* January 4 – Leroy Grumman, American aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and industrialist.

** Leroy Grumman, American aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and industrialist.

In 1940, Fahnestock sold it to Leroy Grumman.

* Leroy Grumman ( 1895 – 1982 ), Co-Founder, Grumman Aerospace Corp.

Chennault was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in December 1972, along with Leroy Grumman, Curtis LeMay and James H. Kindelberger.

Founded on December 6, 1929, by Leroy Grumman with Jake Swirbul and William Schwendler, its independent existence ended in 1994 when it was acquired by Northrop Corporation to form Northrop Grumman.

" Leroy Grumman, Sky King.

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* January 2 – Leroy Grumman, Leon Swirbul, and William Schwender found the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation at Baldwin on Long Island, New York.

* Leroy Grumman Award — Outstanding technical paper presented at the annual SETP East Coast symposium

Jake Swirbul and Leroy Grumman met in 1924 at Loening Aeronautical Engineering Co. in New York City, one of the many small aircraft firms that sprang up after World War I.

* Raising Grumman: How Leroy Grumman and Jake Swirbul built a high-flying company from the ground up.

Leroy Grumman had been General Manager at Loening Aeronautical Engineering Company, and after Grumman and colleagues and co-founders Leon " Jake " Swirbul, Bill Schwendler and Ed Poor struck out on their own following Loening's merger with Keystone, Grumman's new company's initial business strategy was the repair of Loening aircraft for the U. S. Navy.

Of the many musical pieces created for the orchestra, the Pops ' most identifiable works were the colorful novelty numbers composed by Leroy Anderson, including " Sleigh Ride ", " The Typewriter " and others.

By 1930 her recordings had begun to concentrate on drinking and sex, with songs such as " Sloppy Drunk Blues " ( covered by Leroy Carr and others ) and " Tricks Ain't Walkin ' No More " ( later recorded by Memphis Minnie ).

The piano concerto form survived through the 20th century into the 21st, with examples being written by Arnold Schoenberg, Béla Bartók, Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Prokofiev, Nikolai Medtner, Alexander Tcherepnin, Maurice Ravel, George Gershwin, Michael Tippett, Charles Wuorinen, York Bowen, Frank Martin, Bohuslav Martinů, Peter Mieg, Heinrich Sutermeister, Dmitri Shostakovich, Samuel Barber, Witold Lutosławski, Gian Francesco Malipiero, Peter Mennin, György Ligeti, Elliott Carter, Selim Palmgren, Leroy Anderson, and others.

From this point on, he played an important role in the West Coast school of jazz, performing on the Los Angeles jazz scene with Shorty Rogers, Hampton Hawes, Red Mitchell, Art Pepper, Russ Freeman, Frank Rosolino, Chet Baker, Leroy Vinnegar, Pete Jolly, Howard McGhee, Bob Gordon, Conte Candoli, Sonny Criss, and numerous others.

He has also collaborated with Anthony Braxton, Nam June Paik, Joan Jonas, Andrew Cyrille, and Leroy Jenkins, among others.

In addition to becoming known as a major interpreter of classical composers, Abravanel championed contemporary music, recording the music of Crawford Gates and Leroy Robertson among others.

In 1926, Kapp joined Brunswick Records and was put in charge of their " race " label ( Brunswick 7000 and Vocalion Records 1000 series ), where he scouted, signed or produced artists including, King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Pinetop Smith, Leroy Carr, Frankie Jaxon, and Cow Cow Davenport, among others.

Those in the Karamu ranks include some of Cleveland's native-born ; Norma Powell, Charles Brown, Darnell Suttles, Lucia & Licia Colombi, Brenda Butler, Willie Goodson, Larry Bey, Mary Dorsey, Kevin Willingham, Jean " Granny " Hawkins, Mary Connley-Dismuke, Al Kirk, Cornell Calhoune, Sue H. Johnson, Hank Marone, Steve Larry, Calvin Thomas, Al Fann, Conni Blair, Dale R. Shields, Debra Byrd, Sarah May, Gina Taylor, Wayne Elbert, Joe Lynn, Tony Sanders, Valerie Robinson, Tyrone Jenkins, Jackie Thompson, Willie Boyd, Evelyn Irby, Robert Williams, Jeff & Denise Doggett, " Mississippi " Charles Bevel, Prestor Pickett, Yvetta, Rezina, Vaness Bell-Calloway, Reuben & Dorothy Silvers, Rick Williams, Greg Deltorto, Asante Jones, Brandi Amin, Dianne Weaver, Felton Richards, Buddy Butler, Matthew Dickens, Angela Winborn, Richard Morris, Willie Gipson, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Mike Malone, Joyce Meadows, Gwen Frost, Tracie Rose, Reggie Kelly, Gwen Wright, Adora & Eric Schmiedl, Trish Johnson, Anthony Talley, Jack Robinson, Kathy Bibbs, Allen Johnson, Parks Taylor, JoAnn Hawkins, Tora Bey, Dorae Vactor, Tshombe, Eddie Baccus Sr. & jr., Kalief Haynes, Morgan Lund, Michael Bell, Sr., Desmond Storm E Jones, Kenny Johnson, John Lynch, Kenneth Parker, William & Sandra True, Sandy Bass, Lawerence Maurice, Calvin Knight, Marcus Dana, Kyle Primous, Don Evans, Vickie Buster, Butch Terry, Charles Robinson, Leroy Jones, Brenda Butler, Kenny Bell, Kathy Walker, Chico, Michael Metcalf, Anthony E. Nickerson-El, James Spriggs, Reggie Kelly, Trish Johnson, Sheraine Newman, Linda Thomas Jones, Eva Withers-Evans, Hassan Rogers, Michael May, Shelia Ramsey, Caroline Jackson-Smith, Ron Hester, Reyno Crayton, Doug Jewell, Bill Cobbs, Lillie Brown-Oden, Daniel Kontar-Gray, and countless others, far too many to mention ...

Composers represented in the annual festival have included such artists as Meredith Monk, Muhal Richard Abrams, Terry Riley, Philip Glass, Frederic Rzewski, Margaret Leng Tan, Henry Brant, Conlon Nancarrow, Robert Ashley, Pauline Oliveros, Lou Harrison, Laurie Anderson, LaMonte Young, Leroy Jenkins, Janice Giteck, Kyle Gann, Olly Wilson, William Parker, Gavin Bryars, Michael Nyman, Brian Eno and many others.

As a young man he began his life of travelling, living in Chicago, where he worked with Georgia Tom, and in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he met Scrapper Blackwell and Leroy Carr.

He became master of ceremonies of the bands in which he worked early in his career – Napoleon Zyas's, Leroy Tibbs ', and Chick Webb's.

Other artists she has worked with include Handsome Boy Modeling School on the album So ... How's Your Girl ?, DJ Towa Tei, Stephin Merritt's The 6ths, The Baldwin Brothers, Beastie Boys, Blackalicious, Peter Daily, Greg Kurstin ( Action Figure Party ), Forró in the Dark, John Zorn, and The Incredible Moses Leroy.

The approach explained here is similar to the approach used by Leroy MacColl ( Fundamental theory of servomechanisms 1945 ) or by Hendrik Bode ( Network analysis and feedback amplifier design 1945 ), both of whom also worked for Bell Laboratories.

E. L. (" Early Leroy ") " Tenspeed " Turner ( Ben Vereen ) was a hustler who worked as a detective to satisfy his parole requirements.

In 1962, Spencer moved to Washington, D. C., where he worked with various bar bands including recording with Leroy Taylor and The 4k's as one of the first acts to sign with historic Shrine Records.

From the painting's title, art critic Louis Leroy coined the term " Impressionism ", which he intended as disparagement but which the Impressionists appropriated for themselves.

Encyclopedia Brown is a series of books featuring the adventures of boy detective Leroy Brown, nicknamed " Encyclopedia " for his intelligence and range of knowledge.

Paul Leroy Robeson ( April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976 ) was an American singer and actor who was a political activist for the Civil Rights Movement.

* Dorsey, Leroy G. " The Frontier Myth and Teddy Roosevelt's Fight for Conservation ".

Davis was traded to the Browns for running back Bobby Mitchell ( who became a wide receiver in Washington ) and 1962 first-round draft choice Leroy Jackson.

In 2012 Thurston was awarded the Leroy P Steele Prize by the AMS for seminal contribution to research.

He later went on to win the National Medal of Science ( 1967 ), the Leroy P Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research ( 1982 ), the Wolf Prize in Mathematics ( 1989 ), the Leroy P Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition ( 2004 ), and the Leroy P Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement ( 2011 ).

On December 10, 1971, Ryan was traded to the California Angels along with pitcher Don Rose, catcher Francisco Estrada and outfielder Leroy Stanton for shortstop Jim Fregosi ( who would later manage Ryan in Anaheim ).

* Leroy Hood ( Lemelson-MIT Prize ) for his invention of four devices that have helped unlock the human genome, including the automated DNA sequencer.

This data is also present for the 2010 Census ; however, the census website has an error in a drop down menu that keeps people from seeing data for cities that alphabetically come after Leroy.

New Kingman-Butler was named for Leroy Butler ( not to be confused with LeRoy Butler, the NFL player ), who was the original land developer of this unincorporated community.

Fairhaven has its own school department, with three elementary schools ( Leroy L. Wood, East Fairhaven, and Rogers, which is named for H. H. Rogers and his family ), one middle school ( Elizabeth Hastings Middle School ), and Fairhaven High School, which also accommodates some high school students from neighboring Acushnet.

Leroy Brown was an actual man from the area who may have very well have been the inspiration for the Jim Croce song.

A plat was drawn up by Leroy Taylor in 1880 for the town of Howard.

Gene Leroy Hart was arrested for the crime but never proven guilty.

Warner Leroy Baxter ( March 29, 1889 – May 7, 1951 ) was an American actor, known for his role as The Cisco Kid in In Old Arizona ( 1929 ), for which he won the second Academy Award for Best Actor in the 1928 – 1929 Academy Awards.