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Duerr (other)
Duerr may refer to: * Al Duerr (born 1951), Canadian politician * Crescentius Richard Duerr (1922–2005), De La Salle Brother, president of De La Salle University in the Philippines * Edwin Duerr (1904–1985), theater and radio director * Justin Duerr (born 1976), American artist See also * Dürr Dürr may refer to: * Alfred Dürr (1918–2011), German musicologist * Christian Dürr (born 1977), German politician * Emil Dürr (1920–1944), Unterscharführer * Françoise Dürr (born 1942), French tennis player * Hans-Peter Dürr (1929– ... * F. Duerr & Sons Surnames from nicknames {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Duerr
Alfred Herman "Al" Duerr (born January 29, 1951) is a Canadian former Canadian politician who served as the 34th Mayor of Calgary, Alberta from 1989 to 2001, and a city alderman from 1983 to 1989. Education Duerr attended the University of Saskatchewan and graduated with a degree in Urban Geography and Regional Urban Development and holds a Masters of Business Administration degree from Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary. Political career Duerr was first elected as an Alderman for Ward 9 on Calgary City Council in 1983, and was re-elected in 1986. Incumbent Mayor Ralph Klein would resign in the months before the 1989 municipal election to purse provincial office, and Al Duerr would contest and win the Mayor's seat in the 1989 election. Duerr would go on to be re-elected as Mayor three more times in 1992, 1995, and 1998 before deciding not to contest the 2001, which was won by former Alderman Dave Bronconnier. Al Duerr's time as mayor coincided with signif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crescentius Richard Duerr
Brother Crescentius Richard, F.S.C., was an American De La Salle Brother who was instrumental in the transformation of De La Salle University in the Philippines into a pillar of Philippine education.De La Salle University-Manila. (2005). ''Conferment''. Manila: DLSU Press. He was President of De La Salle University from 1961 to 1966 and was named its President Emeritus in 1981. Early life He was born Richard Henry Duerr in 1922 in Brooklyn, New York, the third of four children. He studied at St. James Diocesan High School in Loughlin and St. Joseph's Normal Institute in Barrytown, New York, graduating valedictorian from both schools. In 1935, at the age of 13, he entered the junior novitiate of the Christian Brothers in New York and began his postulancy on June 26, 1936. On September 7, 1936, he received the religious habit and was given the religious name Crescentius Richard. In 1941, Brother Duerr earned a Bachelor of Science, with major in Chemistry and a minor in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Duerr
Edwin Duerr (February 21, 1904 – August 13, 1985) was a theater and radio director. He was director of the Little Theater at University of California, Berkeley when he discovered Gregory Peck. He wrote the books ''The Length and Depth of Acting'' and ''Radio and Television Acting: Criticism, Theory and Practice''. According to author Sean Egan in the James Kirkwood biography ''Ponies & Rainbows'', Duerr co-wrote a play with Kirkwood called ''The Marriage Habit'' which failed to get staged. Duerr served on the faculty of California State University, Fullerton as a Professor of Theater from September 1964 until June 1974, when he was granted emeritus status. While at Fullerton he became the subject of an investigation by a committee of the California State Senate because he had allowed one of his classes to stage a performance of the allegedly pornographic play ''The Beard'', by Michael McClure. State Senators James E. Whetmore (R. Fulleron) and John G. Schmitz (R. Tustin) ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Duerr
Justin Duerr (born 1976, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States) is an American artist, musician, and writer. A fixture of both the underground punk rock and outsider art scenes in Philadelphia for decades, Duerr is best known for his research into the Toynbee tile phenomenon as depicted in the 2011 documentary film '' Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles''. His musical and artistic output includes albums with various groups and numerous artworks.''Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles''. Film. Dir: Jon Foy. Focus Features, 2011 Biography The younger of two brothers, Duerr was raised in rural Adams County, Pennsylvania, in a barn partially built by his parents. His early interests included pigeon rearing and art. In 1994, he fled rebelliously to Philadelphia and became involved in the local punk squatting scene. Following his move to Philadelphia, Duerr began publishing his zine ''Decades of Confusion Feed the Insect'', featuring his poetry, es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dürr
Dürr may refer to: * Alfred Dürr (1918–2011), German musicologist * Christian Dürr (born 1977), German politician * Emil Dürr (1920–1944), Unterscharführer * Françoise Dürr (born 1942), French tennis player * Hans-Peter Dürr (1929–2014), German physicist * Heinz Dürr (born 1933), German entrepreneur * Johannes Dürr (born 1987), Austrian cross-country skier * Lena Dürr (born 1991), German alpine skier, daughter of Peter Dürr * Ludwig Dürr (1878–1956), German airship designer * Peter Dürr (born 1960), German alpine skier * Renate Dürr, (born 1961), German academic * Richard Dürr (1938–2014), Swiss footballer * Thomas D (Thomas Dürr, born 1968), rapper in the German hip hop group Die Fantastischen Vier * Thomas Dürr (bobsledder) (born 1978), bobsledder from Liechtenstein * Walther Dürr (1932–2018), German musicologist * Wilhelm Dürr the Younger (1857–1900), German painter and draughtsman See also * * Duerr (other) * Durr (disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |