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Ramey Creek (North Carolina)
Ramey may refer to: *Ramey Air Force Base, a former base in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico *Ramey, Pennsylvania * Ramey, Puerto Rico, a US sub-orbital launch site * Ramey House, an historic mansion in Tyler, Texas, USA People * Ramey Dawoud, Sudanese American Rapper, actor Surname *Claude Ramey (1754–1838), French sculptor, father of Etienne-Jules Ramey *Estelle Ramey (1917–2006) American scientist *Étienne-Jules Ramey (1796–1852), French sculptor *Harry R. Ramey, Jr., US politician *Horace Ramey (1885–1974), American athlete *Howard Knox Ramey (1896–1943), American general *James Ramey (1944–1970): see Baby Huey (singer) * James Ramey (1917-2015), American politician *Jim Ramey (born 1957), American football player *Phillip Ramey (born 1939), American composer *Samuel Ramey (born 1942), American singer *Valerie Ramey, American economist *Venus Ramey (1924–2017), Miss America, 1944 *Roger M. Ramey, American general of the Eighth Air Force who was involved with the Roswell UF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramey Air Force Base
Ramey Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. It was named after United States Army Air Forces Brigadier General Howard Knox Ramey. Following its closure, it was redeveloped into Rafael Hernandez Airport. History Pre-World War II In 1939, the U.S. Army Air Corps sent Major George C. Kenney to Puerto Rico to conduct a preliminary survey of possible air base sites on Puerto Rico. He examined 42 sites and declared that Punta Borinquen the best site for a major air base. Sugar cane farms covered some 3796 acres that the government purchased for military use in the first week of September 1939 at a cost of $1,215,000. Later that year, Major Karl S. Axtater assumed command of what was to become Borinquen Army Airfield. World War II era During World War II, the following squadrons were assigned to the airfield: * Headquarters, 25th Bombardment Group, 1 November 1940 – 1 November 1942; 5 October 1943 – 24 March 1944 : 417th Bombardment S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Knox Ramey
Howard Knox Ramey (28 June 1896 – 26 March 1943) was a United States Army Air Forces general during World War II. Ramey learned to fly in 1918 during World War I and served as an instructor at the Air Corps Advanced Flying School and as a staff officer with the 1st Bombardment Wing between the wars. He was commander of the IV Bomber Command from 12 August 1942 to 8 November 1942, and was promoted to brigadier general on 17 September 1942. In November 1942, he became deputy commander of the Seventh Air Force in Hawaii. In January 1943 he became the commander of the V Bomber Command in Australia and Papua, which he led during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea. In March 1943 he disappeared on a reconnaissance flight over the Torres Strait. Neither his aircraft nor his body has ever been found. Early life Howard Knox Ramey was born in Waynesboro, Mississippi on 28 June 1896. He attended Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College from 1915 to 1917. In December 1917 he en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valerie Ramey
Valerie Ramey is an American economist at University of California, San Diego and an Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. In 2018, she was elected a fellow of the Econometric Society. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and research associate at the NBER. She was awarded the R. K. Cho Economics Prize in 2020. Career and research Ramey has a BA in economics and Spanish from the University of Arizona (1981) and a PhD in economics from Stanford University (1987). She is an associate editor of the ''Journal of Political Economy''. Her works have been cited over 15,000 times according to Google Scholar. Her research has been quoted in CNN, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Ramey
Samuel Edward Ramey (born March 28, 1942) is an American operatic bass. At the height of his career, he was greatly admired for his range and versatility, having possessed a sufficiently accomplished bel canto technique to enable him to sing the music of Handel, Mozart and Rossini, yet with power enough to handle the more overtly dramatic roles in Verdi and Puccini. Early life Ramey graduated from Colby High School in Colby, Kansas in 1960. He studied music in high school and in college at Kansas State University, as well as at Wichita State with Arthur Newman. In college at Kansas State, he was a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. After further study in Central City (where he was in the chorus of ''Don Giovanni'' in 1963, with Norman Treigle in the title role) and as an apprentice with the Santa Fe Opera, he went to New York City where he worked for an academic publisher before he had his first breakthrough at the New York City Opera, debuting on March 11, 1973, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phillip Ramey
Phillip Ramey (born September 12, 1939 in Elmhurst, Illinois, Elmhurst, Illinois, United States) is an American composer, pianist, and writer on music. He studied composition with the Russian-born composer Alexander Tcherepnin from 1959 to 1962, first at the International Academy of Music in Nice, France, then at DePaul University in Chicago. He later studied composition with Jack Beeson at Columbia University (1962–65). Ramey has had professional associations with Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, Virgil Thomson, William Schuman, David Diamond (composer), David Diamond and Vladimir Horowitz. Thomson honored him with a musical portrait for piano titled "Phillip Ramey: Thinking Hard," and Copland dedicated two piano pieces to him: "Midsummer Nocturne" and "Proclamation." For many years, Ramey was a close friend and a neighbor of Paul Bowles in Tangier, Morocco, where he has summered regularly. In 2017, the New York Public Library acquired Ramey's archive of manuscr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Ramey
James Edward Ramey Jr. (born March 9, 1957) is an American former gridiron football defensive end who played eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL), Canadian Football League (CFL), and United States Football League (USFL) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Tampa Bay Bandits, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played college football at Kentucky and was drafted in the 3rd round of the 1979 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns. Early life and education Jim Ramey was born on March 9, 1957, in Louisville, Kentucky. His family moved to the unincorporated community of Belfry, Kentucky, when he was young. His childhood home was built inbetween multiple mountains. "We live in the hills right down IN the hills," Ramey said. "If we look out the front door we see a mountain. If we look out the back door we see another mountain. If we look out a window on either side, we see more mountains." He attended Belfry High School, playing fullback and defensive end for the same ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Ramey (politician)
James Graham Ramey (February 12, 1917 – July 19, 2015) was an American politician in the state of South Dakota who was a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from 1955 to 1964. Ramey was an alumnus of Dakota Wesleyan University and was a cattle rancher. He was married to Myrtle Olive Alden from 1939 to her death in 2007. He died in 2015. References 1917 births 2015 deaths South Dakota Republicans Dakota Wesleyan University alumni People from Haakon County, South Dakota {{SouthDakota-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baby Huey (singer)
James Thomas Ramey (August 17, 1944 – October 28, 1970), better known as Baby Huey, was an American rock and soul singer. He was the frontman for the band Baby Huey & the Babysitters, whose sole LP for Curtom Records in 1971 was influential in the development of hip hop music. Life and career A native of Richmond, Indiana, James was the son of Robert and Ernestine Ramey. He moved to Chicago, Illinois, at the age of nineteen, and worked with several local bands as a singer. When he was still in high school, he worked with his first; the Vets. Due to a glandular disorder, Ramey weighed about 350 pounds (160 kg) around this time. His size contributed to his stage presence, but also to health problems. Nevertheless, he made light of his condition, adopting the stage name "Baby Huey" after Paramount Pictures' giant duckling cartoon character of the same name. In 1963, Ramey, organist/trumpeter Melvyn "Deacon" Jones, and guitarist Johnny Ross founded a band called B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horace Ramey
Horace Patton Ramey (February 12, 1885, Virginia – September 15, 1974, Sun City, Arizona) was an American athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Ramey won his preliminary heat of the 400 metres with a time of 51.0 seconds, advancing to the semifinals. There, he placed second to John Taylor in his semifinal heat. Ramey's time was 50.5 seconds; Taylor's was less than a second faster at 49.8 seconds. Ramey did not advance to the final. In the 800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ..., Ramey did not finish his semifinal heat and did not advance to the final. References Sources * * * 1885 births 1974 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes of the United States American ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramey, Pennsylvania
Ramey is a borough in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 434 at the 2020 census. Geography Ramey is located in southeastern Clearfield County at (40.800186, -78.401307), at the intersection of Pennsylvania Routes 253 and 453. PA 253 leads northeast to Houtzdale, and PA 453 leads northwest to Madera. The two highways together lead southwest to Janesville. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough of Ramey has a total area of , of which , or 0.41%, is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 525 people, 207 households, and 156 families residing in the borough. The population density was 584.8 people per square mile (225.2/km2). There were 222 housing units at an average density of 247.3 per square mile (95.2/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 99.24% White, 0.38% Native American, and 0.38% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.95% of the population. There were 207 households, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry R
Harry may refer to: TV shows * ''Harry'' (American TV series), a 1987 American comedy series starring Alan Arkin * ''Harry'' (British TV series), a 1993 BBC drama that ran for two seasons * ''Harry'' (talk show), a 2016 American daytime talk show hosted by Harry Connick Jr. People and fictional characters * Harry (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Harry (surname), a list of people with the surname * Dirty Harry (musician) (born 1982), British rock singer who has also used the stage name Harry * Harry Potter (character), the main protagonist in a Harry Potter fictional series by J. K. Rowling Other uses * Harry (derogatory term), derogatory term used in Norway * ''Harry'' (album), a 1969 album by Harry Nilsson *The tunnel used in the Stalag Luft III escape ("The Great Escape") of World War II * ''Harry'' (newspaper), an underground newspaper in Baltimore, Maryland See also *Harrying (laying waste), may refer to the following historical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Étienne-Jules Ramey
Étienne-Jules Ramey (24 May 1796 – 29 October 1852), called ''Ramey fils'', was a French sculptor. Biography Ramey was born in Paris. The pupil of his father, Claude Ramey (1754–1838), he also trained in the studio of Pierre Cartellier. He won the Prix de Rome in sculpture in 1815 with the subject, equally classicizing and sentimental, ''Ulysses recognized by his dog''.Plaster model exhibited ''The legacy of Homer'' (Emmanuel Schwartz, curator) École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts (France), Dahesh Museum of Art, Princeton University (2005-06), cat no. 78. He collaborated with David d'Angers on the sculptures for the triumphal arch at Marseille, the Porte d'Aix, 1828 to 1839. He worked in partnership with Augustin-Alexandre Dumont and taught at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His pupils included the sculptors Guillaume Geefs, Jean-Joseph Perraud, and Amédée Ménard. He died in Paris. His careful, mannered drawings appear on the market ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
