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Follmer
Follmer or Föllmer is a surname. Notable people with this surname include: * Brad Follmer, character in The X-Files * Clive Follmer (1931–2016), American basketball player * Cy Follmer (1933–2009), American broadcaster * Follmer, founder of Follmer, Clogg and Company Umbrella Factory * Frederick Voris Follmer (1885–1971), American judge * George Follmer George Richard Follmer (born January 27, 1934) is an American former auto racing driver, and one of the most successful road racers of the 1970s. He was born in Phoenix, Arizona. His family moved to California when he was just an infant. Career ... (born 1934), American racing driver * Hans Föllmer (born 1941), German mathematician * Karl-Heinz Follmer, member of The Scorpions See also * Folmer Americanized surnames {{surname German-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Follmer
George Richard Follmer (born January 27, 1934) is an American former auto racing driver, and one of the most successful road racers of the 1970s. He was born in Phoenix, Arizona. His family moved to California when he was just an infant. Career Follmer began his career running a Volkswagen Beetle in Gymkhana competition in parking lots in the San Gabriel Valley of Southern California. Follmer raced in the USAC Championship Car series in the 1967-1971 and 1974 seasons, with 25 career starts, including the 1969-1971 Indianapolis 500 races. He finished in the top ten 11 times, with his one victory in 1969 at Phoenix International Raceway. His best finish at the Indianapolis 500 was in 1971. He started 29th and finished in the 15th position driving the Grant King Racer's turbo Offy. In 1973, Follmer competed in Formula One with Don Nichols' UOP Shadow team. He took part in his first Grand Prix, in South Africa, at the age of 39 years and 1 month - making him F1's oldest débutant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Follmer
FBI Assistant Director Brad D. Follmer is a fictional character in the American Fox television series ''The X-Files'', a science fiction series about a government conspiracy to hide or deny the truth of Alien existence. Follmer was introduced during the last season of the show, as an ex-lover to main character Monica Reyes (Annabeth Gish). Follmer was portrayed by British actor Cary Elwes. Federal Bureau of Investigation Assistant Director Follmer made his first appearance in the ninth season episode "Nothing Important Happened Today" (2001). At the start of the season, Follmer was unfriendly towards John Doggett (Robert Patrick) because of his case against Alvin Kersh, the Deputy Director of the FBI. In time, however, he came to respect him. Character arc Follmer was an Assistant Director at the FBI. He had a romantic history with Monica Reyes that he briefly brought up while trying to keep her away from the X-files. His true motives were more political in nature and part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clive Follmer
Clive Allen Follmer (October 1, 1931 – August 14, 2016) was an All-Big Ten Conference basketball player at the University of Illinois during a career that spanned from 1950 to 1953, followed by a two year stint in the Chicago White Sox Minor League affiliate, Topeka Owls and the Waterloo White Hawks. High school A native of Forrest, Illinois, Follmer attended Forrest Township High School from 1945–46 to 1948–49. He was a forward who led the team to three consecutive Illinois High School Association state basketball tournament regional championships in 1947, 1948 and 1949. Follmer was an outstanding high school basketball player, where he led the Eskimos to consecutive IHSA boys' "Sweet-16" games in 1947, 1948 and 1949, losing each year. As a senior during the 1948–49 season, Follmer led the state of Illinois in scoring, with 714 points. The team that year lost to Ottawa High School in sectional finals. In 1980, Follmer was inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Voris Follmer
Frederick Voris Follmer (December 13, 1885 – May 3, 1971) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Education and career Born in Milton, Pennsylvania, Follmer received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Bucknell University in 1906 and a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1909. In private practice in Pennsylvania from 1910 to 1935, he also served as an assistant district attorney of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania from 1911 to 1914. He was the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania from 1935 to 1946. Federal judicial service Follmer was nominated by President Harry S. Truman on July 31, 1946, to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States District Court for the Middle Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cy Follmer
Cyrus Brown "Cy" Follmer Jr. was an American broadcaster. Early life Follmer was born on December 14, 1933, in Berlin, where his father was U.S. Vice Consul. He served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War. He later graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in broadcasting. Broadcasting After graduating, Follmer worked for KASE-FM in Austin, Texas. In 1961, he moved to KXYZ in Houston. In 1963, he began hosting the ''After Hours Show'', a 2 to 3 am jazz program on KTOK in Oklahoma City. He then worked for WSVA AM, WSVA-FM, and WSVA-TV. In 1965, he left Harrisonburg to become sports director at WTVM-TV in Columbus, Georgia. He then moved to WLEX-TV in Lexington, Kentucky, where he was the sports director and play-by-play announcer for Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball. In 1970, he joined WSMW-TV in Worcester, Massachusetts, as sports director and play-by-play announcer for Boston Celtics and New England Patriots games. He left WSMW in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Follmer, Clogg And Company Umbrella Factory
Follmer, Clogg and Company Umbrella Factory, also known as Van Sciver Building, is a historic factory building located at Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was built between about 1880 and 1905, and is a U-shaped, brick complex measuring approximately 144 feet by 250 feet. It housed Follmer, Clogg and Company, a manufacturer of umbrellas and parachutes, until the 1940s. In 1944, it was acquired by J.B. Van Sciver Co. and housed a furniture store, warehouse, and repair shop until 1982. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ... in 1986. References External links Umbrella Works Apartments {{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Industrial buildings and structures on the National Regis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Föllmer
Hans Föllmer (20 May 1941 in Heiligenstadt, Thuringia, Germany) is a German mathematician, currently professor emeritus at the Humboldt University of Berlin, visiting professor at the National University of Singapore, and Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University. He was awarded the Cantor medal in 2006. In 2007 he became ''doctor honoris causa'' at the Paris Dauphine University. Hans Föllmer is widely known for his contributions to probability theory, stochastic analysis and mathematical finance. In mathematical economics, he made early contributions to the mathematical modeling of social interactions. In mathematical finance Mathematical finance, also known as quantitative finance and financial mathematics, is a field of applied mathematics, concerned with mathematical modeling in the financial field. In general, there exist two separate branches of finance that req ..., he made fundamental contributions to the theory of risk measures and the hedgin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folmer
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Folmer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Françoise Folmer (born 1961), Luxembourgish architect and politician *Joke Folmer (1923–2022), Dutch resistance member *Kirill Folmer (born 2000), Russian footballer *Louis H. Folmer (1904–1983), American politician *Mike Folmer (born 1956), American politician and convicted sex offender *Richard Folmer (1942–2022), American actor See also * Follmer Follmer or Föllmer is a surname. Notable people with this surname include: * Brad Follmer, character in The X-Files * Clive Follmer (1931–2016), American basketball player * Cy Follmer (1933–2009), American broadcaster * Follmer, founder of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scorpions (band)
Scorpions are a German hard rock band formed in Hanover in 1965 by guitarist Rudolf Schenker. The longest-running and most successful line-up of the band included Schenker, Klaus Meine (vocals), Matthias Jabs (lead guitar), Francis Buchholz (bass), and Herman Rarebell (drums), and lasted from 1978 to 1992. The band's only continuous member has been Schenker, although Meine has been with the band continuously since 1969, while Jabs has been a consistent member since 1978 and bassist Paweł Mąciwoda and drummer Mikkey Dee have been in the band, since 2003 and 2016, respectively. The band's debut album, ''Lonesome Crow'' (1972), featured Schenker's younger brother Michael Schenker, Michael on lead guitar, before he departed to join UFO (band), UFO. He was replaced by Uli Jon Roth, who played with the band on their next four studio albums, ''Fly to the Rainbow'' (1974), ''In Trance'' (1975), ''Virgin Killer'' (1976) and ''Taken by Force'' (1977), and their first live album ''Tokyo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Americanized Surnames
Americanization or Americanisation (see spelling differences) is the influence of the American culture and economy on other countries outside the United States, including their media, cuisine, business practices, popular culture, technology and political techniques. Some observers have described Americanization as synonymous with progress and innovation. The cinema of the United States has dominated most of the world's medias markets since the 1910s, and is the chief medium by which the international community sees American fashions, customs, scenery, and way of life. The majority of the top 50 highest-grossing films of all time have been made either entirely or partially in the United States or were financed by U.S. production companies, even with limited or no artistic involvement. The top 50 constituents set and filmed entirely in the United Kingdom, like some of the ''Harry Potter'' franchise, or with deliberately and quintessentially British source material, like the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
