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John Donovan (other)
John Donovan may refer to: * John Donovan (Australian politician) (1902–1976), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly * John Donovan (American football) (born 1974), American football coach * John Donovan (writer) (1928–1992), American writer of young adult literature * John Anthony Donovan (1911–1991), Canadian-born prelate * John A. K. Donovan (1907–1993), Virginia lawyer, state senator, dog breeder and author * J. J. Donovan (1858–1937), Washington state businessman and politician * John J. Donovan (born 1942), retired American professor * John J. Donovan Jr. (1913–1955), New York state senator * John Donovan (Irish politician) (1878–1922), Irish nationalist politician * Johnny Donovan, American radio announcer Characters * John Donovan, character in ''Air Devils ''Air Devils'' is a 1938 American Action comedy film, action comedy film directed by John Rawlins (director), John Rawlins, based on an original story, "The Fighting Marines" by Harold B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Donovan (Australian Politician)
John Rawdon Donovan (24 October 1902 – 12 February 1976) was an Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1930 until 1932, representing the electorate of Murray. Donovan was born at Deniliquin, and educated at Deniliquin Intermediate School and by night school. He joined the Postmaster General's Department in 1917 as a messenger boy and later, a telegraphist. He left the postal service in 1926, taking over the license of his family's hotel, the Edward River Hotel at Deniliquin, until his election to parliament. He was involved in local politics, serving as an alderman of the Deniliquin Council from 1920 until 1930. Donovan was also a prominent member of the local sporting community, and served as secretary of the Deniliquin Athletics Club and the Deniliquin Licensed Victuallers Race Club at the time of his election. In 1930, Mat Davidson, the popular local Labor MLA, decided to contest the new seat of Cobar, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Donovan (American Football)
John Donovan (born September 11, 1974) is an American football coach who was most recently the senior analyst for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He has been an assistant in the NFL and in four of the Power Five college football conferences (ACC, SEC, Big-10 and PAC-12). He was a defensive back at Johns Hopkins from 1993–1996. Coaching career Assistant coach Early years Donovan played three years for the Johns Hopkins Blue Jays football team. During his freshmen year, the Defensive Coordinator was Chip Kelly, and Donovan often served as the scout team quarterback. He later started as a defensive back. While at Johns Hopkins, Donovan worked as a summer intern for the Carolina Panthers. Shortly after, he moved on to take an assistant secondary coaching spot for the Villanova Wildcats football team in 1997. That season, the Wildcats posted a 12–1 record and were ranked number one in Division I-AA. He later moved on to finish earn his master's degree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Donovan (writer)
John Donovan (1928 - April 29, 1992) was an American writer of young adult literature. He is best known for his 1969 novel '' I'll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip'', the first known young adult novel to directly address the subject of homosexuality Homosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality is "an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions" to pe ....Rumaan Alam''Worth the Trip'' ''Los Angeles Review of Books'', September 23, 2014. Early life Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, Donovan was educated at the College of William and Mary and the University of Virginia. He worked for the copyright office of the Library of Congress before briefly joining St. Martin's Press. Career Donovan published his first work as a writer, ''The Little Orange Book'', in 1961. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Anthony Donovan
John Anthony Donovan (August 5, 1911 – September 18, 1991) was a Canadian-born prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Toledo in Ohio from 1967 to 1980. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit in Michigan from 1954 to 1967. Biography Early life Donovan was born on August 5, 1911, in Chatham, Ontario, the youngest son in a family of ten. After immigrating to the United States, he attended Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit, Michigan. He then studied at the Pontifical North American College and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. Donovan was ordained to the priesthood in Rome for the Archdiocese of Detroit by Cardinal Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani on December 8, 1935. He later served as chancellor and vicar general of the archdiocese. Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit On September 6, 1954, Donovan was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit and Titular Bishop of ''Rhasus'' by Pope P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John A
Sir John Alexander Macdonald (January 10 or 11, 1815 – June 6, 1891) was the first prime minister of Canada, serving from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 to 1891. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, he had a political career that spanned almost half a century. Macdonald was born in Scotland; when he was a boy his family immigrated to Kingston in the Province of Upper Canada (today in eastern Ontario). As a lawyer, he was involved in several high-profile cases and quickly became prominent in Kingston, which elected him in 1844 to the legislature of the Province of Canada. By 1857, he had become premier under the colony's unstable political system. In 1864, when no party proved capable of governing for long, Macdonald agreed to a proposal from his political rival, George Brown, that the parties unite in a Great Coalition to seek federation and political reform. Macdonald was the leading figure in the subsequent discussions and conferences, which resulted in the Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John J
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Donovan (Irish Politician)
John Thomas Donovan (1878 – 17 January 1922) was an Irish barrister and nationalist politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1914 to 1918. Born in Belfast, Donovan was called to the bar at the King's Inns in 1914. He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Wicklow at a by-election in August 1914, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Edward Peter O'Kelly. He did not defend his seat at the 1918 general election, when it was won by the Sinn Féin candidate. He stood instead in South Donegal, where he was defeated by Sinn Féin's Peter J. Ward Peter Joseph Ward (1 November 1891 – 6 January 1970) was an Irish Sinn Féin (later Cumann na nGaedheal) politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) in the Dáil Éireann from 1919 to 1924. Ward was born Faiafannan, County Donegal on 1 No ....Walker, op. cit., page 387 References External links * * 1878 births 1922 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Donovan
Johnny Donovan is an American radio announcer and former producer at New York's WABC (AM). He grew up in Poughkeepsie, New York, nicknamed "Sarge," after his father's rank in the United States Army during World War II. A radio enthusiast from an early age (with an amateur radio station K2KOQ in a corner of the basement), he became a DJ ("Large Sarge") on WHVW in nearby Hyde Park, after helping build the station. He went on to stations in Kingston (WBAZ) and Binghamton (WENE), New York and Atlantic City, New Jersey (WMID) before landing in New York City, first at WOR-FM, and finally at WABC (at the time the "Holy Grail" for DJs), where he preceded Dan Ingram on the air. Donovan stayed on at WABC as Production Director and chief staff announcer when WABC went to a talk format in 1982. With the assistance of Peter Kanze, Rob Frankel and Allan Sniffen, he produced the now defunct WABC ''Rewound'' program each Memorial Day. In May 2015 he retired from WABC after 43 years. He r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Devils
''Air Devils'' is a 1938 American Action comedy film, action comedy film directed by John Rawlins (director), John Rawlins, based on an original story, "The Fighting Marines" by Harold Buckley. The film stars Larry J. Blake, Dick Purcell and Beryl Wallace. Plot Set in the island of Taro Pago in the years before World War II, two former Marine pilots, John P. "Horseshoe" Donovan (Larry J. Blake) and Percy "Slats" Harrington (Dick Purcell), are hired as air "constables" (constabularies) to keep order on the remote Pacific island. Both friends vie for the attentions of Marcia Bradford (Beryl Wallace) and, through a series of misadventures, find that neither will win out. The two pilots find that local tavern owner, Tom Mordant (Charles Brokaw), has been stirring up the natives and a civil war is brewing. The two rivals have to combine forces to stop violence and bring the island back to peaceful times. Cast * Larry J. Blake as John P. "Horseshoe" Donovan * Dick Purcell as Percy " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Montgomery
John Dustin "Johnny" Montgomery (also Kasnoff, Munson and Donovan) is a fictional character in the daytime soap opera, ''As the World Turns''. He is the only son of Jennifer Munson Donovan. He is the son of Craig Montgomery but was adopted by Dusty Donovan. He was kidnapped by his paternal half-sister, Lucy. Lucy and Johnny returned to the show in December 2008. Craig regained full custody of Johnny in January 2009 and had his son's surname changed legally from Donovan to Montgomery. He lives with Craig Montgomery and Rosanna Cabot in Oakdale, Illinois. Casting From July 2005 to December 2006 the character was played by Danil Menake. Subsequently, Bailey Harkins played the character (December 2008 to 16 September 2010). Story When Jennifer Munson went into labor and gave birth, she was later told that her baby had "died" that night. She arranged a memorial service where she revealed the name of her "deceased" son; Johnny, after her half brother who died after his birth a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
