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Alec Ross (other)
Alec Ross (1881–1952) was a Scottish golfer. Alec Ross may also refer to: * Alec Ross (author) (born 1971), advisor to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton * Alec Ross (actor) (1922–1971), actor and first husband of Sheila Hancock * Alec Ross (tour guide) (1936–2017), Australian tour guide * Alec Ross (footballer) (1902–1985), Scottish footballer for Dundee, Arbroath and Rochdale See also *Alexander Ross (other) *Alex Ross (other) {{hndis, Ross, Alec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Ross
Alexander Ross (15 September 1879 – 25 June 1952) was a Scottish professional golfer. He was a native of Dornoch and learned his golf in his home country, but like many British professional golfers of his era he spent many years working as a club professional in the United States. While employed by the Brae Burn Country Club, near Boston, he won the 1907 U.S. Open at the St. Martin's course at Philadelphia Cricket Club. He competed in the U.S. Open seventeen times in total, and finished in the top-10 five times. His other tournament wins include the North and South Open six times (1902, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1915), the Massachusetts Open six times (1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912) and the Swiss Open three times (1923, 1925, 1926). Ross's older brother Donald also moved to the U.S. and was one of the most celebrated of all golf course designers. Alec was the professional at the Detroit Golf Club in Detroit, Michigan for 31 years. He died in Miami, Florida.Alexander Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Ross (author)
Alec Ross (born November 30, 1971) is an American technology policy expert who was Senior Advisor for Innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the duration of her term as Secretary of State.Kang, Cecilia (April 6, 2009)"Diplomatic Efforts Get Tech Support" ''The Washington Post''. After leaving the Department of State in 2013 he joined the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University as a Senior Fellow. Ross is the author of the ''New York Times'' bestseller '' The Industries of the Future'' and ''The Raging 2020s: Companies, Countries, People – and the Fight for Our Future''. ''The Industries of the Future'' has been translated to twenty-four languages, and was named the 2016 Book of the Year by the TriBeCa Film Festival's Disruptive Innovation Foundation. Ross was a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Johns Hopkins University. He is a distinguished visiting professor at the University of Bologna Business School. He is also a Board Partner at Amplo, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Ross (actor)
Alexander Ross (15 September 1879 – 25 June 1952) was a Scottish professional golfer. He was a native of Dornoch and learned his golf in his home country, but like many British professional golfers of his era he spent many years working as a club professional in the United States. While employed by the Brae Burn Country Club, near Boston, he won the 1907 U.S. Open at the St. Martin's course at Philadelphia Cricket Club. He competed in the U.S. Open seventeen times in total, and finished in the top-10 five times. His other tournament wins include the North and South Open six times (1902, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1915), the Massachusetts Open six times (1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912) and the Swiss Open three times (1923, 1925, 1926). Ross's older brother Donald also moved to the U.S. and was one of the most celebrated of all golf course designers. Alec was the professional at the Detroit Golf Club in Detroit, Michigan for 31 years. He died in Miami, Florida.Alexander R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheila Hancock
Dame Sheila Cameron Hancock (born 22 February 1933) is an English actress, singer, and author. Hancock trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before starting her career in repertory theatre. Hancock went on to perform in plays and musicals in London, and her Broadway debut in ''Entertaining Mr Sloane'' (1966) earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Lead Actress in Play. Hancock won a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical for her role in ''Cabaret'' (2007) and was nominated at the Laurence Olivier Awards five other times for her work in ''Annie'' (1978), ''Sweeney Todd'' (1980), ''The Winter's Tale'' (1982), ''Prin'' (1989) and ''Sister Act'' (2010). Early life Sheila Cameron Hancock was born in Blackgang on the Isle of Wight, the daughter of Enrico Cameron Hancock and Ivy Louise (née Woodward). Enrico Hancock was the son of a Thomas Cook employee, and grew up in Milan. He worked for Vickers, and was previously a publican and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Ross (tour Guide)
Alec Donald Ross OAM (6 April 1936 – 30 March 2017) was an Australian tour guide, member of the stolen generation and custodian of the story of the Alice Springs Telegraph Station in the Northern Territory of Australia. Early life Ross was born on 6 April 1936 at Mosquito Creek near Barrow Creek at Neutral Junction Station the son of the Scottish cattle station owner. Ross is the great-grandson of explorer John Ross (explorer), John Ross, who came to Central Australia as part of the surveying teams for the Overland Telegraph Line, its most famous repeater station, the place where his great-grandson Alec later worked for a large part of his life. He fell seriously ill at the age of three and was taken from his mother to The Bungalow, an institution for part-Aboriginal children based near the telegraph station in Alice Springs. He lived there for most of his childhood, attending school. Ross was moved to Croker Island in 1941. When the Japanese started bombing northern Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Ross (footballer)
Alexander Smart Ross (27 July 1902 – 1985) was a Scottish footballer who played league football as a centre forward for Dundee, Arbroath and Rochdale Rochdale ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, at the foothills of the South Pennines in the dale on the River Roch, northwest of Oldham and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough .... Ross was joint top goal scorer for Dundee in the 1925–26 season. He played one game for Rochdale in 1926 and scored one goal, but suffered a serious injury which subsequently ended his professional career. References 1902 births 1985 deaths Scottish men's footballers Footballers from Aberdeen Men's association football forwards Rochdale A.F.C. players Dundee F.C. players Arbroath F.C. players {{Scotland-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Ross (other)
Alexander Ross may refer to: * Alexander Ross (writer) (c. 1590–1654), vicar; Scottish author of ''Medicus Medicatus'' * Alexander Ross (poet) (1699–1784), Scottish author of ''Helenore, or the Fortunate Shepherdess'' * Alexander Ross (British Army officer) (1742–1827), Surveyor-General of the Ordnance * Alexander Ross (fur trader) (1783–1856), Canadian fur trader * Alexander Ross (civil servant) (1800–1889), British civil servant in India * Alexander McKenzie Ross (1805–1862), British engineer * Alexander Coffman Ross, author of the 1840 campaign song "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" * Alexander Ross (Canadian politician) (1829–1901), Canadian banker and politician * Alexander Henry Ross (1829–1888), British barrister and Conservative politician * Alexander Milton Ross (1832–1897), Canadian abolitionist * Alexander Peter Ross (1833–1915), Canadian politician * Alexander Ross (architect) (1834–1925), Scottish architect and provost of Inverness * Alexander Ross (A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
