* 1959 – Chris Van Hollen, American congressman

The term could also be applied to former U. S. Representative Connie Morella of Maryland, who lost re-election in 2002 to Democrat Chris Van Hollen.

* Chris Van Hollen ( MPP ’ 85 )-member, U. S. House of Representatives, 8th District of Maryland

Christopher " Chris " Van Hollen, Jr. ( born January 10, 1959 ) is the U. S. Representative for, serving since 2003.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi created a new leadership post, Assistant to the Speaker, in 2006 so that Van Hollen could be present at all leadership meetings.

After the Democrats regained control of the House in the 2006 elections, Van Hollen became the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the fifth-ranking position among House Democrats.

In this post, Van Hollen was responsible for leading efforts to get more Democrats elected to Congress.

After the Democratic losses in 2010, Van Hollen did not run for re-election to chair of the DCCC.

Van Hollen instead chose to run for the top Democratic spot on the House Budget Committee, which was being vacated by outgoing chairman John Spratt who had been defeated for re-election.

Van Hollen was elected as the ranking member on the Budget Committee on November 17, 2010.

Van Hollen was born in Karachi, Pakistan, the oldest of three children of American parents Edith Eliza ( née Farnsworth ) and Christopher Van Hollen.

Christopher Van Hollen Senior, is listed as a director at the American Institute for Islamic Affairs http :// www. nndb. com / people / 478 / 000121115 /, http :// www. nndb. com / people / 478 / 000121113 / ; and his mother worked in the Central Intelligence Agency and the State Department, where she served as chief of the intelligence bureau for South Asia.

In 1982, Van Hollen graduated from Swarthmore College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy.

Van Hollen worked as a legislative assistant for defense and foreign policy to U. S. Senator Charles Mathias, a Republican from Maryland, from 1985 to 1987.

Van Hollen served in the Maryland General Assembly from 1991 to 2003, first in the House of Delegates ( 1991 – 95 ) and then in the State Senate ( 1995 – 2003 ).

In 2002, The Washington Post called Van Hollen " one of the most accomplished members of the General Assembly.

Congressman Van Hollen joins Prince George's County, Maryland | Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson ( at the podium and to the left of Van Hollen ) for the announcement of the County ’ s Legislative Agenda for 2005.

In 2003, Van Hollen was named Outstanding New Member of the Year by the Committee for Education Funding, the nation's largest and oldest non-partisan education coalition.

The first bill Van Hollen introduces every session is the Keep Our Promise to America's Children and Teachers ( PACT ) Act, which would fully fund No Child Left Behind and IDEA.

Not long after Colonel Van Hamm had foisted me on the Watson staff I received a salary raise and a contract on the Hetman's recommendation.

Notable former Indians broadcasters include Tom Manning, Jack Graney ( the first ex-baseball player to become a play-by-play announcer ), Jack Corrigan ( now with the Colorado Rockies ), Jimmy Dudley who received the Ford Frick Award in 1997, Ken Coleman, Joe Castiglione, Van Patrick, Joe Tait, Bruce Drennan, Jim " Mudcat " Grant, Harry Jones, Rocky Colavito and Herb Score, who called Indians ' baseball for 34 seasons.

The film received Oscar nominations for composers Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen and for co-star Peter Falk ( Best Supporting Actor ).

Van Buren received a basic education at a poorly lit schoolhouse in his native village and later studied Latin briefly at the Kinderhook Academy and at Washington Seminary in Claverack.

In the presidential election of 1824, Van Buren supported William H. Crawford and received the electoral vote of Georgia for vice-president, but he shrewdly kept out of the acrimonious controversy which followed the choice of John Quincy Adams as President.

Later in 1957 Connery appeared in Terence Young's poorly received MGM action picture Action of the Tiger opposite Van Johnson, Martine Carol, Herbert Lom and Gustavo Rojo ; the film was shot on location in southern Spain.

San Francisco lineman Guy McIntyre received Van Schamann's short kick and was about to down the ball, but then changed his mind at the last second and decided to return it.

Vincent was a common name in the Van Gogh family: his grandfather, Vincent ( 1789 – 1874 ), had received his degree of theology at the University of Leiden in 1811.

This election was unique in that electors cast votes for four men who had been or would become President of the United States: current President Martin Van Buren ; President-elect William Henry Harrison ; Vice-President-elect John Tyler, who would succeed Harrison upon his death ; and James K. Polk, who received one electoral vote for Vice President, and who would succeed Tyler come 1845.

* " Crush ' Em " was received both a single and a video, and also featured in Jean-Claude Van Damme's 1999 movie Universal Soldier: The Return.

The popular Mona Keijzer, the rising star within the party, received 26 % of the votes and announced that she will closely collaborate with Van Haersma Buma during the election campaign prior to the Dutch general election on 12 September 2012.

When the electoral vote was counted in Congress on February 8, 1837, it was revealed that while Van Buren received 170 votes for president, Johnson had received only 147 for vice-president.

Van Gogh received a prize at the Venice Biennale in 1948, and also won an Oscar for Best 2-reel Short in 1949.

By the time production wrapped, Cinemation had released Melvin Van Peebles ' Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song to considerable success, despite the X rating it had received.

And Daniel W. Hoskins received a certificate to teach a public school that was located on Carter Creek east of Van Buren.

Though a poor student, Kovacs was influenced deeply by his Trenton Central High School drama teacher, Harold Van Kirk, and received an acting scholarship at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1937 with Mr. Van Kirk's help.

In 1988, he received additional training at the ship HNLMS Van Kinsbergen and became a lieutenant ( junior grade ).

* Van Diemen's Land Company received a Royal Charter in 1825

In 1895 the town's name of Wirt was changed to Ellston so mail would be correctly received, rather than confused with the nearby northeasterly town of Van Wert.

On January 5, 2012, Van Halen played an intimate club gig at New York City's Cafe Wha ?, which received widespread praise from media and fans.

* List of awards and nominations received by Van Halen

Every year since 2005, Van Wert Middle School has received the " National Schools to Watch " award.

Nor is it beyond the limits of probability that it was Van der Weyden who received commissions at a distance from Brussels, and first took his pupil to Bruges, where he afterwards dwelt.