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Robert McCurdy (movie Critic)
Robert McCurdy may refer to: * Robert McCurdy (artist) (born 1952), American artist * Robert McCurdy (politician) (1836–1896), Canadian American businessman and politician in Wisconsin * Robert Henry McCurdy (1800–1880), American businessman and political candidate * Bob McCurdy (1952–2020), American college basketball player * USS Robert H. McCurdy, a United States Navy patrol vessel {{dab, hn=McCurdy, Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert McCurdy (artist)
Robert McCurdy (born 1952) is an American artist known for his photorealistic oil paintings and photographs of notable figures in contemporary history. Among works held in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., are paintings of Toni Morrison, Jane Goodall, Neil Armstrong, and others. In 2002, McCurdy was commissioned to paint a portrait of US Representative Martin Sabo for the US Capitol. He completed the official White House painting of former President Barack Obama in 2018. The portrait of President Obama was unveiled at a ceremony in the White House, simultaneously with the portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama by Sharon Sprung Sharon Sprung is an American painter based in Brooklyn, New York. She is primarily known for her portrait paintings such as Congressional portraits of Jeannette Rankin and Patsy Mink, as well as former First Lady Michele Obama's official White Ho ..., on September 7, 2022. References {{DEFAULTSORT:McCurdy, Robert 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert McCurdy (politician)
Robert B. McCurdy (April 16, 1836July 13, 1896) was a Canadian American immigrant, businessman, and Republican politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate, representing Winnebago County during the 1873 and 1874 sessions, and served in several state government administrative roles. Background McCurdy was born April 16, 1836, in the Saint Patrick Parish, New Brunswick, to Chandler and Rachel Simpson McCurdy. He came to Oshkosh with his parents in 1850, and settled there. He received a public school education, but left school at age 15, and went to work chopping timber and running an engine in a sawmill. On October 27, 1858, he married Catherine Vosburg, a native of Warren, New York. About the same time, he opened a grocery store. He became an active member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Public service He was elected as city treasurer in 1863, and worked three years in that job (1863-65). After a brief stint as a bookkeeper for a dry goods company, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Henry McCurdy
Robert Henry McCurdy (April 14, 1800 – April 5, 1880)''U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925''; National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C. was an American businessman and political candidate. He amassed great wealth with partner Herman D. Aldrich as the co-founder of McCurdy and Aldrich, a commission firm which traded Southern cotton and other dry goods prior to the Panic of 1857. He lost his bid for Congress as a Whig in the late 1850s, and served as Commissary-General for the State of New York during the American Civil War. Early life Robert Henry McCurdy was born in 1800 in Lyme, Connecticut. He was the son of Ursula Wolcott (née Griswold) McCurdy and Richard McCurdy, a Yale graduate who served in the Connecticut House of Representatives. His older brother, Charles Johnson McCurdy (1797–1891), went on to serve as Lt. Governor of Connecticut as well as the United States Chargé to the Austrian Empire from 1850 to 1852. He was of Scotch Iris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob McCurdy
Robert McCurdy (February 26, 1952July 29, 2020) was an American college basketball player for the Richmond Spiders from 1973 to 1975. He began his collegiate career with the Virginia Cavaliers before transferring to Richmond. McCurdy was the nation's leading scorer during his senior season of 1974–75, averaging 32.9 points per game for the Spiders. He became a radio sales and management executive after college. Basketball career College Virginia A native of Deer Park, New York, McCurdy attended Deer Park High School and graduated in 1970. He enrolled at the University of Virginia on a basketball scholarship, but in 1970–71 college freshmen were ineligible to play varsity basketball, so McCurdy had to play on Virginia's freshman team. He led the team in scoring that season, including a season-high 40 points against Maryland's duo of Tom McMillen and Len Elmore. McCurdy then played for one varsity season with the Cavaliers, but Bill Gibson, the coach who had recruite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |