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Wyly
Wyly is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Charles Wyly (1933–2011), American businessman * L. D. Wyly (1916–2004), American scientist * Michael Wyly (born 1939), American Marines colonel * Sam Wyly (born 1934), American businessman See also * Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, in Dallas, Texas * Wiley (other) * Whiley * Wily (other) * Wylie (other) * Wyllie * Willey (other) * Wylye (other) * Wyle (other) {{surname, Wyly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Wyly
Samuel Evans Wyly (born October 4, 1934) is an American businessman. He first appeared on ''Forbes''s list of richest Americans in 2000 with a net worth of $750 million, and he remained on that list throughout 2010 with a net worth of $1 billion. His initial wealth was acquired following the public offering of University Computing Company. Wyly's recent wealth stems from ownership stakes from Sterling Software and Michael's, an American art supply store. In 2010 following a series of investigations, Wyly was charged with federal tax fraud by the SEC and IRS. Following his settlement with federal authorities, he declared bankruptcy in 2014. Early life and education Sam Wyly was born in 1934, to parents Flora and Charles Wyly Sr. of Lake Providence, Louisiana. His ancestors included Presbyterian and Episcopalian ministers, college founders, and teachers. Wyly's paternal grandfather was a lawyer who managed plantation assets and helped poor Black convicts get paroled from An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Wyly
Charles Wyly, Jr. (October 13, 1933August 7, 2011) was an American entrepreneur and businessman, philanthropist, civic leader, and a major contributor to Republican causes and art projects in Dallas, Texas. This included $20 million to build a performing arts center in Dallas. In 2006, ''Forbes'' magazine estimated his net worth at $1 billion. His younger brother, Sam Wyly, is nearly equal in wealth; the two brothers were close with their business affairs, and were often referred to as the "Wyly brothers". Together the brothers had donated almost $2.5 million to more than two hundred Republican candidates and committees at the federal level over the past two decades. Wyly was inducted into the Louisiana Tech University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003; he was a Bulldogs football player. Early life and education Born during the Great Depression, Charles Wyly was a child when the collapsed economy forced the surrender of his family's cotton farm in Lake Providence in East Carroll P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Wyly
Michael Duncan Wyly (born c. 1939) is a retired U.S. Marine Colonel. In 1979, Colonel Wyly was head of tactics at the Amphibious Warfare School (AWS) where he, with John Boyd, introduced maneuver warfare. Military service Wyly enlisted as a Marine private in 1957. He entered the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, in 1958 and graduated in 1962 as Second Lieutenant of Marines. He served as Jim Webb's company commander in the Vietnam War. He co-wrote the ''Maneuver Warfare Handbook'' for the Marine Corps with William Lind. Ballet He was Executive Director of Bossov Ballet Theatre, a non-profit ballet company in Pittsfield, Maine until the end of 2013. Wyly's role as director of a Ballet school is seen as unusual for a former Marine and has been the subject of articles in ''The Wall Street Journal'', and the Christian Science Monitor. Criticism Wyly's views were criticized in a July 1997 ''Atlantic Monthly ''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher base ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dee And Charles Wyly Theatre
The Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre is a theatre at the AT&T Performing Arts Center, located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ... ( USA). It is one of four venues that comprise the AT&T Performing Arts Center and was dedicated October 12, 2009. The 80,300-square-foot building is twelve stories tall and holds about 600 people, depending upon the stage configuration. It is the new venue for the Dallas Theater Center, Dallas Black Dance Theatre and Anita N. Martinez Ballet Folklorico. The Wyly Theatre was designed by REX , OMA, Joshua Prince-Ramus (partner in charge) and Pritzker Prize winning architect Rem Koolhaas. It features a groundbreaking design with an unprecedented "stacked" vertically organized facility that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wylye (other)
Wylye is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. Wylye may also refer to: * Wylye railway station, serving the village * River Wylye, Wiltshire, England See also * Wiley (other) * Wily (other) * Wylie (other) * Wyllie * Wyle (other) * Wyly Wyly is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Charles Wyly (1933–2011), American businessman * L. D. Wyly (1916–2004), American scientist * Michael Wyly (born 1939), American Marines colonel * Sam Wyly (born 1934), American bus ... {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiley (other)
Wiley may refer to: Locations *Wiley, Colorado, a U.S. town *Wiley, Georgia, an U.S. unincorporated community * Wiley, Pleasants County, West Virginia, U.S. * Wiley-Kaserne, a district of the city of Neu-Ulm, Germany People *Wiley (musician), British grime MC, rapper, and producer Other uses *Wiley (publisher), a publishing company also known as John Wiley & Sons **Wiley-Blackwell, an imprint of the publisher *Wiley College, Texas, U.S. *Wiley Rein, a U.S. law firm * USS ''Wiley'' (DD-597), a U.S. warship See also *Whiley *Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner; the cartoon coyote character's name and "Wily" are homophones *Willey (other) *Wily (other) *Wyle (other) *Wylie (other) *Wyllie *Wyly Wyly is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Charles Wyly (1933–2011), American businessman * L. D. Wyly (1916–2004), American scientist * Michael Wyly (born 1939), American Marines colonel * Sam Wyly (born 1934), American bus ... * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whiley
Whiley is the surname of: * Manning Whiley (1915–1975), British actor * Richard Whiley (born 1935), English cricketer * Jo Whiley (born 1965), English DJ * Matthew Whiley (born 1980), English cricketer * Jordanne Whiley (born 1992), British wheelchair tennis player * Mark Whiley (born 1992), Australian rules footballer See also * Whiley (programming language) * Wiley (other) * Wily (other) * Wylie (other) * Wyllie * Willey (other) * Wylye (other) * Wyle (other) * Wyly Wyly is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Charles Wyly (1933–2011), American businessman * L. D. Wyly (1916–2004), American scientist * Michael Wyly (born 1939), American Marines colonel * Sam Wyly (born 1934), American bus ... * Wile E. Coyote, a cartoon character whose name sounds similar to "Wily" {{surname, Whiley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wylie (other)
Wylie is an English name meaning "well-watered meadow", and may also refer to: People * Wylie (surname) * Wylie (Australian explorer), Aboriginal companion of Edward John Eyre during his crossing of the Nullarbor Plain in Australia * Wylie Breckenridge (1903–1991), rugby union player who represented Australia * Wylie Gelber (born 1988), American bassist and guitar maker, founding member of the band Dawes * Wylie Gibbs (born 1922), Australian politician * Wylie Cameron Grant (1879–1968), American tennis champion * Wylie Human (born 1979), South African rugby union winger * Wylie Stateman, American supervising sound editor * Wylie Sypher (1905–1987), American non-fiction writer and professor * Wylie Watson (1889–1966), British actor * Wylie G. Woodruff (1866–1930), American football player and coach Fictional characters * Wile E. Coyote, a cartoon character whose name sounds similar to "Wily" * Wylie Burp, a character from the film ''An American Tail: Fievel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyllie
Wyllie is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adrian Wyllie (born 1970), American political activist, radio personality, and investigative journalist * Alex Wyllie (born 1944), New Zealand rugby union player and coach * Andrew Wyllie (engineer) (born 1962), Scottish civil engineer * Andrew Wyllie (pathologist) (1944–2022), Scottish pathologist * Anne Wyllie (born 1985), New Zealand microbiologist * Bill Wyllie (1932–2006), Australian businessman * Bob Wyllie (1929–1981), Scottish footballer * Curzon Wyllie (1848–1909), Indian army officer * Daniel Wyllie (born 1970), American actor * Douglas Wyllie (born 1963), Scottish rugby player and coach * Edward Wyllie (1848–1911), British-American medium * Elaine Wyllie (born 1953), American neurologist * Ella Wyllie (born 2002), New Zealand racing cyclist * George Wyllie (1921–2012), Scottish artist * George Wyllie (British Army soldier) (1908–1987), British Army soldier and recipient of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willey (other)
Willey may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Willey, Herefordshire, a civil parish of Herefordshire * Willey, Shropshire, a village in Shropshire * Willey, Warwickshire, a village and civil parish of Warwickshire * Hundred of Willey, a hundred of Bedfordshire United States * Willey, Iowa, a city * Mount Willey, a mountain in New Hampshire * Willey House (New Hampshire), scene of a disaster in 1826 Other uses * Willey (surname) (including a list of persons with the name) * Willey Glover Denis (1879–1929, American biochemist and psychologist * Willey Reveley (1760–1799), English architect * Willey (textile machine) See also * Willy (other) * Wiley (other) * Whiley * Wily (other) * Wylie (other) * Wyllie * Wylye (other) * Wyle (other) * Wyly Wyly is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Charles Wyly (1933–2011), American businessman * L. D. Wyly (1916–2004), American scientist * Michael Wyly ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wily (other)
WILY (1210 AM) is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Centralia, Illinois. The station is owned by Dana Withers' Withers Broadcasting Companies, and its broadcast license is held by WRXX, LLC. The station, established in 1946 as "WCNT", was assigned the call sign "WILY" by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1967. Programming WILY broadcasts an oldies Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as well as for a radio format playing this music. Since 2 ... music format featuring the " Good Time Oldies" programming from Westwood One. , WILY's on-air personalities include Bruce Chandler in morning drive, JJ McKay on mid-days, Brad Pierce in afternoon drive, Peter McLaine on evenings, and Mike Shaw overnight. WILY also broadcasts a one-hour talk show hosted by Tootie Cooksey each weekday. On Monday ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |