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Rozelle (surname)
Rozelle is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Carrie Rozelle (1937–2007), Canadian-born American disabilities activist *Pete Rozelle Alvin Ray "Pete" Rozelle (; March 1, 1926 – December 6, 1996) was an American professional football executive. Rozelle served as the commissioner of the National Football League (NFL) for nearly thirty years, from January 1960 until his retire ... (1926–1996), American businessman executive * Ron Rozelle, American author * Scott Rozelle (born 1955), American development economist See also * Rozelle (given name) {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrie Rozelle
Carrie Rozelle (née Dike; October 31, 1937 – October 29, 2007) was a Canadian-born American disabilities activist, whose struggles with her own learning-disabled son, Jack, led her to establish the National Center for Learning Disabilities. Rozelle was married to former NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle, who died in 1996. Born in Port Dalhousie, Ontario to Philip and Ziva Dyke, she was married to Ralph Kent Cooke, son of Jack Kent Cooke, a Canadian businessman and onetime owner of the Washington Redskins and Los Angeles Lakers, for thirteen years until their divorce in 1972. They had four children, three sons and a daughter. Jack, born with learning disabilities, died in 1990. Jack Cooke's severe dyslexia and "sense of failure" created what Rozelle described as "a hurricane." These experiences led her to establish the Foundation for Children With Learning Disabilities in 1977, organizing a charity ball in Manhattan to raise funds. In her twelve years as chairwoman, the organi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Rozelle
Alvin Ray "Pete" Rozelle (; March 1, 1926 – December 6, 1996) was an American professional football executive. Rozelle served as the commissioner of the National Football League (NFL) for nearly thirty years, from January 1960 until his retirement in November 1989. He became the youngest commissioner in NFL history at the age of just 33. He is credited with making the NFL into one of the most successful sports leagues in the world. During his tenure, Rozelle saw the NFL grow from 12 teams to 28, oversaw the creation of large television-rights deals and the creation of '' Monday Night Football'' in 1970, oversaw the 1970 AFL–NFL merger and the creation of the Super Bowl, and helped the NFL move from a twelve-game schedule to a sixteen-game schedule. By the time of his retirement, many people considered him the most powerful commissioner in sports. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985. Early life Born in South Gate, California, Rozelle grew up in neighbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Rozelle
Ronald Rozelle is an American author, newspaper columnist, and educator who won the 2022 Summerlee Book Prize for Creative writing. Ronald Rozelle was raised in Oakwood, Texas, where his father Lester was an educator and school superintendent. He graduated from Oakwood High School in 1970 and earned a Bachelor's of Arts from Sam Houston State University. After teaching English for several years at Palestine High School in Palestine, Texas, Rozelle moved to Lake Jackson, Texas to teach at Brazoswood High School. In 2017, Rozelle was named a Distinguished Educator of the Year by Sam Houston State University's College of Education. Rozelle's first book, a memoir called ''Into That Good Night'', contrasted his experience as a father with his experiences as a son. ''Publishers Weekly'' noted the book's "potentially tricky structure that ultimately yields a spare, beautifully written" tribute to his father. ''The Southwestern Historical Quarterly'' described his account of the 1937 New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Rozelle
Scott Douglas Rozelle (, born 1955) is an American development economist currently serving as a researcher at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and one of the co-directors of the Rural Education Action Program (REAP) at Stanford University. As of the late 2010s, Rozelle has spent over 30 years doing research heavily based on the agriculture, economics, and education of mainland China. Biography Scott Rozelle was born on a ranch located in Los Angeles, California in 1955 as a fifth-generation Californian. His father was an agricultural economist who owned a commercial agribusiness magazine that initially introduced agriculture to him. At the time, few high schools in the country could provide Chinese classes to students; however, since the U.S. government made efforts to enhance Chinese language education even before its diplomatic relations with China were re-established, Rozelle was able to learn Chinese at his own junior high school in 1966, at the age of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
