In 1919, Collins, the IRA's Director of Intelligence, organised the " Squad "— an assassination unit based in Dublin which killed police involved in intelligence work ; the Irish playwright Brendan Behan's father Stephen Behan was a member of this squad.

* July 13 – Stephen Galatti, Director of AFS, American Field Service ( b. 1888 )

** Stephen Galatti, Director of AFS, American Field Service ( d. 1964 )

A movement to have the area protected was soon started, and National Park Service Director Stephen Mather responded by proposing that Bryce Canyon be made into a state park.

* TESTIMONY of Stephen Moore Director of Fiscal Policy Studies The Cato Institute before the Committee on Judiciary U. S. House of Representatives-THE CATO INSTITUTE-March 23, 2000

It was also nominated in the categories for Best Supporting Actor ( Jeff Bridges ), Best Supporting Actress ( Ellen Burstyn ), Best Cinematography ( Robert L. Surtees ), Best Director ( Peter Bogdanovich ), Best Picture ( Stephen J. Friedman ), and Best Adapted Screenplay ( Larry McMurtry and Peter Bogdanovich ).

Director Stephen Frears and lead actor John Malkovich were not nominated.

* Stephen B. Nolan ( born 1964 ), Acting Director of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs and Mayor of Highland Park, 2010 – 2011.

Christ Church is unique in that it has both a Cathedral Choir ( Director Stephen Darlington ) and a College Choir ( Director William Waine ).

* British Independent Film Awards, UK – Best Director, Stephen Daldry ( Winner )

* Best Director – Stephen Daldry ( Nomination )

* Stephen Corry, Director of the British indigenous rights organisation Survival International

Famous fans include Stephen Morris of the band New Order, singer Mutley Mclad of the band Macc Lads, actor Marshall Lancaster, Amateur Football Alliance Director Jonathan Leese and ex-wrestling star Dwayne " The Rock " Johnson ( having randomly picked Macclesfield Town as his team out of the hat on Soccer AM ).

At the same time, however, other critics, such as former FEC Chairman Bradley A. Smith and Stephen M. Hoersting, Executive Director of the Center for Competitive Politics, criticize the FEC for pursuing overly aggressive enforcement theories, and for infringing on First Amendment rights of free speech.

* Prof. Frank Fu, Associate Vice-President, Director of Dr. Stephen Hui Research Centre for Physical Recreation and Wellness, Chair Professor in Physical Education & Sports Science, Fellow of Research Consortium of the AAHPERD, International Fellow of American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education, and Fellow of Hong Kong Recreation Management Association.

* Prof. Martha Cheung, Director of Centre for Translation, Chair Professor in Translation, renowned scholar in translation, recipient of the Stephen C. Soong Translation Studies Memorial Award in 2000 and 2004.

Since 1982 the current Director of Music, Stephen Cleobury, has commissioned a new carol each year on behalf of the College for the Choir.

Robert Rimmer directed the show, Stephen Fisher was Musical Director, Dean McKerras choreographed ( and played the Arbiter ).

Director Stephen Frears cast him because " he was in Mary Reilly and I knew he was brilliant.

Unfortunately, the tactic only stalls them as a phone call to the FCC from CIA Deputy Director Charles Harker ( Stephen Dillane ) results in CNN retracting the story.

The entire series, staged over four consecutive seasons from 2001 to 2004, was directed by PacRep founder and Artistic Director Stephen Moorer.

Contributors have included James Fallows, Michael Wesley ( Executive Director of the Lowy Institute ) and Stephen Walt.

Executive members: Jil Matheson ( National Statistician ), Richard Alldritt ( Head of Assessment ) and Stephen Penneck ( Director General, Office for National Statistics ).

Frears had another critical success with The Grifters, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director.

According to the myth, Old Order then vanishes at stage left and reappears at extreme stage right, but Director Shuz skillfully sidesteps the rather gooshey problem of stage effects by simply having Miss Arapacis walk across the stage.

* 2007 – Former Deputy Director of the Chilean secret police Raúl Iturriaga is captured after having been on the run following a conviction for kidnapping.

Although several reviews were critical of the film – Pauline Kael said it " staggers along " and Stanley Kauffmann thought Cukor's direction was like " a rich gravy poured over everything, not remotely as delicately rich as in the Asquith-Howard 1937 Pygmalion " — the film was a box office hit which won him the Academy Award for Best Director, the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, and the Directors Guild of America Award after having been nominated for each several times.

After widespread criticism of the situation, the government also conceded that maids having advanced renewal of contract would not be required to leave Hong Kong through the discretion exercised by the Director of Immigration, and employers would benefit from the waiver simply by renewing the contract within the two-year period, admitting that some employers could benefit from the waiver for up to 4 years.

He won the Academy Award for Best Director for The Departed ( 2006 ), having been nominated a previous six times.

He retired from the Royal Navy in 1962 as Surgeon Captain, having finished his naval career as Director of Medical Research at the RN Medical School

Director Fred Zinneman commented that "... the legend about a horse's head having been cut off is pure invention, a poetic license on the part of Mario Puzo who wrote The Godfather.

Director Brian De Palma, having seen Grease 2, refused to audition Pfeiffer for Scarface ( 1983 ), but relented upon the producer's insistence.

Director McCarey reportedly came up with the title for the film, having previously used it for an earlier directorial effort with Laurel and Hardy.

Director Leopold Jessner became famous for his expressionistic productions, often set on stark, steeply raked flights of stairs ( having borrowed the idea from the Symbolist director and designer, Edward Gordon Craig.

Marshall Public Library Director Amy Crump defended the books as having been well-reviewed in " reputable, professional book review journals ," and characterized the removal attempt as a step towards " the slippery slope of censorship ".

* it is the last film to date ( and one of only three films ever ) to win Best Picture without having received a Best Director nomination ; and

His 1997 film Happy Together was also successful internationally, winning him Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival, and surprising many, it was even popular with mainstream audiences in Hong Kong, despite its then-unusual focus on a gay love story and its having been largely improvised in Argentina, a landscape unfamiliar to Wong.

Powell was the second Director of the United States Geological Survey, having served from 1881-1894.

After having some time to study Summorum Pontificum and its implications for the Jewish point-of-view, Abraham Foxman, the National Director of the ADL, reiterated its previously-stated position.

In 1900, " Mrs Pat ", having become her own Manager / Director, made her debut performance on Broadway in New York City in Heimat by Hermann Sudermann, a marked success.

In 2000, Dev P. Arya, currently Director of the Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry at Clemson University, and his coworkers discovered that neomycin induces enormous thermal stabilization of triplex DNA while having little or almost no effect on the B-DNA duplex stabilization.

In 1993 the MP Ann Clwyd described Tyne Tees as having been " stripped of any meaningful identity since its take over by Yorkshire TV " and Ian Ritchie, Managing Director at Tyne Tees, left the company over a widely publicised disagreement with the Yorkshire-Tyne Tees board over what he saw as an unacceptable drive to centralise the company.

Graeme Thompson was appointed MD and Controller of Programmes at ITV Tyne Tees in 2004, having been appointed Director of Broadcasting in December 1997 and then Controller of Programmes in 2001.

Director Bryan Singer allowed Stanford to portray the character without having to dye his hair blond ( like it appeared in the comics ).

Director Richard Donner, producer Lauren Shuler Donner, and Jane Rosenthal optioned the rights for the live action film, having expressed interest in the property soon after Turner's acquisition of Hanna-Barbera.

Linda E. Johnson was named President and CEO on August 16, 2011, after having served as the institution's Interim Executive Director since July 1, 2010.