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Blaisdell
Blaisdell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alfred Blaisdell, politician from North Dakota *Daniel Blaisdell, politician from New Hampshire *Frances Blaisdell, musician from New Jersey *Frank Ellsworth Blaisdell (1862–1946), American professor of surgery and entomologist *James A. Blaisdell, founder of the Claremont Colleges *John Blaisdell Corliss, politician from Michigan * Kealii Blaisdell, Kanaka Maoli activist and notable Hawaiian songwriter *Mike Blaisdell, Canadian ice hockey player *Neal Blaisdell, mayor of Honolulu **Neal S. Blaisdell Center, multi-purpose center in Honolulu named after the mayor *Paul Blaisdell, American artist and special effects creator *Richard Kekuni Blaisdell, professor of medicine in Honolulu *Tex Blaisdell, American comics creator *William Blaisdell William Blaisdell (April, 1865–January 1, 1931) was an American actor of both stage and screen. Among his roles on stage was the Marquis de Pontsablé in the comic opera ''M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neal Blaisdell
Neal Shaw Blaisdell (November 6, 1902 – November 5, 1975) served as Mayor of Honolulu from 1955 to 1969 as a member of the Hawaii Republican Party. As chief executive of the City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, he oversaw one of the largest construction booms in city and county history, working closely with Governor John A. Burns. Blaisdell was the sitting mayor when Hawaii became the 50th U.S. state on August 21, 1959. Early life Blaisdell was born in Honolulu and had European and Hawaiian ancestry. His father was William Wallace Blaisdell II, who served as fire chief of Honolulu; and his mother was Maliaka "Malie" Alaneao Merseberg. A maternal great-grandfather was John Adams Cummins. A paternal great-grandfather, John Blaisdell (1812–1889), came to the Hawaiian Islands from Maine in 1849. Education and athletics Known as "Rusty", Blaisdell played basketball, football and baseball at Saint Louis School. He attended the University of Hawaii and later transferred to Bucknel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Kekuni Blaisdell
Richard Kekuni Akana Blaisdell (March 11, 1925 – February 12, 2016), was professor emeritus of medicine at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa in Honolulu, and a longtime organizer in the Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement. Blaisdell was the co-founder of an organization of Hawaiian health professionals called, ''E Ola Mau'' in 1984. He was also the Founding Chair, of the Department of Medicine at the University of Hawaiʻi John A. Burns School of Medicine in 1966. He was the convener for the 1993 Kanaka Maoli People's Tribunal, which documented U.S. abuses throughout all major islands in great detail before an international panel of judges, and the primary organizer of Ka Pākaukau (literally, "the Table"), an ongoing forum for dialogue surrounding Kānaka Maoli sovereignty and Hawaiian independence. Early life Richard Kekuni Akana was born March 11, 1925 to Marguerite Nameleonalani Piltz and James Keli‘ikauahi Akana. His mother married William Kaha‘i Blaisdell in 1940. A G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Blaisdell
Frances Blaisdell (January 5, 1912 – March 11, 2009) was an American flautist, widely recognized as one of the first female professional flautists. She held positions with the National Orchestral Association, the New Opera Company and the New Friends of Music. In addition, she was the first woman to appear as a soloist and wind player in concert with the New York Philharmonic. In addition to playing, she also held teaching positions at the Manhattan School of Music, New York University, Dalcroze School, Mannes School of Music, and Stanford University where she taught for over 35 years. Blaisdell's teachers included Georges Barrère, Marcel Moyse and William Kincaid. Biography Blaisdell was born in Tennessee on January 5, 1912, and was raised on a farm in Red Bank, New Jersey. She attended Red Bank Regional High School. She began studying the piccolo and flute at age 5 with her father, who was in the lumber business but loved playing the flute. Later, her father wrote to Er ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Blaisdell
Michael Walter Blaisdell (born January 18, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1980 and 1989 and later in the British Hockey League (BHL) from 1990 to 2001. He was selected 11th overall in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft by the Detroit Red Wings. Blaisdell later worked as a coach in the United Kingdom. Professional career Amateur and college hockey Blaisdell was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan. In 1978, Blaisdell joined the Regina Pats of the WCHL (later the WHL for the end of the 1977-78 regular season and the playoffs. In the final six games of the season, Blaisdell scored 5 goals and 5 assists, for 10 points and a 1.66 points per game average. He added 11 points in 13 playoff games. The following season, Blaisdell played 20 games at University of Wisconsin–Madison before returning to the Pats for the 1979–80 WHL season. NHL career In the 1980 NHL Entry Draft th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Blaisdell
Paul Blaisdell (July 21, 1927 – July 10, 1983) was an American painter, sculptor and visual effects creator, best remembered for his work in science fiction and horror B movies of the 1950s. Life and career Blaisdell was born in Newport, Rhode Island in 1927, and grew up in Quincy, Massachusetts. He sketched and built models since early childhood, and eventually attended the New England School of Art and Design in Boston. Following his graduation, he married his wife Jackie and they moved to California, where he worked for Douglas Aircraft; on the side, he drew artwork for various science fiction magazines, eventually meeting noted literary agent - and founding creative director/editor of the long-running monster magazine ''Famous Monsters of Filmland'' - Forrest J Ackerman, who ended up becoming his agent. (Ackerman ran a feature article on Blaisdell in issue #1 of his magazine, but after Blaisdell had a major disagreement with the publisher James Warren, Ackerman was told not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tex Blaisdell
Philip Eustice Blaisdell (March 30, 1920 – March 14, 1999), better known as Tex Blaisdell, was an American comic-strip artist and comic-book editor. He worked on 22 syndicated features, including '' Little Orphan Annie'', which he drew for five years. Biography Born in Houston, Texas, Blaisdell studied at New York's Art Students League. Comic strips After four years in the Air Force, Blaisdell worked for 13 years on strips by Al Capp, Stan Drake, Will Eisner, Irwin Hasen, John Cullen Murphy, Bud Sagendorf, Dick Wingert, and others. In the early 1960s, he helped Hal Foster on ''Prince Valiant'', originally doing backgrounds, but eventually his contribution escalated to finishing everything but the faces while his assistant Lee Marrs inked the backgrounds. After Harold Gray's death in 1968, Blaisdell stepped in as the artist on ''Little Orphan Annie'', which he continued until 1973, with assists from Paul Kirchner. For Leonard Starr, he handled the backgrounds for ''Mary P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Blaisdell
Daniel Blaisdell (January 22, 1762 – January 10, 1833) was an American teacher, farmer, politician and judge. He served as a United States representative from New Hampshire, as a member of the New Hampshire Senate and as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives during the early 1800s. Early life Born in Amesbury in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Blaisdell was the son of Elijah and Mary (Sargent) Blaisdell. He attended the public schools and served in the American Revolutionary War from August 1776 - August 1777. After his war service, Blaisdell moved to Canaan, New Hampshire, in 1780. He taught school, engaged in agricultural pursuits and acquired some legal knowledge. Political career He was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1793, 1795, and 1799 and served as a member of the Governor's council from 1803–1808. He was a moderator of Canaan in 1808, 1809, 1812, 1822, 1824, 1826, and 1830. Elected as a Federalist candidate to the Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Ellsworth Blaisdell
Frank Ellsworth Blaisdell, Sr. (13 March 1862 – 16 July 1946) was an American professor of surgery who also was a keen naturalist and collector who specialized in beetles, and contributed to the systematics of the Tenebrionidae and the Melyridae. Blaisdell was born in Pittsfield, New Hampshire, but his family moved to San Francisco, after the death of his brothers from scarlet fever, when he was eight, and to San Diego three years later. His father, Solon Greenfield, was a saddle and harness maker, and the family managed a ranch in Poway Valley between 1874 and 1886, where young Blaisdell learned to manage an apiary and began to collect insects. In 1886 he became a county entomologist for San Diego but wished to study medicine. He worked as a clerk and studied medicine under P.C. Remondino and C.C. Valle. He joined Cooper Medical College in 1887 and graduated in 1889 to begin practice in San Diego. He moved to Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, in 1892 and worked there until 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Blaisdell
William Blaisdell (April, 1865–January 1, 1931) was an American actor of both stage and screen. Among his roles on stage was the Marquis de Pontsablé in the comic opera ''Madame Favart''. He also starred in several comedic short films with Harold Lloyd in 1918. Blaisdell died in 1931. His widow, fellow actor Clara Lavine, died at age 75 on December 29, 1948."The Final Curtain". ''Billboard''. January 15, 1949: 49. Selected filmography *'' Bashful'' (1917) *'' Step Lively'' (1917) *'' Fireman Save My Child'' (1918) *'' Here Come the Girls'' (1918) *''On the Jump'' (1918) *''Pipe the Whiskers'' (1918) *'' Take a Chance'' (1918) *''Hey There!'' (1918) *''The City Slicker'' (1918) *''An Ozark Romance'' (1918) *'' Bees in His Bonnet'' (1918) *''Swing Your Partners'' (1918) *''Hear 'Em Rave'' (1918) *''Two-Gun Gussie'' (1918) *''Hot Sands ''Hot Sands'' is a 1924 silent film comedy short produced, directed by and starring Monty Banks. Herman C. Raymaker shares directing credi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Blaisdell Corliss
John Blaisdell Corliss (June 7, 1851 – December 24, 1929) was an American attorney, historian, and Republican politician from the city of Detroit, Michigan. He served as Detroit City Attorney for four years and represented the city in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1895 to 1903. Early life Corliss was born in Richford, Vermont, to Hezekiah and Lydia (Rounds) Corliss. He attended the common schools and the Fairfax Preparatory School and graduated from the Vermont Methodist University at Montpelier in 1871 and from the law department of Columbian College (now George Washington University Law School), Washington, D.C., in 1875. Corliss settled in Detroit in 1875 and was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice there. On December 5, 1877, in Barnard, Vermont, he wedded Miss Elizabeth N. Danforth, who died in 1886. They were the parents of two sons and two daughters: John B. Corliss Jr.; Elizabeth D. Holley, the wife of Earl Holley; Margaryt M. Holley, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Blaisdell
Alfred Blaisdell (October 25, 1875 – March 8, 1946) was a North Dakota Republican Party politician who served as the Secretary of State of North Dakota from 1907 to 1910. He was first elected to the position in 1906, was re-elected in 1908, but did not seek re-election in 1910. His nephew, Josiah Blaisdell, Jr., served in the North Dakota Legislative Assembly The North Dakota Legislative Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of North Dakota. The Legislative Assembly consists of two chambers, the lower North Dakota House of Representatives, with 94 representatives, and the upper North ... during the 1930s.North Dakota Blue Book, 2005 References 1875 births 1946 deaths Secretaries of State of North Dakota {{NorthDakota-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kealii Blaisdell
Keali'i Blaisdell is an American musician whose popularity has drawn thousands of fans to his appearances. His 1996 release; ''"Ka Ulu Mae'ole"'' sold well at many island music stores and was played heavily on radio stations in Maui and Kaua'i. Blaisdell is a multiple Na Hoku Hanohano The Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards, occasionally called the Nā Hōkū Awards or Hoku Awards, are the premier music awards in Hawaii.Berger, John"A night of Na Hoku Hanohano" ''Honolulu Star-Advertiser''. May 22, 2011.Haug, Kawehi"Hoku awardees shine ... Finalist ( Hawaiian Academy of Recording Arts) for Most Promising Artist and Hawaiian Language Performance, Hawaiian slack key guitarist, recording artist, and music composer. He is known as a prolific composer of the Native Hawaiian music genre with over 130 original Traditional Hawaiian Songs and a Native Hawaiian Activist. References External links1999 Na Hoku Hanohano Award Nominees / Honolulu Star Bulletin [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |