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Kennan (name) (born circa 1942), former president of Nauru
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Kennan is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: * Elizabeth Topham Kennan (born 1938), American academic * George Kennan (explorer) (1845–1924), American explorer of Russia and an early "Russia Expert" * George F. Kennan (1904–2005), member of the United States Foreign Service and considered to be the "architect" of American Cold War strategy * Jim Kennan (1946–2010), Australian politician and adjunct professor of law * Kent Kennan (1913–2003), American educator and composer * Larry Kennan (born 1944), former American football coach Given name: * Kennan Adeang Kennan Ranibok Adeang (23 December 1942 – 26 December 2011) was a Nauruan politician who served as President of Nauru for three separate periods during the late 20th century. Born in Nauru, and educated in Australia, including at the Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Topham Kennan
Elizabeth Topham Kennan (born February 25, 1938) is an American academic who served as the 16th president of Mount Holyoke College from 1978 to 1995. She also served as president of the Five Colleges consortium from 1985 to 1994. Education Kennan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kennan received her Bachelor of Arts ''summa cum laude'' in history from Mount Holyoke in 1960. She pursued a second bacheor's degree on a Marshall Scholarship (subsequently Master of Arts) at St. Hilda's College, Oxford University, which she completed in 1962. She received her Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Washington in 1966. Career Kennan was professor of medieval history at Catholic University from 1966 – 1978 before joining Mount Holyoke as president 1978 – 1995. As president of Mount Holyoke, she was a proponent of single-sex education, stating to the ''Los Angeles Times'' in 1994: "Single-sex education for girls is a proven method for ensuring that they reach th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Kennan (explorer)
George Kennan (February 16, 1845 – May 10, 1924) was an Americans, American explorer noted for his travels in the Kamchatka Peninsula, Kamchatka and Caucasus regions of the Russian Empire. He was a cousin twice removed of the American diplomat and historian George F. Kennan, whose birthday he shared. Early life George Kennan was born in Norwalk, Ohio, and was keenly interested in travel from an early age. However, family finances made him begin work at the Cleveland and Toledo Railroad Company telegraph office at 12. Career In 1864, he secured employment with the Russian–American Telegraph Company to survey a route for a proposed overland telegraph line through Siberia and across the Bering Strait. Having spent two years in the wilds of Kamchatka, he returned to Ohio via Saint Petersburg and soon became well known by his lectures, articles, and a book about his travels. In his book ''Tent Life in Siberia'', Kennan provided ethnographies, histories and descriptions of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George F
George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States * George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States * George V, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936 * George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952 * Prince George of Wales * George Papagheorghe also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George Harrison, an English musician and singer-songwriter Places South Africa * George, Western Cape ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa * George, Missouri * George, Washington * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Characters * George (Peppa Pig), a 2-year-old pig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Kennan
James Harley Kennan SC (25 February 1946 – 4 August 2010) was an Australian politician and later adjunct professor of law at Deakin University. Kennan earned a Master of Laws from the University of Melbourne. He was a member of parliament between 1982 and 1993, initially in the Victorian Legislative Council, and then in the Legislative Assembly as the member for Broadmeadows and was Deputy Premier of Victoria from 1990 to 1992. After the defeat of the Labor Party Government at the 1992 state election, and the later retirement of leader Joan Kirner in March 1993 he became the Leader of the Opposition until his shock retirement from Parliament three months later. He was succeeded as leader and member for Broadmeadows by a former member of the Legislative Council, John Brumby John Mansfield Brumby (born 21 April 1953) is the current Chancellor of La Trobe University and former Victorian Labor Party politician who was Premier of Victoria from 2007 to 2010. He became l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kent Kennan
Kent Wheeler Kennan (April 18, 1913, Milwaukee, Wisconsin – November 1, 2003, Austin, Texas) was an American composer, author, educator, and professor. He learned to play the organ and the piano and received degrees in composition and music theory from the University of Michigan and the Eastman School of Music. At the age of 23, he was awarded the Rome Prize, which allowed him to study for three years in Europe, primarily at the American Academy in Rome. He was the half brother of the diplomat and historian George F. Kennan. For most of his career, Kennan was a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, also teaching briefly at Kent State University. His work as a professor was briefly interrupted by World War II, when he served as a bandmaster for the United States Army. Upon his release, he taught for two years (1947-1949) at Ohio State University before returning to the University of Texas. His compositions include works for orchestra, chamber ensemble and solo instrume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Kennan
Lawrence W. Kennan (born June 13, 1944) is an American football coach and former player. Kennan was most recently the head football coach for the Incarnate Word Cardinals football, University of the Incarnate Word from 2012 to 2017. He was also the head coach at Lamar University from 1979 to 1981 and for the London Monarchs of the World League of American Football (WLAF) in 1991. Kennan served as the executive director of the NFL Coaches Association from 1998 until 2011. Coaching career Kennan's coaching career began at his alma mater University of La Verne, La Verne in 1966. After a two-year stint at Garden Grove High School, he resumed his collegiate coaching career at Colorado Buffaloes football, Colorado in 1969 and then served as the offensive coordinator at UNLV Rebels football, UNLV (1973–1975) and SMU Mustangs football, SMU (1976–1978). He was named head football coach at Lamar University in 1979, where he coached the Lamar Cardinals football, Cardinals for three years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
