Bob Eaton (theatre Director)
Robert or Bob Eaton may refer to: * Robert James Eaton (aka Bob Eaton, born 1940), auto executive * Robert Eaton (politician) (1871–1964), former Alberta politician * Robert G. Eaton (aka Bob Eaton, 1937–2009), politician in Ontario, Canada * Robert Young Eaton (1875–1956), Canadian retailer * Bobby Eaton (Robert Lee Eaton, 1958–2021), American wrestler * Bob Eaton (diver) (born 1952), Canadian Olympic diver * Bob Eaton (theatre director), English theatre director, writer and manager who has been featured at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool The Royal Court Theatre is a theatre located at 1 Roe Street in Liverpool, England. The current Royal Court Theatre was opened on 17 October 1938, after fire destroyed its predecessor. It was rebuilt in Art Deco style and soon became Liverpool's ...

Robert James Eaton
Robert James "Bob" Eaton (born 13 February 1940) is an American businessman, who was Chairman and former Chief executive officer, CEO of Chrysler Corporation. Early life Eaton was born in Buena Vista, Colorado, Buena Vista, Colorado and grew up in Arkansas City, Kansas, Arkansas City, Kansas. He graduated with a bachelor's degree, B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Kansas in 1963. He was in the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Career Upon graduation he joined General Motors and in 1973 he was made chief engineer of GM's new front wheel drive X-body cars. In 1982 he was promoted to vice-president of advanced engineering before being named president of GM Europe in 1988. It was here that Chrysler Corporation CEO Lee Iacocca found Eaton and hired him to be his successor as CEO. This was controversial at the time, because Bob Lutz (businessman), Bob Lutz was the expected successor to the CEO position, and Iacocca later indicated that he indeed felt that Lutz would ha ...
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Robert Eaton (politician)
Robert Berry Eaton (August 5, 1871 – June 13, 1964) was a farmer, service man and provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 1921. Political career Eaton ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the 1913 Alberta general election. He defeated former Conservative leader and MLA Albert Robertson in a closely contested race. Eaton was acclaimed to his second term in the 1917 Alberta general election under section 38 of the ''Elections Act''. The section stipulated that an incumbent member may not be challenged and returned automatically in his district if he is involved with the Canadian Forces overseas in World War I. Eaton ran for a third term in the 1921 Alberta general election. He would be defeated in a landslide by United Farmers candidate Gordon Forster. Eaton attempted to run for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal candidate in the 1925 Canadian federal ...
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Robert G
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be ...
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Robert Young Eaton
Robert Young "R.Y." Eaton (1875–1956) was a Canadian businessman and a member of the prominent Eaton family. He was a nephew of Timothy Eaton, the founder of Eaton's department store. Life and career He was born in 1875 to John and Margaret (née Herbison) Eaton. He was related to the Eaton's department store founder, as they shared the same grandfather, John Eaton Sr (1784–1834). He took over control of the department stores when his cousin Sir John Craig Eaton died of pneumonia in 1922. Sir John's children were too young to run the company, so he filled in until one of the children reached an appropriate age to take over. He proved to be an extremely capable president, and he expanded the company tenfold. His cousin-in-law, Lady Eaton, the widow of Sir John, never liked him. Throughout her life, she always referred to her branch of the family as the "owner Eatons" and his branch as the "worker Eatons". Lady Eaton's son, John David Eaton, eventually took over the preside ...
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Bobby Eaton
Bobby Lee Eaton (August 14, 1958 – August 4, 2021) was an American professional wrestler best known as "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton. He was most famous for his work in tag teams, especially as one-half of The Midnight Express. Under the management of Jim Cornette, he originally teamed with Dennis Condrey and, later on, with Stan Lane. He also worked with a number of other tag team partners, including Arn Anderson, Koko B. Ware, Steve Keirn, and Lord Steven Regal. Over the course of his career, which lasted from 1976 to 2015, Eaton wrestled for extended periods of time for various wrestling promotions: NWA Mid-America, Continental Wrestling Association, Mid-South Wrestling, World Class Championship Wrestling, Jim Crockett Promotions, World Championship Wrestling, and Smoky Mountain Wrestling. He also made brief guest appearances for Extreme Championship Wrestling, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and a considerable number of independent wrestling promotions over the years. ...
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Bob Eaton (diver)
Bob Eaton (born 21 April 1952) is a Canadian diver. He competed in the men's 10 metre platform event at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... References External links * 1952 births Living people Canadian male divers Divers from Toronto Olympic divers for Canada Divers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada Divers at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Pan American Games competitors for Canada Divers at the 1967 Pan American Games Divers at the 1971 Pan American Games {{Canada-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub ...
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Bob Eaton (theatre Director)
Robert or Bob Eaton may refer to: * Robert James Eaton (aka Bob Eaton, born 1940), auto executive * Robert Eaton (politician) (1871–1964), former Alberta politician * Robert G. Eaton (aka Bob Eaton, 1937–2009), politician in Ontario, Canada * Robert Young Eaton (1875–1956), Canadian retailer * Bobby Eaton (Robert Lee Eaton, 1958–2021), American wrestler * Bob Eaton (diver) (born 1952), Canadian Olympic diver * Bob Eaton (theatre director), English theatre director, writer and manager who has been featured at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool The Royal Court Theatre is a theatre located at 1 Roe Street in Liverpool, England. The current Royal Court Theatre was opened on 17 October 1938, after fire destroyed its predecessor. It was rebuilt in Art Deco style and soon became Liverpool's ...