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Aloma Elementary School
Aloma is a feminine given name (and occasionally a surname) meaning "dove." Aloma is an extremely uncommon name, ranking the 25216th most popular feminine given name. Notable people Notable people with the name include: As a given name *Aloma Mariam Mukhtar (born 1944), Nigerian jurist and former Chief Justice of Nigeria *Aloma Wright (born 1950), American actress As a surname *Hal Aloma Hal Aloma (January 8, 1908 – June 26, 1980) was a Hawaiian steel guitarist, singer and bandleader. Biography Aloma was born on January 8, 1908 in Honolulu as Harold David Alama. He changed his name in the 1930s in response to the movies '' Bi ... (1908–1980), Hawaiian musician References {{given name Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aloma Mariam Mukhtar
Aloma Mariam Mukhtar (born 20 November 1944) is a Nigerian jurist and former Chief Justice of Nigeria from July 2012 to November 2014. She was called to the English Bar in November, 1966 and to the Nigerian Bar in 1967. On 16 July 2012, President Goodluck Jonathan swore her in as the ''13th indigenous'' Chief Justice of Nigeria, and conferred on her the Nigerian National Honour of the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON). Background Mukhtar is from Adamawa state. She attended Saint. George’s Primary School, Zaria, St. Bartholomew’s School, Wusasa, Zaria, Rossholme School for Girls, East Brent, Somerset, England, Reading Technical College, Reading, Berkshire, England, and Gibson and Weldon College of Law, England, before being called to the English Bar ''in absentia'' in November, 1966. Career Mukhtar began her career in 1967 as Pupil State Counsel, Ministry of Justice, Northern Nigeria and rose through the ranks: *Office of the Legal Draftsman, Interim Common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aloma Wright
Aloma Wright (born March 10, 1950) is an American actress, widely known for her roles as Laverne Roberts on the NBC/ABC comedy series '' Scrubs'' (2001–2009), Maxine Landis on the NBC daytime drama series ''Days of Our Lives'' (2008–2015), Mildred Clemons on the ABC drama series ''Private Practice'' (2011–2013), Gretchen Bodinski on the USA Network drama series '' Suits'' (2015–2019), and Viola in ''Tyler Perry's Young Dylan''. Early life Wright was born in New York and raised in California. She attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. Career Wright began her acting career on stage, before appearing in films like ''Stuart Saves His Family'', '' Devil in the Flesh'', and ''Shadow Hours'', and television shows such as ''Suddenly Susan'', ''Dangerous Minds'', ''Frasier'', ''Friends'', ''Malcolm in the Middle'', '' Ally McBeal'', '' Girlfriends'', and ''Judging Amy''. She also had a recurring role in the Fox series ''Power Rangers i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal Aloma
Hal Aloma (January 8, 1908 – June 26, 1980) was a Hawaiian steel guitarist, singer and bandleader. Biography Aloma was born on January 8, 1908 in Honolulu as Harold David Alama. He changed his name in the 1930s in response to the movies '' Bird of Paradise'' and '' Aloma of the South Seas''. Aloma joined Lani McIntyre's band as steel guitarist. He began his musical career with his brother, Sam Alama at the Alexander Young Hotel and the Moana Hotel. Under his own name, he recorded three sessions for Decca records between February and April 1944. In 1944, when McIntyre left a four-year booking at the Hawaiian Room in New York's Hotel Lexington, Aloma formed his own band and took over the engagement. MGM booked him for two sessions in 1952, resulting in eight sides which were later compiled into an LP album. He first recorded for Columbia Records in August and September 1953, resulting in song appearing not only on U.S. Columbia, but on Japanese Columbia and Philips in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |