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Carper
Carper is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Jean Carper (born 1932), American medical journalist * Tom Carper (born 1947), American economist and politician, Governor and Senator from Delaware * Thomas Carper (poet), American poet See also * Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension with Reforms or CARP Extension with Reforms, a program of land reform in the Philippines enacted in 2009 {{surname, Carper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Carper
Thomas Richard Carper (born January 23, 1947) is an American politician and former military officer serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States senator from Delaware, having held the seat since 2001. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, Carper served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1993 and was the List of governors of Delaware, 71st governor of Delaware from 1993 to 2001. A native of Beckley, West Virginia, Carper graduated from Ohio State University. Serving as a naval flight officer in the U.S. Navy from 1968 until 1973, he flew the P-3 Orion as a tactical coordinator and mission commander and saw active duty in the Vietnam War. After leaving the active duty Navy, he remained in the U.S. Naval Reserve for another 18 years and eventually retired with the rank of Captain (United States), Captain (O-6). Upon receiving his Master of Business Administration, MBA from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Carper
Jean Carper (born 1932) is a ''New York Times'' best-selling author, an American medical journalist, contributing editor to ''USA Weekend'', and author of 24 books. Early life and education Jean Elinor Carper was born January 3, 1932, the daughter of Jethro and Natella Marie (Boyer) Carper, in Delaware, Ohio. She is a 1953 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, where she majored in speech and was a member of the debate team that won a state championship. Career Carper was CNN's first medical correspondent when the network began in 1980. She has also appeared on the ''Today Show'', ''Good Morning America'' and ''Dateline''. For 14 years she wrote a weekly column called "EatSmart" for Gannett’s Sunday supplement, ''USA Weekend''. She has written for The Huffington Post about Alzheimer's disease, and produced an independent documentary on the disease, ''Monster in the Mind'', in 2016. Three of Carper's books have been on the ''New York Times'' best-seller l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Carper (poet)
Thomas Carper is an American poet. His work has appeared in '' Poetry, The American Scholar, The Formalist ''The Formalist: A Journal of Metrical Poetry'' was a literary periodical, founded and edited by William Baer, which was published twice a year from 1990 to the fall/winter issue of 2004. The headquarters of the magazine was in Evansville, Indi ..., and The Review'' (London). Awards *2003 Richard Wilbur Award Works"The First-born" '' Beloit Poetry Journal'' 29 (Spring 1979), 7. *''Distant Blue'', University of Evansville Press, October 2003, *''From Nature'', Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995, *''Fiddle Lane'', Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991, *''Musicians: poems'', Aralia Press, 1990''Meter and meaning: an introduction to rhythm in poetry'' Thomas Carper, Derek Attridge, Routledge, 2003, Anthologies *''The Maine Poets: An Anthology'', Wesley McNair, editor, Down East Books, November 25, 2003, "Turning in Bed"; "That's a Nice Leg" ''Words brushed by music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
