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Akers (surname)
Akers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alan Burt Akers, penname of Kenneth Bulmer * Beth Akers (b. 1983), American economist *Bill Akers (1904–1962), American Major League Baseball infielder *Cam Akers (born 1999), American football player *Charles W. Akers (1920–2009), American historian and educator * Courtney Akers (fl. 2000s), British actress * Dave Akers (fl. 1980s–2010s), videogame designer *David Akers (born 1974), American football placekicker * Deborah Akers, author and researcher *Fred Akers (1938–2020), former American football coach *Garfield Akers, blues singer and guitarist * George Akers, film editor * Jeran Akers (born 1947), former mayor of Plano, Texas *John Fellows Akers (1934–2014) President of IBM *Karen Akers (born 1945), American actress and singer *Landen Akers (born 1997), American football player *Mary Ann Akers, political gossip columnist *Michael Akers (born 1970), American film director, producer, screenwriter and editor * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Bulmer
Henry Kenneth Bulmer (14 January 1921 – 16 December 2005) was a British author, primarily of science fiction. Life Born in London, he married Pamela Buckmaster on 7 March 1953. They had one son and two daughters, and they divorced in 1981. Bulmer lived in Tunbridge Wells, Kent where he died on 16 December 2005. Career in science fiction A prolific writer, Bulmer penned over 160 novels and numerous short stories, both under his real name and various pseudonyms. For instance, his long-running Dray Prescot series of planetary romances was initially published as Alan Burt Akers, and later as by the first-person protagonist of the series, Prescot himself. Bulmer's works are popular in translation, particularly Germany, to the extent that in some cases they have been published only in German editions, with the original English-language versions remaining unpublished. Bulmer did some work in comics, writing Jet-Ace Logan stories for ''Tiger'', scripts for ''War Picture Library'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Fellows Akers
John Fellows Akers (December 28, 1934 – August 22, 2014) was an American businessman. He was president (1983-1989), chief executive officer (1985-1993) and chairman (1986-1993) of IBM. Education Akers attended Yale, and while there became a brother of Delta Kappa Epsilon (Phi chapter). IBM Akers joined IBM in 1960 after serving in the Navy as a jet pilot. Akers said in 2010 “We were very square. We wore the blue suits, white shirts with button-down collars, striped ties, fedoras and wingtip shoes. The customers felt they could count on us.” Akers became CEO in 1985. He benefitted from the support of one of his predecessors, Frank Cary. In 1989, a young Sam Palmisano was appointed as Aker's assistant; decades later Palmisano would serve as chairman and CEO. Akers was chief executive during IBM's decline in the mid-1980s and early 1990s. Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs described Akers as "''smart, eloquent, fantastic salesperson, but he didn’t know anything about product.' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Akers
Thomas Dale Akers (born May 20, 1951) is a former American astronaut in NASA's Space Shuttle program. Education Akers was the valedictorian of his 29-member 1969 senior class from Eminence, Missouri. He worked summers as a park ranger in the 80,000 acre federal wilderness that borders Eminence. He graduated from the University of Missouri-Rolla (now the Missouri University of Science and Technology) with B.S. and M.S. degrees in applied mathematics in 1973 and 1975, respectively. At the age of 24, he returned to Eminence to become its math teacher, and subsequently its high school principal. In 1979, when a United States Air Force recruiter left brochures on his desk for his students, it was Akers who decided to sign up. He was selected for the astronaut program in 1987 and officially became an astronaut in 1988. As part of his training with NASA, Akers taught science classes at Troy State University for a brief period of time. NASA career Akers is a veteran of four s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Grey Akers
Susan Grey Akers (April 3, 1889 – January 30, 1984) was an American librarian and the first woman to hold an academic deanship at the University of North Carolina. Biography Akers was born on April 3, 1889, in Richmond, Kentucky, to Clara Elizabeth Harris and James Tazewell Akers, a language professor at the University of Kentucky. She received a bachelor's degree with a major of Latin and minor in Greek from the University of Kentucky in 1909, following which she taught Latin one year in a high school in Kentucky and fifth and sixth grades one year in Birmingham, Alabama. In 1911, she began work at a public library in Louisville, Kentucky, going on to Library School at the University of Wisconsin in 1913, where she befriended director Mary Imogene Hazeltine. After earning her certificate she became the librarian and assistant curator at Wellesley College in the Department of Hygiene and Physical Education where she restructured and updated the collection and catalog system. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Akers
Ronald Louis Akers (born January 7, 1939 in New Albany, Indiana) is an American criminologist and professor emeritus of criminology and law at the University of Florida's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Career Akers taught sociology at the University of Washington from 1965–72, criminology at Florida State University from 1972–4, and sociology at the University of Iowa from 1974–80. He chaired the department of sociology at the University of Iowa from 1978 to 1980, when he became a professor at the University of Florida. From 1980 to 1985, he chaired the department of sociology at the University of Florida, and in 1994, he became the director of the Center for Studies in Criminology and Law there. Awards and positions In 1979, Akers served as president of the American Society of Criminology The American Society of Criminology (ASC) is an international organization based on the campus of Ohio State University whose members focus on the study of crime and delinquency. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Akers
Robert George Akers (17 October 1941 – 28 October 2006) was an architect and Liberal Party Member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, for the seat of Pine Rivers 1974–1983. Later he was Chairman of Shire of Pine Rivers from 1985 to 1994. In 1995, he stood for the State seat of Kurwongbah as an independent. Akers was the second son of Pine Rivers Councillor James Henry Akers (1913–1977) and M. B. S. (Molly) Akers OAM (died 1999). He attended Brisbane Grammar School. Marriages Akers married (the second marriage for both) fellow parliamentarian Rosemary Kyburz while in parliament, the first time sitting members had married each other. They have two sons. He and his wife both lost their seats in the 1983 Liberal Party electoral collapse after Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen characterised many of the Liberal Party members of his Coalition government as "ratbags". These events led to the end of the National-Liberal Coalition in Queensland (at State level). Later career Akers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polk E
Polk may refer to: People * James K. Polk, 11th president of the United States * Polk (name), other people with the name Places *Polk (CTA), a train station in Chicago, Illinois *Polk, Illinois, an unincorporated community *Polk, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Polk, Nebraska, a village *Polk, Ohio, a village * Polk, Pennsylvania, a borough *Polk, West Virginia, an unincorporated community *Polk, Wisconsin, a town *Polk City, Florida, a city * Polk City, Iowa, a city * Polk County (other) *Polk Street, San Francisco * Polk Township (other) Historic structures * Polk Home, Columbia, Tennessee, sole surviving residence of U.S. President James K. Polk *Polk Hotel, an historic hotel in Haines City, Florida Military *Camp Polk (Oregon), a former military installation * Fort Polk, a United States Army base in Leesville, Louisiana *Polk (Cyrillic script: полк), Eastern European military division that corresponds to regiment; polk is headed by pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Akers
Michelle Anne Akers (formerly Akers-Stahl; born February 1, 1966) is an American former soccer player who starred in the 1991 and 1999 Women's World Cup and 1996 Olympics victories by the United States. At the 1991 World Cup, she won the Golden Shoe as the top scorer, with ten goals. Akers is regarded as one of the greatest female football players in history. She was named FIFA Female Player of the Century in 2002, an award she shared with China's Sun Wen. In 2004, Akers and Mia Hamm were the only two women named to the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living soccer players selected by Pelé and commissioned by FIFA for that organization's 100th anniversary. Akers is a member of the (U.S.) National Soccer Hall of Fame; she was inducted in 2004, along with Paul Caligiuri and Eric Wynalda. Early life Born to Robert and Anne Akers in Santa Clara, California on February 1, 1966, Akers grew up in the Seattle, Washington suburb of Shoreline, where she attended and played socc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Akers
Michael D. Akers (born September 5, 1970 in Ephrata, Pennsylvania) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. In 2000, he founded "United Gay Network" (UGN) with his longtime partner, Sandon Berg. Most of his films are LGBT-related. Career Michael D. Akers studied at Indiana University of Pennsylvania before moving to Los Angeles to begin a career in the entertainment industry as production assistant and assistant director to work on the cable movie ''Jurassic Women'' (1996). For three years, he worked with Turner Feature Animation on ''Cats Don't Dance'' helping to research and develop animated features. Then he moved to Grand Productions, and later produced at least two episodes of the Lifetime series ''Intimate Portraits''. These included the "Intimate Portraits" of Heather Locklear and Jane Seymour. He became executive assistant to Martin Short on ''The Martin Short Show'' and a story and research assistant to Ryan Seacrest's NBC's '' Saturday Night a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Ann Akers
Mary Ann Akers is a freelance writer and adjunct professor of journalism at American University. She was a blogger and reporter for The Washington Post, a national correspondent for NPR and a political gossip columnist for Roll Call newspaper, appearing on CNN, MSNBC, ABC News and other networks to talk about her coverage of Congress and politics. She has written for Politico , the '' Huffington Post'' and other outlets. Her spouse is investigative journalist Michael Isikoff Michael Isikoff (born June 16, 1952) is an American investigative journalist who is currently the Chief Investigative Correspondent at Yahoo! News. He is the co-author with David Corn of the book titled '' Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Pu .... They have a son, born in 2009. References Sources * http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-ann-akers * http://blog.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2007/01/bio_of_mary_ann_akers.html * External links * https://web.archive.org/web/20071212043202/http://blog.washingtonp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landen Akers
Landen Akers (born July 7, 1997) is an American football wide receiver for the San Antonio Brahmas of the United Football League (UFL). He played college football at Iowa State. Early life and high school Akers grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and attended Washington High School, where he played baseball and football and ran track. He was named second-team Class 4A All-State as a senior after gaining 1,320 all-purpose yards and scoring 11 total touchdowns. College career Akers was a member of the Iowa State Cyclones for six seasons, greyshirting his first year at the school redshirting the next season. As a senior, he caught 18 passes for 269 yards with one touchdown. Akers finished his college career with 38 receptions for 593 yards and one touchdown in 48 games played. Professional career Los Angeles Rams Akers was signed by the Los Angeles Rams as an undrafted free agent on May 14, 2021. He was waived during final roster cuts on August 31, 2021, but was signed to the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Akers
Karen Akers (born October 13, 1945) is an American actress and singer, who has appeared on Broadway theatre, Broadway, and in cabaret and film. Early life Akers was born Karen Orth-Pallavicini in New York City on October 13, 1945. Her immigrant father, Heinnick Christian Orth-Pallavicini, was of Austrian and Swiss-Italian heritage. He was reportedly a member of the European nobility family Pallavicini who dropped his title when he came to America. Her American-born mother, Mary Louise (née Adams), a chaplain, had Russian, Norway, Norwegian, and France, French forebears on one side of her family and Ulster Scots people, Scotch-Irish ones on the other. Her younger sister, Nicole Orth-Pallavicini, is also an actress. Another younger sister, Marie Orth-Pallavicini, is married to David Baker Cadman, a grandson of John Cadman, 1st Baron Cadman. Akers graduated from Manhattanville College. Career Akers honed her acting skills as an amateur performer, starting in the Arlington (Virginia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
