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Smock (surname) (born 1954), American basketball player
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Smock is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Amanda Smock (born 1982), American track and field athlete *Ginger Smock (1920–1995), American musician and television personality *Jed Smock (1943–2022), American evangelist *John Conover Smock (1842–1926), American geologist *Matthias Smock, American settler in New Jersey, namesake of Matthias Smock House * Pamela Smock (born 1961), American sociologist and demographer *Raymond W. Smock (born 1941), American historian * Rose Smock (1867–1946), American actress *Robert Smock (1908–1986), American agricultural scientist *Trent Smock Trent R. Smock (born August 28, 1954) is an American former basketball player and coach. He played basketball and football for Indiana University in the 70's and later starred in basketball in Iceland where he led the top-tier Úrvalsdeild karla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Smock
Amanda Smock (née Thieschafer, born July 27, 1982) is an American triple jumper who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In college, she was a three-time NCAA Division II track and field champion. She won the triple jump events at the United States Outdoor Championships in 2011 and 2012, and at the Indoor Championships in 2011. Early life Smock was born Amanda Thieschafer on July 27, 1982, to parents Beth and Glen Thieschafer. She grew up in a small town in rural Minnesota - Melrose, Minnesota, where she began competing in gymnastics at age 4. "There was this movie called ''Nadia'' after Nadia Comăneci, and I must have watched that thing 1,000 times," Smock later remarked. "I definitely was going to be an Olympic gymnast." Although her father was a gymnastics coach, eventually she realized she was better suited for track and field, giving up on gymnastics as a teenager. In high school, she excelled at long jump, pole vault, triple jump, and sprinting events. Smock graduate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ginger Smock
Emma Smock (4 June 1920– 13 June 1995), better known as Ginger Smock,"Hot violinist is TV Hit in Los Angeles" ''''. At Google Books. Retrieved 3 June 2013. was a ist, orchestra leader, and local television personality. She is perhaps best known from her recordings with the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jed Smock
George Edward "Jed" Smock, Jr. (January 4, 1943 – June 6, 2022), better known as Brother Jed, was an American evangelist whose open-air preaching ministry was concentrated on college campuses. He preached at major universities in all 50 US states and other countries. As an itinerant preacher, he usually spent only a few days on each campus, visiting the northern campuses in the fall and spring and the southern campuses in the winter. In 2004, he relocated to Columbia, Missouri, where he often preached at the University of Missouri and other colleges throughout the Midwest. In the summer of 2013, he relocated his ministry and residence to his hometown of Terre Haute, Indiana. Biography Brother Jed's self-described lifestyle of "drunkenness, dissipation, and debauchery" began while he was a freshman in high school. Older friends exposed him to alcohol, which became a regular part of his life. Smock began attending Indiana State University in 1960, studying social studies and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Conover Smock
John Conover Smock (September 21, 1842 – April 21, 1926) was an American geologist. Biography Smock was born in Holmdel Township, New Jersey, graduated at Rutgers College in 1862, and was tutor in chemistry there 1865–67. He became Professor-elect of Mining and Metallurgy in 1867, holding the chair 1871–75, meantime studying in Germany at the Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg and at the University of Berlin. He was assistant in charge of the New York State Museum 1885–89, received a Ph.D. from Lafayette College in 1882, and was manager of the American Institute of Mining Engineers 1875–77. Smock was associated with George Hammell Cook in preparing the annual reports of the Geological Survey of New Jersey for 1871–84, and in the volumes on ''The Geology of New Jersey'' (1868), and the ''Report on Clay Deposits''; issued, as a bulletin of the State museum, ''On Building-Stones in New York'' (1888). In 1890 he was appointed State Geologist of New Jersey. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthias Smock House
The Matthias Smock House is a historic house located at 851 River Road in the township of Piscataway in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. It was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) in 1938. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 4, 1973, for its significance in architecture. It was listed as a contributing property of the Road Up Raritan Historic District in 1997. History and description Built by Matthias Smock in 1720, it is the earliest documented house in the county. He lived here until his death in 1727. His son John Smock inherited it and lived here until his death in 1791. It was in the Smock family until 1910. As stated in the nomination form: "it represents a carefully preserved and authentically restored example of early Dutch colonial architecture". See also * National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, New Jersey * List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey This articl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamela Smock
Pamela Jane Smock (born September 29, 1961) is an American sociologist and demographer. She is a research professor in the University of Michigan's Population Studies Center, of which she was the director from 2010 to 2013. She is also a professor of sociology and women's studies at the University of Michigan. She is known for her research on issues related to the family, such as cohabitation, which she has been studying for over two decades. Education Smock received her undergraduate degree in sociology from the University of Chicago and was awarded Phi Beta Kappa, Honors in Sociology and Honors in the college. After three years exploring potential career directions, she returned to the University of Chicago for a master's degree in the Social Sciences. The following year, Smock went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison for doctoral studies in sociology and demography, supported by a traineeship from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Her dissertation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond W
Raymond is a male given name. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ (''Raginmund'') or ᚱᛖᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ (''Reginmund''). ''Ragin'' (Gothic) and ''regin'' ( Old German) meant "counsel". The Old High German ''mund'' originally meant "hand", but came to mean "protection". This etymology suggests that the name originated in the Early Middle Ages, possibly from Latin. Alternatively, the name can also be derived from Germanic Hraidmund, the first element being ''Hraid'', possibly meaning "fame" (compare ''Hrod'', found in names such as Robert, Roderick, Rudolph, Roland, Rodney and Roger) and ''mund'' meaning "protector". Despite the German and French origins of the English name, some of its early uses in English documents appear in Latinized form. As a surname, its first recorded appearance in B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Smock
Rose Melville (January 30, 1867 – October 8, 1946) born Rosa Smock, was an American stage actress famous for playing one character her whole career, "Sis Hopkins". Rosa Smock was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, the youngest of four daughter of Rev. Jacob Smock, a Baptist pastor, and Caroline (Puett) Smock. Her three elder sisters were also actors who toured as the Melville Sisters in the 1880s. Rose attended St. Mary-of-the-Woods and Franklin College. Rose got her start in 1889 at Zanesville, Ohio, playing a male role in a play called ''Queen's Evidence''. Other known plays she appeared in were ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'', ''The Two Orphans'' and ''Fanchon the Cricket''. Mellville and her sister Ida formed a traveling stock company. In 1894 a play called ''Zeb'' was produced in which Melville performed the Sis Hopkins character for the first time. The play was so successful that it was brought to New York that same year. The Sis Hopkins character appeared in three more plays ''L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Smock
Robert Mumford Smock (October 21, 1908 – April 22, 1986) was an American scientist and a professor at Cornell University. Known for his research for over two decades in the field of controlled atmosphere, which led to the use of controlled atmosphere rooms in the United States in the 1950s and later throughout the world. The method he developed made it possible to extend the shelf life of fruits, especially apples throughout the year. Biography Smock was born in 1908 in Erie, Pennsylvania, to his father Grant Hibberd Smock, a dentist and his mother Frances Gibson Smock, a housewife the fifth of six brothers and sisters. He grew up on a farm and wanted to become a farmer. Smock studied agriculture in college and then went on to study for a doctorate at the University of California, Davis. Soon after he accepted a position at Cornell University where he led a career of over fifty years as a researcher in the field of pomology (study of fruits). Career Professor Smock had a hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
