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Douglas Kelley (other)
Douglas Kelley (1912 – 1958) was an American military intelligence officer who served as prison psychiatrist through the Nuremberg Trials. Douglas Kelley may also refer to: *Douglas Forsythe Kelley (1928-2021), American industrial designer *Douglas Kelley, American novelist; his book ''The Captain's Wife'' fictionalizes the life of Mary Ann Brown Patten *Douglas Kelley, American journalist, contributor to ''Artnet Artnet.com is an art market website. It is operated by Artnet Worldwide Corporation, which has headquarters in New York City, in the United States, and is owned by Artnet AG, a German publicly traded company based in Berlin that is listed on t ...'' *Doug Kelley, American lawyer, court-appointed receiver in the Petters Group Worldwide financial case See also * Doug Kelly (other) {{hndis, Kelley, Douglas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Kelley
Lt. Colonel Douglas McGlashan Kelley (11 August 1912 – January 1, 1958) was a United States Army Military Intelligence Corps officer who served as chief psychiatrist at Nuremberg Prison during the Nuremberg War Trials. He worked to ascertain defendants' competency before they stood trial. Life and career Kelley was born in Truckee, California. He graduated from University of California at Berkeley and received his medical degree from the School of Medicine in San Francisco. He continued his studies at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, earning a Doctor of Medical Science in 1941. In 1942 he was called to duty in the United States Army Medical Corps as chief psychiatrist for the 30th General Hospital in the European Theatre. Along with psychologist Gustave Gilbert he administered the Rorschach inkblot test to the 22 defendants in the Nazi leadership group prior to the first Nuremberg trials. Kelley authored two books on the subject: ''Twenty-tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Forsythe Kelley
Douglas Forsythe Kelley (August 9, 1928 – November 21, 2021) was an American industrial designer who was known for designing the T-chair and the Elna Lotus sewing machine. Life and career Kelley was born in Buffalo, New York on August 9, 1928. He studied at Pratt Institute in New York City, where he met Ross F. Littell, Ross Littell and William Katavolos. They started work for Laverne Originals, a furniture company created by Estelle and Erwine Laverne, designing furniture, textiles and dinnerware. While at Laverne, they designed the 'T-chair', which won the A.I.D (American Society of Interior Designers) Award in 1952 for the best furniture design in the United States. The chair has three legs of chrome steel, connected by a T-shaped stretcher in black enamelled steel. The sales brochure for the chair explained: 'We sought furniture that would work within a way of building, which would not complement or compete but in a sense continue the program of lines and planes and function ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Ann Brown Patten
Mary Ann Brown Patten or Patton (April 6, 1837 – March 18, 1861) was the first female commander of an American merchant vessel. She was the wife of Joshua Patten, captain of the merchant clipper ship ''Neptune’s Car.'' The ship was bound around Cape Horn from New York towards San Francisco when Joshua Patten collapsed from fatigue in 1856. His wife took command for 56 days, faced down a mutiny, and successfully managed to navigate the clipper ship into San Francisco. At the time of docking, she was 19 years old and eight months pregnant with her only child. Early life and first voyage Mary Ann Brown was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, in 1837 to George and Elizabeth Brown. She married a young captain named Joshua Adams Patten in Boston on April 1, 1853, just before her 16th birthday. In 1855 Captain Patten was offered the command of a clipper ship named ''Neptune’s Car''. Patten was hesitant to leave his wife for so long so early in their marriage, and so the ship’s ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artnet
Artnet.com is an art market website. It is operated by Artnet Worldwide Corporation, which has headquarters in New York City, in the United States, and is owned by Artnet AG, a German publicly traded company based in Berlin that is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The company increased revenues by 25.3% to 17.3 million EUR in 2015 compared with a year before. Company history The company was founded as Centrox Corporation in 1989 by Pierre Sernet, a French collector who developed database software which allowed images of artworks to be associated with market prices. Hans Neuendorf, a German art dealer, began to invest in the company in the 1990s; he became chairman in 1992 and chief executive officer in 1995. That same year, the name was changed to Artnet Worldwide Corporation. It was taken over by Artnet AG in 1998. Neuendorf's son, Jacob Pabst, became chief executive officer in July 2012. Website Artnet operates an international research and trading platform for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petters Group Worldwide
Petters Group Worldwide was an American diversified company based in Minnetonka, Minnesota that was turned into a $3.65 billion Ponzi scheme by its founder and CEO, Tom Petters. It had 3,200 employees and investments or full ownership in 60 companies, of which it actively managed 20, with offices in North America, South America, Asia, and Europe.Nicole MuehlhausenBIO: Tom Petters, KSTP.com, September 24, 2008, Accessed October 8, 2008. Among its assets were Sun Country Airlines, Petters Warehouse Direct, and the remnants of Polaroid. Petters Group Worldwide had $2.3 billion in revenue in 2007.Liz FedorSun Country files for bankruptcy ''Star Tribune'', October 6, 2008, Accessed October 8, 2008. On September 24, 2008, its headquarters and the homes of its top executives and some associated businesses were raided by the FBI. Wiretaps based on information gleaned from a confidential co-conspirator are alleged to detail the existence of a $2 billion investment fraud. The allegations inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
