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Marcel Gleyre
Marcel Napoleon Gleyre (June 17, 1910 – March 22, 1996) was an American gymnastics, gymnast. He competed in the Gymnastics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's vault, men's vault event at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Gleyre was born in Switzerland, though his place of birth is variously listed as being Sainte-Croix, Switzerland, Sainte-Croix or Neuchâtel. As a gymnast, Gleyre was a member of Swiss Turnverein in Union City, New Jersey. Gleyre graduated from Seton Hall University earning an undergraduate degree and receiving a master's degree in 1935. He later was a teacher at Union Hill High School and coached their gymnastics team and served with the United States Navy during World War II. He was the long-time owner of an embroidery company in West New York, New Jersey. He lived in Wyckoff, New Jersey and moved to Madison, New Jersey, where he died at his home there at the age of 85. References External links * 1910 births 1996 deaths American male artistic gymna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sainte-Croix, Switzerland
Sainte-Croix is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Sainte-Croix is first mentioned in 1177 as ''Sancta Crux''. In 1317 it was mentioned as ''Saint Crueyz''. Previously it was known by its German name ''Heilig Kreuz''. Geography Sainte-Croix has an area, , of . Of this area, or 41.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 49.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 7.0% is settled (buildings or roads), or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 1.8% is unproductive land.Swiss Federal Statistical Office-Land Use Statistics 2009 data accessed 25 March 2010 Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 3.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.6%. Out of the fores ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
