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Mary Jo
Mary Jo, various spelled Mari Jo, Mary Joe and similar, is a feminine given name found mainly in the United States. It is often a contraction of Mary Josephine, Mary Joanna or similar. Notable people with the name include: * Mary Jo Baedecker (born 1941), American geochemist * Mary Jo Bane, American political scientist * Mary Jo Bang (born 1946), American poet * Mary Jo Bona, American literary scholar * Mary Jo Bole (born 1956), American artist * Mari Jo Buhle (born 1943), American historian * Mary Jo Buttafuoco (born 1955), American author and motivational speaker * Mary Jo Catlett (born 1938), American actress * Mary Jo Chelette (1939–1984), American country singer * Mary Jo Codey (born 1955), American healthcare activist * Maryjo Cohen, American business executive * Mary Jo Daley (born 1949), American politician * Mary Jo Deschanel (born 1945), American actress * Mary Jo Duffy (born 1954), American comic book editor and writer * Mary Jo Estep (1909 or 1910—1992), Shos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Jo Kilroy
Mary Jo Kilroy (born April 30, 1949) is an American attorney and politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2009 until 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party from Ohio. She was defeated in her November 2, 2010 re-election bid. In 2012, she ran in the newly redrawn, Columbus-based 3rd congressional district but lost in the primary. She is an attorney and a former two-term County Commissioner of Franklin County, Ohio, which includes the capital city of Columbus and some of its surrounding suburban and rural areas. Previously, she served two four-year terms on the Columbus School Board after working in private practice. In both the 2006 and 2008 United States House of Representatives elections, Kilroy was involved in close elections for Ohio's 15th congressional district. She lost in 2006 after an election that required the counting of absentee ballots and election recounts. However, after the incumbent retired, she won a similarly close election in 2008. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Jo Catlett
Mary Jo Catlett (born September 2, 1938) is an American actress. She is a main cast member on the animated series ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', providing the voice of Mrs. Puff. She is also known for originating the role of Ernestina in the 1964 Broadway production of '' Hello, Dolly!'' and for playing Pearl Gallagher, the third housekeeper on ''Diff'rent Strokes''. Catlett was born in Denver, Colorado, where she performed in a variety of plays and eventually directed a company of ''Pirates of Penzance''. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, she performed in Off-Broadway and Broadway musicals, often taking light-hearted, humorous roles. Since the late 1960s, Catlett has appeared in television shows such as ''M*A*S*H'', ''The Dukes of Hazzard'', and ''General Hospital''. Catlett received Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards in 1978 and 1980, a nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical at the Ovation Awards in 1995, and a Daytime Emmy Award nomination in 1990. In 1998, Catlett j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Jo Baedecker
MaryJo Baedecker (born 1941) is an American geochemist. She was named a fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2011. Early life In 1941, Baedecker was born in Richmond, Kentucky. Education Baedecker received a BSc in chemistry from Vanderbilt University, a MSc in chemistry from the University of Kentucky and a PhD in geochemistry from George Washington University The George Washington University (GW or GWU) is a Private university, private University charter#Federal, federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C. Chartered in 1821 by the United States Congress, GWU is the largest Higher educat .... Career From 1968 to 1973, she was a research scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, In 1974, she joined the United States Geological Survey (USGS) as a research chemist. Her research focused on the contamination of aquifers by landfill sites. Her research paper on the subject in the journal ''Groundwater'' was designated a benchmark in its f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Jo Fisher
Mary Josephine Fisher (born 25 December 1962) is a former Australian politician. She was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate from June 2007, representing the state of South Australia, but resigned in August 2012, after twice being charged with shoplifting. Life Fisher was born in the Western Australian town of Beverley. She is a great-granddaughter of George Miles, a long-serving former member of the Western Australian Legislative Council, and a niece of former Nuclear Disarmament Party and Greens WA Senator Jo Vallentine. She worked as a barrister and specialist in industrial relations before the start of her political career. She subsequently served as a senior adviser to the then Industrial Relations Minister, Peter Reith. At the time of her selection, Fisher was General Manager of Business Services for Business SA. Mary-Jo Fisher is married to South Australian businessman, John Crosby. Political career Fisher was chosen on 6 June 2007 to fill a vacancy in the Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary-Jo Morell
Doris Gercke (born 7 February 1937 in Greifswald) is a German writer of crime thrillers. She also works under the nom de plume Mary-Jo Morell. Biography Born to a working-class family, Doris Gercke's family could not afford higher education for her, so she became an administrator at the age of 16. Married at 20, she had her second child at the age of 22, and gave up working to be a full-time homemaker and mother. In 1980 Gercke finally fulfilled her dream of studying law, funded by a scholarship. However, she never practised, and wrote her first novel in 1988. Gercke identifies with the political left and is connected with pacifism and the struggle against neo-fascism and communism. She takes part in political marches and demonstrations. She also participates in the ''UZ-Pressefesten'' (loosely, "Media Festivals") of the German Communist Party.Unsere Zeit, 2 February 2007, S. 13 Doris Gercke lives in Hamburg. Awards * 1991 Martin Beck Award for: ''Du skrattade, du ska dà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Jo McGuire
Mary Jo McGuire (born July 29, 1956) is an American politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 66, which included portions of Ramsey County, Minnesota, Ramsey County in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. She previously served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1989 to 2003, representing District 54A. Prior to the 1992 legislative redistricting, the area was known as District 63A. She currently serves on the Ramsey County Board and was reelected in 2020. Professional background A Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, Democrat, McGuire is an attorney and an adjunct professor in the Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership and Political Science departments at St. Catherine University in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Saint Paul, and the state director for Project Citizen, a part of the Learning Law and Democracy Foundation. She is also the co-founder and Chief executive officer, CEO of Great Women's Gear, an online resource for outdoor ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Jo Markey
Mary Jo Markey is an American television and film editor. Markey has been elected to membership of the American Cinema Editors society. She is a frequent collaborator with J. J. Abrams. Career Markey has edited several mainstream films including ''The Perks of Being a Wallflower'' and '' Mission: Impossible III''. She has also worked as an editor on several television shows, such as three episodes of '' Felicity'', ''Breaking News'', ''Skin'', fourteen episodes of ''Alias'', and was also chief editor on ''Lost''. She worked with Abrams on three of his television shows (''Felicity'', ''Alias'', and ''Lost''), and on almost all of his feature films as director with Maryann Brandon, with '' Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker'' being the lone exception. Markey worked with Abrams on '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'', which was released in December 2015. Along with her co-editor Brandon, she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing for her work on the film. In her rol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Jo Leddy
Mary Jo Leddy, (born 1 February 1946) is a Canadians, Canadian writer, speaker, theology, theologian and social activist. Leddy is widely recognized for her work with refugees at Toronto's Romero House. In 1973, she was the founding editor of the ''Catholic New Times''. She is the author of the books "Say to the Darkness We Beg to Differ" (Lester and Orpen Denys, finalist City of Toronto Book Award), ''Reweaving Religious Life: Beyond the Liberal Model'' (Twenty Third Publications, 1990), ''At the Border Called Hope: Where Refugees are Neighbours'' (HarperCollins, 1997 and finalist for the Trillium Award, ''Radical Gratitude'' (Orbis Books, 2002), "Our Friendly Local Terrorist" (Between the Lines 2010) and "The Other Face of God: When the Stranger Calls Us Home" (Orbis 2011). 'Why Are We Here? A Meditation on Canada" (Novalis 2019) Leddy was the recipient of a Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Toronto with a thesis titled "The Event of the Holocaust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Jo Kopechne
Mary Jo Kopechne (; July 26, 1940 – July 18 or 19, 1969) was an American secretary, and one of the campaign workers for U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign, a close team known as the "Boiler Room Girls". In 1969, she drowned when a car driven by U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy left a narrow road on Chappaquiddick Island and overturned into Poucha Pond. Kennedy left the party, according to reports, at 11:15. The wreck wasn't reported until the next morning, approximately nine to ten hours later. Early life and education Kopechne was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, although she is sometimes described as being from nearby Forty Fort, Pennsylvania. She was the only child of Joseph Kopechne, an insurance salesman, and Gwen (née Jennings), a homemaker. Kopechne was of part Polish heritage through her father. Her grandfathers both worked as coal miners in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Her family history in the Wyoming Valley area of northeastern Pennsylvania g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Jo Keenen
Mary Jo Keenen is an American former television actress. She had regular roles as Nurse Julie Milbury on the ''Empty Nest'' spin-off ''Nurses'', Gloria Elgis on ''City'' with Valerie Harper, and Stephanie James on '' My Wildest Dreams''. She also guest-starred on series including ''Search for Tomorrow'', ''Broken Badges'', ''The Commish'', ''The John Larroquette Show'' and '' Seinfeld''. Her most recent TV role was on ''Everybody Loves Raymond ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' is an American sitcom television series created by Philip Rosenthal that aired on CBS from September 13, 1996, to May 16, 2005, with a total of 210 episodes spanning nine seasons. It was produced by Where's Lunch an ...'' in 1999. She has been married to writer and producer Mitchell Hurwitz since 1999. References External links * American television actresses Living people Actresses from New Jersey 20th-century American actresses Year of birth missing (living people) People from Westfield, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Jo Heath
Mary Jo Heath (born December 11, 1954) Authorities (LCCN) is an American radio music host, associated with the since 2006. Born in Iowa City, Heath graduated from in |
