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2 unusual facts about Michael D. West


Carol W. Greider

In the mid-1990s, Greider was recruited by Michael D. West, founder of biotechnology company Geron (now CEO of BioTime) to join the company's Scientific Advisory Board.

Regenerative medicine

From 1995 to 1998 Michael D. West, PhD, organized and managed the research between Geron Corporation and its academic collaborators James Thomson at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and John Gearhart of Johns Hopkins University that led to the first isolation of human embryonic stem and human embryonic germ cells.


1884 Republican National Convention

When Maine, Blaine’s state, was called, the cheering lasted ten minutes, during which time William H. West came to the platform and gave a rabble-rousing speech to second the nomination.

1985 Governor General's Awards

Michael D. Behiels, Prelude to Quebec's Quiet Revolution: Liberalism versus Neo-nationalism

A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates

The book was reissued in 2001 (ISBN 0-8330-3047-7) with a new foreword by RAND Executive Vice President Michael D. Rich.

Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music

"The Aubergine That Ate Rangoon" is an instrumental, its title references Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band's 1967 hit single "The Eggplant That Ate Chicago".

Barzillai J. Chambers

Chambers was nominated for Vice President by the reunited party, as was Absolom M. West of Mississippi; Chambers was victorious on the first ballot, by 403 votes to 311.

Bathroom sex

According to Mark D. West, people in these hotels often engage in bathroom sex "with the tap on".

Battle of the Pelennor Fields

Michael D. C. Drout's "Tolkien's Prose Style and its Literary and Rhetorical Effects", featured in the academic journal Tolkien Studies, published by West Virginia University Press, analyses Tolkien's writing style and deduces influence from and parallels with King Lear.

Center for National Policy

Other CNP Board members have included former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Thomas Foley, former Republican Members of Congress Jack Buechner and Rod Chandler, and former Democratic Members of Congress John Brademas and Michael Barnes.

Charles F. West

West was nominated, and elected as a Democrat to the seventy second and seventy third congresses, he took up this role between March 4, 1931 and January 3, 1935.

City of Lights, City of Angels

COLCOA was created in 1996 by The Franco-American Cultural Fund, a unique collaborative effort of the Directors Guild of America, the Motion Picture Association of America, the Writers Guild of America, West, France’s Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Éditeurs de Musique.

FAI President's Cup

The competition was founded in 2014, with the trophy to be awarded to the winning side by President of Ireland and League of Ireland fan, Michael D. Higgins.

IRN/USA Radio Network

The remaining two channels are aboard the SES Americoms AMC-3 Satellite located at 87° west longitude and utilizes a DVB MPEG-2 Compliant technology.

The first channel is located aboard the SES Americom's AMC-8 Satellite located at 139° west longitude and utilizes the StarGuide Satellite Transmission System.

ITV Westcountry

During the summer of 1996, Westcountry prepared to float the company on the stock market, which resulted in HTV, United News & Media, Carlton Communications and Canwest bidding to buyout Westcountry.

Joe Mahr

In 2004, Mahr was awarded the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting along with Mitch Weiss and Michael D. Sallah, for a series on the atrocites committed by Tiger Force, a U.S. Army platoon during the Vietnam War.

John B. West

After working as a postdoctoral fellow with Hermann Rahn at Buffalo in 1961-62, he returned to London as Director of the Respiratory Research Group at Postgraduate Medical School (1962-67) and was promoted to University Reader there in 1968.

Justice Ryan

Michael D. Ryan, an Associate Justice on the Arizona Supreme Court

Justice West

Jesse F. West, an Associate Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals

Larry Arnhart

Arnhart has debated the leading advocates of intelligent designMichael Behe, William Dembski, John West, Jonathan Wells, and Richard Weikart—all of whom are fellows of the Discovery Institute.

Lisa Aziz

From 16 February 2009, she became co-presenter of the pan-regional news programme The West Country Tonight, which replaced The West Tonight (ITV West) and Westcountry Live (ITV Westcountry) alongside Steve Scott.

Lisa Victoria

Her previous career includes stage and television performances for BBC Wales, HTV and S4C, as well as the leading role of the character Kelly in the BBC Radio Wales soap Station Road.

Magnum Psyche

During the time that Michael Brown, of Hurricane Katrina fame served as the judge's and stewards commissioner of the International Arabian Horse Association (now the Arabian Horse Association, Boggs was accused of participating in unnecessary cosmetic surgery on a number of horses, including surgery on the throatlatch on Magnum Psyche, which Boggs claimed was not cosmetic, but necessary to address a cribbing problem.

Michael D. Barbero

He served in the 1st Cavalry Division, 2d Infantry Division, two tours in the 101st Airborne Division, the 7th Infantry Division, the 10th Mountain Division and the 4th Infantry Division.

Other staff assignments included service as the executive assistant to the commander of Joint Forces Command/Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic, the Deputy Director for Regional Operations on the Joint Staff and the Chief of Staff, III Corps and Fort Hood, Texas.

Michael D. Behiels

Thanks to this book's success, he is still considered to be a major authority on the thought of former Le Devoir editor André Laurendeau.

Michael D. C. Drout

With Douglas A. Anderson and Verlyn Flieger, he is co-editor of Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, (Volumes 1–7, 2004–2010).

Michael D. Dingman

He is President of Shipston Group Ltd., a diversified international holding company based in Nassau, Bahamas.

Michael D. Duvall

In January 2005, he was appointed to the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) and served on the Foothill/Eastern Corridor Joint Powers Authority, on the Orange County Sanitation District, as a Director of the Ground Water Replenishment System, and as a Member of the Santa Ana River Flood Protection Agency.

During his time in the Assembly, he served as the vice chairman of the Assembly Transportation Committee, which monitored the operations of the California Department of Transportation, Department of Motor Vehicles, and California Highway Patrol.

Michael D. Jones

After training for the ministry in Carmarthen and London, he emigrated to America and was ordained at Cincinnati.

Michael D. Leinbach

In 2003, following Space Shuttle Columbia's breakup upon re-entry, Leinbach was the leader of the initial debris recovery team in Texas, and Louisiana.

Michael D. Lockshin

Locksin's twin brother, Richard A. Lockshin, is an American cellular biologist known for his work on apoptosis.

Michael D. Mehta

Mehta is a former Director of Canadian Blood Services, SaskPower, SaskPower International, and NorthPoint Energy Solutions.

He has received numerous awards such as Chief Scientist Distinguished Lecturer for Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Science, Technology, Advancement of Science, Health Canada (2007), The Saskatchewan Centennial Medal (2006), and Agriculture Genomics Award, Genome Canada (2003).

Michael D. Reynolds

He worked with Meade Instruments in 2005 to develop and create Meade’s MeteoriteKit, a special set of meteorites, tektites, and impactites.

Michael D. Ryan

Justice Ryan was appointed to the state's highest court on May 21, 2002 by Governor Jane Dee Hull.

Michael D. Steele

He was a company commander in the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment during the Somalia mission Operation Gothic Serpent, which resulted in the now famous book and movie Black Hawk Down, where he was portrayed by actor Jason Isaacs.

Michael D. Towler

Michael D. Towler (also referred to as Mike Towler, complete name Michael David Towler) is a British theoretical physicist associated with the Cavendish Laboratory of the University of Cambridge and currently research associate at University College, London and College Lecturer at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

Michael D'Anna

He then made the move into documentary filmmaking in 1998 with the television series Religions of the World, hosted by Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley.

Michael Rhodes

Michael D. Rhodes (born 1946), associate professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University

Michael Swaine

Michael D. Swaine, American author and expert in China security studies and senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Mobile Regional Airport

It was at the Mobile Regional Airport that President George W. Bush, in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on September 2, 2005, praised Michael D. Brown, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Northampton County High School – West

In the late 1980s, the district decided to consolidate and open a new high school which was closer to the portion of Northampton county that borders Lake Gaston.

Purdue University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Previous speakers include Michael D. Griffin, former NASA administrator and John Gedmark, co-founder of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation and Purdue alumnus.

Reduction in rank

Colonel Michael D. Murphy - Demoted to First Lieutenant after being charge with absence without leave; failure to obey order/dereliction of duty; false official statement; larceny; and conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman in violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) Articles 86, 92, 107, 121, and 133, respectively.

Steven L. West

is an American research scientist and rehabilitation counselor specializing in addictions issues among persons with disabilities.

Thomas J. Fiscus

The revelations about Fiscus surfaced around the time of other scandals involving Air Force officers Colonel Michael D. Murphy and Brigadier General Richard S. Hassan.

Udayagiri Caves

Archaeologist Michael D. Willis argued that Candragupta II did so in order to reflect a new concept of Hindu kingship, in which the monarch was seen as both the paramount sovereign (cakravartin) and the supreme devotee of the god Vișņu (paramabhāgavata).

Wang Shifu

Wang, Shifu, Edited and Translated with an Introduction by Stephen H. West and Wilt L. Idema; with a Study of Its Woodblock Illustrations by Yao Dajuin.


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