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Happer (other)
Happer may refer to: People * William Happer (born 1939), U.S. physicist, specializing in atomic and atmospheric physics * William Murray Happer William Murray Happer (born October 4, 1972) is an American professional wrestler and trainer, best known by his ring name Otto Schwanz. He competed primarily in the Carolinas since the mid-2000s, and has wrestled for many promotions including CW ... (born 1972), U.S. pro-wrestler * Felix Happer, the character played by Burt Lancaster in the 1983 film Local Hero. Science and technology * 7345 Happer, a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on July 28, 1992 by Robert H. McNaught at Siding Spring. See also * Harper (name) {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Happer
William Happer (born July 27, 1939) is an American physicist who has specialized in the study of atomic physics, optics and spectroscopy. He is the Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics, Emeritus, at Princeton University, and a long-term member of the JASON (advisory group), JASON advisory group, where he pioneered the development of adaptive optics. From 1991 to 1993, Happer served as director of the United States Department of Energy, Department of Energy's Office of Science as part of the George HW Bush, George H.W. Bush Presidency of George H. W. Bush, administration. He was dismissed from the United States Department of Energy, Department of Energy in 1993 by the Clinton Administration after disagreements on the Ozone depletion, ozone hole. Happer, who is not a climate scientist, Climate change denial, rejects the scientific consensus on climate change. In 2018, Donald Trump appointed him to the United States National Security Council, National Security Council to counte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Murray Happer
William Murray Happer (born October 4, 1972) is an American professional wrestler and trainer, best known by his ring name Otto Schwanz. He competed primarily in the Carolinas since the mid-2000s, and has wrestled for many promotions including CWF Mid-Atlantic, Cueball Carmichael's Independent Pro Wrestling Alliance, OMEGA, and Southern Championship Wrestling. From 1998 to 2003, Happer was also a member of The Dupps, along with kayfabe "cousins" Jack and Puck Dupp, wrestling as Bo Dupp Pro Wrestling Illustrated. "Statistics for Professional Wrestlers." ''PWI 2001 Wrestling Almanac and Book of Facts''. Vol. IV. No. 1. Fort Washington, Pennsylvania: London Publishing Co., 2001. (pg. 41) in Extreme Championship Wrestling, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and World Wrestling Entertainment. While under a developmental contract with WWE, Happer also competed under his real name until being released in 2001. Outside of pro wrestling, Happer is an educator and instructor in high s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Hero (1983 Film)
''Local Hero'' is a 1983 Scottish comedy-drama film written and directed by Bill Forsyth and starring Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Fulton Mackay and Burt Lancaster. Produced by David Puttnam, the film is about an American oil company representative who is sent to the fictional village of Ferness on the west coast of Scotland to purchase the town and surrounding property for his company. For his work on the film, Forsyth won the 1984 BAFTA Award for Best Direction. A stage musical adaptation received its world premiere in 2019. In the same year a Criterion Collection DVD/Blu-ray was released in September. Plot "Mac" MacIntyre is a typical 1980s hot-shot executive working for Knox Oil and Gas in Houston, Texas. The eccentric head of the company, Felix Happer, sends him (largely because his surname sounds Scottish) to acquire the village of Ferness in the Scottish Highlands to make way for a refinery. Mac (who is actually of Hungarian extraction) is a little apprehensive about h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
