* Wilbur Shaw, ( October 31, 1902-October 30, 1954 ) Three time Indianapolis 500 winner and former president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

In the meantime, European manufacturers, gone from the Indianapolis 500 for nearly two decades, made a brief return just before World War II, with the competitive Maserati 8CM allowing Wilbur Shaw to become the first driver to win consecutively at Indianapolis in 1939-1940.

The danger of the track during this period, however, didn't stop Louis Meyer or Wilbur Shaw from becoming the first two three-time winners, with Shaw also being the first back-to-back winner in 1939 and 1940.

With the end of the war in sight, on November 29, 1944, three-time 500 winner Wilbur Shaw came back to do a tire test approved by the government for Firestone.

* Indianapolis 500 – Wilbur Shaw wins the 28th running of the May classic in the Boyle Racing Headquarters Special Maserati.

* Wilbur Shaw ( 1902 – 1954 ), American racing driver

Warren Wilbur Shaw ( October 31, 1902-October 30, 1954 ) was a noted American racing driver and president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from 1945 until his death.

Born in Shelbyville, Indiana, Wilbur Shaw won the Indianapolis 500 race three times, in 1937, 1939 and 1940.

The Indianapolis " 500 " of the late Forties and early Fifties was a very special event through the work of Hulman and Shaw, although Hulman was always sure to point out that it was Wilbur putting it all together.

Although the previous year's race had been won by a Maserati driven by American Wilbur Shaw, neither Dreyfus nor his team partner René Le Bègue was familiar with the mechanical requirements and the very different rules of racing at Indianapolis ; this problem was exacerbated by both drivers not knowing English, and by the American racing community's reluctance to see a European win the " Great American Race.

Wilbur Shaw and the other drivers convinced the track promoters to run the race the following day and the term " Rain Date " was born.

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Afflis, along with fellow wrestler and business partner Wilbur Snyder, purchased the Indianapolis NWA promotion in 1964 from its longtime owner Jim Barnett.

* Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr., winner of the 1971 Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine.

Among the most respected of the postwar American poets are John Ashbery, the key figure of the surrealistic New York School of poetry, and his celebrated Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror ( Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 1976 ); Elizabeth Bishop and her North & South ( Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 1956 ) and " Geography III " ( National Book Award, 1970 ); Richard Wilbur and his Things of This World, winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for Poetry in 1957 ; John Berryman and his The Dream Songs, ( Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 1964, National Book Award, 1968 ); A. R.

* Seeking Salvation: A History of the Black Church in Canada, Travesty Productions, Toronto, 2004 ( winner of 2005 American Wilbur Award for best national television documentary )

The University of Evansville Press also publishes exclusively books and anthologies on formal poetry, including an annual winner of its Richard Wilbur Award.

* Richard Wilbur, United States Poet Laureate and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner

Other past recipients include Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas ( Law ), Wilbur Lucius Cross ( English ), Jaroslav Pelikan ( history ), Nobel Prize winner James Tobin ( Economics ), C. Vann Woodward ( History ) and Alvan Feinstein ( Medicine and Epidemiology ).

During World War II, Shaw was hired by the tire manufacturer Firestone to test a synthetic rubber automobile tire at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which had been closed due to the war.

Shaw immediately began looking for a " savior " for his beloved Speedway, and in short order was introduced to a man who lived not too far from Indianapolis ; a man who had the resources to do virtually anything.

Despite what Hulman saw amongst the weeds and deterioration when Shaw took him to Indianapolis, he purchased the Speedway from Rickenbacker in November 1945 for the sum of $ 750, 000.

Lonnegan agrees to finance a $ 500, 000 bet at Shaw's parlor to break Shaw and gain revenge.

Armed with Harmon ’ s tip to " place it on Lucky Dan ", Lonnegan makes a $ 500, 000 bet at Shaw ’ s parlor on Lucky Dan to win.

The Shaw Collection includes policy notebooks, plaques, awards, videos, letters from U. S. presidents, a number of signed and framed bills with the presidential signing pens, and more than 2, 500 photos.

Republican candidate Steve Shaw was unable to obtain the required 7, 500 sigatures necessary to be on the primary ballot in September and dropped out of the race.

Shaw was the second person to win the 500 three times, and the first to win it twice in a row.

A lifelong fan of automobile racing in general and the " 500 " in particular, Hulman listened with great interest to what Shaw had to say.

To this job, Shaw brought his extensive knowledge of the business of auto racing, something Hulman would admit that he himself didn't have, and Shaw's hard work only cemented the reputation of the " 500 " as the " Greatest Spectacle in Racing.

Daniel Webster successfully urged Shaw to accept, though it meant giving up a practice of $ 15, 00 to $ 20, 000 a year for a salary of $ 3, 500.

In 2010 a prize of £ 500 was on offer for breaking the record, rising by £ 100 each year ; race winner Martin Shaw from local fell running club Mynydd Du finished in 34: 05.

The Shaw Group is a Fortune 500

Famous people who have studied the Alexander Technique include writers Aldous Huxley, Robertson Davies and Roald Dahl, playwright George Bernard Shaw, actors Judy Dench, Hilary Swank, Ben Kingsley, Michael Caine, Jeremy Irons, John Cleese, Kevin Kline, William Hurt, Jamie Lee Curtis, Paul Newman, Mary Steenburgen, Robin Williams and Patti Lupone, musicians Paul McCartney, Madonna, Yehudi Menuhin and Sting, and Nobel Prize winner for medicine and physiology Nikolaas Tinbergen.

The event is held annually during the Icelandic fitness & health expo in Reykjavik, the inaugural winner was America's Brian Shaw in 2010.

Widowers ' Houses ( 1892 ) was the first play by Nobel Prize in literature winner George Bernard Shaw to be staged.

Nobel Prize winner George Bernard Shaw referred to an ottoman in this passage from his novel Pygmalion ; " In the middle of the room there is a big ottoman ; and this, with the carpet, the Morris wall-papers, and the Morris chintz window curtains and brocade covers of the ottoman and its cushions, supply all the ornament, and are much too handsome to be hidden by odds and ends of useless things.

* 2 November-George Bernard Shaw, playwright and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature ( 1925 ) ( born 1856 ).

The winner was Bigfoot ( Mark Shaw, Jr .).

Reid was the eventual winner, facing off against Suzanne Shaw after the departure of the other contestant Malcolm McLaren.

* Gaylord Shaw, managing editor and Pulitzer prize winner

Bred by Jay Shaw, trainer, his sire was Marco Bay, a winner of the Tampa Bay Derby who earned over a quarter of a million dollars during his racing days.

As of September 2007, Ugly Phil's Breakfast program has ceased, replacing his program with The Morning After starring Tim Shaw and Kate Lawler, Big Brother ( TV series ) 3 UK winner, in the Breakfast shift.

* 2004 Grabby Awards winner of Best Performer and Best Duo Sex Scene with Aiden Shaw in " Perfect Fit " ( Hot House Entertainment )