Alex Soma's Horrors of the Screen, Calvin T. Beck's Journal of Frankenstein ( later Castle of Frankenstein ) and Gary Svehla ’ s Gore Creatures were the first horror fanzines created as more serious alternatives to the popular Forrest J Ackerman 1958 magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland.

Though much of the dialogue in Curb Your Enthusiasm is improvised, the plot was scripted, and the Seinfeld special that aired within the show was scripted and directed by Seinfeld regular Andy Ackerman, making this the first time since Seinfeld went off the air that the central cast appeared together in a scripted show.

In January 1932, the New York City circle, which by then included future comic book editors Julius Schwartz and Mort Weisinger, brought out the first issue of their own publication, The Time Traveller, with Forrest J Ackerman of the embryonic Los Angeles group as a contributing editor.

On October 21, 2004, Val Ackerman, the first WNBA president, announced her resignation, effective February 1, 2005, citing the desire to spend more time with her family.

* Val Ackerman ( born 1959 ), first president of the Women's National Basketball Association ( WNBA ), serving from 1996-2005.

* Val Ackerman ( born 1959 ), first president of the Women's National Basketball Association.

It was incorporated under a city manager government in 1968, the first city manager being J. M. Ackerman.

Developed with John Ackerman of the University of Minnesota and piloted by Jean Piccard in 1937 in Rochester, Minnesota, the first multi-celled balloon was called The Pleiades and was made of 98 latex rubber balloons.

Forrest J Ackerman later wrote, " The first meetings of the club were held in what was called the Pacific Electric Building in downtown Los Angeles.

Charter group number four, in Los Angeles, had an active member in Forrest J. Ackerman, who missed the first few meetings ( he was living in San Francisco with his parents ), but whose enthusiasm and imagination provided a focus for the group.

Ackerman was still the mainstay of the club in the first part of the 1950s, but mariage and work needs led to his attending less frequently.

In August 1984, Forrest J. Ackerman was contending that he was the editor, with Gil Lamont working for the distributor as first reader only.

In Oct 1984 Locus repoirted that neither Ackerman nor Lamont knew where they stood with the elusive publisher, but that instead of being printed, the galleys for the first issue ( editdd by Lamont ) were re-set.

Another long-time close friend was " Famous Monsters of Filmland " magazine editor, book writer, and sci-fi collector Forrest J Ackerman, who loaned Harryhausen his photos of King Kong in 1933, right after Harryhausen had seen the film for the first time.

In a review published for CNET, Dan Ackerman wrote, " At first glance, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon looks a lot like other ThinkPads, but in the hand it stands out as very light and portable.

In 1935, Dean Carl Ackerman led the school's transition to become the first graduate school of journalism in the United States.

Indeed, they were the first science fiction images seen by Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Forrest J Ackerman and others who would go on to great prominence in the field.

In 1932, Schwartz co-published ( with Mort Weisinger and Forrest J. Ackerman ) Time Traveller, one of the first science fiction fanzines.

To describe its origin as being either Palladian or Venetian is not accurate ; the motif was first used by Donato Bramante ( Ackerman ) and later mentioned by Sebastiano Serlio ( 1475 – 1554 ) in his seven-volume architectural book Tutte l ' opere d ' architettura et prospetiva expounding the ideals of Vitruvius and Roman architecture, this arched window is flanked by two lower rectangular openings, a motif that first appeared in the triumphal arches of ancient Rome.

Prominent SF fan Forrest Ackerman is regarded as one of the first members of fandom to openly support the gay and lesbian movements.

On June 7, 1937, Curly married Elaine Ackerman, who gave birth to their first child, Marilyn, the following year.

Yale law professor Bruce Ackerman wrote an article in the February 2001 edition of the liberal magazine The American Prospect that encouraged the use of the filibuster to stop Bush from placing any nominee on the Supreme Court during his first term.

** One Hundred Names For Love: A Stroke, a Marriage, and the Language of Healing by Diane Ackerman

* Thomas H. Ackerman, FBI Careers: The Ultimate Guide To Landing A Job As One Of America's Finest ( 2004 ) ISBN 1-56370-890-6

One year later, Veeck married his second wife Mary Frances Ackerman in 1950.

Fishkin and Yale Law Professor Bruce Ackerman have proposed a national holiday called Deliberation Day to allow voters to gather in large and small groups to discuss political issues.

Through his magazine, Famous Monsters of Filmland ( 1958 – 1983 ), Ackerman introduced the history of the science fiction, fantasy and horror film genres to a generation of young readers.

In this way, Ackerman provided inspiration to many who would later become successful artists, including Joe Dante, Peter Jackson, Steven Spielberg, Tim Burton, Stephen King, Donald F. Glut, Penn & Teller, Billy Bob Thornton, Gene Simmons ( of the band Kiss ), Rick Baker, George Lucas, Danny Elfman, Frank Darabont, John Landis and countless other writers, directors, artists and craftsmen.

A lifelong fan of science fiction " B-movies ", Ackerman had cameos in over 210 films, including bit parts in many monster movies and science fiction films ( The Howling, Innocent Blood, Return of the Living Dead Part II ), more traditional " imagi-movies " The Time Travelers, Future War, spoofs and comedies ( Amazon Women on the Moon, Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold, The Wizard of Speed and Time ), and at least one major music video ( Michael Jackson's Thriller ).

* The Reef ( 1996 ), CBS / MOW, director Robert Allan Ackerman

But as Chu points out, there are plenty of examples of science fiction poetry and verse by writers including Diane Ackerman, Emily Dickinson, Suzette Haden Elgin ( who founded the Science Fiction Poetry Association and authored The Science Fiction Poetry Handbook ), Ruth Fainlight, Robert Frazier, Cathy Park Hong, Andrew Joron, and Frederick Turner, among many others.

* Cameos in the film include science fiction and film industry personalities ( Forrest J. Ackerman, Angelique Pettyjohn, Ward Kimball, Will Ryan ), as well as actual " Big Name " stars ( composer John Massari, a pre -" Miami Vice " Philip Michael Thomas ).

* Ernest R. Ackerman ( 1863 – 1931 ), represented New Jersey's 5th congressional district from 1919-1931.

* Alan Ackerman Beetle ( 1913-2003 ), U. S. botanist

J. Ackerman Coles School ( PreK-4 ; 552 ),

J. Ackerman Coles School ( PreK-4 ; 552 ),

Some of Penn's former faculty members have continued their carriers at other institutions, e. g. Bruce Ackerman ( now at Yale ), Lani Guinier ( now at Harvard ), Michael H. Schill ( now at Chicago ), and Myron T. Steele ( now at Virginia ).

* Walter Ackerman ( 1881 – 1938 ), actor

The sound-poem, Primiti Too Taa, based on Schwitters ' Ursonate ( Sonata in primitive sounds ), was made into an animated short film by Ed Ackerman, featuring Morton's voice and a stop-motion animation of moving letters, made using a typewriter.

When Rosemary Ackerman takes the stand, Beverly destroys her credibility by revealing that it was Ackerman's magazine which was the source for the nuisance letters to Dottie Hinkle, Ackerman's firepoker ( which she purchased at the same swap meet where Carl was killed ), which was used to kill Carl Pageant, and Ackerman's scissors ( which Beverly " borrowed ") that were found at the Sterner murder scene.

* D. Shortle and M. Ackerman, Persistence of native-like topology in a denatured protein in 8 M urea, Science 293 ( 2001 ), pp. 487 – 489

* The Reminiscences of Dr. Lauren V. Ackerman by Lauren Ackerman ( 1976 ), with Beate Gordon