The first World Social Forum ( WSF ) in 2001 was an initiative of Oded Grajew, Chico Whitaker, and Bernard Cassen.

" " Mother's Day was always a difficult time, not only because it was Mother's Day but the anniversary of Dana's death ," Whitaker said.

In the 2011 fall term, the School of Engineering was the most popular academic division, enrolling 45. 0 % of graduate students, followed by the Sloan School of Management ( 19 %), School of Science ( 16. 9 %), School of Architecture and Planning ( 9. 2 %), Whitaker College of Health Sciences ( 5. 1 %), and School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences ( 4. 7 %).

A new cultural, economic and industrial growth was spurred by more families, like the Florio, the Ducrot, the Rutelli, the Sandron, the Whitaker, the Utveggio, and other families.

During the Middle Ages, Basilican monks settled on the island and renamed it San Pantaleo, and in 1888 was rediscovered by Joseph Whitaker.

Charles was open in acknowledging the influence of Pilgrim Travelers vocalist Jesse Whitaker on his singing style.

The result of the fight was a controversial majority draw, allowing Chávez to remain undefeated with Whitaker retaining his title.

He was held to a draw by two others: Pernell Whitaker and Miguel Ángel González.

His record was 89-0-1 going into his first loss to Frankie Randall and had an 87 fight win streak until his draw with Whitaker.

Texas pioneer William Whitaker Reed was born in Bedford County in 1816.

Gilmer County's last sole commissioner was Benjamin N. Whitaker who served from 1973 until 1988.

In the early 20th century, Rosboro, Arkansas was the headquarters of one of the states most productive lumber mills, and received its name from Thomas Whitaker Rosborough, owner of the lumber company.

The film was a hit in its day, and helped introduce two famous stars, Alan Arkin ( who played Rozanov ) and Johnny Whitaker ( who did a cameo as the boy who is rescued from the church steeple ).

After he appeared in the film, Whitaker was sent for by TV producers to audition for the TV show Family Affair, which also starred Brian Keith.

Piedmont is home to a number of notable individuals in the political, business, sports, and academic communities, including: ex-Major League Baseball player Dave McCarty ; ex-National Football League player Bubba Paris, San Francisco 49ers ; ex-National Football League player Bill Romanowski ; Ambassador to Australia Jeff Bleich ; Peter Docter, director of Pixar's Monsters, Inc. and Up and co-writer of WALL-E ; Billie Joe Armstrong of the rock band Green Day ; Eric Whitaker, GC of Tesla Motors ; Thomas Horn, actor ; and Dr. George Rutherford, State Health Officer. Also Dipper and Mabel Pines from the Disney Channel show " Gravity Falls " was born here.

One theory is that Whitaker used the name of a Chicago suburb: Buena Park, Illinois, although the community in Illinois was also named in 1887.

The Dreger Clock, a 75-year-old multi-faced street clock, best known for the time it spent at Knott's Berry Farm, was installed in front of the Whitaker / Jaynes house overlooking Beach Blvd in September 2009 after a two-year restoration project.

In 2001, the John W. Whitaker Inter-modal Terminal in Austell was named for John Whitaker, a Moultrie native who worked with Norfolk Southern most of his lifetime.

Mr. Lincoln's carriage approached at a moderate gait, owing to the condition of the road, Mr. Whitaker waived his hand and the cheer that went up was so spontaneous and deafening that the horses attached to the carriage were frightened to such an extent that the safety of the occupants of the carriage was threatened.

The film stars Denzel Washington and Forest Whitaker and was nominated for a Golden Globe award in 2008.

In the early 19th century, when most white settlers began arriving, the area was known as Jamesville, after James Whitaker.

The latest example, built in 1945 by Colonel Zack L. Whitaker as Commandant housing, lies east of the campus, and was influenced by the then popular Cape Cod variation of the Colonial Revival style which had small side porches rather than a full-facade shed roof porch.

Michael Whitaker Smith ( born October 7, 1957 ) is an American contemporary Christian musician, who has charted primarily in the contemporary Christian and occasionally in the mainstream charts.

Michael Whitaker Smith was born to Paul and Barbara Smith in Kenova, West Virginia.

Card was born in Brockton, Massachusetts, the son of Joyce ( née Whitaker ) and Andrew Hill Card, Sr.

John Whitaker " Jack " Straw ( born 3 August 1946 ) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Blackburn since 1979.

The British politician Jack Straw ( born John Whitaker Straw, 1946 ) adopted the name " Jack ", allegedly after the rebel leader.

Bono Mack was born Mary Whitaker in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, North America, to Clay Whitaker, a physician and World War II veteran, and Karen Whitaker, a chemist.

* Forest Whitaker ( born 1961 ), American actor, producer and director

* T. K. Whitaker, renowned economist and a pivotal figure in the development of the Republic of Ireland was born in Rostrevor.

Pennypacker was born in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, April 9, 1843 ; son of Dr. Isaac A. Pennypacker and Anna Maria Whitaker ; grandson of Matthias and Sarah Anderson ( daughter of Isaac Anderson ), and of Joseph and Grace Whitaker.

" Ken " Whitaker ( born 8 December 1916 ) is an Irish economist and former public servant, credited with a pivotal role in the economic development of Ireland.

Thomas Kenneth Whitaker was born in Rostrevor, County Down, in 1916, shortly after the Easter Rising when all 32 counties were under British rule.

Matt Ransom was born in Warren County, North Carolina to Robert and Priscilla Whitaker Ransom.

Johnny Whitaker ( born December 13, 1959 ) is an American actor and singer notable for several performances for film and television during his childhood.

Waters was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Patricia Ann ( née Whitaker ) and John Samuel Waters, who was a manufacturer of fire-protection equipment .< ref name =" John Waters Biography 1946 -">

Forest Steven Whitaker ( born July 15, 1961 ) is an African-American actor, producer, and director.

Whitaker was born in Guam, and his family moved to Juneau, Alaska when he was four.

Louis Rodman Whitaker, Jr. ( born May 12, 1957 in Brooklyn, New York ) nicknamed Sweet Lou, is a former Major League Baseball player.

* Milton ( horse ), a show jumping horse ridden by John Whitaker

* John Whitaker, actor

* Jeremiah S. Buckley, John P. Kromer, Margo H. K. Tank, and R. David Whitaker, The Law of Electronic Signatures ( 3rd Edition, West Publishing, 2010 ).

* 1834-1835 Little River becomes part of Robertson's Colony, settlers from Nashville, led by Sterling C. Robertson: families of Captain Goldsby Childers, Robert Davison, John Fulcher, Moses Griffin, John Needham, Michael Reed and his son William Whitaker Reed, William Taylor, and Judge Orville T. Tyler.

* Phenomenon ( film ), a 1996 film starring John Travolta and Forest Whitaker

John K. Whitaker, Marshall Studies Bulletin 6 ( 1996 ): 45-48.

In 1989, he was another triumphant year for Duva and Main Events, when Whitaker, Darrin Van Horn and Puerto Rico's John John Molina crowned themselves champions, adding to the Main Events line of world champion boxers.

Other late writings described conflicts and interaction with the Indians, as seen in writings by Daniel Gookin, Alexander Whitaker, John Mason, Benjamin Church, and Mary Rowlandson.

The O ' Reilly Foundation is a charity set up by O ' Reilly with a Board of Trustees composed of family members, chaired by his wife, and a Scholarship Board headed by Professor Emeritus John Kelly of UCD, succeeding Ken Whitaker.

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It is founded on a manuscript left by John Whitaker, the historian of Manchester ; but Chalmers found it necessary to rewrite the whole.

In the Sci-Fi Channel movie Mammoth ( 2006 ), Patrick Macnee ( who played John Steed ), Emma Peel and The Avengers are mentioned by the B-Movie fan Simon Abernathy ( played by Tom Skerritt ), his granddaughter Jack Abernathy ( played by Summer Glau ) and Special Agents Powers ( played by Leila Arcieri ) and Whitaker ( played by Marcus Lyle Brown ).

Nathaniel Macon is the great-grandfather of Congressman Charles Martin, the uncle of Willis Alston and Micajah Thomas Hawkins, great-uncle of Matt Whitaker Ransom, Robert Ransom and Thomas Jefferson Green, great-great-uncle of Wharton Jackson Green, John Pegram, William Ransom Johnson Pegram, and David Harrison Macon, great-great-great-great-uncle of Claude Kitchin and William Walton Kitchin, and the great-great-great-great-great-uncle of Alvin Paul Kitchin.

Crossing to England towards the end of 1582, he attended the lectures of John Rainolds ( 1549 – 1607 ) at Oxford, and those of William Whitaker at Cambridge.

* John Whitaker, a City music publisher, ( appt.

* Wollaston Medal for Geology: John Whitaker Hulke