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Petry
Petry, or Pétry, is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ann Petry (1908–1997), American author * August Arthur Petry (1858–1932), German botanist and entomologist * Cássio Petry (born 1978), Brazilian canoeist * Christian Petry (born 1965), German politician * Dan Petry (born 1958), American baseball player * Ellen Petry Leanse (1958), American author, businesswoman, coach, educator, entrepreneur, and online community pioneer * Frauke Petry (born 1975), German chemist, businesswoman and politician (AfD) * Irène Pétry (1922–2007), Belgian judge and socialist politician. * Jeff Petry (born 1987), American ice hockey player * Juliusz Petry (1890–1961), Polish writer * Lasse Petry (born 1992), Danish footballer * Leroy Petry (born 1979), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient * Lucile Petry Leone (1902–1999), American nurse * Michael Petry (born 1960), American artist * Michael Petry (footballer) (born 1976), German footballer * Valentin Petry ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Petry
Michael Petry (born 1960) is an American multi-media artist and author who lives and works in London. He is director of MOCA, London (Museum of Contemporary Art London), and co-founder of the Museum of Installation, also in London. He was formerly the Curator of the Royal Academy Schools Gallery, Guest Curator at the KunstAkademi, Oslo, and Research Fellow at the University of Wolverhampton. Life and work Petry was born in El Paso, Texas, and has lived in London since 1981. Petry received a BA at Rice University (Houston), an MA at London Guildhall University, and a Phd in Arts at Middlesex University. He is the Director of MOCA, London (the Museum of Contemporary Art) and a former curator of the Royal Academy Schools Gallery. In 2009 Petry received a commission from The Ivy restaurant, London, to make a large scale glass installation called "The Network". In 2010 Petry was chosen to be the first Artist in Residence at the Sir John Soane's Museum, London In 2015 Petry headli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frauke Petry
Frauke Petry (; ; born 1 June 1975) is a German politician who chaired the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party from July 2015 to September 2017. A chemist by training and with a professional background as a businesswoman, some political scientists described Petry as a representative of the national conservative wing of that party. Petry had formerly served as one of three party spokespersons from 2013 to 2015, and became leader in 2015, displacing the party's founder Bernd Lucke after an internal power struggle; Lucke subsequently left the party and said it has "fallen irretrievably into the wrong hands" after Petry's election. Petry left the party in turn after stating it had become "anarchical" and unable to provide a "credible platform". Petry is noted for her anti-Islam views, for her calls to ban minarets, and for arguing that German police should "use firearms if necessary" to prevent illegal border-crossings. She led the Blue Party until its dissolution in late 2019. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leroy Petry
Leroy Arthur Petry (born July 29, 1979) is a retired United States Army soldier. He received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in Afghanistan in 2008 during Operation Enduring Freedom. Born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Petry had an active youth, and joined the Army after high school. Completing the Ranger Indoctrination Program, he was deployed several times to both Iraq and Afghanistan as a member of the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. On May 26, 2008, during his seventh deployment, Petry was a member of a team on a mission to capture a Taliban target in Paktia Province. Despite being wounded in both legs by gunfire, Petry continued to fight and give orders. When a grenade landed between him and two other soldiers, Petry grabbed it and attempted to throw it away from them. He saved the soldiers' lives but the grenade exploded, severing his right hand. Petry became the second recent living recipient of the medal for the war in Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lasse Petry
Lasse Petry Andersen (born 19 September 1992) is a Danish professional footballer who played as midfielder. Career Petry was born in Smørumnedre, and played football during his youth for his local club Ledøje-Smørum Fodbold, before moving on to FC Nordsjælland at under-15 level. On 28 April 2011, Petry was brought on as a substitute in the Danish Cup semi-final win over Randers, his first appearance for the first team. He signed a new contract on 2 April 2012, extending his contract with Nordsjælland to June 2014. The following years, however, were plagued by injuries which meant that Petry never established himself in the starting lineup. Between 2014 and 2017, he only made 33 league appearances due to injuries, mainly a meniscus tear which kept him sidelined for an extended period of time. In May 2018, Nordsjælland announced on their website that Petry would leave the club when his contract expired on 30 June. On 18 August 2018, Petry signed a six-month contract with Lyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Petry
Jeffrey Petry ( ; born December 9, 1987) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the second round, 45th overall, at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, playing for the organization from 2010 until his trade to Montreal in 2015. Playing career Amateur Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and raised in Farmington Hills, Michigan, Petry spent three years playing varsity hockey at St. Mary's Preparatory, in nearby Orchard Lake Village. He left prior to his senior season in November 2005 to play for the Des Moines Buccaneers of the United States Hockey League (USHL), a member of the team's 2006 Tier 1 National Championship-winning team. Petry was then drafted by the Edmonton Oilers of the NHL in the second round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, 45th overall. He was the Oilers' highest draft pick that year, as the Oilers had previously traded their first-round pick to the Minnesota Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Petry
Ann Petry (October 12, 1908 – April 28, 1997) was an American writer of novels, short stories, children's books and journalism. Her 1946 debut novel ''The Street'' became the first novel by an African-American woman to sell more than a million copies.McKay, p. 127. In 2019, the Library of America published a volume of her work containing ''The Street'' as well as her 1953 masterpiece ''The Narrows'' and a few shorter pieces of nonfiction. Early life Ann, born Anna Houston Lane, was born in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. She was the youngest of three daughters to Peter Clark Lane and Bertha James Lane. Her parents belonged to the black minority, numbering 15 inhabitants of the small town.Cott, Nancy F., and Kathryn Allamong Jacob"New Cache of Letters Illuminates Life of African American Novelist Ann Petry" ''Schlesinger Newsletter'', Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University. Her father was a pharmacist and her mother was a shop owner, chiropodist, and hairdresse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Petry
Wolfgang "Wolle" Petry (born 22 September 1951 as ''Franz Hubert Wolfgang Remling'') is a German schlager musician and songwriter from Cologne, Germany. In 1997, he was named the leading German language musician in terms of chart figures for the year, with his most successful album ''Alles''. He won the award for "Best Folk/Pop Artist" National/International" during the Echo awards in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001. He also won the Goldene Stimmgabel award in 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005 for ''Most successful German solo pop act''. In 1998 and 2006 he also won the "Platinum Life Award" during the same Goldene Stimmgabel awards. In late 2017, he announced a name change to Pete Wolf. He released the album ''Happy Man'' under this moniker on 27 October, with his musical genre shifted towards country and lyrics in English language. Personal life Petry was born in the Cologne neighborhood of Raderthal and grew up there. After his father's death at age 16, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Petry Leanse
Ellen Petry Leanse (born Ellen Petry August 12, 1958) is an American author, businesswoman, educator, entrepreneur, and online community pioneer. Leanse has spent 35 years working with leaders at Apple, Google, Facebook, as an entrepreneur, and with dozens of startups. She's a writer on topics of workplace dynamics and a Stanford instructor. Her work has spanned entrepreneurship, corporate leadership, investing, and strategy consulting. An alum of Apple (1981 – 1990), she launched the company's first online activity through the User Group Connection, an initiative she founded at Apple in 1985. She was employed by Google from 2008 through 2010 and created a social list-making apLists by 222dofor the initial launch of the Facebook development platform (2007). In 2015, Business Insider published her LinkedIn article about the word "just" and its use across genders. The post received more than three million views. It was originally published via Women 2.0, an organization she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Petry
Daniel Joseph Petry ( ; born November 13, 1958) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers (1979–87 and 1990–91), California Angels (1988–89), Atlanta Braves (1991) and Boston Red Sox (1991). He currently serves as a studio analyst for the Detroit Tigers on Bally Sports Detroit. Playing career Petry helped the Tigers win the 1984 World Series and the 1987 American League Eastern Division, and helped the Braves win the 1991 National League pennant. He was elected to the American League All-Star team in 1985. He led the American League in games started (38) in 1983. In 1982 and 1984, Petry finished ninth and fifth, respectively, in American League Cy Young Award voting. In 13 years he had a 125-104 record (.546), 370 appearances, 300 games started, 52 complete games, 11 shutouts, one save, innings pitched, 1,984 hits allowed, 1,025 runs allowed, 912 earned runs allowed, 218 home runs allowed, 852 walks allowed, 1,063 strikeouts, 47 hit bats ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Petry
Christian Petry (born 15 March 1965 in Neunkirchen, Saarland) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who has been a Member of the German Bundestag since January 2014, representing constituency 298, St Wendel. Within the German Bundestag, Petry is spokesman on European affairs for the SPD parliamentary group. and spokesman of the SPD parliamentary group on the Committee on European Union Affairs. In addition, he has served as secretary-general of the Saarland branch of the SPD since March 2018. Early life and career Petry studied public administration, economics and business administration, graduating with a degree in public administration from a university of applied sciences. From 1992 to 1995 Petry worked as a research assistant for the SPD parliamentary group in the State Parliament of Saarland under Reinhard Klimmt, and from 1995 to 1998 he served as the personal assistant and press spokesman of the Saarland's State Minister of the Interi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucile Petry Leone
Lucile Petry Leone (January 23, 1902 – November 25, 1999) was an American nurse who was the founding director of the Cadet Nurse Corps in 1943. Because the Nurse Corps met its recruiting quotas, it was not necessary for the US to draft nurses in World War II. She was the first woman and the first nurse to be appointed as Assistant Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service. Origins Born in 1902 in Frog Heaven, Ohio, Lucile was the only child of a high school principal and his wife. She was raised in Selbyville, Delaware. Lucile Petry completed a double major in chemistry and English at the University of Delaware in 1924. While attending the University of Delaware she worked as a nurses' assistant over the summer, confirming her interest in nursing. "I knew I wanted to work with both my hands and my head," Petry said. "I wanted to see science work. And I knew I wanted to work with people, not things." She received a nursing degree from Johns Hopkins School of Nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irène Pétry
Irène Pétry (19 June 1922 – 17 April 2007) was a Belgian socialist politician. She was the first female president of the Constitutional Court (formerly known as the Court of Arbitration). She took part in founding a movement called the "Femmes Prévoyantes Socialistes". She was one of the first women to pursue a political career that took her to the highest levels. The main idea for which she fought her whole life was the equality and emancipation of man and woman. Youth Irene Pétry grew up with five brothers in a working-class family. Her parents were fervent members of the Belgian Workers Party, ancestor of the Parti Socialiste. She was involved in politics from an early age, and participated in local meetings of this party. Irene was a good student and managed to finish her economics degree at the Royal Athenaeum of Waremme in 1942. She was forced to interrupt her studies because of World War II and for lack of money. As a substitute for university education she attend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
