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Reys (other)
Reys may refer to: People * Barbara Reys (born 1953), American mathematics educator * Frank Reys (1931–1984), Australian jockey * Michael Reys (born 1966), Dutch slalom canoer * Rita Reys Rita Reys (born Maria Everdina Reijs; 21 December 1924 – 28 July 2013) was a jazz singer from the Netherlands. She was promoted as "Europe's First Lady of Jazz". In the 1980s, Rita returned to the American Songbook, recording albums such as ... (1924–2013), Dutch jazz singer Places * Reys, Iran {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Reys
Barbara Jean Bestgen Reys (born 1953) is an American mathematics educator known for her research in number sense and mental calculation, for her mathematics textbooks, and for her leadership in developing curriculum standards for elementary school mathematics education. She is Curators Professor Emeritus at the University of Missouri, and a winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Education and career Reys graduated from the College of the Ozarks in 1975. She worked as a high school mathematics teacher in Missouri from 1974 to 1977, as an elementary school demonstration teacher from 1979 to 1982, and as a junior high school mathematics teacher from 1984 to 1985. Beginning with a master's degree in 1979, she studied mathematics education as a graduate student at the University of Missouri, completing her Ph.D. there in 1985. Her dissertation, supervised by Douglas Arthur Grouws, was ''Identification and Characterization of Mental ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Reys
Frank Reys (c.1931–1984) was an Aboriginal Australian jockey. He was the first, and the only Indigenous Australian jockey to win the prestigious Melbourne Cup when, in 1973, he rode to victory on Gala Supreme. Reys' career began in Northern Queensland. He raced in North Queensland, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and country Victoria, winning his first ride in 1948 as a 16-year-old. In his career as a jockey he had 1,330 winning rides, made more impressive by the fact that there was only one metropolitan and one regional race meeting per week in those days. His 1973 Melbourne Cup win was his last. In winning his last race at 45 years of age in 1976, he bookended his career with winners. Heritage Frank Reys' father was Filipino and his mother Aboriginal, of the Dyirbal people of Northern Queensland. However, he was widely reported as Filipino only throughout his career. Many believed that it would have hindered his prospects had he discussed his Aboriginal heritage openly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Reys
Michael Reys (born 17 February 1966 in Ratingen, West Germany) is a Dutch slalom canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. He finished 11th in the K-1 event at both the 1992 and the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... ReferencesSports-Reference.com profile External links * 1966 births Living people Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Dutch male canoeists Olympic canoeists for the Netherlands People from Ratingen Sportspeople from Düsseldorf (region) 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rita Reys
Rita Reys (born Maria Everdina Reijs; 21 December 1924 – 28 July 2013) was a jazz singer from the Netherlands. She was promoted as "Europe's First Lady of Jazz". In the 1980s, Rita returned to the American Songbook, recording albums such as ''Memories of You'' with the Lex Jasper orchestra. She died in Breukelen, the Netherlands, on 28 July 2013. Discography * ''The Cool Voice of Rita Reys ''The Cool Voice of Rita Reys'' is the debut album by Dutch jazz singer Rita Reys which features sessions recorded with bands led by drummers Art Blakey and her husband Wessel Ilcken. The sessions are divided over each side of the original LP wh ...'' (Columbia, 1956) * ''The Cool Voice of Rita Reys No. 2'' (Philips, 1957) * ''New Voices'' (Dawn, 1957) * ''Two Jazzy People'' with Bengt Hallberg (Philips, 1959) * ''Marriage in Modern Jazz'' with Pim Jacobs (Philips, 1960) * ''Jazz Pictures at an Exhibition'' with Pim Jacobs (Philips, 1961) * ''Jazz Sir, That's Our Baby'' (Philips, 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
