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Fetterman may refer to: People *Adam Fetterman, attorney and Democratic politician, representative for District 81 of the Florida House of Representatives * I. P. Fetterman (1887–1924), American racecar driver who participated in the 1922 Indianapolis 500 * John Fetterman (born 1969), American politician and U.S. senator from Pennsylvania *Gisele Barreto Fetterman, American activist and non-profit executive * John Fetterman (reporter) (1920–1975), American journalist, a reporter for The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Ky * Kenneth Fetterman, art scam artist who sold very expensive counterfeit art on rigged auctions on eBay *William J. Fetterman (1833–1866), United States Army officer during the American Civil War and in the Red Cloud's War on the Great Plains Places *Fort Fetterman Fort Fetterman was constructed in 1867 by the United States Army on the Great Plains frontier in Dakota Territory, approximately 11 miles northwest of present-day Douglas, Wyoming. Located hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Fetterman
Adam Fetterman (born October 16, 1970) is an attorney and Democratic Party politician in Palm City, Florida, who served as the representative for District 81 of the Florida House of Representatives from 2008–2009. Fetterman was born in New Rochelle, New York October 16, 1970 and moved to Florida in 1973. He graduated from Palm Beach Gardens High School and earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in anthropology at Brandeis University in 1992, after serving served as President of thSociety Organized Against Racismand Brandeis and being a Founding FatherMassachusetts Beta Chapter Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. He later earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law in 1998, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of thUniversity of Miami Business Law Journal In 2003, Fetterman was recognized by thBoys and Girls Clubsof Florida as the new board member of the year for his efforts to reorganize the fundraising model for the organization. In 2006, he became the General Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Fetterman
John Karl Fetterman (born August 15, 1969) is an American politician who is the United States senator-elect from Pennsylvania. A member of the Democratic Party, he has also served as the 34th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania since 2019. Fetterman was the mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania from 2006 to 2019. Generally described as a progressive, Fetterman advocates healthcare as a right, criminal justice reform, abolishing capital punishment, raising the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, and legalizing cannabis. Beginning his professional career in the insurance industry, Fetterman studied finance at Albright College and earned an MBA from the University of Connecticut. He went on to join AmeriCorps and earned a Master of Public Policy degree from Harvard. Fetterman's service with AmeriCorps led him to Braddock, where he moved in 2004 and was elected mayor the next year. As mayor, Fetterman sought to revitalize the former steel town through art and youth programs. Fette ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gisele Barreto Fetterman
Gisele Barreto Fetterman (née Barreto Almeida; born February 27, 1982) is a Brazilian-born American activist, philanthropist and nonprofit executive. She is a founder of the non-profit Freestore 15104 and a co-founder of the non-profits For Good PGH and 412 Food Rescue. She is the wife of United States Senator and former Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania John Fetterman. During her husband's tenure as Lieutenant Governor, she served as Second Lady of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Early life Fetterman was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. When she was seven years old, Fetterman came to the United States as an undocumented child immigrant with her mother and younger brother, taking up residence in a one-room apartment in New York City. They left Brazil due to violent crime in their community. In New York, the family lived in poverty, and furnished their apartment with furniture they found on the street. Fetterman said that her family often depended on food banks and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Fetterman (reporter)
John Fetterman (February 25, 1920 – June 21, 1975) was an American journalist, a reporter for ''The Courier-Journal'' of Louisville, Kentucky. He won the Pulitzer Prize for local, general, or spot-news reporting for his 1968 story " Pfc. Gibson Comes Home", about the death of a soldier in Vietnam and the return of his body. It focused on (James T. Gibson) the young man's family in Knott County, Kentucky and the wider community. Fetterman also contributed to a ''Courier-Journal'' series on strip mining that won a Pulitzer Prize in 1967. Early life and education Born in Danville, Kentucky, Fetterman served in the U.S. Navy before enrolling at Murray State University under the G.I. Bill. After his graduation in 1949, he served on the staffs of the ''Murray Ledger and Times'' and the ''Nashville Tennessean''. After graduate school at the University of Kentucky, Fetterman joined the staff of the Louisville, Kentucky, newspaper. Journalism career He was the author of the 1967 book '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Fetterman
Kenneth Fetterman is an American scam artist who occasionally partnered with Kenneth Walton to sell very expensive counterfeit art on rigged auctions on eBay. One of his partners in the shill bidding was Kenneth Walton, who had, in May 2000, sold a fake painting that was at the time the highest price ever paid for a painting in an online auction. It was supposedly the undiscovered work of the late Northern California artist Richard Diebenkorn. However, the fraud was discovered, and after Walton was investigated, it was uncovered that Walton, Scott Beach, and Fetterman were involved in a shill bidding ring and that Fetterman had faked many paintings. After running from the authorities using various aliases and living off his fake paintings he was selling on eBay, he was finally caught indicted by a federal grand jury Grand juries in the United States are groups of citizens empowered by United States federal or state law to conduct legal proceedings, chiefly investigating p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William J
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name shoul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Fetterman
Fort Fetterman was constructed in 1867 by the United States Army on the Great Plains frontier in Dakota Territory, approximately 11 miles northwest of present-day Douglas, Wyoming. Located high on the bluffs south of the North Platte River, it served as a major base for the start of several United States military expeditions against warring Native American tribes. The fort is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. History Fort Fetterman was built as a major supply point for the United States army's operations in the area. Established on July 19, 1867, by Companies A, C, H, and I of the 4th U.S. Infantry under the command of Major William E. Dye, the fort was named in honor of Captain William J. Fetterman, who was killed in a battle with Indians near Fort Phil Kearny on December 21, 1866. "It contained quarters for three hundred enlisted men, and the necessary officers; the various magazines and store-houses required for the preservation of ammunition, rations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fetterman, West Virginia
Fetterman is an unincorporated community or populated place located in Taylor County, West Virginia, United States. It is coterminous with Ward 1 of the city of Grafton. The elevation of Fetterman is and it appears on the Grafton USGS Map. Taylor County is in the Eastern time zone ( UTC-5) and in postal zip code 26354. Fetterman was one of the early settlements in what became Taylor County, Virginia, (later West Virginia). It was originally located at the crossing of the Tygart Valley River by a covered bridge built for the Northwestern Turnpike in the 1830s. History The original community of "Valley Bridge" grew up around the old covered bridge built over the Tygart in 1834 as part of the Northwestern Turnpike. The settlement formally became Fetterman in 1854, two years after the B&O Railroad arrived to the region. (The new name derived from a resident of Pittsburgh who then owned the town site.) The old covered bridge itself served the community until 1888 when it was swept a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fetterman Fight
The Fetterman Fight, also known as the Fetterman Massacre or the Battle of the Hundred-in-the-Hands or the Battle of a Hundred Slain, was a battle during Red Cloud's War on December 21, 1866, between a confederation of the Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and a detachment of the United States Army, based at Fort Phil Kearny, Wyoming. The U.S. military mission was intended to protect travelers on the Bozeman Trail. A group of ten warriors, including Crazy Horse, acted to lure a detachment of U.S. soldiers into an ambush. All 81 men under the command of Captain William J. Fetterman were then killed by the Native American warriors. At the time, it was the worst military disaster ever suffered by the U.S. Army on the Great Plains. The Lakota alliance emerged victorious and the remaining U.S. forces withdrew from the area. The Fetterman Fight took place on Crow Indian land that was guaranteed to them by a treaty signed with the U.S. government. The Lakota and their allies were o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lundy–Fetterman School Of Business
The Lundy–Fetterman School of Business is an American business school founded in 1983 and located in Buies Creek, North Carolina. The Business School is one of eight colleges and schools that compose Campbell University. Museum & Exhibit Hall The Lundy-Fetterman Museum & Exhibit Hall is located in the Lundy–Fetterman School of Business Building on the main campus at Campbell University in Buies Creek, NC. The museum and exhibit has nearly 175 animals from the Burrows T. & Mabel L. Lundy Collection. The collection changes from time-to-time and is open year-round for students, area residents and visitors. The museum is home to a life-size brown bear, polar bear, zebra, leopard, gnu, impala, and rhinoceros, along with other animals. Student Clubs * Phi Beta Lambda The Future Business Leaders of America, or FBLA, is an American career and technical student organization headquartered in Reston, Virginia. Established in 1940, FBLA is a non-profit organization of high s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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