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Hightower is a surname which may refer to: People * Alma Julia Hightower (1888-1970), American vocalist * Allison Hightower (born 1988), African-American professional basketball player * Ben Hightower (1918-2003), American football player * Bill Hightower (born 1959), American politician in Alabama * Brandon Hightower (born 1998), American professional stock car racing driver * Caroline Warner Hightower (born 1935), American development consultant * Chelsie Hightower (born 1989), American ballroom dancer * Cory Hightower (born 1979), African-American professional basketball player * Cullen Hightower (1923–2008), American author of quips and quotes * Dennis Hightower (born 1941), American army officer and former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce * Dick Hightower (1930–2007), American football player * Donna Hightower (1926-2013), African-American singer-songwriter * Dont'a Hightower (born 1990), American football player * Ed Hightower, African-American basketball officia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alma Julia Hightower
Alma Julia Hightower (November 27, 1888 - August 1, 1970) was an American vocalist, musician and music teacher. From the early 1920s to the mid-1960s she taught thousands of children and adults, many of whom became outstanding performers, such as Clarence McDonald. Biography She was born Alma Julia Webster on November 27, 1888, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and had at least four siblings, three brothers and a sister. She moved to Los Angeles, California, in the 1920s, first living with her nephew Alton Redd. She later moved to a rented house at 1553½ East 33rd Street in Los Angeles for a number of years and began her illustrious career as a musician, composer, band leader and music teacher mostly at her Hightower Music Studio and Conservatory in Los Angeles, California, on Vernon Avenue between Mettler Street and Towne Avenue. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Hightower
Grace Hightower De Niro is an American philanthropist, socialite, actress, and singer. She married Robert De Niro in 1997, and they separated in 2018. Career As a philanthropist, Hightower launched Grace Hightower & Coffees of Rwanda in 2013 with the mission of improving Rwandan livelihoods by marketing their products internationally. She is a board member of the New York Women's Foundation and the New York Fund for Public Schools as well as a member of Ronald Perelman's Women's Heart Health Advisory Council and the International Women's Coffee Alliance. Hightower has been honored for her work by numerous institutions including the American Cancer Society of New York City. As a socialite, Hightower's gala 55th birthday party was covered in ''Vogue'' magazine by André Leon Talley.André Leon Talle"Grace Hightower's Birthday Party", ''Vogue'', April 8, 2010, Retrieved December 18, 2010 In 2010, she presented the Pratt Institute's Creative Spirit Award to director Lee Daniels. As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosetta Hightower
Rosetta Jeanette Hightower (23 June 1944 – 2 August 2014) was an American singer and the lead singer of the 1960s girl group The Orlons. She was born in Philadelphia. As lead singer of The Orlons, the Orlons recorded several Top 10 U.S. hits between 1962 and 1964, including "The Wah-Watusi", "Don't Hang Up (song), Don't Hang Up", "South Street (song), South Street", and "Not Me". In early 1962, The Orlons provided backup vocals on Dee Dee Sharp's "Mashed Potato Time" (#2 pop, No. 1 R&B). That spring, they recorded "The Wah-Watusi" which, in July 1962, made it in the Billboard charts to the No. 2 spot. Around the same time, they recorded back-up vocals on Dee Dee Sharp's second hit, "Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)" which went to No. 9. The follow-up to "The Wah-Watusi", "Don't Hang Up" reached No. 4 pop and No. 3 R&B in the fall and winter of 1962. The Orlons' first major performance was at New York's Apollo Theatre with The Crystals, Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans, Chuck Jackso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosella Hightower
Rosella Hightower (January 10, 1920 – November 4, 2008) was an American ballerina and member of the Choctaw Nation who achieved fame in both the United States and Europe. Biography Rosella Hightower was born in Durwood, Carter County, Oklahoma, the only child of Charles Edgar Hightower and his wife, the former Eula May Fanning. Of Choctaw heritage, she moved with her family to Kansas City, Missouri after her father took a new position with the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. Hightower began her dance training in Kansas City under the instruction of Dorothy Perkins.Anderson, Jack"Rosella Hightower, Prima Ballerina and School Founder, Is Dead at 88" ''The New York Times'', November 4, 2008. Accessed November 5, 2008. After a 1937 appearance by Russian choreographer and ballet dancer Léonide Massine in Kansas City with Wassily de Basil's Ballets Russes, Massine invited Hightower to join a new ballet company he was forming in Monte Carlo. Hightower traveled to France at her own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Hightower
Ronald Hightower (born January 25, 1966 in Los Angeles, California) is an American adult-mainstream director who began his career as a pornographic actor. He has also directed music videos for various hip-hop recording artists, particularly rappers. Early life and career Born in Los Angeles, Hightower entered the adult entertainment world in New York City after working as an exotic dancer in the early 1990s. His good looks and muscular physique soon caught the eye of West Coast studio executives who recognized his potential as a top sex star, and they wasted no time in tempting him with better and more prominent roles. Career in adult films Arriving at the San Fernando Valley-based porn scene at a time when there were very few black men in the business who were actual celebrities (and when most interracial movies consisted of showing Caucasian men having sex with African American women), Hightower rapidly gained popularity as a natural born performer who always pleased his fem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hightower
Richard Hightower (born September 15, 1980) is an American football coach currently serving as special teams coordinator of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). Coaching career Hightower was hired by the San Francisco 49ers on February 17, 2017 as special teams coordinator. Previously he held the role of assistant special teams coach with the Chicago Bears in 2016 and the 49ers in 2015. He has also held coaching roles with both the Houston Texans and the Washington Redskins. He was hired by the Chicago Bears on February 6, 2022 as the special teams coordinator. College football career Hightower played college football at the University of Texas with Kyle Shanahan. As a senior in 2002, after years of being a walk on, in front of the entire team, coach Mack Brown William Mack Brown (born August 27, 1951) is an American college football coach. He is currently in his second stint as the head football coach for the University of North Carolina, where he first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monteria Hightower
Monteria Hightower (born 1929) is an American librarian. She was formerly the Administrator of the State Library and Archives for Nevada, the first Black state librarian in Nevada, and the fifth Black state librarian in the United States. She was the State Librarian of Missouri from 1986 through 1994 where she was the first Black state librarian. Hightower worked as State Librarian of Missouri beginning in 1986. During that time oversight of the library shifted from the department of education to the Secretary of State's office. Hightower was able to implement a few major programs during her time there including getting Missouri State Library designated as a Center for the Book by the Library of Congress and organizing the Missouri Governor's Conference on Library and Information Services. Hightower was accused in a memo of using "the 'race' issue" to get what she wanted to which she responded "I don't need race. I'm trained for my job." Hightower felt she was being asked to gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loren Hightower
Loren (Tex) Hightower (December 2, 1927 – November 7, 2017) was an American dancer who split his performing career between ballet and musical theatre. He was no relation to ballerina Rosella Hightower. Originally from Belton, Texas, Hightower trained with Ted Shawn. He danced principal roles with the Metropolitan Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, and the Agnes de Mille Dance Theatre; in addition, he performed regularly at the Metropolitan Opera. Like many ballet dancers of the 1940s and 1950s, Hightower frequently supplemented his income by working in musical theatre, and his Broadway appearances include ''Peter Pan'', '' 110 in the Shade'', ''Camelot'', ''Anyone Can Whistle'', and ''Brigadoon''. He retired from performing in the late 1960s. Hightower's credits as a choreographer include the ballets ''The Maids'', ''An Idyll for Aphrodite'', and ''Chips from a Crystal Ballroom'', as well as ''Museum'' for the New York Shakespeare Festival. For many years, Hightower taught da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Hightower
Lee Hightower (born July 28, 1993) is an American football safety who plays for X-League side Nojima Sagamihara Rise. He played college football at Houston and signed with the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent after the 2016 NFL draft. College career Hightower played football at the University of Houston after transferring from Boise State in 2013. Professional career Indianapolis Colts Hightower signed with the Indianapolis Colts The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis. The Colts compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) South division. Since the 2008 ... as an undrafted free agent on August 2, 2016. He was released by the Colts on September 3, 2016, and was signed to the practice squad on September 9. He spent time on and off the Colts' practice squad before being waived on October 18, 2016. Washington Redskins On November 8, 2016, Hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelsey Hightower
Kelsey Hightower (born February 27, 1981) is an American software engineer, developer advocate, and speaker known for his work with Kubernetes, open-source software, and cloud computing. Early life and education Hightower grew up in Long Beach, California, then moved to Atlanta, Georgia with his mother as he was beginning high school. After high school he enrolled at Clayton State University, but found the technology courses to be lacking and didn't continue. He then began courses to earn his CompTIA A+ information technology (IT) certification. Career When Hightower was 19 years old, after earning his CompTIA A+ certification, he got a job with BellSouth installing DSL service. He continued to work with BellSouth for several years, then began his own IT consultancy. He hired several others, and ultimately opened a store in Jonesboro, Georgia. Also in his early career, Hightower briefly worked as a technician for Google, then at Total Systems (now called TSYS). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Hightower
Keith Paul Hightower (born January 14, 1957) is an American businessman who was from 1998 to 2006 the Democratic mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana. Hightower graduated in 1975 from Captain Shreve High School; one of his classmates was later State Senator Greg Barro, a Shreveport lawyer. Hightower then graduated in 1979 from Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, the seat of Lincoln Parish. He was one of the relatively few graduates in his college class from Shreveport who returned to live and work in their hometown. First, however, Hightower was employed by Acme Brick Co. in Baton Rouge; the firm transferred him to Shreveport. In 1990, Hightower was elected to the first of two terms on the Shreveport City Council from District C. He left the brick company and thereafter made his living in automobile sales. In the 1998, Hightower unseated Republican Mayor Robert W. "Bo" Williams in the municipal nonpartisan blanket primary. Hightower led with 20,250 votes (42 percent) to Williams' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hightower (other) (1926–2013), American politician
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John Hightower may refer to: * John Hightower (museum director) (1933–2013), American museum director *John Hightower (American football) (born 1996), American football wide receiver *Jack Hightower Jack English Hightower (September 6, 1926 – August 3, 2013) was a former Democratic U.S. representative from Texas's 13th congressional district. Early life Born in Memphis, the seat of Hall County in West Texas, Hightower was a United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
