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Silverstein (surname)
Silverstein is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Abe Silverstein (1908–2001), American NASA aerospace engineer *Alan Silverstein, American rabbi *Charles Silverstein (born 1935), American writer and magazine editor *Debra Silverstein, American politician *Duane Silverstein, American environmentalist *Elliot Silverstein (born 1927), American director *Eva Silverstein, American physicist and string theorist *Ira Silverstein (born 1960), American politician, state representative in Illinois *Jake Silverstein (born 1975), American magazine editor *Jamie Silverstein (born 1983), American figure skater *Joseph Silverstein (born 1932), American violinist and orchestra conductor * Justin Silverstein (born 1979), American neurophysiologist and neuroscientist *Keith Silverstein (born 1970), American voice actor *Ken Silverstein, American magazine editor and blogger *Larry Silverstein (born 1931), American real estate investor, leaseholder of the World Trade Center towers * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abe Silverstein
Abraham "Abe" Silverstein NASA.gov. Retrieved September 17, 2009. (September 15, 1908June 1, 2001) was an American engineer who played an important part in the United States space program. He was a longtime manager at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). He was instrumental in the planning of the Apollo program, Apollo, Ranger program, Ranger, Mariner program, Mariner, Surveyor Program, Surveyor, and Voyager program, Voyager missions, and named the Apollo program after the Apollo, Greek and Roman God. Biography Born into a Jewish family in Terre Haute, Indiana to Joseph and Eva Silverstein, Silverstein earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering (1929) and a Master of Engineering (1934) from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Tec ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Silverstein
Larry A. Silverstein (born May 30, 1931) is an American businessman. Among his real estate projects, he is the developer of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City, as well as one of New York's tallest residential towers at 30 Park Place, where he owns a home. Silverstein was born in Brooklyn, and became involved in real estate, together with his father, establishing Silverstein Properties. Silverstein separated from his business partner, Bernard Mendik, in 1977, and bought a number of large office buildings in Midtown and Lower Manhattan in the late 1970s. In 1980, he won a bid from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to construct 7 World Trade Center on Vesey Street, just north of the main World Trade Center site. He was interested in acquiring the original World Trade Center complex, and put in a bid when the Port Authority put it up for lease in 2000. He won the bid when a deal between the initial winner and the Port Author ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Silverstein
Thomas Edward Silverstein (February 4, 1952 – May 11, 2019) was an American criminal who spent the last 42 years of his life in prison after being convicted of four separate murders while imprisoned for armed robbery, one of which was overturned. Silverstein spent the last 36 years of his life in solitary confinement for killing Corrections Officer Merle Clutts at the Marion Penitentiary in Illinois. Prison authorities described him as a brutal killer and a former leader of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang. Silverstein maintained that the dehumanizing conditions inside the prison system contributed to the three murders he committed. He was held "in a specially designed cell" in what is called "Range 13" at ADX Florence federal penitentiary in Colorado. He was the longest-held prisoner in solitary confinement within the Bureau of Prisons at the time of his death. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shel Silverstein
Sheldon Allan Silverstein (; September 25, 1930 – May 10, 1999) was an American writer, poet, cartoonist, singer / songwriter, musician, and playwright. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Silverstein briefly attended university before being drafted into the United States Army. Though perhaps best known for his children's books, Silverstein did not limit his audience to children. During his rise to prominence in the 1950s, his illustrations were published in various newspapers and magazines, notably the adult-oriented ''Playboy''. He also wrote a satirical, adult-oriented alphabet book, ''Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book'', under the stylized name "Uncle Shelby", which he used as an occasional pen name. As a children's author, some of his most acclaimed works include '' The Giving Tree'', '' Where the Sidewalk Ends'', and '' A Light in the Attic''. His works have been translated into more than 47 languages and have sold more than 20 million copies.Rogak, Lisa. ''A Boy Named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruffy Silverstein (Canadian Wrestler)
Aaron Quinn Schlosser (born November 30, 1972) is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Ruffy Silverstein. He wrestles on the independent circuit in Canada and the northern United States. Professional wrestling career Schlosser trained under the Hart family in Calgary and debuted in 1998 as "Ruffy Silverstein", facing The Cuban Assassin in Red Deer, Alberta. His wrestling name was given to him by Stu because Aaron reminded him of a wrestler from Stu's day named Ralph "Ruffy" Silverstein. He wrestled for the Hart family-owned Stampede Wrestling promotion for a year and a half. He later joined the Windsor, Ontario-based Border City Wrestling promotion. Schlosser also spent time as the Canadian champion in the CIWA (Canadian Independent Wrestling Alliance). Also wrestled for PWE, GLCW, CWA, CPW, XWC, OPW, CWI, GCPW, Big Time wrestling, GCW, CWE, PWA, and many other independent wrestling promotions. Silverstein was a member of Team Canada in Total Nonst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruffy Silverstein (American Wrestler)
Ralph "Ruffy" Silverstein (March 20, 1914 – April 5, 1980) was an American amateur and professional wrestler. He won the NCAA light heavyweight championship and the Big 10 championship as an amateur wrestler. As a professional, he was a two-time AWA World Heavyweight Champion. Early life A Chicago native, he received the nickname "Ruffy" as a child from his Russian-born mother. He grew up in Chicago's Lawndale neighborhood. He started wrestling at Lawson playground. He polished his skills at the Boys' Brotherhood Republic (BBR), the Jewish People's Institute (JPI) and Crane Technical High School. He married Evelyn Epstein and had two children, a son (Roger) and a daughter. He served in the army during World War II, rising to the rank of Captain and serving under General Douglas MacArthur, advising MacArthur about the Japanese study of martial arts during the U.S. occupation of Japan. Amateur wrestling career In college Silverstein wrestled for the University of Illinoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rich Silverstein
Goodby, Silverstein & Partners (also known as GSP) is an advertising agency based in San Francisco. History The agency was founded on April 15, 1983 as Goodby, Berlin & Silverstein by Jeff Goodby, Andy Berlin and Rich Silverstein. Andy Berlin left in 1992 and the agency was renamed. Goodby, Silverstein & Partners is now part of the Omnicom Group, Inc., an advertising holding company. The agency is based in San Francisco, CA. In 2015, after 32 years, Rich Silverstein and Jeff Goodby announced they were passing on the reigns of the creative department to Margaret Johnson, Executive Creative Director and Eric Kallman, Executive Creative Director. Margaret and Eric were also named to Adweek's Creative 100 list in 2015. Derek Robson has been the President and Managing Partner since 2005. The firm supported the California Milk Processors Board and GSP initiated the Got Milk? campaign in 1993. For Elizabeth Arden, GSP created Britney's fantasy reality to promote her Curious fragrance. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murray Silverstein
Murray Silverstein (born September 19, 1943) co-authored the books ''A Pattern Language'' and The Oregon Experiment. At that time, he taught architecture courses at the University of California, and subsequently taught at the University of Washington. He had also written several articles on pattern languages. As a young designer, he worked for noted California architect Richard Neutra. In 2006, a collection of his poetry entitled "Any Old Wolf" was published by Sixteen Rivers Press Sixteen Rivers Press is a shared-work, nonprofit poetry collective that provides an alternative publishing avenue for San Francisco Bay Area poets. History Founded in 1999 by poets Valerie Berry, Terry Ehret, Margaret Kaufman, Jacqueline Kudler, .... at Sixteen Rivers Published works Silverstein's published works include: ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Silverstein
Michael Silverstein (12 September 1945 – 17 July 2020) was an American linguist. He was the Charles F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor of anthropology, linguistics, and psychology at the University of Chicago. He was a theoretician of semiotics and linguistic anthropology. Over the course of his career he created an original synthesis of research on the semiotics of communication, the sociology of interaction, Russian formalist literary theory, linguistic pragmatics, sociolinguistics, early anthropological linguistics and structuralist grammatical theory, together with his own theoretical contributions, yielding a comprehensive account of the semiotics of human communication and its relation to culture. He presented the developing results of this project annually from 1970 until his death in a course entitled "Language in Culture." Among other achievements, he was instrumental in introducing the semiotic terminology of Charles Sanders Peirce, including especially the no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Silverstein
USS ''Silverstein'' (DE-534) was a in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1947 and from 1951 to 1958. She was sold for scrapping in 1973. Namesake Max Silverstein was born on 15 February 1911 in Chicago, Illinois. He was appointed midshipman at the United States Naval Academy on 18 June 1928. He was commissioned ensign on 2 June 1932 and went to sea in on the 26th as an aircraft gunnery observer. He was promoted to Lieutenant (junior grade) on 2 June 1935 and subsequently served on , and . After being promoted to lieutenant on 13 March 1940, later changed to date from 1 August 1939, he reported for duty as Engineer and Damage Control Officer on . On 7 May 1942, during the Battle of the Coral Sea, ''Sims'' came under aerial attack. Though knocked unconscious by the first bomb, Silverstein quickly recovered and "coolly directed the securing of the boilers, the jettisoning of topside weights to preserve stability and the preparations for repairs to save the vessel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Silverstein
Matthew Richard "Matt" Silverstein (born April 1, 1979) is an American television writer and co-creator with Dave Jeser of ''Drawn Together''. He has also written for other television shows including ''3rd Rock from the Sun'', ''The Man Show'', ''Action'', ''Greg the Bunny'', '' Axe Cop'', '' The Goode Family'' and ''The Cleveland Show'', and also created the MTV animated comedy '' DJ & the Fro'' in 2009. He cowrote the script to the film ''Accidental Love''. Biography Silverstein was raised in a Jewish family in Oradell, New Jersey.Jewish Standard: "‘Drawn Together’ creators, from area, decry anti-Israel accusations" by Josh Lipowsky June 4, 2010 Silverstein graduated from the < ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin J
Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (other) * Martin County (other) * Martin Township (other) Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Australia * Martin, Western Australia * Martin Place, Sydney Caribbean * Martin, Saint-Jean-du-Sud, Haiti, a village in the Sud Department of Haiti Europe * Martin, Croatia, a village in Slavonia, Croatia * Martin, Slovakia, a city * Martín del Río, Aragón, Spain * Martin (Val Poschiavo), Switzerland England * Martin, Hampshire * Martin, Kent * Martin, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, hamlet and former parish in East Lindsey district * Martin, North Kesteven, village and parish in Lincolnshire in North Kesteven district * Martin Hussingtree, Worcestershire * Martin Mere, a lake in Lancashire ** WWT Martin Mere, a wetland nature reserve that includes the lake and surrounding areas * Martin Mill, Kent North America Canada * Rural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
