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Sheff may refer to: People: *David Sheff, American author of books * Don Sheff (born 1931), American former competition swimmer * Robert Nathan Sheff (born 1945), avant-garde composer and pianist * Stanley Sheff, Hollywood-born director and writer * Will Sheff (born 1976), the frontman for the Austin, Texas-based indie band ''Okkervil River'' Other: * Sheff, Indiana, an extinct town *Sheffield, a city in England, sometimes called 'Sheff' * Sheff v. O'Neill, a 1989 lawsuit and the subsequent 1996 Connecticut Supreme Court case *Gluskin Sheff Gluskin Sheff + Associates Inc. is a Canadian independent wealth management firm that manages investment portfolios for investors, including entrepreneurs, professionals, family trusts, private charitable foundations and estates. The company was ... (TSX: GS), a Canadian independent wealth management firm See also * Sheff. Star or Sheffield Star, a daily newspaper published in Sheffield, England * Sheff U or Sheffield United F.C., professio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Sheff
David Sheff (born December 23, 1955) is an American author. He is best known for his interviews with artists, scientists, and pop culture figures, as well as his non-fiction books. Much of his writing, including his memoir ''Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction'', deals with Addiction, substance addiction. Early life and education Sheff is of History of the Jews in Russia, Russian Jewish descent. He is originally from Boston, Massachusetts.David Sheff's home page Author's bio He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. Career Working as a journalist, Sheff has written articles and conducted interviews for ''The New York Times'', ''Rolling Stone'', ''Playboy'', ''Wired (magazine), Wired'', Fortune (magazine), ''Fortune'', and NPR's ''All Things Considered ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Sheff
Donald Alexander Sheff (born June 27, 1931) is an American former competition swimmer for Yale University who represented the United States in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He later worked in New York as a photographer and as a Director of the New York Institute of Photography. Early life and swimming Born in Brooklyn, New York on June 27, 1931 to Mr. and Mrs. Alexander L. Sheff, he attended and swam for Brooklyn's Abraham Lincoln High School near Coney Island, under Coach Bill Lux."Gets High Honor", ''Brooklyn Eagle'', Brooklyn, New York, December 19, 1952, pg. 17 A solid student, he graduated Lincoln in 1949 as an Honor student with a 90% average. As team captain for Lincoln in his Senior year, on January 19, 1949, at the Brooklyn Tech Pool, he swam an unrecognized record breaking time of 52.4 for the 100-yard freestyle in qualifying for the Public School Athletic League's (PSAL) swimming championships. He later became c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Nathan Sheff
Robert Nathan Sheff (January 1, 1945 – December 12, 2020), known professionally as "Blue" Gene Tyranny, was an American avant-garde composer and pianist. "His memorable pseudonym, coined during his brief stint with Iggy and the Stooges, was derived partly from Jean, his adoptive mother’s middle name," wrote Steve Smith, in his ''New York Times'' obituary for Tyranny. "It also referred to what he called 'the tyranny of the genes' — a predisposition to being 'strongly overcome by emotion,' he said in ''Just for the Record: Conversations With and About ‘Blue’ Gene Tyranny'', a documentary film." Early life Tyranny was born Joseph Gantic in San Antonio on January 1, 1945, to William and Eleanor Gantic. Later that year, after his birth father, an Army paratrooper, went missing in the Asian theater of World War II, his mother put him up for adoption. He was adopted by Dorothy and Meyer Sheff of San Antonio, who changed his name to Robert Nathan Sheff. Tyranny was raised in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Sheff
Stanley Sheff is an American Hollywood-born director and screenwriter. He has worked in television, stage and screen. His collaboration with Orson Welles eventually led Sheff to direct and co-write the cult sci-fi feature '' Lobster Man from Mars'' (1989) starring Tony Curtis, based on a title suggested by Welles. Feature films and television are not the only types of projects directed by Stanley Sheff. In the early 1980s, he produced, directed, and performed a popular comedy radio show for KROQ-FM radio in Los Angeles called "The Young Marquis and Stanley", a comedy show that was aired on Sunday evenings. He has appeared as Master of Ceremonies on stage and at live vintage dance events as his character Maxwell DeMille. Television Sheff's work in television as director and editor includes the NBC-TV special "TV - The Fabulous Fifties" with featured hosts Red Skelton, Lucille Ball, Dinah Shore, Mary Martin, Michael Landon and David Janssen, the first televised outtakes show "Hollyw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Sheff
Will Robinson Sheff (born July 7, 1976) is the frontman for the Austin, Texas-based indie band Okkervil River (1998–present). Originally from Meriden, New Hampshire, he is also a founding member and co-songwriter (along with former Okkervil bandmate Jonathan Meiburg) for Shearwater (2001–2009), another Austin band. Sheff writes and performs many songs as a solo artist while juggling his commitments to Okkervil River and Shearwater, and has released one album as a solo artist. As well as writing and singing songs, he plays guitar, piano, banjo, and harmonica. Sheff attended Kimball Union Academy, where his creativity was encouraged by a teacher named Simon Harrold, and was an English major at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Sheff has collaborated with The Mendoza Line on the duet "Aspect of an Old Maid" and played the piano on the Palaxy Tracks album Cedarland. With Okkervil River, he produced Roky Erickson's 2010 album ''True Love Cast Out All Evil'' and provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheff, Indiana
Sheff is an extinct town in York Township, Benton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. History Sheff was the site of an interlocking tower that controlled the crossing of the New York Central (NYC) railroad and the NYC subsidiary, Big Four (CCC&StL) railroad. The town derives its name from a vice president of the Big Four. It was satirically located at the top of the last glaciations terminal moraine. The North South line was built in 1906 under the name Chicago, Indiana, & Southern. There was a large transfer yard located north of the interlocking. At one point the town contained a YMCA, a roundhouse, a restaurant, and several houses. The 1906 date fits the draining of Beaver Lake north of Morocco, Indiana across which bead the line was built. 1906 was significant as these rail lines fed coal north to the massive steel mills being built at Indiana Harbor and Gary, Indiana. In 1966, three men manned the tower. The tower no longer exists. Geography Sheff is located at , northwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, situated south of Leeds and east of Manchester. The city is the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and some of its southern suburbs were transferred from Derbyshire to the city council. It is the largest settlement in South Yorkshire and the third largest of Northern England. The city is in the North Midlands, in the eastern foothills of the Pennines and the valleys of the River Don with its four tributaries: the Loxley, the Porter Brook, the Rivelin and the Sheaf. Sixty-one per cent of Sheffield's entire area is green space and a third of the city lies within the Peak District national park and is the fifth-largest city in England. There are more than 250 parks, woodlands and gardens in the city, which is estimated to contain around 4.5 million trees. Sheffield played a crucial role in the Industrial Revolution, developing many signifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Sheff may refer to: People: *David Sheff, American author of books * Don Sheff (born 1931), American former competition swimmer * Robert Nathan Sheff (born 1945), avant-garde composer and pianist * Stanley Sheff, Hollywood-born director and writer * Will Sheff (born 1976), the frontman for the Austin, Texas-based indie band ''Okkervil River'' Other: * Sheff, Indiana, an extinct town *Sheffield, a city in England, sometimes called 'Sheff' * Sheff v. O'Neill, a 1989 lawsuit and the subsequent 1996 Connecticut Supreme Court case *Gluskin Sheff Gluskin Sheff + Associates Inc. is a Canadian independent wealth management firm that manages investment portfolios for investors, including entrepreneurs, professionals, family trusts, private charitable foundations and estates. The company was ... (TSX: GS), a Canadian independent wealth management firm See also * Sheff. Star or Sheffield Star, a daily newspaper published in Sheffield, England * Sheff U or Sheffield United F.C., professio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gluskin Sheff
Gluskin Sheff + Associates Inc. is a Canadian independent wealth management firm that manages investment portfolios for investors, including entrepreneurs, professionals, family trusts, private charitable foundations and estates. The company was founded in 1984 by Ira Gluskin and Gerald Sheff. The company went public in 2006, listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the symbol "GS". It was subsequently purchased and privatized by Onex Corporation Onex Corporation is a Canadian investment management firm founded by Gerry Schwartz in 1984. In September 2024, it had $50 billion dollars under management. History Schwartz founded Onex in 1984 and took the company public in 1987. In Jun ... for $445 million in March 2019. In March 2023, Onex announced that Gluskin Sheff would be transferred to RBC Wealth management as it winds down its wealth management operations. References External links *Katie Benner,Recovery: A long bearish road ahead ''CNNMoney.com'', Februa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Sheff may refer to: People: *David Sheff, American author of books *Don Sheff (born 1931), American former competition swimmer * Robert Nathan Sheff (born 1945), avant-garde composer and pianist * Stanley Sheff, Hollywood-born director and writer * Will Sheff (born 1976), the frontman for the Austin, Texas-based indie band ''Okkervil River'' Other: * Sheff, Indiana, an extinct town *Sheffield, a city in England, sometimes called 'Sheff' * Sheff v. O'Neill, a 1989 lawsuit and the subsequent 1996 Connecticut Supreme Court case *Gluskin Sheff Gluskin Sheff + Associates Inc. is a Canadian independent wealth management firm that manages investment portfolios for investors, including entrepreneurs, professionals, family trusts, private charitable foundations and estates. The company was ... (TSX: GS), a Canadian independent wealth management firm See also * Sheff. Star or Sheffield Star, a daily newspaper published in Sheffield, England * Sheff U or Sheffield United F.C., profession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheff U
Sheffield United Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The club competes in the EFL Championship, Championship, the second tier of Football in England, English football. They are nicknamed "the Blades" due to Sheffield's history of cutlery production. The team have played home games at Bramall Lane since their formation. For most of the club's history, United have played in red and white striped shirts with black shorts. Their main rivals are Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Sheffield Wednesday, with whom they contest the Steel City derby. Sheffield United was formed as an offshoot of Sheffield United Cricket Club in 1889. Following strong performances in the Midland Football League (1889), Midland League and Northern Football League, Northern League, they were invited to become a founding member of the Football League Second Division in 1892. They won promotion and relegation, promotion to the Football Leagu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheff Wed
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. Formed in 1867 as an offshoot of The Wednesday Cricket Club (itself formed in 1820), they were known as The Wednesday Football Club until 1929. Wednesday is one of the oldest surviving football clubs in the world of any code, and the second-oldest professional association football club in England. In 1868 its team won the Cromwell Cup, only the second tournament of its kind. They were founding members and inaugural champions of the Football Alliance in 1889, before joining The Football League three years later. In 1992, they became founder members of the Premier League. The team has spent most of its league history in English football's top two flights, though they have not played in the top tier since being relegated in 2000. The Owls, as they are nicknamed, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
