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Macomber may refer to: People *Bart Macomber (1894–1971), American college football player *Debbie Macomber (b. 1948), American author of romance novels *Eleanor Macomber (1801–1840), American missionary, teacher *John D. Macomber (b. 1928), American businessman, President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States 1989–92 *Joshua Mason Macomber (1811–1881), American educator and physician Other uses * Macomber, West Virginia *Macomber High School (Toledo, Ohio) Irving E. Macomber Vocational Technical High School was a vocational public high school in Toledo, Ohio, USA, from 1938 to June 1991. It was named for the man who helped develop the city's schools and parks, and who used to live on the property th ... a former public vocational school in Toledo, Ohio See also *'' Eisner v. Macomber'', a 1920 decision by the United States Supreme Court {{dab, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bart Macomber
Franklin Bart Macomber (September 4, 1894 – December 19, 1971) was an American football player. He played halfback and quarterback for the University of Illinois from 1914 to 1916 and helped the school to its first national football championship and consecutive undefeated seasons in 1914 and 1915. He later played professional football for the Canton Bulldogs and Youngstown Patricians. He was also the coach and owner of the Oakland Oaks in the Pacific Coast professional football league founded in 1926. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1972. Biography Early years at Oak Park A native of Oak Park, Illinois. His father, Frank Macomber, had once been the mayor of Oak Park. Macomber played high school football for Hall of Fame coach Bob Zuppke at Oak Park High School. Macomber played on three consecutive undefeated teams at Oak Park and once kicked 16 extra points in a single game against Chicago Englewood in October 1911. At Oak Park, Macomber set sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debbie Macomber
Debbie Macomber (born October 22, 1948) is an American author of romance novels and contemporary women's fiction. Six of her novels have become made-for-TV movies and her ''Cedar Cove'' series of novels was adapted into a television series of the same name. Macomber was the inaugural winner of the fan-voted Quill Award for romance in 2005 and has been awarded both a RITA Award and a lifetime achievement award by the Romance Writers of America. She also works as executive producer on the television adaptations of her books. Career Early career Macomber is dyslexic and has only a high school education. Determined to be a writer, she sat in her kitchen in front of a rented typewriter to develop her first few manuscripts, while raising four children. After five years and many rejections from publishers, she turned to freelance magazine work. Macomber attended a romance writer's conference, where one of her manuscripts was selected to be publicly critiqued by an editor from Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleanor Macomber
Eleanor Macomber (February 22, 1801 – April 16, 1840) was an American missionary and teacher who founded a Protestant school and church among the Karen. In 1830, she was sent by the American missionary board of the Baptist church as a teacher among the Ojibwe at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. After four years' service her health failed. After her health improved, she connected herself with the Karen mission in 1836, in Burma. She then settled at Dong-Yahn, an out-station located about from Mawlamyine. With the help of Karen evangelistic assistants, she labored among the adjoining Karen groups. With the aid of two or three native assistants, she maintained public worship on the Sabbath, and morning and evening prayers at her own dwelling; and also opened a school, which soon numbered ten or twelve pupils. Before the close of the first dry season, she had the happiness of seeing twelve Karens baptized and formed into a Christian church. She spent the period of the rains from May to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John D
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Mason Macomber
Joshua Mason Macomber, A.M., M.D (J Mason Macomber), (October 11, 1811 – February 9, 1881) was a noted educator and a physician from New Salem, Massachusetts. Early life and education Macomber grew up Baptist in New Salem, Massachusetts. He later became a Unitarian. Macomber attended Amherst College for one year and then Brown University, where he received his undergraduate degree in 1835. He married Sarah A. Lee of Chester in 1838. During the time he was at Brown, he at Uxbridge Academy in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. He served in a number of New England Preparatory academies in the 1830s. Career In 1841, Macomber returned to Uxbridge to become the principal at the Uxbridge Academy. J. Mason Macomber was the principal of Uxbridge Academy from 1841 to 1850. Famous Historian and writer, William Augustus Mowry detailed this accomplished educator's life in a biographical sketch with the publication, "The Uxbridge Academy-A brief history with a Biographical Sketch of J. Mason ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macomber, West Virginia
Macomber is an unincorporated community in Preston County, West Virginia, United States. References Unincorporated communities in West Virginia Unincorporated communities in Preston County, West Virginia {{PrestonCountyWV-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macomber High School (Toledo, Ohio)
Irving E. Macomber Vocational Technical High School was a vocational public high school in Toledo, Ohio, USA, from 1938 to June 1991. It was named for the man who helped develop the city's schools and parks, and who used to live on the property the school was built on. Macomber served the entire city and was part of the Toledo Public School District. The school began as Vocational High School in the original Toledo high school in 1927 before moving to its location on Monroe Street in 1938. In 1959 the school became joint-operational with Whitney High School, an all-girls vocational school located just across 16th St., and the two buildings came to be known as Macomber-Whitney. The building still sits on Monroe Street, just northwest of Fifth Third Field. The Macomber Macmen/Craftsmen were members of the Toledo City League and donned the colors of black and gold. Their main rivals were the Scott Bulldogs, which was especially heated in their basketball match-ups. Macomber's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
