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Pfeifer
Pfeifer ( , ) is a German-language occupational surname meaning "whistler" or " pipe-" or "fife-player" and etymologically akin to English ''Piper'' and ''Fifer''; other spellings include '' Pfeiffer''. The spelling ''Pfeifer'' may refer to: *People: **Carl Ferdinand Pfeifer (1915–2001), United States Navy officer and aide to Presidents Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower ** Felix Pfeifer (1871–1945), German sculptor and medallist **George Pfeifer (born 1955), former head men's basketball coach at the University of Idaho ** Hellmuth Pfeifer (1894–1945), German general who commanded the 65. Infantrie Division during World War II ** Jörg Pfeifer (born 1952), East German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres **Joseph L. Pfeifer (1892–1974), United States Representative from New York **Karl Pfeifer, (1928–2023), Austrian journalist **Louis Fred Pfeifer (1876–1917), private in the United States Marine Corps who received the Medal of Honor **Manuel Pfeifer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Pfeifer
Philip James Pfeifer (born July 15, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Canberra Cavalry of the Australian Baseball League. He previously played college baseball for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University. Amateur career Pfeifer graduated from Farragut High School in Farragut, Tennessee. He played for the school's baseball team, and set a state record by recording 46 wins. He enrolled at Vanderbilt University to play college baseball for the Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team. In 2012, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Pfeifer was suspended for the 2014 season due to substance abuse issues, but returned to the team in 2015. Professional career Los Angeles Dodgers The Los Angeles Dodgers selected Pfeifer in the third round, with the 101st overall selection, of the 2015 MLB Draft. The Dodgers signed Pfeifer and assigned him to the Ogden Raptors where he pitched scoreless innings for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pfeifer Broz
Pfeifer ( , ) is a German-language occupational surname meaning "whistler" or "pipe-" or "fife-player" and etymologically akin to English ''Piper'' and ''Fifer''; other spellings include '' Pfeiffer''. The spelling ''Pfeifer'' may refer to: *People: ** Carl Ferdinand Pfeifer (1915–2001), United States Navy officer and aide to Presidents Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower ** Felix Pfeifer (1871–1945), German sculptor and medallist ** George Pfeifer (born 1955), former head men's basketball coach at the University of Idaho **Hellmuth Pfeifer (1894–1945), German general who commanded the 65. Infantrie Division during World War II **Jörg Pfeifer (born 1952), East German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres **Joseph L. Pfeifer (1892–1974), United States Representative from New York ** Karl Pfeifer, (1928–2023), Austrian journalist **Louis Fred Pfeifer (1876–1917), private in the United States Marine Corps who received the Medal of Honor ** Manuel Pfeifer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Pfeifer
Viktor Pfeifer (born May 16, 1987) is an Austrian former competitive figure skater. An eight-time Austrian national champion, he has placed as high as eighth at the European Championships (2013) and has competed three times at the Winter Olympics, placing 22nd in 2006, 21st in 2010 and 26th in 2014. Career In the 2002–03 season, Pfeifer won Austria's senior national men's title for the first time. The following season, he began competing on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series. In 2004–05, Pfeifer competed in his second JGP season and finished 12th at the 2005 World Junior Championships. He also made his senior international debut at the 2005 European Championships, where he was 18th. He then placed 23rd at his first senior World Championships. In 2005–06, Pfeifer again began his season on the junior level, placing fifth in both of his JGP events. He then competed on the senior level at the 2005 Karl Schäfer Memorial, the final opportunity for countries to qualify an Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael David Pfeifer
Michael David Pfeifer (born May 18, 1937) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of San Angelo in Texas from 1985 to 2012. Biography Early life Michael Pfeifer was born on May 18, 1937, in Alamo, Texas, the son of Maund Pfeifer and Alice Clausney Savage. He grew up on a family farm, dealing with periods of poverty. Pfeifer entered St. Anthony’s Junior Seminary at age 13. He took his first vows with the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate on May 31,1958 On December 21, 1964, Pfeifer was ordained into the priesthood by Bishop Stephen Leven for the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. After his ordination, Pfeifer served as a missionary in Mexico for several years. Bishop of San Angelo On May 31, 1985, Pope John Paul II named Pfeifer as bishop of the Diocese of San Angelo. He was consecrated by Archbishop Patrick Flores at the San Angelo Coliseum on July 26, 1985. Pfeifer has spoken against medical research usin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Pfeifer
Paul E. Pfeifer (born October 15, 1942) is an American jurist. He served in both houses of the Ohio General Assembly as a member of the Ohio Republican party and was most recently an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio. Pfeifer was born in Bucyrus in 1942. He grew up on his family's dairy farm near Bucyrus. As a teenager, he raised purebred Yorkshire hogs to finance his college education. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in economics, political science, and history in 1963 from Ohio State University. In 1966, he also earned a law degree from the College of Law. Pfeifer owns a cattle farm in Crawford County, near his childhood home. Pfeifer and his wife Julia have three children and four grandchildren. Law practice From 1967 to 1970, he worked as an assistant attorney general under Ohio Attorney General William B. Saxbe. Pfeifer practiced law – tax and trial law – as a partner with the firm Cory, Brown & Pfeifer from 1972 to 1992. From 1973 to 1976, he a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Pfeifer
Felix Georg Pfeifer (9 November 1871, Leipzig – 6 March 1945, Leipzig) was a German sculptor and medallist. Biography Pfeifer was the third son of six children born to the businessman, Friedrich Eduard Pfeifer. From 1890 to 1893, he studied at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig with , then transferred to the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin, where his instructors included Peter Breuer and Ernst Herter. This was followed by a study trip to Rome, where Pfeifer worked with Eugen Diederichs and his associates. After a stay in Paris, he was in Dresden from 1906 to 1911, becoming one of the cofounders of the (Artists' Association). Pfeifer returned to Leipzig at the start of World War I, working as a freelance sculptor. Inspired by the literary works of Richard Dehmel, Pfeifer‘s sculptures often dealt with the subjects of friendship and love. His first major group sculpture, ''Erste Liebe'' (First Love) was purchased by the government of Saxony, leading to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Pfeifer
George Pfeifer (born 1955) is an American college basketball coach, whose last assignment was as an assistant coach at Montana State University in Bozeman. He is a former head coach at three different college programs: Lewis–Clark State in Lewiston, Idaho, the University of Idaho in Moscow, and Montana State - Billings. After serving as head coach for sixteen seasons at LCSC, his alma mater, Pfeifer left the NAIA college to become an assistant in the WAC at Idaho under Leonard Perry for the season. Perry was fired after the last game in March; Pfeifer was promoted later in the then compiled a two-season record of . He was fired in March 2008 with a year remaining on his three-year contract, succeeded by Don Verlin, an assistant at and a previous finalist for the job A few months later, Pfeifer was hired as the head coach at Montana State–Billings in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. After three seasons at the Division II school, his contract was not renew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Pfeifer
Karl Pfeifer (born 22 August 1928 in Baden bei Wien, near Vienna) is an Austrian journalist. Life Karl Pfeifer and his parents fled Austria in 1938 to Hungary, there he joined the socialistic-Zionist youth organization HaschomerHatzair in 1940. Before the German occupation of Hungary in the Second World War in January 1943, he successfully escaped as one of 50 children after an adventurous way to Palestine. There he lived in a kibbutz, served from 1946 in the elite troop Palmach and, after the foundation of Israel, he served in the Israeli army until 1950. In 1951, he returned to Austria. From 1982 to 1995, he was editor of the ''"Gemeinde"'', the official organ of the Israelitecult-community Vienna. In this function he wrote in an article in 1995, that the political scientist Werner Pfeifenberger had used "Nazi tones" in the yearbook of the freedom party academy. Karl Pfeifer said that Pfeifenberger had played the Nazi regime down and accused the Jews for being responsible f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pfeifer, Kansas
Pfeifer is an unincorporated community in Freedom Township, Ellis County, Kansas, United States. It is located south of Victoria. History Volga German immigrants founded Pfeifer in August 1876, naming it after the village they had emigrated from in Russia. The final group of Volga German immigrants arrived from the community of Kamenka in June 1878. In 1884, the settlement moved to its current location. A post office opened in Pfeifer in 1887. Beginning in 1879, local residents constructed a series of church buildings that culminated in the completion of Holy Cross Church in May 1918. Geography Pfeifer is located at (38.7080679, -99.1656536) at an elevation of 1,880 feet (571 m). It is approximately east of U.S. Highway 183, south of Interstate 70, and southeast of Hays, the county seat. Pfeifer lies on the south side of the Smoky Hill River in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains. Transportation Saratov Street, a paved county road, runs north–south through Pfe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Ferdinand Pfeifer
Carl Ferdinand Pfeifer (December 18, 1915 – May 12, 2001) was an officer in the United States Navy and naval aide to Presidents Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower. A native of Springfield, Ohio, he would marry twice. His first marriage, to Dorothy Dowling, ended in divorce. He was married to Mary Louis Whitmore for the rest of his life. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Career Pfeifer graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1939. He would serve aboard the in Pearl Harbor, where he survived the sneak attack by the Japanese. Later during World War II, he commanded the . Following the war, he served as a naval aide in the Truman and Eisenhower administrations. Later he served in the Korean War and Vietnam War and as Inspector General of the Military Sea Transportation Service. During his career, he was awarded the Silver Star and twice awarded the Legion of Merit, one of the Legions of Merit coming with a valor device Valor, valour, or valorous m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Fred Pfeifer
Louis Fred Pfeifer (June 19, 1876 – February 9, 1949) was a private in the United States Marine Corps who received the Medal of Honor for risking his life to rescue several shipmates during a fire aboard . Pfeifer joined the Marine Corps from Philadelphia under the name Louis Fred Theis and served aboard the during engagements in the waters around Manila during the Spanish–American War. When a fire broke out aboard ship and several crew members went missing while trying to extinguish the flames, Pfeifer (under the name of Theis) and several other shipmates risked their lives to rescue them. All eventually received the Medal of Honor for their actions. After receiving the Medal of Honor he continued to serve in the Marine Corps and upon reenlistment changed his name back to Pfeifer until he was discharged in 1917. Early life and military career Pfeifer was born June 19, 1876, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On January 5, 1898, he joined the Marine Corps from Brooklyn, New Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hellmuth Pfeifer
__NOTOC__ Hans-Hellmuth Pfeifer (18 February 1894 – 22 April 1945) was a German general during World War II. A veteran of World War I, he held higher command positions in WWII, among other, that of the 65th Infantry Division in Italy, selecting its hand grenade symbol which earned the nickname "The Hand Grenade Division." Pfeifer was killed in action in Finale Emilia, in the Bologna sector, on 22 April 1945; mere days before the final Axis surrender in Italy. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and a staunch Nazi. Early military career Hans-Hellmuth Pfeifer joined the 3rd Kurhessisches Infantry Regiment "von Wittich" No. 83 (''3. Kurhessisches Infanterie-Regiment "von Wittich" Nr. 83''), Kassel, on March 16, 1912 as an officer cadet (''Fahnenjunker''). On August 18, 1913, he was promoted to lieutenant (''Leutnant'') in the 4th Hanoverian Infantry Regiment No. 164 (''4. Hannoversches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 164''), patented 19 Augus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
