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Loftin (other)
Loftin may refer to: People With this surname *Megan Gibson-Loftin (born 1986), American softball coach and player *Brian Loftin (born 1972), American soccer player *Carey Loftin (1914–1997), American stuntman *Colin Loftin (contemporary), American criminologist *Nicholas Loftin (contemporary), American record producer *Nick Loftin (born 1998), American baseball player *Nikki Loftin (born 1972), American fiction author *Peter Loftin (1958–2019), American telecom entrepreneur *R. Bowen Loftin (born 1949), American academic *Robert Loftin (1938–1993), American ornithologist *Scott Loftin (1878–1953), American politician in Florida *Tiffany Dena Loftin (contemporary), American director in the NAACP With this middle name *Al Johnson (baseball), Albert Loftin Johnson (1860–1901), American business executive and baseball owner *Tom Loftin Johnson (1854–1911), American politician in Ohio *Tom Loftin Johnson (artist) (1900–1963), American painter and art teacher *Robert Loftin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megan Gibson-Loftin
Megan Lynn Gibson-Loftin (born March 25, 1986) is an American, former collegiate All-American, professional softball pitcher and current pitching coach at Houston. Gibson-Loftin played college softball for Texas A&M where she is the career leader in offense walks and led them to a runner-up finish at the 2008 Women's College World Series. She also ranks top-10 in the latter category and home runs in the Big 12 Conference. She was selected by the Philadelphia Force as the second overall pick in the 2008 NPF Draft, eventually playing for four seasons. After the Force folded she was picked up by the Tennessee Diamonds in 2010. Career College Born Megan Lynn Gibson in Spring, Texas, Gibson-Loftin played college softball at Texas A&M from 2004 to 2008. In the 2008 season, she was collegiate national player of the week from February 25 to March 2. She led her team to win the program's second Big 12 regular season and first tournament championship. In the postseason, she led he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Loftin
Scott Marion Loftin (September 14, 1878September 22, 1953) was a U.S. Senator from Florida who served as a Democrat in 1936. Loftin was born in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama. At the age of nine, he moved to Pensacola, Florida, with his parents in 1887. He attended the public schools and Washington and Lee University School of Law at Lexington, Virginia. He was admitted to the bar in 1899 and commenced practice in Pensacola, Florida. Loftin was a member of the Florida House of Representatives between 1903-1905 and was prosecuting attorney of Escambia County, Florida between 1904 and 1917. He moved to Jacksonville, Florida, in 1917 to continue the practice of law. Loftin became a member of the Attorney General's Advisory Committee on Crime in 1934 and president of the American Bar Association in 1934. He became a general counsel for the Florida East Coast Railway between 1931-1941 and for a variety of other transportation-related businesses. He was a businessman wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Loftin Wilson
Martha Loftin Wilson (née, Loftin; January 18, 1834 – June 11, 1919) was an American missionary worker and journal editor, as well as a pioneer Atlanta resident and a nurse in the American Civil War. She was regarded as "the most influential leader in the Woman's Missionary Union in Georgia". Wilson was the author of ''Hospital Scenes and Incidents of the War''. Early life and education Martha Eleanor Loftin was born in Clarke County, Alabama, January 18, 1834. She was a Baptist from early childhood, having been baptized in 1845. She was educated in the Dayton Masonic Institute in Alabama. Career On November 14, 1850, she married John Stainback Wilson, M.D. During the American Civil War, she worked in the hospitals of Richmond, Virginia, Camp Winder, and Camp Jackson, with her husband, who was a surgeon. At that time, she wrote a book, ''Hospital Scenes and Incidents of the War'', which was in the hands of the publishers, with the provision that the proceeds should go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Loftin Newman
Robert Loftin Newman (November 10, 1827 – March 31, 1912) was an American painter and stained-glass designer. He specialized in oil on canvas as his medium. He is sometimes associated with Albert Pinkham Ryder as a painter of mood. His works include ''Good Samaritan'', painted in 1886, ''Flight into Egypt'', ''Harvest Time'', ''Sailboat Manned by Two Men'', and ''The Bather''. Biography He was born in Richmond, Virginia and moved to Clarksville, Tennessee when he was 11 years of age. Later, as a young adult, he studied art in New York, England, and France. Newman served briefly as an artillery lieutenant for the Confederate Army The Confederate States Army, also called the Confederate Army or the Southern Army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fighti ... during the American Civil War. He died of asphyxiation from a gas leak from a stove on March 31, 1912. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Loftin Johnson (artist)
Major Tom Loftin Johnson (October 5, 1900 – June 25, 1963) was an American painter and an art teacher at West Point. He created public murals – the largest of which was long. His ''American Pietà'' painting, which won $1,000 in the 1941 Carnegie International contest, was intended to highlight the race problem in the United States. A Pietà is meant to show the Virgin Mary holding the crucified Jesus. In Johnson's ''American Pietà,'' the black mother holds her lynched son whilst others hide his tortured body. Biography Tom Loftin Johnson was born in Denver, Colorado, in October 1900. He was trained at the Yale School of Art, where he illustrated campus humor magazine ''The Yale Record''. After Yale, he trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Johnson's father, Henry V. Johnson, was Mayor of Denver during 1899–1901, and his father's cousin, the like-named Tom L. Johnson, was Mayor of Cleveland during 1901–1909. Johnson married Sophie Connett in 1928; he died in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Loftin Johnson
Tom Loftin Johnson (July 18, 1854 – April 10, 1911) was an American industrialist, Georgist politician, and important figure of the Progressive Era and a pioneer in urban political and social reform. He was a U.S. Representative from 1891 to 1895 and Mayor of Cleveland for four terms from 1901 to 1909. Johnson was one of the most well known, vocal, and dedicated admirers of Henry George's views on political economy and anti-monopoly reform. Early life and business career Tom Johnson was born in Georgetown, Kentucky on July 18, 1854. Johnson's father, a wealthy cotton planter with lands in Kentucky and Arkansas, served in the Confederate Army in the Civil War. The war ruined the family financially, and they were forced to move to several locations in the South in search of work. By age 11, Johnson was selling newspapers on the railroads in Staunton, Virginia, and providing a substantial part of the family's support. He worked all through his youth, and never had more than one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Johnson (baseball)
Albert Loftin Johnson (December 24, 1860 – July 2, 1901) was an American business executive in the streetcar industry. A baseball enthusiast, he was a key figure in the short-lived Players' League of 1890, while owning the Cleveland franchise in that league. He also briefly owned the Cincinnati Reds of the National League. Biography Johnson's father, ex-Confederate States Army colonel Albert W. Johnson, moved north after the war and became a streetcar magnate, with operations in Indianapolis, Cleveland and New York City. The younger Johnson learned the business and, with the wealth gained, largely bankrolled the Players' League. He also owned the Cleveland Infants franchise in the new league. The 1890 Infants finished with a record of 55–75, seventh place in the eight-team Players' League. Johnson purchased the Cincinnati Reds during the 1890–91 off-season, intending to move the team from the National League to the Players' League. However, in the aftermath of the league's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiffany Dena Loftin
Tiffany Dena Loftin is the National Director of the NAACP Youth & College Division at the NAACP. She was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans in Higher Education. Juneteenth 2020 On June 19, 2020, Loftin told PEOPLE.com that "The significance of Juneteenth has always been meaningful in the Black community. However, in the face of the continuous onslaught of racial incidents, police brutality and killings, and hate crimes, we're witnessing a renewed effort to uplift holidays that bring attention to the real history of this country." 2020 Presidential Election In May 2020, Democratic candidate Joe Biden stated that he would pick a woman of color to be his running mate during the 2020 presidential election. USA Today ''USA Today'' (stylized in all uppercase) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Loftin
Robert Wayne Loftin (1938–1993) was an American environmentalist, ornithologist, and philosopher. He was a professor at the University of North Florida, where he founded the Sawmill Slough Conservation Club and designed the campus's nature trails. The trails on UNF's campus were subsequently renamed the Robert Loftin Nature Trails in his memory on August 31, 1993. Loftin received his B.A. in humanities from Oglethorpe University and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Florida State University. In 1988, he received the University of North Florida's Distinguished Professor Award. He died of cancer on August 13, 1993, at the age of 54. Brian G. Norton, Michael Hutchins, Elizabeth F. Stevens, and Terry L. Maple dedicated the edited volume entitled, ''Ethics on the Ark: Zoos, Animal Welfare, and Wildlife Conservation'' (1995), published by Smithsonian Institution Press The Smithsonian Institution ( ), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums and education and research cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Loftin
Brian Loftin (born April 4, 1972 in Kansas City, Missouri) is a retired American soccer forward and was the commissioner of the Xtreme Soccer League. He played one season in Major League Soccer with the Tampa Bay Mutiny, as well as several seasons in the USISL. However, his greatest fame as a player came in eight seasons of indoor soccer where he was a consistent scoring threat with the Kansas City Attack and Milwaukee Wave. He also earned twelve caps, scoring five goals, with the United States national futsal team. Player Loftin graduated in 1990 from The Barstow School, an independent private school in Kansas City, Missouri, before attending the U.S. Military Academy at West Point for two years where he was a 1992 All Patriot League soccer player. He transferred to the University of Evansville in 1993. After completing his collegiate eligibility in the fall of 1994, Loftin attended an open tryout with the Kansas City Attack of the National Professional Soccer League. He im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Loftin
Peter Terrell Loftin (March 1, 1958 – November 16, 2019) was an American telecom entrepreneur who founded Business Telecom, Inc. (BTI) when he was only 25 years old and built it up to a multimillion-dollar company that was eventually merged with Deltacom (now EarthLink). Loftin, age 61, died at his home in North Miami Beach, Florida on November 16, 2019. Peter was born in Denton, North Carolina and grew up in New Bern, North Carolina where he attended school and played basketball for his high school team. He later attended North Carolina State University. Career In 1983 Loftin founded Raleigh, NC based Business Telecom, Inc. (BTI). In 1999, independent research group New Paradigm Resources ranked BTI seventh nationally among competitive local exchange carriers and BTI was considered one of the nation's top fifteen telecommunications companies, with over 60,000 customers and 600 employees. Loftin served as chairman of the Board of BTI whose board members included Paul J. Riz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikki Loftin
Nikki Loftin (born April 12, 1972) is an American author of middle grade fiction. Her first book, ''The Sinister Sweetness of Splendid Academy'', was published by Razorbill/Penguin in August 2012. A second novel, ''Nightingale's Nest'', is scheduled to appear in February 2014. Biography Nikki Loftin is an American author of middle grade fiction. Born and raised in Central Texas, she attended The University of Texas at Austin for both her Bachelor of Arts (French, BA, '92) and Master of Arts (English/Fiction Writing, MA, '98) degrees. Loftin currently resides in Texas. Works ''The Sinister Sweetness of Splendid Academy'', Razorbill/Penguin, August 2012. ''Nightingale's Nest'', Razorbill/Penguin, February 2014. Reception ''The Sinister Sweetness of Splendid Academy'' has been positively reviewed. ''Kirkus'' called ''The Sinister Sweetness of Splendid Academy'' "deliciously scary and satisfying," while ''Shelf Awareness'' called it "a feast of magic and mystery.". ''P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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