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McConnell Creek
McConnell may refer to: People * McConnell (surname), people with the surname Places * McConnell, Illinois, an unincorporated community * McConnell, West Virginia, an unincorporated census-designated place in the United States *Lake McConnell, a large prehistoric lake in Canada * McConnell Lake (other), various lakes and a park *McConnell River, Nunavut, Canada *McConnell Range, a mountain range in British Columbia, Canada * McConnell Peak, a mountain in California, United States * McConnell State Recreation Area, California, United States * 9929 McConnell, an asteroid Other uses * McConnell baronets, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom *McConnell Air Force Base, near Wichita, Kansas, United States *McConnell Arena McConnell Arena is an ice hockey arena located on the corner of Pine Avenue and Park Avenue right beside Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The arena is owned and operated by McGill University McGill University (french: link=no, Univer ..., an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McConnell (surname)
McConnell or McConnel is an Irish and Scottish surname. It is derived from the Gaelic language, Gaelic ''Mac Dhòmhnaill'' (see MacDonnell (surname), MacDonnell). Alternatively in Ireland, it may be derived from ''Mac Conaill'' meaning 'son of Conall', a given name composed of the elements ''con'' (from ''cú'' meaning 'hound') and ''gal'' (meaning 'valour'). Notable people * Aaron McConnell (born 1980), American football player * Alex McConnell, Scottish footballer * Allyson McConnell (1978-2013), Australian convicted killer who drowned her two children in Canada * Brent McConnell, Australian rugby league footballer * David H. McConnell, founder and president California Perfume Company * Dorsey W. M. McConnell, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh * Doug McConnell, American television travel host * Drew McConnell, musician * Jack McConnell, Scottish politician * J. C. McConnell, scientific illustrator * James McConnell (engineer), British locomotive engineer * James McCon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McConnell Baronets
The McConnell Baronetcy, of The Moat in Strandtown in Belfast, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1900 for Robert McConnell, Lord Mayor of Belfast in 1900. The second baronet sat as Unionist member of parliament for Antrim. The fourth baronet did not use his title. Brian McConnell, Baron McConnell, son of Alfred McConnell, second son of the first baronet, was a politician. McConnell baronets of The Moat (1900) * Sir Robert John McConnell, 1st Baronet (1853–1927) *Sir Joseph McConnell, 2nd Baronet Sir Joseph McConnell, 2nd Baronet (17 September 1877 – 27 August 1942), was an Ulster Unionist politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Antrim from 1929 to 1942. Family McConnell was the second child (and eldest son) of Sir Robert J ... (1877–1942) *Sir Robert Melville Terence McConnell, 3rd Baronet (1902–1987) *(Robert) Shean McConnell, 4th Baronet (1930–2021) *(Terence) Reade McConnell, 5th Baronet (born 1959) The heir appa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McConnell Cup
McConnell Cup is a team event for women held every four years as part of the World Bridge Series Championships. The event was inaugurated in 1994 and is named in honor of Ruth McConnell, former treasurer for the World Bridge Federation (WBF) and former president of the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). McConnell was also instrumental in inaugurating the Venice Cup The Venice Cup is a biennial world championship contract bridge tournament for national of Women. It is contested every odd-number year under the auspices of the World Bridge Federation (WBF), alongside the Bermuda Bowl (Open) and d'Orsi Bowl (S ... women's team championship in 1974. The full name of this championship is World Women Knockout Teams. The knockout format pertains only to the late stages, however, evidently a four-round knockout with 16 teams except for a five-round 32-team KO in 1998. It appears that the field has been divided into two groups or four groups for round-robin play, with the top eigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS McConnell (DE-163)
USS ''McConnell'' (DE-163) was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. She was awarded three battle stars. Namesake Riley Franklin McConnell was born on 22 July 1884 at Gate City, Virginia. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy on 7 June 1909. For over three decades he carried out a wide variety of assignments. During World War I he served as navigator onboard ; later, he had duty as executive officer on the , and ; and in 1935 and 1936 he commanded USS ''Milwaukee''. Following instruction at the Naval War College, he served on the staff of Commander in Chief, Asiatic Fleet, between 1925 and 1927. Commissioned captain on 1 September 1934, he returned to the Asiatic Fleet and served as Chief of Staff from 30 October 1936 to 25 July 1939. For distinguished service during this period, he received the Navy Cross. On 22 August 1939 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McConnell Center
The McConnell Center is an endowed institution created in 1991 by U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell, and the University of Louisville. The McConnell Center's mission includes four major components: The McConnell Scholars Program, Public Lecture Series, Civic Education Program, and U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell and Secretary Elaine L. Chao Archives. The core of the McConnell Center is the McConnell Scholarship, offered each year to ten high school seniors from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. These students, selected based upon their high school achievement, are offered tuition scholarships to the University of Louisville, as well as opportunities for travel, internships, meeting with influential policy makers and the opportunity to study abroad in China. The scholars in the McConnell Center have met with President George W. Bush, United States Chief Justice John Roberts, Senator Edward Kennedy, Senator Harry Reid, Senator Richard Lugar, United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McConnell House (other)
McConnell House can refer to: United States (sorted by state, then city/town) * Edward Taylor McConnell House, Clarksville, Arkansas, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Johnson County * W.J. McConnell House, Moscow, Idaho, listed on the NRHP in Latah County * Jackson-McConnell House, Junction City, Kansas, listed on the NRHP in Geary County * James McConnell House, Lexington, Kentucky, listed on the NRHP in Fayette County * William McConnell House, Lexington, Kentucky, listed on the NRHP in Fayette County * McConnell-Woodson-Philips House, Nicholasville, Kentucky, listed on the NRHP in Jessamine County * McConnell House, Law Office, and Slave Quarters, Wurtland, Kentucky, listed on the NRHP in Greenup County * Clark-McConnell House, Grants Pass, Oregon, listed on the NRHP in Josephine County * McConnell House (McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania), listed on the NRHP in Fulton County * Chancellor T.M. McConnell House, Chattanooga, Tennessee, listed on the NRH ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McConnell Arena
McConnell Arena is an ice hockey arena located on the corner of Pine Avenue and Park Avenue right beside Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The arena is owned and operated by McGill University, and is the home to the McGill Redbirds men's and McGill Martlets women's ice hockey teams. The ice surface is the standard North American size, 61 metres (200 feet) long by 26 metres (85 feet) wide. Since an expansion in 2004, the arena has a capacity of 1,600 people. History McConnell Arena was originally built in 1956 due to a donation by John Wilson McConnell John Wilson McConnell (July 1, 1877 – November 6, 1963) was a Canadian sugar refiner, newspaper publisher, humanitarian and philanthropist in Quebec, Canada. Early life J.W. McConnell was born to a farming family in the Muskoka region of Ont ..., a Canadian businessman, newspaper publisher, humanitarian, philanthropist and senior governor of McGill University. It was renovated in 2000 at a cost of $4 million. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McConnell Air Force Base
McConnell Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located four miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Wichita, a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States., effective 2007-12-20 The airbase was named in honor of the brothers Fred and Thomas McConnell of Wichita, who had both been Air Force pilots and veterans of World War II. It is the home of Air Mobility Command's 22d Air Refueling Wing (22 ARW), Air Force Reserve Command's 931st Air Refueling Wing (931 ARW), and the Kansas Air National Guard's 184th Intelligence Wing (184 IW). McConnell's primary mission is to provide global reach by conducting air refueling and airlift where and when needed. History McConnell Air Force Base was known during the first part of its existence as the Wichita Municipal Airport. Although the field was designed originally to serve only municipal civil airport needs, it had an Air Force connection almost from the beginning. Origins McConnell's history be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
9929 McConnell
99 may refer to: * 99 (number), the natural number following 98 and preceding 100 * one of the years 99 BC, AD 99, 1999, 2099, etc. Art, entertainment, and media * ''The 99'', a comic series based on Islamic culture Film, television and radio * ''99'' (1918 film), a Hungarian film * ''99'' (2009 film), an Indian Hindi film * ''99'' (2019 film), an Indian Kannada film * ''The 99'' (TV series), a 2011–2012 animated series * Agent 99, a fictional character in the 1960s American TV series ''Get Smart'' * WNNX (99X), classic "Rock 100.5" FM, in Atlanta, Georgia * ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'', an American television police sitcom based in the fictional 99th precinct of the NYPD ** 99 (''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' episode) * 99, a clone trooper character from ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' Games * '' '99: The Last War'', a renamed version of the arcade game ''Repulse'' * Ninety-nine (addition card game), a simple card game where players drop out if forced to bring the total above 99 * Ninety ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McConnell, Illinois
McConnell is an unincorporated community in Waddams Township in Stephenson County, Illinois. McConnell is southwest of Orangeville, northeast of Lena and southeast of Winslow. McConnell has a post office with ZIP code 61050. History In 1836, John Dennison claimed east of the Pecatonica River for the purpose of starting a town. The area was heavily timbered and required a saw mill, which was erected north of the grove on a small creek in the spring of the year. This mill, located on Muddy Creek, was operated by Dennison and John Van Zant. During the following year, Dennison and Van Zant plotted the town with Van Zant acting as surveyor. Stephenson County abstracts prove that the town was to be called either "Pennsylvania" or "New Pennsylvania". By the spring of 1838, Dennison and Van Zant had made several land improvements and sold all of it, including the mill, to Robert McConnell. McConnell then changed the name to "McConnell's Grove". Due to Galena Galena, also c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McConnell State Recreation Area
The McConnell State Recreation Area is on the banks of the Merced River, about two miles northeast of Livingston (on U.S. Route 99 between Turlock and Merced). Fishing is popular for catfish, black bass and perch. There are picnic, camping and play areas. Proposed for closure The McConnell State Recreation Area was one of the 48 California state parks The California Department of Parks and Recreation, more commonly known as California State Parks, manages the California state parks system. The system administers 279 separate park units on 1.4 million acres (570,000 hectares), with over 280 ... proposed for closure in January 2008 by California's Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as part of a deficit reduction program.
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McConnell Peak
McConnell Peak is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada mountain range at the north end of the Crystal Mountains, to the west of Lake Tahoe. It is located in the Desolation Wilderness in El Dorado County, California El Dorado County (), officially the County of El Dorado, is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 191,185. The county seat is Placerville. The County is part of the Sacramento- Roseville-A .... References Mountains of the Desolation Wilderness Mountains of El Dorado County, California Mountains of Northern California {{ElDoradoCountyCA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
