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Schlessinger
, he, ×©×œ×–×™× ×’×¨), Slesinger, Slezak, ÅšlÄ™zak ; Similar surnames: * Schleußinger ( Schleussinger, Schleusinger, from Schleusingen) , footnotes Schlessinger is a German language, German surname meaning "from Silesia" (German: ''Schlesien'') and may refer to: * Schlessinger Media, educational video distributor People * Andrew Schlessinger, founder of Schlessinger Media, a division of Library Video Company * Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr., American historian and professor at Harvard University * David Schlessinger, founder of Encore Books, Zany Brainy, and Five Below retail store chains * David Schlessinger (geneticist) (born 1936), Canadian-born American biochemist, microbiologist, and geneticist * Joseph Schlessinger, pharmacologist at Yale; co-founder of SUGEN, a drug development company now part of Pfizer * Laura (Catherine) Schlessinger, a.k.a. "Dr. Laura" (born 1947), radio host for a popular therapy call-in show * Leonard Schlessinger, husband of Rose Coyle and Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Schlessinger
Laura Catherine Schlessinger (born January 16, 1947) is an American talk radio host and author. ''The Dr. Laura Program'', heard weekdays for three hours on Sirius XM Radio, consists mainly of her responses to callers' requests for personal advice and often features her short monologues on social and political topics. Her website says that her show "preaches, teaches, and nags about morals, values, and ethics." She is an inductee to the National Radio Hall of Fame in Chicago. Schlessinger used to combine her local radio career in Los Angeles with a private practice as a marriage and family counselor, but after going into national radio syndication, she concentrated her efforts on ''The Dr. Laura Program'' heard each weekday, and on writing self-help books. The books ''Ten Stupid Things Women Do to Mess Up Their Lives'' and ''The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands'' are among her bestselling works. A short-lived television talk show hosted by Schlessinger was launched in 2000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Schlessinger
Joseph Schlessinger (born Josip Schlessinger; 26 March 1945) is a Yugoslav-born Israeli- American biochemist and biophysician. He is chair of the Pharmacology Department at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, as well as the founding director of the school's new Cancer Biology Institute. His area of research is signaling through tyrosine phosphorylation, which is important in many areas of cellular regulation, especially growth control and cancer. Schlessinger's work has led to an understanding of the mechanism of transmembrane signaling by receptor tyrosine kinases and how the resulting signals control cell growth and differentiation. Biography Josip Schlessinger was born in Topusko to Jewish parents. His father, Imre, was from Slatina; Imre's first wife and child had been deported to Auschwitz. Schlessinger's mother Rivka was from Bugojno; her first husband had been murdered by the Ustaše. Imre and Rivka met in a labor camp in 1943 on the Adr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Schlessinger (geneticist)
David Schlessinger (born September 20, 1936, in Toronto, Canada) is a Canadian-born American biochemist, microbiologist, and geneticist. He is known for his directorship of the development of the map of the X chromosome. (with sections "Biography" & "Selected Publications") Biography His family moved from Toronto to Chicago in 1939. David Schlessinger graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School in 1953. At the age of 16 he matriculated at the University of Chicago. In 1955 he worked as a paid student-technician in Eugene Goldwasser's laboratory. Schlessinger graduated from the University of Chicago in 1957 with a B.S. in chemistry. At Harvard University he graduated in 1960 with a Ph.D. in biochemistry. According to Schlessinger, his most important achievement "as a graduate student was to develop the first ''in vitro'' system that could actually make some little bits of protein" — this system enabled Arthur Kornberg and other researchers to determine the molecular mechanisms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schleßinger
, he, ×©×œ×–×™× ×’×¨), Slesinger, Slezak, ÅšlÄ™zak ; Similar surnames: * Schleußinger ( Schleussinger, Schleusinger, from Schleusingen) , footnotes Schlessinger is a German language, German surname meaning "from Silesia" (German: ''Schlesien'') and may refer to: * Schlessinger Media, educational video distributor People * Andrew Schlessinger, founder of Schlessinger Media, a division of Library Video Company * Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr., American historian and professor at Harvard University * David Schlessinger, founder of Encore Books, Zany Brainy, and Five Below retail store chains * David Schlessinger (geneticist) (born 1936), Canadian-born American biochemist, microbiologist, and geneticist * Joseph Schlessinger, pharmacologist at Yale; co-founder of SUGEN, a drug development company now part of Pfizer * Laura (Catherine) Schlessinger, a.k.a. "Dr. Laura" (born 1947), radio host for a popular therapy call-in show * Leonard Schlessinger, husband of Rose Coyle and Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schlessinger Media
, he, ×©×œ×–×™× ×’×¨), Slesinger, Slezak, ÅšlÄ™zak ; Similar surnames: * Schleußinger ( Schleussinger, Schleusinger, from Schleusingen) , footnotes Schlessinger is a German language, German surname meaning "from Silesia" (German: ''Schlesien'') and may refer to: * Schlessinger Media, educational video distributor People * Andrew Schlessinger, founder of Schlessinger Media, a division of Library Video Company * Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr., American historian and professor at Harvard University * David Schlessinger, founder of Encore Books, Zany Brainy, and Five Below retail store chains * David Schlessinger (geneticist) (born 1936), Canadian-born American biochemist, microbiologist, and geneticist * Joseph Schlessinger, pharmacologist at Yale; co-founder of SUGEN, a drug development company now part of Pfizer * Laura (Catherine) Schlessinger, a.k.a. "Dr. Laura" (born 1947), radio host for a popular therapy call-in show * Leonard Schlessinger, husband of Rose Coyle and Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Å lesingr
, he, ×©×œ×–×™× ×’×¨), Slesinger, Slezak, ÅšlÄ™zak ; Similar surnames: * Schleußinger ( Schleussinger, Schleusinger, from Schleusingen) , footnotes Schlessinger is a German language, German surname meaning "from Silesia" (German: ''Schlesien'') and may refer to: * Schlessinger Media, educational video distributor People * Andrew Schlessinger, founder of Schlessinger Media, a division of Library Video Company * Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr., American historian and professor at Harvard University * David Schlessinger, founder of Encore Books, Zany Brainy, and Five Below retail store chains * David Schlessinger (geneticist) (born 1936), Canadian-born American biochemist, microbiologist, and geneticist * Joseph Schlessinger, pharmacologist at Yale; co-founder of SUGEN, a drug development company now part of Pfizer * Laura (Catherine) Schlessinger, a.k.a. "Dr. Laura" (born 1947), radio host for a popular therapy call-in show * Leonard Schlessinger, husband of Rose Coyle and Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Schlessinger
Michael Schlessinger is a Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who worked in algebraic geometry. Career Schlessinger obtained his Ph.D. in 1964 from Harvard University, under the supervision of John Tate. He proved Schlessinger's theorem about representable functors of Artinian algebras and introduced Lichtenbaum–Schlessinger functors in deformation theory. In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society The American Mathematical Society (AMS) is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and scholarship, and serves the national and international community through its publications, meetings, .... retrieved 2013-07-14. Referenc ...
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Zany Brainy
Zany Brainy was a United States retail store chain owned by FAO Schwarz that sold educational toys and multi-media products aimed at children ages 4–13. Its merchandise included games and puzzles; infant development toys; books, audiocassettes, CDs, videos; arts and crafts; building toys and trains; computer software; electronic learning aids and musical instruments; science toys; plush toys and dolls; and sports-themed toys. The stores offered daily events such as workshops, concerts, and author appearances. David Schlessinger, who had earlier started the now-defunct Encore Books chain of bookstores, founded Zany Brainy in 1991. The company's CEO was Thomas Vellios. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on May 15, 2001, having faced financial difficulties since acquiring rival company Noodle Kidoodle in 2000. Later in 2001, Zany Brainy's assets were sold to Right Start. At the time of the sale, Zany Brainy had 187 retail locations nationwide. Zany Brainy a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Encore Books
Encore Books was a regional chain of bookstores based in the eastern United States until its closure in 1999. Founding Encore Books was started by David Schlessinger, who went on to found the Zany Brainy and Five Below retail chains. It enjoyed a prosperous early life and was sold to the Rite Aid Corporation, which later spun the company off. Troubles By the time of its closure, the 50 Encore Books locations were owned by Lauriat's, a 127-year-old company based in Canton, Massachusetts. Problems were legion in the company's final years. A leveraged buyout, rapid expansion, and difficulty working with publishers due to competition from Borders Group, Borders and Barnes & Noble had forced the company into bankruptcy. Lauriat's had already gone through a round of store closings by the time the closure of the entire chain was announced. In 1999, the company closed the 71 stores that operated under the Lauriat's, Book Corner and Encore names. Stores Most Encore Books locations w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Library Video Company
Library Video Company is an educational video distributor founded in 1985 by Andrew Schlessinger and based in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. A subsidiary of the company, Schlessinger Media, was founded in 1990 for the purposes of producing original for-the-classroom educational videos. Overview In 2005, Library Video Company merged with K-12 video networking solution provider, SAFARI Video Networks, founded in 1987 by Tim Beekman, to form SAFARI Montage. SAFARI Montage provides K-12 schools and districts with digital learning object repository, curriculum management, video-on-demand, streaming video, and IPTV products. In 2020, SAFARI Montage introduced a cloud-based service in addition to its traditional server-based product. The SAFARI Montage platform integrates with various third-party learning platforms, including Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams, and many popular learning management systems (LMSs) through partnerships and adherence to IMS Global interoperability standards, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Schlessinger
Zany Brainy was a United States retail store chain owned by FAO Schwarz that sold educational toys and multi-media products aimed at children ages 4–13. Its merchandise included games and puzzles; infant development toys; books, audiocassettes, CDs, videos; arts and crafts; building toys and trains; computer software; electronic learning aids and musical instruments; science toys; plush toys and dolls; and sports-themed toys. The stores offered daily events such as workshops, concerts, and author appearances. David Schlessinger, who had earlier started the now-defunct Encore Books chain of bookstores, founded Zany Brainy in 1991. The company's CEO was Thomas Vellios. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on May 15, 2001, having faced financial difficulties since acquiring rival company Noodle Kidoodle in 2000. Later in 2001, Zany Brainy's assets were sold to Right Start. At the time of the sale, Zany Brainy had 187 retail locations nationwide. Zany Brai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slesinger
Slesinger is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bruce Slesinger, drummer with the punk music band Dead Kennedys * Stephen Slesinger (1901–1953), American radio/television/film producer and comic book character creator See also * Schlesinger * Schlessinger * Shlesinger Shlesinger is a surname derived from ''Schlesien'', the German name for Silesia. Notable people with this surname include: * Bernard Shlesinger (born 1960), American bishop * Iliza Shlesinger (born 1983), American comedian * Michael F. Shlesinger ... {{surname Germanic-language surnames German-language surnames Jewish surnames Surnames of Silesian origin Yiddish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |