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Levis (surname)
Levis is the surname of: * Adolph Levis (1913–2001), American businessman, philanthropist and inventor of the Slim Jim jerky snack food *Albert J. Levis (born 1937), Greek psychiatrist * Ariel Standen Levis (born 1929), Chilean senior hurdler, triple jumper and decathlete * Brett Levis (born 1993), Canadian soccer player * Carroll Levis (1910–1968), Canadian talent scout, impresario and radio and television broadcaster *Charlie Levis (1860–1926), American Major League Baseball player *Chris Levis (born 1976), Canadian lacrosse goaltender *George Levis (1894–1980), American college basketball player and coach *Jesse Levis (born 1968), American Major League Baseball scout and former catcher * John Levis (born 1956), American English professor * Joseph Levis (1905–2005), American fencer * Larry Levis (1946–1996), American poet *Oscar Levis (1898–1983), born Oscar Joseph Levy, Jamaican baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues * Patrick Levis (born 1982), American actor *Will L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolph Levis
Adolph "Al" Levis (1913 – March 20, 2001) was an American businessman and philanthropist known as the inventor of the Slim Jim jerky snack food. Early life Levis was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, into a Jewish family. He was a high school dropout, having quit school to earn a living during the Great Depression. Career Levis was a violinist, but his musical career was unsuccessful, as was an attempt as a tobacconist. Besides selling spices, he and his brother pickled meat and vegetable products such as pickles, cabbage, and pig's feet in his garage which they sold to Philadelphia taverns. In the 1940s, he and his brother-in-law/partner, Joseph Cherry, hired a meatpacker to develop a handheld dried meat stick. The snack was originally named Penn Rose (presumably after Pennsylvania and Rose, his wife). Although each meat stick was sold individually, a vendor stored the sticks as a bunch and immersed in a large jar of vinegar. Eventually the product was sold individually in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert J
Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Albert Computers, Inc., a computer manufacturer in the 1980s Entertainment * ''Albert'' (1985 film), a Czechoslovak film directed by František Vláčil * ''Albert'' (2015 film), a film by Karsten Kiilerich * ''Albert'' (2016 film), an American TV movie * ''Albert'' (Ed Hall album), 1988 * "Albert" (short story), by Leo Tolstoy * Albert (comics), a character in Marvel Comics * Albert (''Discworld''), a character in Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld'' series * Albert, a character in Dario Argento's 1977 film ''Suspiria'' Military * Battle of Albert (1914), a WWI battle at Albert, Somme, France * Battle of Albert (1916), a WWI battle at Albert, Somme, France * Battle of Albert (1918), a WWI battle at Albert, Somme, France People * Albert (given ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariel Standen Levis
Ariel Standen Levis is a Chilean senior athlete champion, born on September 12, 1929, in Punta Arenas, son of the Methodist minister Carlos Standen and Nelly Levis, he is the first Chilean senior athlete who won a world senior title. Career He spent his childhood in Temuco, Coquimbo, La Serena and Iquique. His first steps on athletics started in the local high school of Iquique "Iquique English College", guided by his teacher José Scarzolo in the track and field and jumping. His first competition was in 1947 in Coquimbo. Without a pause, he competed from 1947 to 1962, winning 100 regional and zonal titles. Besides, he won several trophies, diplomas and medals. In 1953, Standen was nominated to join the national pre-team for the sudamerican Tournament in Brazil. After being accepted, he competed with the champion and record of the world Adhemar Ferreira Da Silva. His career was abruptly stopped in 1962 when he retired from athletics and from the national team due to prob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brett Levis
Brett Levis (born March 29, 1993) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for FC Tulsa in the USL Championship. Club career Early career Levis spent his entire college career at the University of Saskatchewan. He made a total of 50 appearances for the Huskies and tallied 29 goals and 16 assists. He also played in the Premier Development League for Victoria Highlanders and Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23. Whitecaps FC 2 On February 24, 2015, Levis signed a professional contract with USL expansion side Whitecaps FC 2. He made his professional debut on March 29 in a 4–0 defeat to Seattle Sounders FC 2. Vancouver Whitecaps FC After signing a short-term MLS contract in July 2016, Levis made his first team debut against Central FC in the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League. In August 2016, Levis signed a first team deal with Vancouver Whitecaps FC through 2017, with options for the 2018 and 2019 seasons. In October 2016, Levis made his MLS debut against the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carroll Levis
Carroll Richard Levis (March 15, 1910 – October 17, 1968) was a Canadian talent scout, impresario and radio and television broadcaster, mainly working in Britain. Biography Born in Toronto and brought up in Vancouver, he grew up wanting to be an actor, but held various jobs in movie theatres and as a deckhand before doing some work as a comedian and stage hypnotist. He began broadcasting as an announcer with CKWX in Vancouver. When working in Alberta, on one occasion he had time to fill in during a live broadcast and persuaded a boy in the audience to sing a song. Following a good listener reaction, he started a local radio talent show, ''Saturday Night Club of the Air'', and then a similar programme in Montreal. In 1935, he decided to move to England. He met radio producer Eric Maschwitz, and they developed a tour of British cities to find new talent. His touring stage shows attracted thousands of applicants from potential performers, as well as large theatre audiences, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Levis
Charles H. Levis (June 21, 1860 – October 16, 1926) was a Major League Baseball first baseman A first baseman, abbreviated 1B, is the player on a baseball or softball team who fields the area nearest first base, the first of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run. The first baseman is responsible for the majori ... in 1884 and 1885. External linksBaseball-Reference page 1860 births 1926 deaths 19th-century baseball players Baseball players from Missouri Major League Baseball first basemen Indianapolis Hoosiers (AA) players Washington Nationals (UA) players Baltimore Monumentals players Baltimore Orioles (AA) players Peoria Reds players Macon (minor league baseball) players Chattanooga Lookouts players Binghamton Crickets (1880s) players Leavenworth Soldiers players Emporia Reds players Eau Claire (minor league baseball) players Dallas Hams players Galveston Sand Crabs players Waco Babies players Bradford (minor league baseball) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Levis
Chris Levis (born March 25, 1976 in Windsor, Ontario) is a Canadian goaltender for the Colorado Mammoth in the National Lacrosse League The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is a men's professional box lacrosse league in North America. The league is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The NLL currently has fifteen teams: ten in the United Stat .... Levis was the backup for the Mammoth in the 2006 season behind Gee Nash when they won the NLL Championship. He returned to the Mammoth in the 2010 season, where he ranked 12th in saves. He made 3 key overtime saves in his biggest win as a Mammoth, beating the Boston Bandits 9-8 in overtime to end a home losing streak at Pepsi Center dating back to April 2009, which ended March 25, 2011. He has previously played for Columbus, New York, Buffalo, Edmonton and Calgary. Statistics NLL References 1976 births Living people Buffalo Bandits players Canadian expatriate lacrosse people in the Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Levis
George Wynden Levis (November 22, 1894 – October 8, 1980) was an American college basketball player and coach during the 1910s and 1920s, respectively. He was a two-time All-American as a player while at Wisconsin from 1912–13 to 1915–16, and was also the Helms Foundation National Player of the Year as a senior in 1915–16. A native of Madison, Wisconsin, Levis decided to stay in his hometown for college, and while enrolled he also played on the school's baseball team. Levis played the forward position and helped lead the Badgers to a 20–1 overall record and the Big Ten Conference championship in 1915–16, and that season would also see them retroactively declared as national champions by the Helms Foundation. Levis also led the conference in scoring as a senior: in 12 Big Ten contests he scored 109 points, which was unusual for an era of basketball in which low-scoring games were standard. Levis was graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1916. In 1920, Levis be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesse Levis
Jesse Levis (born April 14, 1968) is an American Major League Baseball scout and former Major League Baseball player. He played for the Cleveland Indians and Milwaukee Brewers between 1992 and 2001. Career After starting as a catcher at Northeast High School in Philadelphia, he accepted a baseball scholarship to the University of North Carolina. In 1987 and 1988, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Cardinals of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star in 1988. Levis was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 4th round of the 1989 MLB Draft. He became a journeyman catcher, playing for the Indians in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1999. He also played for the Milwaukee Brewers in 1996, 1997, 1998, and 2001. He played Minor League Baseball with not only the Indians and Brewers organizations, but also the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, and New York Mets organizations. He last played professional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Levis
John M. Levis (born May 7, 1956) is an American academic and Angela B. Pavitt Professor in English at Iowa State University. Levis earned his master's and doctoral degrees from University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. He founded the Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference and the associated ''PSLLT Proceedings'' in 2008, followed by ''The Journal of Second Language Pronunciation'', first published in 2015. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Levis, John Living people University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni Iowa State University faculty American academic journal editors 1956 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Levis
Joseph Levis (July 20, 1905, in Boston, MA – May 20, 2005) was an American foil fencer. He won nine national fencing championships, and participated in three Olympic Games representing the United States.http://usfencinghalloffame.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=80&Itemid=52 The Roll of Honor at the US Fencing Hall of Fame (USFA) credits his individual Olympic silver medal in foil (1932) as the finest accomplishment ever by an American fencer and his victory in the 1954 nationals, after a 16-year layoff from competition, as the greatest comeback in the history of American fencing. Early life Levis was an Italian-American, born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, to Albert W. Levis, a painter and sculptor from Florence, Italy, and Rosa M. Finocchietti, daughter of Italian immigrants from Genoa and a prominent activist for the suffragette movement of the 1920s. As a teenager, he first learned the basics of fencing from his father, who had won several championships i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Levis
Larry Patrick Levis (September 30, 1946 – May 8, 1996) was an American poet who published five award-winning books of poetry during his lifetime. Since his death, three more volumes of poetry, along with a book of essays, have been published to general acclaim. Life and work Youth Larry Levis was born in Fresno, California in 1945. He was the fourth (and youngest) child born to William Kent Levis, a grape grower, and Carol Mayo Levis. The young Levis grew up driving a tractor, picking grapes, and pruning vines in Selma, California, a small fruit-growing town in the San Joaquin Valley. He later wrote of the farms, the vineyards, and the Mexican migrant workers that he worked alongside. He also remembered hanging out in the local billiards parlor on Selma's East Front Street, across from the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks. Education Levis earned a bachelor's degree from Fresno State College in 1968, where he had studied under Philip Levine. For Levine's classes and poetry works ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |