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Messmer (other)
Messmer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Henry Messmer (1866–1899), Swiss-American architect * Ivan Messmer (1931–2015), Canadian politician * John Messmer (1884–1971), American athlete * (1900–1987), French Roman Catholic bishop in Madagascar * Magali Messmer (born 1971), Swiss triathlete * Mark Messmer, American politician * Mindi Messmer, American politician * Nikolaus Messmer (1954–2016), Russian Roman Catholic bishop, Apostolic administrator or Kyrgyzstan * Otto Messmer (1892–1983), American animator * (1961–2008), Russian Jesuit priest, head of Jesuits in the CIS * Pearl Ray Messmer (1892–?), Australian orchidologist * Pierre Messmer (1916–2007), French Prime Minister * Sebastian Gebhard Messmer (1847–1930), Swiss-born Roman Catholic archbishop of Milwaukee * Wayne Messmer (born 1950), announcer for the Chicago Cubs * , stage name of ''Éric Normandin'' (born 1971), French Canadian hypnotist Other * Messmer High School (Mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Messmer
Henry Messmer (August 25, 1839–February 20, 1899) was a Swiss-American architect who practiced in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1866 until his death. He was a prolific designer of institutional buildings as well as homes on Milwaukee's near north and east sides. With Career Born in Switzerland, Messmer studied architecture at Heidelberg University and apprenticed in Europe before coming to Wisconsin in 1866. He worked as a draftsman in the offices of Leonard Schmidtner of Milwaukee and Col. Shipman of Madison before establishing his own architectural firm in Milwaukee in 1873. Messmer designed hundreds of brewery buildings, warehouses, and commercial buildings as well as middle-class homes over the next two decades, as well as a number of churches and schools. Prominent works include the churches of St. Hedwig's (1886), St. Hyacinth (1882), and Saints Peter and Paul Peter and Paul may refer to: * Saint Peter and Paul the Apostle considered together ** Feast of Saints Peter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearl Ray Messmer
A pearl is a hard, glistening object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle) of a living shelled mollusk or another animal, such as fossil conulariids. Just like the shell of a mollusk, a pearl is composed of calcium carbonate (mainly aragonite or a mixture of aragonite and calcite) in minute crystalline form, which has deposited in concentric layers. The ideal pearl is perfectly round and smooth, but many other shapes, known as baroque pearls, can occur. The finest quality of natural pearls have been highly valued as gemstones and objects of beauty for many centuries. Because of this, ''pearl'' has become a metaphor for something rare, fine, admirable and valuable. The most valuable pearls occur spontaneously in the wild, but are extremely rare. These wild pearls are referred to as ''natural'' pearls. ''Cultured'' or ''farmed'' pearls from pearl oysters and freshwater mussels make up the majority of those currently sold. Imitation pearls are also wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riegel Am Kaiserstuhl
Riegel am Kaiserstuhl (Latin ''Rigola'') is a municipality in the district of Emmendingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It lies 8 km northwest of Emmendingen, and is accessed by the motorway A5 (Karlsruhe - Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...). Education Riegel provides its citizens education with the Michaelschule that consists of both a Grund- and a Hauptschule. Roman ruins A Mithraeum was unearthed in the residential neighborhoods of Riegel. A reconstruction of the temple was placed there, and the original artifacts can be seen at the museum in Freiburg im Breisgau. Municipal partnership *Champhol, Eure-et-Loir, France, since 1995 Museum The Kunsthalle Messmer is a museum exhibiting art from the 20th and 21st century. It is located in a former b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunsthalle Messmer
The Kunsthalle Messmer is a museum in Riegel am Kaiserstuhl in the rooms of the former . Art of the 20th and 21st centuries is shown in temporary exhibitions on around 900 m2 of exhibition space. The museum includes an 850 m2 sculpture garden with plastics by contemporary artists Gerald Baschek, , , Friedrich Geiler, Bernhard Licini, , Michel Jouët and . Foundation In 2005, the former entrepreneur and art collector Jürgen A. Messmer founded the ''messmer foundation'' as a dedication to his daughter Petra, who died of cancer in 2003. The foundation is the institution behind the museum, which opened in June 2009. Every year, up to three exhibitions of classical modern art and contemporary art are presented. Exhibits from its own collection as well as loans from international private and museum collections are on display. In 1978 Messmer succeeded in acquiring large parts of the estate of the Swiss artist André Evard. Throughout his life he painted figuratively and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Messmer High School (Milwaukee)
Messmer High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee. Messmer High School was established in 1926 as Diocesan High School. It was renamed after Archbishop Sebastian Messmer in 1928. Notable alumni * Ishmael "IshDarr" Ali, rapper * Joseph P. Graw, Minnesota state representative and businessman * Bob Heinz, former NFL football player who played for the Miami Dolphins and the Washington Redskins * Todd Frohwirth Todd Gerard Frohwirth (September 28, 1962 – March 26, 2017) was an American professional baseball right-handed relief pitcher. He played for all or part of nine seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Ori ..., former Major League Baseball pitcher * John "JJ" Johnson, NBA basketball player, First Team All-American at University of Iowa * Ronald G. Parys, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and Senator References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Messmer
Wayne P. Messmer (born July 19, 1950 in Chicago, IL) is a professional speaker, singer, broadcaster, author and actor. He is a professional member of SAG/AFTRA and the National Speakers Association. He was the long-time public address announcer for the Chicago Cubs. He sings "The Star-Spangled Banner" before many Cubs games, as well as prior to all Chicago Wolves American Hockey League games. Messmer is part owner of the Chicago Wolves. He is a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the national fraternity for men in music. In the mid-1980s, Messmer was the newscaster/sidekick on WYTZ (Z-95) Radio's " Barsky Morning Show. He also was heard as the mid-day news anchor on WLS 890 AM. Since November 2011, he has hosted a jazz radio program Sunday evenings on 90.9fm WDCB Public Radio, the Wayne Messmer Radio Show. For many years, he also sang for the Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Bears and Chicago Sting. In January, 1991, when Messmer sang at the NHL All-Star Game at C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Gebhard Messmer
Sebastian Gebhard Messmer (August 29, 1847 – August 4, 1930) was a Switzerland, Swiss-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop (Catholic Church), bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay, Diocese of Green Bay (1892–1903) and Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Archdiocese of Milwaukee (1903–1930). Biography Early life and education Sebastian Messmer was born in Goldach, Switzerland, the eldest of five children of Sebastian and Rosa (née Baumgartner) Messmer. His father, a farmer and innkeeper, also served in the Federal Assembly of Switzerland. His mother died when he was 10 years old. Messmer received his early education in Goldach, then attended the ''realschule'' in Rorschach (Wahlkreis), Rorschach for three years. From 1861 to 1866, he studied at the College of St. George, the diocesan preparatory seminary, in St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland. He then studied philosophy and theology at the University of Innsbruck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Messmer
Pierre Joseph Auguste Messmer (; 20 March 191629 August 2007) was a French Gaullist politician. He served as Minister of Armies under Charles de Gaulle from 1960 to 1969 – the longest serving since Étienne François, duc de Choiseul under Louis XV – and then as Prime Minister under Georges Pompidou from 1972 to 1974. A member of the French Foreign Legion, he was considered one of the historical Gaullists, and died aged 91 in the military hospital of the Val-de-Grâce in August 2007. He was elected a member of the ''Académie française'' in 1999; his seat was taken over by Simone Veil.Thomas FerencziLe gaulliste Pierre Messmer est mort, ''Le Monde'', 29 August 2007 Early career Pierre Joseph Auguste Messmer was born in Vincennes in 1916. He graduated in 1936 in the language school ENLOV and the following year at the '' Ecole nationale de la France d'outre-mer'' (National School of Oversea France). He then became a senior civil servant in the colonial administration a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
