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Bob White (magician)
Bob White may refer to: People * Bob White (business executive) (born 1956), former Bain companies executive * Bob White (cricketer) (born 1936), former English first class cricketer *Bob White (footballer) (1902–1977), English footballer * Robert Michael White (1924–2010), known as Bob, American test pilot and astronaut * Bob White (fullback) (born 1938), American football player * Bob White (geophysicist) (born 1952), Cambridge University professor of geophysics * Bob White (ice hockey) (born 1935), Canadian ice hockey player * Bob White (offensive lineman) (born 1963), American football center * Bob White (trade unionist) (1935–2017), president of the Canadian Labour Congress and founding president of the Canadian Auto Workers trade union * Bob W. White (active since 1998), Canadian associate professor of social anthropology *Bobby White (born 1926), American jazz drummer, see Earle Spencer * Bob White (mayor) (1914–2006), mayor of Papatoetoe, Auckland, New Zealand Ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob White (business Executive)
Robert F. "Bob" White (born 1956) is an American financier and business executive from Massachusetts. White is known for his friendship and long professional relationship with American politician Mitt Romney. Early life and education Born in 1956, White attended Woburn High School. A first-generation college student, White attended Bowdoin College with the help of financial aid. White graduated from Bowdoin in 1977. Biography A friend of Mitt Romney since the 1980s, White helped manage Bain Capital at the private equity firm's founding in April 1983. White took a leave of absence from the firm in 1994 to manage Romney's unsuccessful 1994 U.S. Senate campaign. White aided Romney with planning and administering the 2002 Winter Olympics. After Romney was elected Governor of Massachusetts in the 2002 election, White chaired the subsequent gubernatorial transition team. During the 2008 presidential election, White chaired Romney's presidential campaign. During this period, Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob White (cricketer)
Robert Arthur White (born 6 October 1936) is a former English first-class cricketer and umpire. Cricket career Player White joined the Lord's staff at 15 after leaving school. In 1955 and 1956 he did his National Service, mainly in Cyprus. He made his county debut in 1958 with Middlesex, where he played as a batsman. He had his most successful season in 1963 when he scored 1355 runs, the only time he reached 1000 runs in a season. He was awarded his county cap during the season. In 1966 White moved to Nottinghamshire, where he developed his off-spin and played as an all-rounder. His best bowling season was 1971, when he was the county's most successful bowler. He took 81 wickets, and achieved his best figures of 7 for 41 against Derbyshire; he had taken 10 wickets for 51 in the match when rain washed out play early on the third day. He made his highest score of 116 not out against Surrey in 1967, when he and Mike Smedley set a Nottinghamshire record of 204 for the seventh wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob White (footballer)
Robert Nelson White (11 August 1902 – 1977) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Carlisle United, Tranmere Rovers, Watford, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Stoke. Career White was born in Walbottle and began his career with amateur side Prudhoe Celtic before joining Huddersfield Town in 1923. He failed to make an appearance for Huddersfield and left for Stoke in 1924. He spent the 1924–25 at Stoke making just three appearances for the club in February 1925. With White's career looking as if it would fade away he converted to an out and out striker and signed for Tranmere Rovers and scored 13 goals in 1925–26. A poor 1926–27 saw him leave for non-league Yeovil & Petters United where he spent four years before returning to Football League action with Wolverhampton Wanderers. He played three matches for Wolves and scored twice in a Black Country derby match against West Bromwich Albion, although the match ended in a 7–3 victory for the "Baggies" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Michael White
Robert Michael "Bob" White (July 6, 1924 – March 17, 2010) (Maj Gen, USAF) was an American electrical engineer, test pilot, fighter pilot, and astronaut. He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15, an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the Air Force and NASA. As an engineer, he supervised the design and development of several modern military aircraft. On July 17, 1962, he flew the X-15 to an altitude above 50 miles, thereby qualifying as an astronaut according to the United States definition of the boundary of space. Background and career White was born in New York City on July 6, 1924. After graduating from high school, he entered active military service in November 1942 as an aviation cadet in the United States Army Air Forces, and received his pilot wings and commission as a second lieutenant in February 1944. During World War II, he served with the 355th Fighter Group in the European Theater of Operations. He flew P-51 Mustangs from July 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob White (fullback)
Loren Robert White (born August 22, 1938) is a former American football player. He played for Ohio State in the late 1950s. White played fullback and line on defense. In 1957, he and the Buckeyes won the Big Ten Conference outright and won the 1958 Rose Bowl, 10–7, over Oregon. In 1958, he led in scoring and rushing for the Buckeyes. In 1958, White was named First-team All-American. He was also named Academic All-American Player of the Year in 1958. In 1957, 1958, and 1959 he was named an Ohio State Academic All-Big Ten Honoree. In 1958 White placed 4th as the Buckeyes Heisman Trophy The Heisman Memorial Trophy (usually known colloquially as the Heisman Trophy or The Heisman) is awarded annually to the most outstanding player in college football. Winners epitomize great ability combined with diligence, perseverance, and hard ... finalist. In his only NFL season, White played just six games. References 1938 births Living people People from Portsmouth, Ohio Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob White (geophysicist)
Robert (Bob) Stephen White (born 12 December 1952) is Professor of Geophysics in the Earth Sciences department at Cambridge University (since 1989) and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society ( FRS) in 1994. He is Director of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion. Biography Bob White is also a Fellow of St Edmund's College, Cambridge, prior to which he was a student and Research Fellow at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. A Fellow of the Geological Society, and a member of the American Geophysical Union and several other professional bodies; he serves on numerous of their committees. He leads a research group investigating the Earth's dynamic crust. His most cited paper (White & McKenzie 1989) used geophysical evidence in conjunction with models of melt generation beneath rifts to show that the largest and most rapid effusions of volcanic rock on the earth, known as flood basalts, result from continental rifting above mantle plumes. He has organised fieldwork in many dif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob White (ice Hockey)
Robert Charles White (born 22 July 1935 in Stratford, Ontario) is a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics. White was a member of the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen who won the bronze medal for Canada in ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, was the eighth Olympic Championship, also serving as the 23rd World Championships and the 34th European Championships. The tournament was held at the Oly .... He won the 1955 Allen Cup (All-Canada Senior Champions) with the Dutchmen, the 1953 Memorial Cup (All-Canada Junior Champions) with the Barrie Flyers, and was a two-time All-American and Assistant Captain at the University of Michigan (1957–58, 1958–59) Awards and honours References External links * Bob White's profile at Sports Reference.com 1935 births Living people Ice hockey players at the 1956 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players of Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob White (offensive Lineman)
Robert Arlen White (born April 9, 1963) is a former American football center in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys and New England Patriots. He played college football at the University of Rhode Island. Early years White attended Lunenburg High School, where he was a League All-star. He accepted a football scholarship from the University of Rhode Island, where he was a four-year starter. Two seasons at center, one at left tackle and one at right tackle. He was named a team captain and was a part of 2 conference titles in his last two years. As a senior, the offense featured quarterback Tom Ehrhardt, who led the nation in total offense, passing an average of 50 times a game, while scoring a total of 42 touchdowns. In 2011, he was inducted into the Rhode Island Athletics Hall of Fame. Professional career New York Jets White was selected by the New York Jets in the seventh round (189th overall) of the 1986 NFL Draft. He was waived on August 25. Dallas Cowboys I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob White (trade Unionist)
Robert White, (April 28, 1935 – February 19, 2017) was a prominent leader in the Canadian trade union and labour movement who was the founding president of the Canadian Auto Workers (now Unifor) after leading its separation from its American parent, the United Auto Workers, and then president of the Canadian Labour Congress. Born in Northern Ireland, he emigrated with his family to Canada at age 13, settling in Woodstock, Ontario. White died in 2017 at the age of 81 in Kincardine, Ontario. Labour movement White began working at age 15 (Hay & Company - a wood furniture maker owned by US Plywood) and within a year he had already participated in a strike, his first pro-labour activity, and was elected a union steward at the age of 17. He led his first strike, against the same company, in 1957 at the age of 22, leading 500 workers off the job. Subsequently, White became fully immersed in the Canadian labour movement as a union organizer and then by 1959 president of Local 636 of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob W
Bob, BOB, or B.O.B. may refer to: Places *Mount Bob, New York, United States *Bob Island, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica People, fictional characters, and named animals *Bob (given name), a list of people and fictional characters *Bob (surname) *Bob (dog), a dog that received the Dickin Medal for bravery in World War II *Bob the Railway Dog, a part of South Australian Railways folklore Television, games, and radio * ''Bob'' (TV series), an American comedy series starring Bob Newhart * ''B.O.B.'' (video game), a side-scrolling shooter *Bob FM, on-air brand of a number of FM radio stations in North America Music Musicians and groups *B.o.B (born 1988), American rapper and record producer *Bob (band), a British indie pop band *The Bobs, an American a cappella group *Boyz on Block, a British pop supergroup Songs * "B.O.B" (song), by OutKast * "Bob" ("Weird Al" Yankovic song), from the 2003 album ''Poodle Hat'' by "Weird Al" Yankovic *"Bob", a song from the album ''Brighter Than Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earle Spencer
Robert Earle Spencer (born 26 June 1925 Welborn, Kansas – 19 September 1973 Fillmore, Utah) was an American trombonist and leader of a progressive swing big band bearing his name — Earle Spencer and His Orchestra. He formed the band in 1946 and disbanded in 1949. The band recorded for Black & White Records — a label so named by its founder, Les Schreiber, to reflect the races of its recording artists. History of the Earle Spencer Orchestra Spencer was a trombonist who, after playing in the band that he led from 1946 to 1949, gave up playing entirely, due partly to a heart murmur, due partly to the hard economics of big bands in that began in the late 1940s, and due partly to the band's record label, Black & White Records, which went out of business in October 1949. Towards the end of World War II, a conscious movement towards the creation of a new style of big band jazz became apparent on America's west coast. The longest established of these self-styled "progressives" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob White (mayor)
Robert Howard White (25 December 1914 – 4 January 2006) was a New Zealand local-body politician. Biography Born in Auckland on 25 December 1914, White was the son of Amy Charlotte and Alfred Horace White. He was educated at Seddon Memorial Technical College from 1927 to 1930. In 1941, he married Kitty Gwendolyn Mawkes, and the couple went on to have three children. White served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force. White was mayor of Papatoetoe from 1965 to 1986. During his tenure in the 1970s, he advocated for a rapid-rail system connecting South Auckland with Auckland City. In 1981 he successfully called for the inclusion of photographs on drivers licenses in an effort to reduce fraud. In 1977, White received the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal. In the 1982 New Year Honours, he was made a Queen's Service Order for public services. In 1975, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of St John, and in 1985 he was promoted to Commander of the Order of St John. In 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
