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Robert D. Linder
Robert Dean Linder (October 6, 1933 – April 4, 2021) was an American historian, Distinguished Professor of history at the Department of History of the Kansas State University. Linder earned his B.S. from Kansas State Teachers College, his B.D. and M.R.E. from Central Baptist Theological Seminary, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. Linder was mayor of Manhattan, Kansas in 1971–1972. Political views Robert D. Linder is known for speaking out against war profiteering. With Richard Pierard and Robert Clouse, Linder edited two significant books that spoke against conservative evangelical politics generally and the Vietnam War specifically. "The immorality and corruption of the South Vietnamese government, combined with lessons from history about futility of waging a land war in Asia" convinced Linder that the war was both wrong and an "impossible situation". Bibliography Robert D Linder's publications include: *"Pierre Viret on War and Peace," '' Calvin Theolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas State University
Kansas State University (KSU, Kansas State, or K-State) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. It was opened as the state's land-grant college in 1863 and was the first public institution of higher learning in the state of Kansas. It had a record high enrollment of 24,766 students for the Fall 2014 semester. The university is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". Kansas State's academic offerings are administered through nine colleges, including the Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine and the Kansas State University Salina Aerospace and Technology Campus, College of Technology and Aviation in Salina. Graduate degrees offered include 65 master's degree programs and 45 doctoral degrees. Satellite campus, Branch campuses are in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Menzies College
Robert Menzies College (RMC) is an Anglican residential college of Macquarie University. Established in 1972, the college was named after former Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies. Its Latin motto is ''Vera Cogitate'', and the college's stated mission is "Forming the person, transforming the world." For the first 40 years of its history, RMC was home to around 200 students in four interconnected buildings. With the addition of a new state of the art building in 2012 Robert Menzies College now accommodates a maximum of 312 residents. As of 2013, six permanent staff members live on site at RMC, including the Master, the Dean, and the Anglican Chaplain to Macquarie University. The current master of RMC is Peter Davis, a specialist in residential colleges and a former lecturer in theology. Stuart Piggin served as Master from 1990 to 2004. RMC is an Anglican college and it hosts a chapel on its grounds. The chapel is the home of Trinity Chapel Macquarie, an evangelical Christian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayors Of Places In Kansas
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Emporia State University Alumni
Emporia is the plural form of the Latin ''emporium'' may refer to: Places in the United States * Emporia, Florida * Emporia, Indiana * Emporia, Kansas * Emporia, Virginia Other uses * Emporia (early medieval), a type of trading settlement * ''Emporia'' (moth), a genus of snout moths * Emporia (shopping mall), a shopping mall in Malmö in southern Sweden * , a frigate of the US Navy * Queen Emporia, the main protagonist of the Millarworld comic book series ''Empress'', and a supporting character in '' Big Game'' See also * Emporio (other) Emporio or Emporeio may refer to: *Emporio (Hamburg), a high-rise office building in Hamburg, Germany *Emporio, Chios, an ancient site in Chios, Greece, whose antiquities are displayed in the Archaeological Museum of Chios *Emporio, Halki, one of t ... * Emporion, Catalonia, Spain * Emporium (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Politicians From Manhattan, Kansas
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American Anti–Vietnam War Activists
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University Of Iowa Alumni
A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. The first universities in Europe were established by Catholic monks. The University of Bologna (), Italy, which was founded in 1088, is the first university in the sense of: *being a high degree-awarding institute. *using the word (which was coined at its foundation). *having independence from the ecclesiastic schools and issuing secular as well as non-secular degrees (with teaching conducted by both clergy and non-clergy): grammar, rhetoric, logic, theology, canon law and notarial law.Hunt Janin: "The university in medieval life, 1179–1499", McFarland, 2008, , p. 55f.de Ridder-Symoens, Hilde''A History of the University in Europe: Volume 1, Universities in the Midd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933 Births
Events January * January 11 – Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wishes of U.S. President Herbert Hoover. * January 28 – "Pakistan Declaration": Choudhry Rahmat Ali publishes (in Cambridge, UK) a pamphlet entitled ''Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?'', in which he calls for the creation of a Muslim state in northwest India that he calls "Pakistan, Pakstan"; this influences the Pakistan Movement. * January 30 ** Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany (German Reich), Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg. ** Édouard Daladier forms a government in France in succession to Joseph Paul-Boncour. He is succeeded on October 26 by Albert Sarraut and on November 26 by Camille Chautemps. February * February 1 – Adolf Hitle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mayors Of Manhattan, Kansas
The following is a list of mayors of the city of Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America. List of mayors * A.J. Mead, c.1857 * Elisha Madison Thurston, c.1858-185* Robert Bruce Spilman, c.1870 * Thomas Hunter, c.189* A.M. Story, c.189* George T. Fielding, c.1904 * John J. Paddock, 1908 * S.F. Goheen, c.1916-1917 * J.C. Barber, c.192* Clarence Johnson, 1925-192* Harold Westgate, c.1935 * Z.R. Hook, 1951-1952 * Richard Dean Rogers, 1952-1953 * Harold Howe, 1953-1954 * Ray P. Martin, 1954–1955, 1959-1960 * N.D. Harwood, 1955-1956 * Charles Arthur, 1956-1957 * Ray H. Pollom, 1957-1958 * L.E. Conrad, 1958-1959 * Cecil D. Hunter, 1960-1961 * Lowell E. Jack, 1961-1962 * Emil C. Fischer, 1962-1963 * Forest D. Campbell, 1963-1964 * Richard D. Rogers, 1964-1965 * Mrs. William C. Tremmel, 1965-1966 * Holly C. Fryer, 1966-1967 * John F. Stites, 1967-1968 * A.W. “Art” Torluemke, 1968-1969 * Barbara C. Yeo, 1969-1970 * William O. Rehschuh, 1970-1971 * Robe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Piggin
Stuart Piggin is an Australian historian of Christianity. He is director of the Centre for the History of Christian Thought and Experience at Macquarie University. According to Rebecca Abbott, writing for ''Eternity'', Piggin has been "rewriting our nation's history" with the aim of putting "Christianity back into Australia's past." Piggin studied at the University of Sydney, the University of London, and the Melbourne College of Divinity. He taught at the University of Wollongong and the University of Sydney from 1974 to 1990. Piggin then served as Master of Robert Menzies College from 1990 to 2004. In 2004, a ''Festschrift'' was published in his honour: ''Making History for God: Essays on Evangelicalism, Revival and Mission: In Honour of Stuart Piggin, Master of Robert Menzies College, 1990-2004''. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Piggin wrote ''Evangelical Christianity in Australia: Spirit, Word and Work'' (Oxford University Press, 1996). ''The Fountain of Public P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenwood Press
Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. (GPG) was an educational and academic publisher (middle school through university level) which was part of ABC-Clio. Since 2021, ABC-Clio and its suite of imprints, including GPG, are collectively imprints of British publishing house Bloomsbury Publishing. The Greenwood name stopped being used for new books in 2023. Established in 1967 as Greenwood Press, Inc., and based in Westport, Connecticut, GPG published reference works under its Greenwood Press imprint; and scholarly, professional, and general-interest books under its related imprint, Praeger Publishers (). Also part of GPG was Libraries Unlimited, which published professional works for librarians and teachers. Both of the latter became stand-alone imprints of ABC-Clio, in 2008–2009, after its purchase of GPG. History 1967–1999 The company was founded as Greenwood Press, Inc. (GPI) in 1967 by Harold Mason, a librarian and antiquarian bookseller, and Harold Schwartz, who had a backg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
