June 24, 1883 – December 3, 1975) was the head resident of the Chicago Commons, a settlement house in Chicago, Illinois, from 1922 to 1954. Although often overshadowed by her famous father, Graham Taylor, she made significant contributions to the settlement house movement in her own right. Early life and education Taylor was the third of four children of Lea Demarest Taylor and Graham Taylor, a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church and professor of applied Christianity. She came to Chicago Commons in 1895, at the age of 11, when her father moved the family into the secular settlement house that he had founded on Chicago's near North Side. The Taylors were the first Chicago family with children to take up residence in a settlement house, and many including Jane Addams expressed concern about the possible risks to the children's health and safety. However, the Taylors persisted, becoming the only family to stay in a settlement house for their children's ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
