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Fenster
Fenster is a surname, from the German language word for "window". Notable persons with this surname include: * Della Dumbaugh, formerly Della Fenster, American historian of mathematics * Aaron Fenster, Canadian engineer * Ariel Fenster (born 1943), Canadian science promoter and lecturer at McGill University * Boris Fenster (1916–1960), Russian dancer, choreographer and ballet master * Darren Fenster (born 1978), American baseball player and coach * Fred Fenster (born 1934), American metalsmith * Gigi Fenster, South African-born New Zealand author, creative writing teacher and law lecturer * Julie M. Fenster (born 1957), American author of historical articles and books * Mark Fenster, American lawyer and author in Florida * Saul Fenster, president of New Jersey Institute of Technology during 1978–2002 * Karol Martesko-Fenster, American media executive Fictional characters * Arch Fenster, a character in the American 1962–63 sitcom ''I'm Dickens, He's Fenster'' * Fred Fenster, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Fenster
Fred Fenster (born 1934) is a metalsmith and professor emeritus of the University of Wisconsin at Madison where he taught art and education. He is particularly known for his work in pewter, influencing generations of metalsmiths. Fenster was named a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 1995. Career Fenster received his B.S. in industrial arts from City College of New York in 1956. After teaching industrial arts in the Bronx he went to Cranbrook Academy of Art where he worked with Richard Thomas. His fellow students included Stanley Lechtzin, Michael Jerry, and Brent Kington. He received his M.F.A. in metalsmithing from Cranbrook in 1960. He spent the summer of 1960 working at the Rochester Institute of Technology with Hans Christensen. He then worked for Roger Berlin in a company doing silversmithing and industrial fabrication, In 1961 Fenster became a professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. After more than 40 years at Madison, he became a professor emeritus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schnell Fenster
Schnell Fenster were a New Zealand rock band formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1986 by Noel Crombie on drums and percussion, Nigel Griggs on bass guitar and backing vocals, Phil Judd on lead vocals and guitar, and Eddie Rayner on keyboards and piano – who were all former members of New Zealand-formed rock group, Split Enz. Fellow founder, Michael den Elzen on lead guitar had worked with Tim Finn Band, another band formed by a Split Enz alumnus. Judd's band were briefly named The Wanx: but Rayner soon left and they changed their name to faux-German for "quick window", because it "appealed to heirperversity". The group formed the core members of Noel's Cowards, a short-term ensemble, whose sole output was six tracks for the soundtrack of a feature film, ''Rikky and Pete'', in 1988. Schnell Fenster released two studio albums, ''The Sound of Trees'' (1988) and ''Ok Alright a Huh Oh Yeah'' (1990), before disbanding in 1992. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1989 they were nominated f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigi Fenster
Giovanna (Gigi) Fenster (born 1963/64) is a South African-born New Zealand author, creative writing teacher, and law lecturer. Life Fenster was born in South Africa to a Jewish family. Her father was a psychiatrist. One of five children, she describes her home as a "lively, entertaining, emotionally very generous household". She studied law in South Africa: most of her legal career has been in the construction industry, as an advisor and trainer on issues of construction law. After having two children, her concerns about raising them in a society with high levels of violence prompted her to move in 2001 to Wellington, New Zealand, where she became a legal policy analyst at the Commerce Commission. Fenster still teaches contract law, as well as Creative Writing at Massey University in Wellington. She was one of the founders of the Write Where You Are collective, which supports writing in prisons, and teaches creative writing in Rimutaka Prison. Fenster has two daughters, and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darren Fenster
Darren Fenster (born September 11, 1978) is an American former professional baseball player and Manager (baseball), manager who works in the Minor League Baseball system of the Boston Red Sox. As a player, he was listed at and while batting and throwing right-handed. Playing career Fenster grew up in Middletown Township, New Jersey, and graduated from Middletown High School South in 1996; he went on to play collegiate baseball with the Rutgers Scarlet Knights baseball team. In 1998, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL). Selected in the 12th round by the Kansas City Royals in the 2000 Major League Baseball draft, Fenster played in Minor League Baseball for the Spokane Indians (Class A Short Season), Burlington Bees (Class A (baseball), Class A), Wilmington Blue Rocks (Class A-Advanced) and the Wichita Wranglers (Double-A (baseball), Double-A). After five seasons in the Royals' farm system, a knee injury led to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karol Martesko-Fenster
Karol Martesko-Fenster is an American media executive. Career Martesko-Fenster is the founder and chief content officer of Thought Engine Partners and the chief operating officer of specialized theatrical film distributor and global rights management enterprise Abramorama. His past work includes a stint at Babel Networks providing strategic consulting services to film and media ventures. As the executive vice president of Babel Networks US, Martesko-Fenster led the film and animation division for Babelgum, the global web, mobile and IPTV destination. Previously, Martesko-Fenster was head of the Film Division at Chris Blackwell's Palm Pictures Entertainment Properties and President of Palm's RES Media Group. During his five-year tenure he supervised the strategic re-organization of the film division and oversaw the company's successful theatrical releases of ''Scratch'' and ''Sex and Lucia''. While at Palm, he led all operations and brand positioning for the RES Media Group busine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm Dickens, He's Fenster
''I'm Dickens, He's Fenster'' is an American sitcom starring John Astin and Marty Ingels that ran on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from September 28, 1962 to May 10, 1963. The series was created and produced by Leonard B. Stern, Leonard Stern and filmed at Desilu. Synopsis The series starred John Astin and Marty Ingels as trouble-prone carpenters Harry Dickens and Arch Fenster. Emmaline Henry appeared as Harry's wife, Kate. Appearing regularly, at Dickens and Fenster's workplace, were Frank DeVol (as their mild-mannered boss, Myron Bannister), David Ketchum (as Mel Warshaw), Henry Beckman (as Bob Mulligan), and Noam Pitlik (as Bentley). Fenster always had attractive girlfriends; some of these actresses later went on to bigger things: Yvonne Craig, Ellen Burstyn (as Ellen McRae), and Lee Meriwether. The series was sponsored alternately by El Producto cigars and Procter and Gamble. ''I'm Dickens, He's Fenster'' was filmed in front of a live audience which, in that era, was unu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariel Fenster
Ariel Fenster (born April 18, 1943) is a Canadian science educator, chemist, and founding member of McGill University's Office for Science and Society. Fenster lectures extensively in both French and English on topics of health, the environment, and technology. He was a frequent television and radio presenter on science-related subjects. Now retired from teaching, he remains active in science education. Throughout his career, he has given more than 800 public lectures, in English and in French, making science accessible through topics such as the chemistry of wine, cooking and art forgery. Fenster teaches that science is relevant to people's everyday life: "By teaching the chemistry of everyday life, I feel we play an important role in people’s lives. We’re more scared now we’ve ever been because we’re bombarded with information – too much information. Through our courses, we try to provide people with useful information. Balanced information. We want people to understa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Fenster
Mark Fenster is an American legal scholar working as Marshall M. Criser Eminent Scholar Chair in Electronic Communications and Administrative Law at the University of Florida. He is the author of ''The Transparency Fix: Secrets, Leaks, and Uncontrollable Government Information''. Early life and education Fenster received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1985 from the University of Virginia, a Master of Arts degree in radio, television, and film from the University of Texas at Austin in 1988, a PhD in communications from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1992, and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1998. Career Fenster served as a law clerk for Judge Carlos F. Lucero and worked as an environmental and land use lawyer at Shute Mihaly & Weinberger in San Francisco. He joined the University of Florida Levin College of Law The University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law (UF Law) is the law school of the University of Florida located in Gaines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saul Fenster
Saul K. Fenster was the sixth president of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) from 1978 until 2002. Education Fenster got his BS from City College of New York, MS from Columbia University, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan. Career Before joining NJIT, Fenster served Fairleigh Dickinson University in faculty and administrative capacities, including six years as provost of the Rutherford campus. Dr. Fenster taught a number of mechanical engineering courses at the Teaneck campus and was Head of the M.E. department in the late 1960s. Honors He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Society for Engineering Education The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) is a non-profit member association, founded in 1893, dedicated to promoting and improving engineering and engineering technology education. The purpose of ASEE is the advancement of education .... He is also a member of Tau Beta Pi, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Usual Suspects
''The Usual Suspects'' is a 1995 neo-noir mystery thriller film directed by Bryan Singer and written by Christopher McQuarrie. It stars Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio del Toro, Kevin Pollak, Chazz Palminteri, Pete Postlethwaite, and Kevin Spacey. The plot follows the interrogation of Roger "Verbal" Kint, a small-time con man, who is one of only two survivors of a massacre and fire on a ship docked at the Port of Los Angeles. Through flashback and narration, Kint tells an interrogator a convoluted story of events that led him and his criminal companions to the boat, and of a mysterious crime lord—known as Keyser Söze—who controlled them. The film was shot on a $6 million budget and began as a title taken from a column in ''Spy'' magazine called ''The Usual Suspects'', after one of Claude Rains' most memorable lines in the classic film ''Casablanca'', and Singer thought that it would make a good title for a film. The film was shown out of competition at the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Fenster
Aaron Fenster is a Medical physics, medical physicist at the University of Western Ontario Robarts Research Institute in London, Ontario, Canada. He was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2013 for his contributions to medical imaging and three-dimensional ultrasound-guided interventions. He is also a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and co-program director of the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research Imaging Program. He holds Ph.D. from the University of Toronto and received further training at the Ontario Cancer Institute. References 20th-century births Living people University of Toronto alumni Academic staff of the University of Western Ontario Members of the Order of Ontario Fellow Members of the IEEE Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellows of the Institute of Physics Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-engineer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Fenster
Boris Fenster (17 April 1916 – 29 December 1960) was a Soviet dancer, choreographer and ballet master.''Oxford Dictionary of Dance'' (2004) Oxford University Press Fenster was born in Petrograd. He attended the Leningrad Ballet School and graduated in 1936. Fenster then joined the Maly Theatre Ballet and served as head choreographer from 1945-53. After leaving that post he joined the Kirov Ballet, becoming the artistic director in 1956.''Nureyev, His Life'' (1998) Diane Solway Fenster remained at the Kirov until his death. He died at the premiere of his ballet ''Maskerade''. See also * List of Russian ballet dancers This is a list of ballet dancers from the Russian Empire, Soviet Union, and Russian Federation, including both ethnic Russians and people of other ethnicities. This list includes as well those who were born in these three states but later emigra ... References 1916 births 1960 deaths Mariinsky Ballet dancers Soviet male ballet dancers Ballet chor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
