Troy Carter (other)
Troy Carter may refer to: *Troy Carter (physicist) (born 1973), American plasma physicist *Troy Carter (politician) (born 1963), American politician * Troy Carter (talent manager) (born 1972), American music talent manager Fictional characters *2nd Lieutenant Troy Carter, character in Wing Commander (franchise), originated in 1990 See also *Carter (name) Carter is a family name, and also may be a given name. Carter is of Irish, Scottish and English origin and is an occupational name given to one who transports goods by cart or wagon and ultimately of Celtic derivation from the word "cairt" me ...

Troy Carter (physicist)
Troy Alan Carter (born July 31, 1973) is an American plasma physicist and the Director of Fusion Energy Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He was formerly a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. He was co-awarded the 2002 John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research for his work on driven magnetic reconnection in a laboratory plasma. Early life and Career Carter received a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in physics and a B.S. in nuclear engineering from North Carolina State University North Carolina State University (NC State, North Carolina State, NC State University, or NCSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1887 and p ... in 1995. He then received a Master of Arts and a Doctor of Philosophy in Astrophysical Sciences from Princeton University in 1997 and 2001 respectively, where he was supervised by Masaaki Yamada and Russell Kuls ...
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Troy Carter (politician)
Troy Anthony Carter Sr. (born October 26, 1963) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district since 2021. He was previously a member of the Louisiana State Senate for the 7th district. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, Carter also previously served on the New Orleans City Council and as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. He is currently one of two Democrats in Louisiana's congressional delegation. Early life and education Carter was born in New Orleans. After graduating from Landry-Walker College and Career Preparatory High School, Oliver Perry Walker High School in Algiers, New Orleans, Algiers, he attended Xavier University of Louisiana, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration and political science. He has completed programs at the Harvard Kennedy School and Carnegie Mellon University's School of Urban and Public Affairs. Early career C ...
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Troy Carter (talent Manager)
Troy Lemar Carter, Sr. (born November 14, 1972) is an American talent manager and record executive from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He co-founded the music and technology company, Q&A Media in 2019, and is its CEO. Prior, he was chairman and CEO of Atom Factory, a talent management and media production company, and Global Head of Creator Services at Spotify. Life and career 1972–1998: Early life and career beginnings Troy Carter was born on November 14, 1972, and was raised in West Philadelphia, attending Huey Elementary and Sayre Middle School. At the age of two, Carter's parents divorced. At the age of seven, his father, who had remarried, shot and killed his new wife's brother after an argument and was sentenced to 12 years in prison. Despite this, his father and step-mother stayed together, and after prison his father rebuilt his life, with Carter calling him "one of my real heroes." In 1990, at the age of 17, Carter dropped out of West Philadelphia High School in pursu ...
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Wing Commander (franchise)
''Wing Commander'' is a media franchise consisting of space combat simulation video games from Origin Systems, Inc., an animated television series, a feature film, a collectible card game, a series of novels, and action figures. The franchise originated in 1990 with the release of the video game ''Wing Commander''. Setting and gameplay Set in the 27th century, the games tell the story of humanity's war against the Kilrathi, an alien species of large feline bipeds. The Kilrathi are native to the planet Kilrah with their society depicted as an empire. Physically they are bipeds who strongly resemble big cats: they have leonine manes, but also have markings which distinguish their clan of origin. The species is featured in every game, with later games revealing more complex characters than just a mindless enemy. Later games would move on from the Kilrathi war setting, with '' Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom'' being about a conspiracy within the ranks and '' Wing Command ...
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