Edley
Edley is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Bill Edley (born 1948), American businessman and politician *Christopher Edley Jr. (born 1953), American law school dean * Joe Edley (born 1947), American professional Scrabble player and author See also *Hedley (surname) Hedley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Charles Hedley (1862–1926), malacologist from England and then Australia, winner of the Clarke Award * Charles Hedley (rugby league) (1881–1942), Australian rugby footballer * Jack ...

Bill Edley
Bill Edley (born March 16, 1948) is an American businessman and Democratic politician from Illinois. Early life Bill Edley was born March 16, 1948 in Canton, Illinois. He attended Spoon River College and received his bachelor's degree in investment finance from University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. While at the University of Illinois, he was the President of the Young Republicans and affiliated with the Republican Party until Richard Nixon and the Watergate scandal shifted his political leanings. From 1974 to 1989 he was owner and president of Automotive Wholesale, an auto parts store in Macomb and Monmouth. In 1985 he became president of the Macomb Area Chamber of Commerce. The next year he managed the race of Democrat George Lipper in the 95th district against Republican incumbent Kent Slater. Lipper, who received no outside help, lost. Edley was a delegate pledged to Paul Simon at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. Illinois House of Representatives Slater then v ...
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Christopher Edley Jr
Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρειν (''phérein''), "to bear"; hence the "Christ-bearer". As a given name, 'Christopher' has been in use since the 10th century. In English, Christopher may be abbreviated as "Chris", "Topher", and sometimes " Kit". It was frequently the most popular male first name in the United Kingdom, having been in the top twenty in England and Wales from the 1940s until 1995, although it has since dropped out of the top 100. The name is most common in England and not so common in Wales, Scotland, or Ireland. People with the given name Antiquity and Middle Ages * Saint Christopher (died 251), saint venerated by Catholics and Orthodox Christians * Christopher (Domestic of the Schools) (fl. 870s), Byzantine general * Christopher Lekapenos (died 931), ...
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Joe Edley
Joseph Edley (born 1947) is a professional Scrabble player and author, and the first player to win the National Scrabble Championship three times. Pre-Scrabble life Joe Edley grew up in Detroit, Michigan and attended Wayne State University, where he concentrated in mathematics Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ... and philosophy. In 1969, he moved to San Francisco, California, where he claims to have been influenced by the works of Jane Roberts. There, he gained the idea that simply from belief and doing all the proper practice and learning and maintaining that goal mentally, and keeping emotionally confident, that he could do it: he could manifest his desired reality. Realizing that he was a good game player and reading about the growth of the Scrabble tournament sc ...
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