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Kresge (surname)
Kresge is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Cliff Kresge (born 1968), American golfer * Geoff Kresge, songwriter, guitarist, bassist, and record producer * George Joseph Kresge (born 1935), American mentalist, the Amazing Kreskin * Karen Kresge (born 1957), British choreographer * Sebastian Spering Kresge Sebastian Spering Kresge (July 31, 1867 – October 18, 1966) was an American businessman. He created and owned two chains of department stores, the S. S. Kresge Company, one of the 20th century's largest discount retail organizations, and the ... (1867–1966), American merchant and philanthropist, founder of Kmart, formerly known as the S. S. Kresge Company Fictional characters: * Lynne Kresge, character in the second season of the TV series ''24'' {{surname, Kresge German-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliff Kresge
Clifford Terry Kresge (born October 3, 1968) is an American professional golfer. He has played on the PGA Tour and Web.com Tour since 1997. Kresge was born in Lakewood Township, New Jersey. His parents moved to central Florida in 1972 and lived on the Dubsdread Golf Course in Orlando where he took golf at age 8. He graduated from the University of Central Florida with a liberal arts degree in 1991 and turned professional. He played mainly on mini-tours until 1997 when he joined the Nationwide Tour. Kresge has three wins on the Nationwide Tour. His best finishes on the PGA Tour are a pair of T-3 at the 2002 B.C. Open and the 2008 Arnold Palmer Invitational (an event he grew up attending after his family moved to Orlando, Florida). He also finished tied for 10th in the 2003 U.S. Open. Kresge won a 2011 NGA Hooters Tour event; the Bridgestone Winter Series at Deer Island GC in a four-hole playoff. Kresge currently resides with his wife Judy in Kingsport, Tennessee. Judy has th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Kresge
Geoff Kresge is a songwriter, guitarist, bassist, and record producer. He played with the punk rock/horror punk band AFI for most of their early career, from 1992 through 1997, and co-wrote the majority of their early material alongside frontman Davey Havok. During an AFI hiatus in 1993, he briefly moved to New York to join street punk band Blanks 77. He later went on to play with Canadian horror rock group The Forbidden Dimension and also a high-energy rock band, The Daggers, before subsequently joining the psychobilly band Tiger Army. Though he played an electric bass in his previous bands, for Tiger Army he chose an upright bass. Career Kresge joined Tiger Army in 1999 just as the band became a full-time touring band, hitting the road in support of their debut album. He appeared as standup bassist on the band's next two full-length albums, Tiger Army II: Power of Moonlite and Tiger Army III: Ghost Tigers Rise, and in each of the videos from those records. In September 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Joseph Kresge
The Amazing Kreskin (born George Joseph Kresge; January 12, 1935), also known as Kreskin, is an American mentalist who became popular on television in the 1970s. He was inspired to become a mentalist by Lee Falk's comic strip ''Mandrake the Magician'', which features a crime-fighting stage magician. He has always presented himself as an "entertainer," never as a psychic, who operates on the basis of suggestion, not the paranormal or supernatural. Early life Kreskin was born in Montclair, New Jersey to Polish and Italian parents. Career From 1972 to 1975, Kreskin's television series ''The Amazing World of Kreskin'' was broadcast throughout Canada on CTV and distributed in syndication in the United States. It was produced in Ottawa, Ontario at the CJOH-TV studios. An additional set of episodes was produced in 1975 through 1977 at the studios of CFTO-TV in Toronto, billed as ''The New Kreskin Show''. He appeared on ''The Tonight Show'' 61 times from 1970 to 1980. In the 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Kresge
Karen Kresge (born 1957) is a British choreographer. She has choreographed many West End productions as well as "Seattle Symphony on Ice" in 1991. In 2006, Kresge was a judge on the ITV show ''Dancing on Ice''. For unknown reasons, she did not return for the second series in 2007 and was replaced by Natalia Bestemianova. She went on to appear as a choreographer on ''Holiday on Ice'' in 2007 and 2009 with former ''Dancing on Ice'' colleague Robin Cousins Robin Cousins, MBE (born 17 August 1957) is a British former competitive figure skater who was BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1980. He was the 1980 Olympic champion, the 1980 European champion, a three-time World medalist (1978–19 .... References 1957 births Living people American choreographers {{Dance-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Spering Kresge
Sebastian Spering Kresge (July 31, 1867 – October 18, 1966) was an American businessman. He created and owned two chains of department stores, the S. S. Kresge Company, one of the 20th century's largest discount retail organizations, and the Kresge-Newark traditional department store chain. The discounter was renamed the Kmart Corporation in 1977. Early life and education Kresge was born near Allentown, Pennsylvania, the son of Sebastian Kresge and the former Catherine Kunkle. Living on the family farm in Kresgeville (named for his ancestors) until he was 21 years old, he was educated in the local public schools, the Fairview Academy, in Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania, and at the Eastman Business College in Poughkeepsie, New York, from which he graduated in March 1889. Career Following his graduation, he clerked in a hardware store for two years, then worked as a traveling salesman from 1892 to 1897. On March 20, 1897, Kresge began working for James G. McCrory, the founder of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynne Kresge
The following is a list of characters in the American serial drama television series '' 24'', '' 24: Live Another Day'', and '' 24: Legacy'' by season and event. The list first names the actor, followed by the character. Some characters have their own pages; see the box below. The show consists of an ensemble cast. A total of 60 actors have been credited as a part of the starring cast, over the course of eight seasons, one television film, one miniseries, and one spin-off series, international remakes notwithstanding. These are Kiefer Sutherland, Leslie Hope, Sarah Clarke, Elisha Cuthbert, Dennis Haysbert, Sarah Wynter, Xander Berkeley, Penny Johnson Jerald, Carlos Bernard, Reiko Aylesworth, James Badge Dale, Kim Raver, Alberta Watson, William Devane, Lana Parrilla, Roger Cross, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Gregory Itzin, James Morrison, Louis Lombardi, Jean Smart, D. B. Woodside, Peter MacNicol, Jayne Atkinson, Carlo Rota, Eric Balfour, Marisol Nichols, Regina King, Cherry Jon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
