Paxon School For Advanced Studies Alumni
Paxon may refer to: * Bill Paxon (born 1954), U.S. Congressman from New York * Frederic John Paxon, a department store executive for Davison-Paxon-Stokes * Paxon School for Advanced Studies, a high school in Duval County, Florida, US See also * Davison-Paxon, a department store in Atlanta, Georgia, US * Paxan (other) * Paxson (other) * Paxton (other) Paxton may refer to: People and fictional characters * Paxton (name), a list of people and fictional characters with either the surname or given name Places Australia * Paxton, New South Wales United Kingdom * Paxton, Scottish Borders United ...

Bill Paxon
Leon William Paxon (born April 29, 1954) is an American lobbyist and former member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. Early life Paxon was born in Akron, New York, near Buffalo. At the age of 15, Paxon volunteered for the first congressional campaign of former Buffalo Bills quarterback Jack Kemp. Kemp, decades later, was the Republican Vice Presidential nominee in 1996. Paxon graduated from St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute high school in 1972, and then from Canisius College. He was elected to the Erie County Legislature in November 1977 at the age of 23, making him the youngest member ever when elected. In addition, he holds honorary doctorates from Daemen College, Roberts Wesleyan College and Canisius College. Political career Paxon was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1983 to 1988, sitting in the 185th, 186th and 187th New York State Legislatures. He was elected to the 101st, 102nd, 103rd, 104th and 105th United States Congresse ...
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Davison-Paxon-Stokes
Davison's of Atlanta was a department store chain and an Atlanta shopping institution. It was the major competition to Rich's and it took the Macy's name in 1986. Founding Davison's first opened its doors in Atlanta in 1891 and had its origins in the Davison & Douglas company. In 1901, the store changed its name to Davison-Paxon-Stokes after the retirement of E. Lee Douglas from the business and the appointment of Frederic John Paxon as treasurer. In early 1927 the company dropped the "Stokes" to become Davison Paxon Co.. While rival M. Rich Brothers Dry Goods Company remained a family owned store, Davison-Paxon-Stokes sold out to R.H. Macy & Co. in 1925. By 1927, R.H. Macy built the huge Peachtree Street store, 200 Peachtree, which still stands today. The downtown Davison's store was a classic example of a downtown shopping experience. The main entrance on Peachtree features a very stately marble-floored cosmetics and jewelry area, modelled after Macy's flagship ...
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Paxon School For Advanced Studies
Paxon School for Advanced Studies (PSAS) is one of four International Baccalaureate senior high schools (the others being Stanton College Preparatory School, Wolfson High School, and Terry Parker High School) in Duval County, Florida. According to the College Board's Advanced Placement Report, Paxon has one of the strongest math and science Advanced Placement programs in the state of Florida. Because of this accomplishment, Paxon is one of a select group of Florida schools invited to apply for the Siemens Advanced Placement High School Award. Only ten to fifteen schools per state are invited to apply. Some valedictorians have been accepted to the United States Naval Academy and different Ivy League schools. History Paxon High School was originally named Paxon High School when it was built in 1954. It included 7th through 12 grades until 1957, when Paxon Junior High was built across the street. In 1996, Paxon became a college preparatory school and an International Baccalau ...
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Davison-Paxon
Davison's of Atlanta was a department store chain and an Atlanta shopping institution. It was the major competition to Rich's and it took the Macy's name in 1986. Founding Davison's first opened its doors in Atlanta in 1891 and had its origins in the Davison & Douglas company. In 1901, the store changed its name to Davison-Paxon-Stokes after the retirement of E. Lee Douglas from the business and the appointment of Frederic John Paxon as treasurer. In early 1927 the company dropped the "Stokes" to become Davison Paxon Co.. While rival M. Rich Brothers Dry Goods Company remained a family owned store, Davison-Paxon-Stokes sold out to R.H. Macy & Co. in 1925. By 1927, R.H. Macy built the huge Peachtree Street store, 200 Peachtree, which still stands today. The downtown Davison's store was a classic example of a downtown shopping experience. The main entrance on Peachtree features a very stately marble-floored cosmetics and jewelry area, modelled after Macy's flagship ...
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Paxan (other)
Paxan may refer to: * Paxans, a fictional xenophobic race in the ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' episode " Clues" * Paxan Corporation & Affiliated Firms, see List of companies of Iran * Paxan, a cantone of San Francisco La Unión, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala See also * Paxon (other) Paxon may refer to: * Bill Paxon (born 1954), U.S. Congressman from New York * Frederic John Paxon, a department store executive for Davison-Paxon-Stokes * Paxon School for Advanced Studies Paxon School for Advanced Studies (PSAS) is one of fou ... * Paxson (other) {{disambiguation ...
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Paxson (other)
Paxson may refer to: People *Paxson (surname) Places *Paxson, Alaska *Paxson, Virginia *Paxson, Alberta Other * Paxson Communications, former name of ION Media Networks See also * Paxon (other) * Paxton (other) Paxton may refer to: People and fictional characters * Paxton (name), a list of people and fictional characters with either the surname or given name Places Australia * Paxton, New South Wales United Kingdom * Paxton, Scottish Borders United ...