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Lukens may refer to: People * Anna Lukens (1844-1917), American physician * Buz Lukens (1931–2010), American politician * Charles Lukens (1786-1825, British businessman * Dennis Lukens (born 1952), American soccer coach * Glen Lukens (1887–1967), American ceramicist and jeweler * Lewis Lukens (born 1963), American diplomat * Rebecca Lukens (1794–1854), American businesswoman * Theodore Lukens (1848–1918), American conservationist Fictional Characters *Rickie Lukens, heist character in GTA V and GTA Online. Other * Assured Neace Lukens, insurance brokerage * Lukens Historic District, Pennsylvania * Lukens Steel Company * Mount Lukens, California * The King v. Lukens, Pennsylvania lawsuit See also * Luken * Lukin Lukin or Lukins is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Andrey Lukin (born 1948), Russian chess player and coach * Dean Lukin (born 1960), Australian weightlifter * Henry Lukin (1860–1925), South African military commander * Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Lukens
Anna Lukens (October 29, 1844 – June 27, 1917) was an American physician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who practiced medicine, had leadership roles in hospitals and taught medicine. She was a vice-president of the New York Committee for the Prevention and State Regulation of Vice. Early life and education Lukens was born in Philadelphia on October 29, 1844. Between 1855 and 1870, her family were residents of Plymouth, Pennsylvania, and belonged to the Society of Friends. She was educated in Philadelphia at the Friends' Seminary. She studied at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania under Dr. Hiram Corson beginning in 1867 and graduated from the school on March 13, 1870. While attending clinics in the Pennsylvania Hospital in November 1869, the first time women students attended the hospital, she and a Miss Brumall led a line of women students out of the hospital grounds amid hisses, jeers, insults, and thrown stones and mud from male students. Career In 1870, Luke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buz Lukens '', an American comic strip published from 1943 to 1989
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Buz may refer to: * Buz, Albania, a village in Memaliaj municipality, Gjirokastër County, Albania * Buz, Iran, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran *the nickname of William A. Brock (born 1941), American mathematical economist and professor * Buz, son of Nahor, a minor Biblical character *Buz, an ancient tribe mentioned in Jeremiah 25:23 * the title character of ''Buz Sawyer ''Buz Sawyer'' is a comic strip created by Roy Crane.Ron Goulart, ''The Funnies : 100 Years of American Comic Strips''. Holbrook, Mass. : Adams Pub, 1995. (pp. 149-50) Distributed by King Features Syndicate, it had a run from November 1, 1943 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Lukens
Dr. Charles Lukens (born 1786), Charles Lloyd Lukens M.D., was the son of David and Sarah (Lloyd) Lukens of Gwynedd in Montgomery County. Charles met Rebecca Pennock, later known as Rebecca Lukens through her father Isaac Pennock. He was married in 1813. Charles and Rebecca had six children. All but two died; Isabella and Martha Pennock Lukens. Two of the buildings still stand today and are known as the " Terracina (Coatesville, Pennsylvania)" and the "VFW". Charles Lukens died in 1825, short after, his wife took over and added onto the steel mill. Rebecca later died and had her children's husbands take over. In 1890, the last of the family partnerships was dissolved, and the business organized as a stock company under the name "Lukens Iron & Steel Co". Now Operating as ArcelorMittal The new title reflecting the fact that steel was steadily replacing iron Iron () is a chemical element with symbol Fe (from la, ferrum) and atomic number 26. It is a metal that belongs to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Lukens
Dennis Lukens (born June 28, 1952) is an American professional soccer coach and former player. Playing career Lukens played college soccer for Springfield College, and professionally for the Boston Storm. He was the founder of the Boston Storm. Coaching career He began his career as a coach with Bridgewater State College between 1988 and 1991. Lukens has been on the coaching staff of clubs such as the California Cougars (where he was Assistant Coach), and he was also Head Coach of both the Boston Storm, and the Bay Area Seals. He has also been Head Coach of the Saint Lucia under-23 national team, as well as Krystal Kherson in the Ukrainian Second League. Lukens became the first American to coach soccer in the former Soviet Union, and the first to coach in the Ukraine. In January 2014 he was one of six American coaches working professionally in Europe. Lukens has also been Director of Coaching for the Massachusetts Youth Soccer Association, and he has worked with the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen Lukens
Glen William Lukens (1887–1967) was an American ceramicist, glassmaker, and jewelry designer born in Missouri. He is best known for his innovative work with glazes and his contributions to modernist jewelry. Lukens helped pave the way for ceramics today as an awarding winning ceramicist and teacher. . Lukens was influential in the Pottery Movement and challenged the American Pottery industry's traditions of design, function, and decoration in the 1930s. Early life and early career Glen Lukens was born in in 1887. He moved to Los Angeles ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Lukens
Lewis Alan Lukens is a retired American diplomat who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau. His final assignment was as Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in London. Early life and education Lukens was born on December 25, 1963, in Paris, France. His father, Alan Wood Lukens, was US Chargé d'Affaires ad interim to the Republic of the Congo. Lukens attended Princeton University, where he was awarded an AB degree in history. He received a master's degree from Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Career Lukens joined the United States Foreign Service in July 1989, serving in Southern China, Ivory Coast, Australia, Ireland, Iraq, Canada, Senegal, and the United Kingdom. From 2008 to 2011, Lukens was executive director of the U.S. Department of State’s Executive Secretariat, directing management support and overseas travel for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Lukens testified under oath in a legal case related ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Lukens
Rebecca Lukens (1794–1854), born Rebecca Webb Pennock, was an American businesswoman. She was the owner and manager of the iron and steel mill which became the Lukens Steel Company of Coatesville, Pennsylvania. Fortune Magazine called her "America's first female CEO of an industrial company" and its board of editors named her to the National Business Hall of Fame in 1994. History Rebecca was the daughter of Quaker Isaac Pennock who founded the Federal Slitting Mill near Coatesville about 1793. She grew up in the business often accompanying her father in the mill. She went to boarding school first at Westtown School, a nearby Quaker Boarding school, and then at the Wilmington School for Girls in Wilmington, Delaware, where among other subjects, she studied chemistry. The slitting mill processed iron from other mills into barrel hoops and nails. It was called "Federal" in honor of the new constitution. By 1824, when Isaac died, the mill was known as the Brandywine Iron Works and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Lukens
Theodore Parker Lukens (October 6, 1848 – July 1, 1918) was an American conservationist, real estate investor, civic leader, and forester who believed that burned over mountains could again be covered in timber which would protect watersheds. Lukens collected pine cones and seeds of different types and conducted experimental plantings on the mountain slopes above Pasadena, California. His perseverance earned him the name "Father of Forestry." Lukens established Henninger Flats tree nursery, which provided seed stock for an estimated 70,000 trees. He worked for the United States Forest Service and was acting supervisor of the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve and the San Bernardino Forest Reserve in 1906. Lukens served two terms as mayor of Pasadena and was active in municipal and civic affairs of early-day Pasadena. Lukens remained prominent in civic and conservation issues until his death in 1918.Sierra Club's John Muir Exhibit. Reforestation Lukens was interested in growin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GTA V
''Grand Theft Auto V'' is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the seventh main entry in the ''Grand Theft Auto'' series, following 2008's ''Grand Theft Auto IV'', and the fifteenth instalment overall. Set within the fictional state of San Andreas, based on Southern California, the single-player story follows three protagonists—retired bank robber Michael De Santa, street gangster Franklin Clinton, and drug dealer and gunrunner Trevor Philips—and their attempts to commit heists while under pressure from a corrupt government agency and powerful criminals. The open world design lets players freely roam San Andreas' open countryside and the fictional city of Los Santos, based on Los Angeles. The game is played from either a third-person or first-person perspective, and its world is navigated on foot and by vehicle. Players control the three lead protagonists throughout single-player and switch among them, both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assured Neace Lukens
AssuredPartners NL (formerly ''Assured Neace Lukens'') is an insurance brokerage firm founded in 2011 by John Neace and Joe Lukens. With headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky, the company has more than 500 licensed agents and more than 850 employees operating in 38 states and 2 countries. History The company Assured Neace Lukens was founded in 1991 by John Neace and Joe Lukens. In September 2011, Neace Lukens was acquired by AssuredPartners, Inc.; AssuredPartners, Inc., in turn, is owned by Apax Partners. Management Currently, Randy Larsen is a President of AssuredPartners NL. Former presidents * Todd Stocksdale *Larry Schaefer Jim Henderson is the company's Chairman and CEO. A leadership team consists of 9 people. Acquisitions AssuredPartners Inc. made 204 acquisitions at all. During 2021, the company acquired 14 enterprises. In 2018, AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired Cornerstone Insurance Group. In 2012, the company owned Morehead Insurance, Arison Insurance Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lukens Historic District
The Lukens Historic District encompasses four properties in Coatesville, Pennsylvania associated with the 19th and early 20th-century history of the Lukens Steel Company and the family of Rebecca Lukens (1794–1854). Lukens was the first woman to head a major industrial firm in the United States, and played a leading role in the development of the American steel industry. The district was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1994. and Description and history The company that became Lukens Steel was established as an iron foundry north of Coatesville by Isaac Pennock, the father of Rebecca Lukens. Rebecca Webb Pennock received a fairly traditional education for women of the early 19th century, and married Dr. Charles Lukens in 1813. Her husband assisted her father in running the business, but both died about a year apart in 1824 and 1825, leaving Rebecca in charge of the business. Although she was engaged in litigation over her ability to fully own the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lukens Steel Company
Lukens Steel Company, located in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, is the oldest steel mill in commission within the United States. In 1995, it was one of the three largest producers of plate steel and the largest domestic manufacturer of alloy-plate. It is ranked fourth out of 24 public steel corporations in profitability, earning 14.8% equity five years in a row. The company produces carbon, alloy, and clad steel plates along with stainless steel sheets, strips, plates, hot bands, and slabs. History 18th century Isaac Pennock established The Federal Slitting Mill in 1793 on Buck Run, a tributory of Brandywine Creek about four miles south of Coatesville, Pennsylvania. 19th century After receiving a loan in 1810, Pennock went into a partnership with Jesse Kersey to form Brandywine Iron Works and Nail Factory. Kersey's father-in-law was Moses Coates, a member of the founding family of Coatesville. After seven years as partners, Pennock bought Kersey's share of the business an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
