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Elon Family
Elon commonly refers to Elon Musk. Elon may also refer to: People * Elon (name) Elon (אֵילוֹן in Hebrew) is a masculine first name, or Jewish surname, which means "oak tree" in the Hebrew language. Variants of the name include Alon, Eilan, Eilon, and Elan; it can also be a variant spelling of Ilan and Ilon ( he, א ..., a given name and surname Places in the United States * Elon, Iowa, an unincorporated community * Elon, North Carolina, a town * Elon, Virginia, an unincorporated community Other uses * Elon University, in Elon, North Carolina ** Elon Phoenix, the school's athletic program * Elon (chemical), Eastman Kodak's trade name for p-methylaminophenol sulfate * ''Elon the Muskox'', a living sculpture at City Hall in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada * Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ code: ELON) See also * * * Alon (other) * Allon (other) * Aloni, a surname * Eilon, Israel {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elon Musk
Elon Reeve Musk ( ; born June 28, 1971) is a business magnate and investor. He is the founder, CEO and chief engineer of SpaceX; angel investor, CEO and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; owner and CEO of Twitter, Inc.; founder of The Boring Company; co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI; and president of the philanthropic Musk Foundation. With an estimated net worth of around $139 billion as of December 23, 2022, primarily from his ownership stakes in Tesla and SpaceX, Musk is the second-wealthiest person in the world according to both the ''Bloomberg Billionaires Index'' and ''Forbes'' real-time billionaires list. Musk was born in Pretoria, South Africa and briefly attended at the University of Pretoria before moving to Canada at age 18, acquiring citizenship through his Canadian-born mother. Two years later, he matriculated at Queen's University and transferred to the University of Pennsylvania, where he received bachelor's degrees in economics and physics. He moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elon (name)
Elon (אֵילוֹן in Hebrew) is a masculine first name, or Jewish surname, which means "oak tree" in the Hebrew language. Variants of the name include Alon, Eilan, Eilon, and Elan; it can also be a variant spelling of Ilan and Ilon ( he, אילן), of the similar meaning "tree". The given name became more popular in the 2010s (from #3,310 in 2008 to No. 885 in 2018 for baby boys in the United States) due to the rise to fame of entrepreneur Elon Musk, though he is not Jewish. Given name *Elon, father of Basemath, wife of Esau in the Bible *Elon (Judges), biblical leader of the Israelites in the Book of Judges *Elon R. Brown (1857–1922), American politician *Elon Howard Eaton (1866–1934), American ornithologist *Elon J. Farnsworth (1837–1863), American general *Elon Farnsworth (1799–1877), American lawyer and politician * Elon Galusha (1790–1856), American preacher *Elon Ganor (born 1950), Israeli businessman *Elon Gasper (born 1951), American computer scientist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patoka Lake
Patoka Lake is the second-largest reservoir in the U.S. state of Indiana (after Lake Monroe) and is spread across Dubois, Crawford, and Orange counties in southern Indiana. Lake Created as a joint effort between the US Army Corps of Engineers and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, the lake is one of eight such reservoirs built in the state to provide a secure water supply and as a method of flood control. The lake covers 8,800 surface acres (36 km²) of water in the summer. The lake was created by damming the Patoka River about above its mouth with the Patoka Lake Dam, a 145-feet-high rockfill earthen dam. The lake is fed by several smaller tributaries including Allen Creek, Painter Creek, and Ritter Creek. After the lake was created several parks and nature preserves were established around it totaling . The lake and dam is still managed by a cooperative management team of the Army Corps of Engineers and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Patoka Lak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elon, Iowa
Elon is an unincorporated community in Allamakee County, Iowa, United States. History A post office was opened in Elon in 1850, and remained in operation until being discontinued in 1907. Elon's population was 17 in 1902, and 18 in 1925. References Unincorporated communities in Allamakee County, Iowa 1850 establishments in Iowa Populated places established in 1850 Unincorporated communities in Iowa {{AllamakeeCountyIA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elon, North Carolina
Elon () is a town in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Burlington metropolitan statistical area. The population as of the 2020 census was 11,324. The town of Elon is home to Elon University. Elon began in 1881 as a North Carolina Railroad depot in between the stations of Goldsboro and Charlotte, called "Mill Point” because it was envisioned to be a shipping point for area cotton mills. Locals called it “Boone’s Crossing.” Because of a growing population, a post office was built, which established a more permanent residency in 1888. In 1889, the local Christian Assembly created an institution of higher learning called the “Graham Normal College”. The founders of Elon College named the school “Elon”, because they understood that to be the Hebrew word for oak, and the area contained many oak trees. The town was called "Elon College" until the college known as Elon College became Elon University. The town then changed its name officiall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elon, Virginia
Elon is an unincorporated community in Amherst County, Virginia, United States. The community is located along Virginia State Route 130 (Elon Road) northwest of Lynchburg. It is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area. History On April 15, 2018, an EF3 tornado hit the community, completely destroying multiple homes. Education The community is served by Amherst County Public Schools. Public school students residing in Elon are zoned to attend Elon Elementary School, Monelison Middle School, and Amherst County High School. The closest higher education institutions to the community include Sweet Briar College as well as several colleges and universities in Lynchburg. Infrastructure Law enforcement is provided by the Amherst County Sheriff's Office. Fire protection is provided by the Monelison Volunteer Fire Department, which maintains a fire station within the community. Emergency medical services are provided by the Monelison Volunteer Rescue Squad and Amher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elon University
Elon University is a private university in Elon, North Carolina. Founded in 1889 as Elon College, Elon is organized into six schools, most of which offer bachelor's degrees and several of which offer master's degrees or professional doctorate degrees. Located in North Carolina's Piedmont region, Elon is situated on a suburban campus between the cities of Greensboro and Raleigh. Less than twenty percent of Elon's undergraduates are native to the state of North Carolina. Elon's intercollegiate athletic teams compete in NCAA Division I athletics as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. History Elon College was founded by the Christian Connection, which later became a part of the United Church of Christ. The charter for Elon College was issued by the North Carolina legislature in 1889. William S. Long was the first president, and the original student body consisted of 76 students. In 1923, a fire destroyed most of the campus, including school records, classrooms, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elon Phoenix
The Elon Phoenix is the official mascot of Elon University, located in Elon, North Carolina. It is the name that each of the sports teams at the university are referred to. The university is a member of the Colonial Athletic Association and competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision, fielding 17 varsity teams in 11 sports. All of Elon's varsity teams currently compete in sports sponsored by the CAA. Elon moved to the Colonial Athletic Association on July 1, 2014. History The turn of the century saw the foundation of then-Elon College athletics begin to form. The school's first intercollegiate athletic event came in 1900 when the school played two baseball games against Guilford College in a home-and-home series and the first gymnasium was built in 1905. Football began play in 1909, while men's basketball followed in 1911. In 1921, the team was first called the Fightin' Christians. The moniker is said to have been coined by a sportswriter covering ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elon (chemical)
Metol (or Elon) is a trade name for the organic compound with the formula OC6H4NH2(CH3)SO4. It is the sulfate salt of ''N''-methylaminophenol. This colourless salt is a popular photographic developer used in black & white photography.Gerd Löbbert "Photography" in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, 2005, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. Synthesis Several methods exist for the preparation of ''N''-methylaminophenol. It arises by decarboxylation of ''N''-4-hydroxyphenylglycine (Glycin). It can be obtained by reaction of hydroquinone with methylamine. Application Metol is an excellent developing agent for most continuous tone developer applications, and it has been widely used in published developer formulas as well as commercial products. However, it is difficult to produce highly concentrated developer solutions using Metol, and therefore most Metol developers are supplied in dry chemical mix. A developer containing both Metol and hydroquinone is called an MQ developer. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elon The Muskox
Yellowknife (; Dogrib: ) is the capital, largest community, and only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, about south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the outlet of the Yellowknife River. Yellowknife and its surrounding water bodies were named after a local Dene tribe, who were known as the "Copper Indians" or "Yellowknife Indians", today incorporated as the Yellowknives Dene First Nation. They traded tools made from copper deposits near the Arctic Coast. Its population, which is ethnically mixed, was 19,569 per the 2016 Canadian Census. Of the eleven official languages of the Northwest Territories, five are spoken in significant numbers in Yellowknife: Dene Suline, Dogrib, South and North Slavey, English, and French. In the Dogrib language, the city is known as ''Sǫǫ̀mbak’è'' (, "where the money is"). Modern Yellowknives members can be found in the adjoining, primarily Indigenous com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
