|
Sandy Ford
Sandy Ford (born Sandra Lee Garrison, July 11, 1950 – April 11, 2015) was a drug technician for the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia. In April 1981, she identified unusual clusters of young homosexual patients in New York and California with pneumocystis pneumonia and Kaposi's sarcoma and alerted her supervisor about it. Those patients had HIV/AIDS; pneumocystis pneumonia and Kaposi's sarcoma were later found to be AIDS-defining diseases. Ford was the first person to identify these clusters and the first to alert health officials about the coming epidemic. Early life Ford was born and raised in Fresno, California. Her father, Melvin Edward Garrison, was a plumber; her mother, LaVerne Francis Martin Garrison, was a homemaker. She graduated from McLane High School and attended both Fresno City College and California State University, Fresno. Cluster discovery In 1979, Ford moved to Atlanta and took a position at the Centers for Disease Control in the P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flying Saucers
The Flying Saucers were an influential Teddy Boy rockabilly band from Edmonton, North London, England. The group formed in 1972, released six albums, completed numerous world tours and appeared in the international film '' Blue Suede Shoes'', before disbanding in 1986. Biography The Flying Saucers were formed in 1972 by bassist Pete Pritchard, drummer Terry Earl, guitarist Chris Townsend, and Rhythm guitarist/ vocalist Alan Jones. Jones and Townsend left the group in 1975 and were replaced by guitarist Nigel "Niggsy" Owen and vocalist Sandy Ford, who remained with the group. Jacko Buddin on saxophone was also added to the line-up around this time. With help from a renewed interest in Rockabilly music and The British subculture movement known as Teddy Boy, The Flying Saucers toured Europe and earned recording contracts with EMI Music. The Flying Saucers are best known for performing in the back of a truck during the 1976 Teddy Boy March in London. This march was part of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
