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Kish (surname)
Kish is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ben Kish (1917–1989), American National Football League player * Daniel Kish (born 1966), American president of World Access for the Blind * Eleanor Kish (1924–2014), American artist * George Kish (1914–1989), American cartographer * Jen Kish (born 1988), Canadian former rugby union player * Joseph Kish (1899–1969), American set decorator * Justine Kish (Svetlana Nasibulina, born 1988), American mixed martial artist * Kristen Kish (born 1983), Korean-born American chef, winner of the tenth season of ;;Top Chef'', and television host * Larry Kish (born 1941), Canadian former National Hockey League head coach * Laszlo B. Kish (born 1955), Hungarian-born American physicist * Leslie Kish (1910–2000), Hungarian-American statistician and survey methodologist * Nehemiah Kish Nehemiah Kish is an American retired ballet dancer. He was a principal dancer of the Royal Ballet in London. Early life Kish was born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Kish
Benjamin Ernest Kish (March 31, 1917 – February 24, 1989) was a professional American football safety in the National Football League for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Eagles. He was also a member of the "Steagles", a team that was the result of a temporary merger between the Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers due to the league-wide manning shortages in 1943 brought on by World War II. He played college football at the University of Pittsburgh and was drafted in the eighth round of the 1940 NFL Draft The 1940 National Football League Draft was held on December 9, 1939, at the Schroeder Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. With the first overall pick of the draft, the Chicago Cardinals selected George Cafego. Player selections Round one Round .... References External links * 1917 births 1989 deaths American football safeties Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) players Drexel Dragons football coaches Philadelphia Eagles players Pittsburgh Panthers football player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Kish
Daniel Kish (born 1966 in Montebello, California) is an American expert in human echolocation and the President of World Access for the Blind (WAFTB), a California-registered nonprofit organization founded by Kish in 2000 to facilitate "the self-directed achievement of people with all forms of blindness" and increase public awareness about their strengths and capabilities. Kish and his organization have taught a form of echolocation to at least 500 blind children around the world. Kish, who had to have his eyes removed before he was 13 months old because of eye cancer, is the first totally blind person to be a legally Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist (COMS) and to hold a National Blindness Professional Certification (NOMC). He also holds master's degrees in developmental psychology and special education from University of California Riverside. Kish's work has inspired a number of scientific studies related to human echolocation. In a 2009 study at the University of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleanor Kish
Eleanor Kish (March 17, 1924 – October 12, 2014), also known as Ely Kish,Welzenbach, Michael"The Dinosaur Artist, Painting Prehistory" ''The Washington Post'', April 12, 1990. Accessed November 1, 2017. was a Canadian artist, best known for her paleoart depicting dinosaurs and other prehistoric life. Early life and career Eleanor Kish was born in Newark, New Jersey on March 17, 1924. She was the daughter of the painter, actor, and decorator Eugene Kiss and Teresa Bittman. Kish had six siblings, including a brother named Eugene. She changed her last name from Kiss to Kish in 1973. Kish graduated from the Essex country vocational school in productive art in 1942. During World War II, the then 18-year old Kish began working for the Pennsylvania Railroad as a mechanic and then a carpenter. While in this job, she was one day a witness to an accident and made a sketch of it for the insurance company. Impressed with the quality of her work, the insurance company hired her as an art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Kish
Professor George Kish (1914–1989) was an internationally recognized authority known for work in geography and the history of cartography. His professional papers are held at the Bentley Historical Library in Ann Arbor. Kish was affiliated with the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, for 46 years as a teacher and researcher. He came to the University in 1939 as a research assistant in geography and was appointed an instructor of geography in 1943. He was promoted to professor in 1956, and was named the William Herbert Hobbs distinguished Professor of Geography in 1981. Kish was a Fulbright Research Professor in Italy in 1951–1952, and again in 1963. He lectured at the United Nations University in Cambridge, the Stockholm School of Economics, and the Academy of Sciences of both Poland and Hungary, and at universities in Rome, Florence, Naples, Bari, London, Oxford, and Liège. He was the curator of maps at the William L. Clements Library for several years. Kish's many awards in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
