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George Waters (journalist) (born 1949), American motion picture sound editor
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George Waters may refer to: * George Waters (businessman) (1916–2003), pioneer in the credit card industry * George Waters (MP) (1827–1905), Member of Parliament for Mallow, Ireland * George Alexander Waters (1820–1903), British Navy officer * George Roger Waters (born 1943), full name of English musician Roger Waters See also * George Walters (other) * George Watters (soldier) (1904–1980), Scottish miner and labourer who fought in the Spanish Civil War * George Watters II George Watters II (born September 19, 1949) is an American retired sound editor with more than 80 feature film credits. He has won the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing twice, for ''The Hunt for Red October'' (1990) and for ''Pearl Harbor'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Waters (businessman)
George Wilbur Waters (January 9, 1916 – January 11, 2003) was an American pioneer in the credit card industry who is credited with transforming the American Express Card into a global brand and the flagship product of the American Express Company. Upon his retirement from American Express in 1980, Waters was bestowed with the title, "Father of the American Express Card". Early career George Waters graduated from Indiana University in 1938 and was hired by IBM in its sales and marketing program. During World War II, he joined the US Army Air Forces where he served as Deputy Chief of Staff in the Office of Statistical Control. During the war, Waters led a team that used some of the earliest computers to keep track of planes, the weather and results of combat missions. Many noted postwar executives came out of the Office of Statistical Command, including Robert S. McNamara and others who became known as the Whiz Kids. After the war, Waters served as the President of the Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Waters (MP)
George Waters (25 July 1827 – 21 April 1905) was an Irish Liberal Party politician. He served at the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mallow, County Cork, from 1870 to 1872. He resigned to become Chairman of the Quarter-Sessions for Waterford. He resigned his position in 1892.The Irish Law Times and Solicitors' Journal, Volume 39 page 128 Educated at Trinity College Dublin, he was called to the Bar in 1849, and appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1869. References External links * ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Alexander Waters
Captain George Alexander Waters (1820-1903) was a British Navy officer. He served on the Vixen, the Jupiter, the Simoom, and the Shannon, which he first commanded while Sir William Peel led the Naval Brigade, before taking permanent command. He was later Queen's Harbour Master, firstly at Malta and finally at Sheerness Sheerness () is a town and civil parish beside the mouth of the River Medway on the north-west corner of the Isle of Sheppey in north Kent, England. With a population of 11,938, it is the second largest town on the island after the nearby town ..., before retiring in 1876. He is buried at Kensal Green Cemetery. References 1820 births 1903 deaths Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery Royal Navy officers {{UK-navy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Waters
George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. In 1965, he co-founded the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. Waters initially served as the bassist, but following the departure of singer-songwriter Syd Barrett in 1968, he also became their lyricist, co-lead vocalist and conceptual leader until his departure in 1983. Pink Floyd achieved international success with the concept albums ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' (1973), ''Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album), Wish You Were Here'' (1975), ''Animals (Pink Floyd album), Animals'' (1977), ''The Wall'' (1979), and ''The Final Cut (album), The Final Cut'' (1983). By the early 1980s, they had become one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful groups in popular music. Amid creative differences, Waters left in 1985 and began a legal dispute over the use of the band's name and material. They settled out of court in 1987. Waters's solo work includes the studio albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Walters (other)
George Walters may refer to: * George Walters (VC) (1829–1872), English recipient of the Victoria Cross * George Walters (footballer) (1939–2015), Scottish footballer * George Walters (MP) for Barnstaple Barnstaple ( or ) is a river-port town in North Devon, England, at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel. From the 14th century, it was licensed to export wool and won great wealth. Later it imported Irish wool, bu ... See also * George Walter (other) * * George Waters (other) {{hndis, Walters, George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Watters (soldier)
George Watters (26 September 1904 – 1980) known as Geordie, was a Scottish miner and labourer from Prestonpans, East Lothian East Lothian (; sco, East Lowden; gd, Lodainn an Ear) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area. The county was called Haddingtonshire until 1921. In 1975, the histo .... He fought in the Spanish Civil War and Second World War, and was a socialist activist. Life and politics Watters grew up in a mining community around Prestongrange Museum, Prestongrange colliery, when he was 14 years old, his brother was killed in an underground accident, and he became a social activist three years later. He distributed the weekly paper of the Communist Party of Great Britain, British Communist Party in the local area, and joined the party with his two other brothers in the early 1920s. He was barred from working in the local pit as he was seen as an agitator and trouble maker following t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
