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Solow Building New York August 2012
Solow is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alan Solow, an American lawyer and Jewish leader * Herbert Solow (journalist) (1903–1964), an American journalist * Herbert Franklin Solow (1931–2020), an American producer, director, studio executive, talent agent, and writer * Jeffrey Solow (born 1949), an American cello virtuoso * Jennifer Solow, an American novelist * Robert Solow (born 1924), an American economist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics * Sheldon Solow, an American real estate mogul and billionaire See also * Solow (horse), a Thoroughbred racehorse * The Solow Building The Solow Building, also known as 9 West 57th Street, is a skyscraper in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Completed in 1974 and designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, it is west of Fifth Avenue between 57 ..., a Manhattan skyscraper {{surname Slavic-language surnames Jewish surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Solow
Alan P. Solow, founder of Grover Strategies LLC, is a public affairs consultant, political advisor, not-for-profit activist and former lawyer. He is a former Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and was a national co-chair of the successful 2012 Obama-Biden re-election campaign. Professional career Solow practiced law full-time until April 1, 2016, when he transitioned into public affairs advisory work and joined Resolute Consulting. At Resolute, he provided advice to clients, focusing on government relations-based strategy. He specializes in infrastructure and technology projects and also works on communications issues. Prior to joining Resolute, he was a principal at the Chicago law firm Goldberg Kohn and was a partner at the international law firm, DLA Piper, LLC. Solow began his career as a litigator, but practiced bankruptcy law for over 30 years. He was elected by his peers as a Fellow in the prestigious AmericaCollege of Bankrup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Solow (journalist)
Herbert Solow (20 November 1903 – 26 November 1964) was an American journalist and co-editor of the ''Menorah Journal'' who was first a Communist fellow-traveler in the 1920s, a Trotskyist in the 1930s, and then abandoned leftist politics to work in Henry Luce's publishing empire as '' Fortune'' editor. Career Studies Solow was a member of the Columbia College class of 1924. His schoolmates included Clifton Fadiman, Lionel Trilling, Meyer Schapiro, and Whittaker Chambers. Menorah Journal Solow and Elliot E. Cohen were co-editors of ''The Menorah Journal''. Together in the 1930s, they led many of the magazine's contributors toward the left, according to Diana Trilling's recollections. Solow's wife, Tess Slesinger described much of the ''Menorah'' scene in the guise of fiction in her book ''The Unpossessed'' (1934). According to Alfred Kazin, Solow was: Although a little-known editor of the obscure ''Menorah Journal'' in the 1920s, and later of ''Fortune'', Herbert So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Franklin Solow
Herbert Franklin Solow (December 14, 1930 – November 19, 2020) was an American motion picture and television executive, screenwriter, motion picture and television producer, director and talent agent. Biography Solow was born to a Jewish family in New York City. After his graduation from Dartmouth College in 1953, Solow was hired by the William Morris Agency in New York City to work in the mailroom. In 1954, he was promoted to talent agent. Later he was hired by NBC and transferred to Los Angeles in 1960 and was subsequently hired by CBS as Director of Daytime Programs, West Coast. He returned to NBC a year later as Director of Daytime Programs. The middle 1960s: Desilu before the Paramount merger In 1964, he joined Desilu Studios and was appointed Vice President of Production in 1964. Solow oversaw the development, sales, and production of ''Star Trek'', '' Mission: Impossible'', and ''Mannix''. Solow said that Gene Roddenberry's initial treatment for Star Trek was much ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Solow
Jeffrey Solow (born January 3, 1949) is an American cello virtuoso and past president of both the American String Teachers Association and the Violoncello Society, Inc. of New York. Biography Born in Los Angeles, Solow began cello lessons at the age of 7 with Gregory Aller, the grandfather of Leonard Slatkin, and had further studies with Gabor Rejto. He studied with and was assistant to Gregor Piatigorsky while pursuing a degree in Philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles. In 1969 he won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions which led to his New York City recital debut at Carnegie Recital Hall. Since then he has appeared as a soloist with many of the world's leading orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic (in subscription concerts and at the Hollywood Bowl), the Japan Philharmonic, the Seattle Symphony, the Milwaukee Symphony, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and the American Symphony Orchestra, the latter of which he has also recorded wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Solow
Jennifer Solow is an American novelist, publisher and entrepreneur, and the author of ''The Aristobrats'' and ''The Booster''. In 2021 she became the publisher of ''Edible Hudson Valley'', ''Edible Westchester'', ''Edible Manhattan'' and ''Edible Brooklyn''. She is the founder of Doorstep Market. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she graduated from Winchester Thurston School and Rhode Island School of Design. Selected works * References External linksAuthor website Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American novelists American women novelists Writers from Pittsburgh Rhode Island School of Design alumni 21st-century American women writers Novelists from Pennsylvania Winchester Thurston School alumni {{US-novelist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Solow Robert Merton Solow, GCIH (; born August 23, 1924) is an American economist whose work on the theory of economic growth culminated in the exogenous growth model named after him. He is currently Emeritus Institute Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he has been a professor since 1949. He was awarded the John Bates Clark Medal in 1961, the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1987, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2014. Four of his PhD students, George Akerlof, Joseph Stiglitz, Peter Diamond and William Nordhaus later received Nobel Memorial Prizes in Economic Sciences in their own right. Biography Robert Solow was born in Brooklyn, New York, into a Jewish family on August 23, 1924, the oldest of three children. He regarded his parents as being very intelligent despite their not being able to attend college due to the necessity to work. He was well educated in the neighborhood public schools and excelled academicall ... |
