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Lyle
Lyle may refer to: People Surname * Lyle (surname) Given name * Lyle Alzado (1949–1992), American NFL All-Pro football player * Lyle Bauer (1958–2024), Canadian football player and executive * Lyle Beerbohm (born 1979), professional mixed martial arts fighter * Lyle Bennett (1903–2005), head coach of the Central Michigan college football program from 1947 to 1949 * Lyle Berman (born 1941), professional poker player and business executive * Lyle Bettger (1915–2003), character actor known most for his Hollywood roles from the 1950s * Lyle Bien (born 1945), American vice admiral in the United States Navy * Lyle Bigbee (1893–1942), outfielder, pitcher and halfback * Lyle Blackwood (born 1951), played in the National Football League with the Miami Dolphins * Lyle Boren (1909–1992), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma * Lyle Bouck (1923–2016), lieutenant of the I&R Platoon of the 394th Infantry Regiment of the 99th Infantry Divis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyle Berman
Lyle Arnold Berman (born August 6, 1941, in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American professional poker player and business executive. Business Berman grew up in Minnesota and attended the University of Minnesota where he was graduated in 1964 with a degree in business administration. He then went to work for his father's leather business, Berman Buckskin. When the business was sold to W. R. Grace in 1979, he stayed on as president and CEO. The company was then later sold to the Melville Corporation where it became Wilsons Leather. From 1994 to 2000 he was the chairman and CEO of the Rainforest Cafe chain of restaurants and retail stores. Berman also played an important role in gaming companies. In 1990 he was a co-founder of Grand Casinos, a company that sought to create gambling establishments outside of Las Vegas and Atlantic City. Grand Casinos' Native American casino holdings were spun off into a new company, Lakes Entertainment, and Berman was named CEO. Additiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyle Bien
Lyle G. Bien (born December 1, 1945) is a retired Vice admiral (United States), vice admiral in the United States Navy. He served during the Vietnam War, where he instructed students on piloting the F-14 Tomcat, and later became an instructor at the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN). He served as deputy commander of the United States Space Command between 1996 and 1998. He is the recipient of several military awards, including the Defense Superior Service Medal, 11 Air Medals, a Meritorious Service Medal (United States), Meritorious Service Medal, and the Gallantry Cross (South Vietnam), Vietnamese Gallantry Cross. At the time of his retirement in 1999, Bien was the highest-ranking naval officer in South Dakota history, as well as the state's first three-star admiral. He was inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame in 1997. Early life Lyle Bien was born on December 1, 1945, in Britton, South Dakota, one of seven children born to Emil and Clara Bien. He was rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyle Franklin Lane
Lyle Franklin Lane (September 19, 1926 – December 26, 2013) was a United States diplomat. Among his overseas posts Ambassador Lane served as the first Chief of Mission of the United States Interests Section in Havana (heading the return of U.S. diplomats to Cuba in 1977), United States Ambassador to Uruguay, and United States Ambassador to Paraguay. Ambassador Lane was married to D. Jaclyn Fuller (birth_date = , a diplomat and advocate of women's and civil rights). Biography A career diplomat, Lyle Lane joined the United States Foreign Service in 1952. His overseas postings include: * International Affairs Adviser. In Ambassador Lane's final post he served as International Affairs Adviser to the Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Atlantic Command ( CINCLANT) and NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic ( SACLANT) Admiral Wesley L. McDonald (1982-1985) * United States Ambassador to Paraguay (1980–82) * United States Ambassador to Uruguay (1979–80) * First Head of Missio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyle (surname)
Lyle is a surname of Scottish origin. The name is Anglo-French, rooted in the words ''de isle,'' meaning ‘from the island’ (from Latin ''de insula''). It is unknown which island the name refers to, but is likely either Ireland or a specific smaller island off the coast of Great Britain. The similar name "de Insula" can be traced back to at least Radulphus de Insula, 11th-century Lord of Duchal Castle. Notable people with the surname include: * Aaron Lyle (1759–1825), member of the US House of Representatives from Pennsylvania * Abram Lyle (1820–1891), sugar refiner * Adrienne Lyle (born 1985), US Olympic equestrian * Alexander Gordon Lyle (1889–1955), US Navy dentist and Medal of Honor awardee * Amalya Lyle Kearse (born 1937), US judge * Amos Lyle (1866–1943), politician of Manitoba, Canada * Bobby Lyle (born 1944), jazz pianist * Brayden Lyle (born 1973), Australian rules footballer * Dan Lyle (born 1970), American rugby union footballer * Derek Lyle (born 1981), f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyle W
Lyle may refer to: People Surname * Lyle (surname) Given name * Lyle Alzado (1949–1992), American NFL All-Pro football player * Lyle Bauer (1958–2024), Canadian football player and executive * Lyle Beerbohm (born 1979), professional mixed martial arts fighter * Lyle Bennett (1903–2005), head coach of the Central Michigan college football program from 1947 to 1949 * Lyle Berman (born 1941), professional poker player and business executive * Lyle Bettger (1915–2003), character actor known most for his Hollywood roles from the 1950s * Lyle Bien (born 1945), American vice admiral in the United States Navy * Lyle Bigbee (1893–1942), outfielder, pitcher and halfback * Lyle Blackwood (born 1951), played in the National Football League with the Miami Dolphins * Lyle Boren (1909–1992), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma * Lyle Bouck (1923–2016), lieutenant of the I&R Platoon of the 394th Infantry Regiment of the 99th Infantry Divisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyle Oberg
Lyle Knute Oberg (born January 6, 1960) is a Canadian politician, business executive, and former member of the Legislative Assembly in Alberta. He is also a physician. Life and career Oberg was born near Forestburg, Alberta in 1960. A physician by profession, Oberg was first elected to the MLA as a member of the Progressive Conservative in 1993. He was first appointed to the Alberta Cabinet in 1997 and served in numerous posts. Oberg was appointed Minister of Family and Social Services in March 1997. Over the next two years, he oversaw the move of children's services and services for persons with developmental disabilities to community-based delivery. He launched a western Canadian initiative to address Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and implemented an interprovincial strategy to share resources and develop new approaches for addressing FAS. As part of the Alberta Children's Agenda, he introduced the Alberta Child Health Benefit Program and played a role in the development of the P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyle Neff
Lyle Neff (born 1969) is a Canadian poet and journalist based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Born in Prince George, British Columbia, Neff is the author of three books of poetry published by Anvil Press. He has also written essays, cultural journalism, and literary criticism for various Canadian publications, ranging from the national newspaper ''The Globe and Mail'' to literary journals such as '' Sub-Terrain''. Neff is known for his outspoken views on Canadian nationalism and his controversial "Three Laws of Honest Dominion Belletrism," which he published in 2003 in ''Monarchist'' magazine. The Laws are: * 1. Don't ask for subsidies from the Canadian people. * 2. Don't teach. * 3. Don't work for Americans Americans are the Citizenship of the United States, citizens and United States nationality law, nationals of the United States, United States of America.; ; Law of the United States, U.S. federal law does not equate nationality with Race (hu .... Bibliography * ''I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyle Munson
Lyle Hugh Munson ( – November 1, 1973) was an American intelligence agent and then, later, a book publisher and distributor under the corporate name The Bookmailer, Inc.. Based in the New York area, his company was known particularly for offering anti-communist and right-wing works. Robert W. Welch Jr., the head of the John Birch Society, considered him a "good friend". Biography Lyle H. Munson was born to Ruth Munson. He had a brother, David. Intelligence Munson worked for the Office of Strategic Services starting in 1940, and in the CIA's psychological warfare division. In 1949, he testified before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee. He stopped being an intelligence agent in 1951. He was involved in the case of diplomat John Paton Davies Jr. and his 1954 dismissal. After leaving the CIA, he became president of the Swen Publications Company. Bookmailer Munson was the head of The Bookmailer, a small right-wing publishing house. During the 29 years of its existe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyle Mouton
Lyle Joseph Mouton (born May 13, 1969) is an American former professional baseball player who played outfield in the Major Leagues from 1995 to 2001. He also played part of 1998 in Japan for the Yakult Swallows. Mouton attended St. Thomas More School in Lafayette. College Lyle originally entered school at LSU on a basketball scholarship and played as a guard. After two seasons, he focused solely on baseball, playing outfield for the LSU Tigers from 1989 to 1991. He led the Tigers to three straight College World Series tournaments, with the team winning the championship in 1991. He also led them to back-to-back SEC championships, 1990–91. He was on the 1990 All-Tournament College World Series team as a designated hitter, then again for the 1991 tournament as an outfielder. In 1990, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League The Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL or Cape League) is a collegiate summer baseball wooden bat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyle And Erik Menendez
Joseph Lyle Menendez (born January 10, 1968) and Erik Galen Menendez (born November 27, 1970), commonly referred to as the Menendez brothers, are American brothers convicted of Parricide, killing their parents, José and Mary Louise "Kitty" Menendez, at their Beverly Hills, California, Beverly Hills home in 1989. Following the murders, Lyle and Erik claimed that unknown intruders were responsible for the murders, framing it as a potential mob killing. Police initially investigated this claim, but grew suspicious due to the brothers' spending and their hiring of a computer expert to delete their father's recently updated Will and testament, will. Erik confessed to the murders in sessions with his psychologist, citing a desire to be free of a controlling father with high standards, which led to their arrests months later. Lyle and Erik were charged with two counts of First-degree murder (United States law), first-degree murder with Special circumstances (criminal law), special c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyle Mays
Lyle David Mays (November 27, 1953 – February 10, 2020) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and member of the Pat Metheny Group. Metheny and Mays composed and arranged nearly all of the group's music, for which Mays won eleven Grammy Awards. Biography While growing up in rural Wisconsin, Mays had a lot of curiosity but had to learn many things all by himself due to a lack of available resources and information. He had four main interests: chess, mathematics, architecture, and music. His mother Doris played piano and organ, and his father Cecil, a truck driver, taught himself to play guitar by ear. His teacher allowed him to practice improvisation after the structured elements of the lesson were completed. At the age of nine, he played the organ at a family member's wedding, and at fourteen he began to play in church. During his senior year of high school, at summer national stage band camp in Normal, Illinois, he was introduced to jazz pianist Marian McPartland. ''Bill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyle Martin
Lyle Martin (born March 25, 1985) is an American soccer player. Career College and amateur Martin made his debut in the football field in 2004, and played college soccer at California State University, Bakersfield, appearing in 79 career games and scoring 29 goals. In his senior year, he earned the 2006 California Collegiate Athletic Association goal-scoring title with 17 goals in 19 matches, which paved the way for him to become the second most single-season goals in school history. During his college years he also played for Bakersfield Brigade of the USL Premier Development League, scoring five goals in 10 games in his rookie season in 2005, and playing in 16 matches and scoring nine goals in 2006. Professional Martin was drafted by Chivas USA in the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft, but signed instead with the Vancouver Whitecaps of the USL First Division. In his first season, in Vancouver he earned 19 starts in 24 games and played 1,657 minutes, and was honored with the Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
