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Kohn
Kohn is both a first name and a surname. Kohn means cook in Yiddish. It may also be related to Cohen. Notable people with the surname include: * Angela Kohn (Jacki-O), rapper * Arnold Kohn, Croatian Zionist and longtime president of the Jewish community Osijek * Alfie Kohn, American lecturer and author * Bernard Kohn, architect * Dan Kohn-Sherbock, Jewish theologian * David Kohn, Russian archaeologist * Donald Kohn, American economist, former Federal Reserve Vice Chair * Eugene Kohn, rabbi * Fritz Kortner (born as Fritz Nathan Kohn), Austrian-born stage and film actor * Joseph J. Kohn, mathematician * Hans Kohn, philosopher and historian * Ladislav Kohn, Czech hockey player * Matt Kohn, American football player * Michael Kohn, American major league baseball pitcher * Mike Kohn, American bobsledder * Milton Kohn, American architect and holocaust collector * Ralph Kohn (1927–2016), British medical scientist and benefactor of music * Robert D. Kohn, architect * Sigurd Kohn, N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Kohn
Walter Kohn (; March 9, 1923 – April 19, 2016) was an Austrian-American theoretical physicist and theoretical chemist. He was awarded, with John Pople, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1998. The award recognized their contributions to the understandings of the electronic properties of materials. In particular, Kohn played the leading role in the development of density functional theory, which made it possible to calculate quantum mechanical electronic structure by equations involving the electronic density (rather than the many-body wavefunction). This computational simplification led to more accurate calculations on complex systems as well as many new insights, and it has become an essential tool for materials science, condensed-phase physics, and the chemical physics of atoms and molecules. Early years in Canada Kohn arrived in England as part of the Kindertransport rescue operation immediately after the annexation of Austria by Hitler. He was from a Jewish family, and has wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfie Kohn
Alfie Kohn (born October 15, 1957) is an American author and lecturer in the areas of education, parenting, and human behavior. He is a proponent of progressive education and has offered critiques of many traditional aspects of parenting, managing, and American society more generally, drawing in each case from social science research. Kohn's challenges to widely accepted theories and practices have made him a controversial figure, particularly with behaviorists, conservatives, and those who defend the practices he calls into question, such as the use of competition, incentive programs, conventional discipline, standardized testing, grades, homework, and traditional schooling. Biography Kohn was born in Miami Beach, Florida. He earned a B.A. from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island in 1979, having created his own interdisciplinary course of study, and an M.A. in the social sciences from the University of Chicago in Illinois in 1980. He lives in the Boston area a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Kohn
Michael Thomas Kohn (born June 26, 1986) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Angels in the 13th round (409th overall) of the 2008 Major League Baseball draft after playing college baseball at the College of Charleston. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the Angels in 2010, and also played for the Atlanta Braves. Professional career Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Kohn made his major league debut on July 26, 2010 against the Boston Red Sox at Angel Stadium of Anaheim. He finished the season appearing in 24 games, going 2-0. In 2011, Kohn struggled with control, walking 9 in 12.1 innings and allowing 10 runs. He spent the entire 2012 season on the disabled list due to Tommy John surgery. Fully healthy in 2013, Kohn was a bullpen mainstay for the Angels, appearing in a career high 63 games. On September 2, 2014, Kohn was designated for assignment. On September 8, 2014, Kohn chose free agency rather than accepting a dem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KOHN
Kohn is both a first name and a surname. Kohn means cook in Yiddish. It may also be related to Cohen. Notable people with the surname include: * Angela Kohn (Jacki-O), rapper * Arnold Kohn, Croatian Zionist and longtime president of the Jewish community Osijek * Alfie Kohn, American lecturer and author * Bernard Kohn, architect * Dan Kohn-Sherbock, Jewish theologian * David Kohn, Russian archaeologist * Donald Kohn, American economist, former Federal Reserve Vice Chair * Eugene Kohn, rabbi * Fritz Kortner (born as Fritz Nathan Kohn), Austrian-born stage and film actor * Joseph J. Kohn, mathematician * Hans Kohn, philosopher and historian * Ladislav Kohn, Czech hockey player * Matt Kohn, American football player * Michael Kohn, American major league baseball pitcher * Mike Kohn, American bobsledder * Milton Kohn, American architect and holocaust collector * Ralph Kohn (1927–2016), British medical scientist and benefactor of music * Robert D. Kohn, architect * Sigurd Kohn, N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Kohn
Donald Lewis Kohn (born November 7, 1942) is an American economist who served as the 18th Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2010. Prior to his term as vice chairman, Kohn appointed as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors since 2002. Fed's veteran, he retired after 40 years at the central bank, currently serving on the Financial Policy Committee for the Bank of England and as a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Early life and family Kohn was born to Jewish family in Philadelphia and raised in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania.Wooster Alumni Bulletin: "Distinguished Alumni Award: Donald L. Kohn '64" June 1998 He received a |
Arnold Kohn
Arnold Kohn (21 May 1905 – 16 November 1984) was a Croatian Zionist, longtime president of the Jewish community Osijek and Holocaust survivor. Biography Kohn was born in Dobrovac, near Lipik, to a Jewish Orthodox Zionist family on 21 May 1905. His family was engaged in grocery store trade. In 1905 Kohn moved to Osijek with his family. During World War II, in 1942, Kohn and his family were deported to Auschwitz from their home in Tenja, near Osijek. While at Auschwitz, inmate number "62178" was tattooed onto his arm. Kohn survived the Holocaust while all members of his immediate family (mother, brothers and sisters) perished in the Nazi concentration camps. After his return from Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp in 1945 Kohn was physically and mentally exhausted, on the verge of death. After his recovery, he participated in the restoration of the Jewish community of Osijek. He was a longtime president of the union of trade and craft workers in Osijek. In 1962 he was awarde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Kohn
Hans Kohn ( he, הַנְס כֹּהן, or קוהן, September 15, 1891 – March 16, 1971) was an American philosopher and historian. He pioneered the academic study of nationalism, and is considered an authority on the subject. Life Kohn was born into the German-speaking Jewish family in Prague, Bohemia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. After graduating from a local German Gymnasium (high school) in 1909, he studied philosophy, political science and law at the German part of Charles-Ferdinand University in Prague. Shortly after graduation, in late 1914 Kohn was called into the infantry of the Austro-Hungarian Army. Following training he was sent to the Eastern Front in the Carpathian Mountains, facing the Imperial Russian Army. He was captured in 1915 and taken by the Russians to a prison camp in Central Asia (in present-day Turkmenistan). During the civil war following the Bolshevik revolution, the pro-western Czechoslovak Legions came into Central Asia and he was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Kohn
Sir Ralph Kohn FRS FMedSci FBPhS (9 December 1927 – 11 November 2016) was a British medical scientist, recipient of the Queen's Award for Export Achievement for his work in the pharmaceutical industry. Early life Sir Ralph was born in Leipzig. Raised in an Orthodox Jewish family with three other siblings, the Kohn family fled to Amsterdam upon the rise of Hitler in 1933. The Kohns, in May 1940, arrived as refugees in Manchester, via Wigan on the last boat that carried Jewish refugees from Holland to England. Education Educated at Salford Grammar School, Sir Ralph won a scholarship to the University of Manchester where he obtained a PhD in pharmacology. Career and research After completing his PhD, Sir Ralph pursued post-doctoral studies in Rome with Professor Ernst Chain and at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. Sir Ralph, after a successful stint at Smith, Kline & French, set up Advisory Services, a pioneering company that conducted independent drugs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonja Kohn
Sonja Kohn (née Türk; born 5 August 1948 in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian banker. Biography Kohn was born to Jewish refugees from the Holocaust from Eastern Europe. She grew up in Vienna. In the 1970s, with her husband Erwin Kohn, she started an import-export business and moved to Milan, Italy. In the 1980s, she lived for a time in New York City and worked as a stockbroker for Merrill Lynch. In 1994, she founded the Bank Medici in Vienna. One year later, she moved to New York State. They lived in Monsey, a large, ultraorthodox Jewish community. The Kohns founded a small brokerage firm, the ''Eurovaleur Inc''. In New York City, she became known as "Austria’s woman on Wall Street." Kohn only got into investing after staying home to raise her five children. In the 1990s, they moved back to Vienna. Bank Medici was relaunched in 2003 as an Aktiengesellschaft. She is shareholder of 75 percent and is head of the bank's supervising board. She also was consultant of the Vienna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Kohn
Matt Kohn (born September 27, 1981) is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Siena Heights University. Kohn played as a quarterback for two seasons in the Arena Football League with the Nashville Kats and Kansas City Brigade. He played college football at the University of Indianapolis. He was also a member of the Ohio Valley Greyhounds of United Indoor Football. Early years Kohn played high school football at Adrian High School in Adrian, Michigan. The Maples finished 11–1 his senior year and the school's first ever 9-0 regular season record. He finished the year throwing for 2,294 yards and 29 TDs, adding 290 yards and eight TDs on the ground. He was named to the Detroit Free Press All-State Dream Team. He was the starting quarterback for the West team in the Michigan High School Coaches Association All-Star football game. He also played basketball being named one of the top 100 players in the state before the start of his senior seas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milton Kohn
Milton Mendel Kohn (September 2, 1912 – August 12, 2001) was an American architect who was one of the leading private collectors of Holocaust memorabilia. He at one point had the world's largest collection of Holocaust memorabilia. His collection is now on display at the Florida Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. Background Kohn was born in Chicago to Siegfried and Tillie Kohn, German-speaking Jewish emigrants from Czechoslovakia. He had studied architecture at the Armour Institute of Technology, which is now known at the Illinois Institute of Technology. He was an architect who designed the Community Center building for the South Side Hebrew Congregation at the corner of 73rd and Chappel on the south side of Chicago. He also worked at the American Ideal Cleaning Co., his family's cleaning business. In 1965, Kohn had developed a nervous tick and when his doctor told him to find a hobby to alleviate his stress, he began collecting stamps. However, Kohn's interest in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladislav Kohn
Ladislav Kohn (born March 4, 1975) is a Czech former professional ice hockey Forward who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Calgary Flames, Toronto Maple Leafs, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Atlanta Thrashers and the Detroit Red Wings. Playing career He was drafted by the Calgary Flames in the seventh round, 175th overall, of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. He played in Finland's SM-liiga with the Espoo Blues from 2003 to 2007 before moving to Russia with HC CSKA Moscow. He now plays in the Kontinental Hockey League for HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. After playing briefly with HC Kladno in the Czechoslovak Extraliga in the 1992–93 season, Kohn joined the Western Hockey League in 1993–94. After two seasons of junior hockey, Kohn made his professional debut with Calgary's AHL affiliate, the Saint John Flames. Kohn played five NHL games with Calgary in the 1995–96 season, and four more in the 1997–98 season. Before the 1998–99 season, the Flames traded him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
