Shirk (surname)

	Shirk (surname) Shirk is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Amos Urban Shirk (c. 1890 – 1956), American businessman Bill Shirk (born 1945), American escape artist Dave Shirk, visual effects supervisor Eugene Shirk (1901–1994), American politician * Gary Shirk (born 1950), American football player George H. Shirk (1913–1977), American lawyer and historian James Shirk (1832–1873), American naval officer * John Shirk (1917–1993), American football player Ken Shirk, American triathlete and ultramarathon runner Marshall Shirk (born 1940), American player of Canadian football Matthew Shirk (born 1973), American lawyer Susan Shirk Susan L. Shirk (born 1945) is a professor at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California, San Diego. Her research field is Chinese politics. Shirk served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of East ... (born c. 1945), American academic {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Amos Urban Shirk Amos Urban Shirk ( 1890 – October 20, 1956) was an American businessman, author and reader of encyclopedias. As a businessman he worked in the food industry. He wrote ''Marketing Through Food Brokers'', published in 1939 by McGraw-Hill. He invented a synthetic chicle and introduced vitamin capsules to grocery stores. He was also renowned as a prodigious reader. Shirk read the entire 23-volume 1911 ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' from cover to cover in four and a half years, reading on average three hours per evening, and taking two to six months per volume. As of 1934, he had begun reading the 14th edition, saying he found it a "big improvement" over the 11th, and saying that "most of the material had been completely rewritten". Shirk did not limit himself to ''Britannica''. He also read Henry Smith Williams's 24-volume '' Historians' History of the World'', which took him two years, as well as an 18-volume set of works by Alexandre Dumas, a 32-volume set of Honoré de Balzac, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Bill Shirk Bill Shirk (born May 3, 1945 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American escape artist, radio personality, broadcast entrepreneur and actor. Biography Radio broadcasting Shirk graduated from Ball State University in 1967 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Education. Shirk has owned and started radio stations in Muncie, Indianapolis, Cloverdale and Lebanon, Indiana. Shirk was the Station Manager, Sales Manager, Program Director, Production Manager and Afternoon Disc Jockey on WERK Radio, in Muncie, Indiana from 1968 to 1972. Shirk became the General Manager and a DJ at WXLW in Indianapolis in 1972 and then became the owner in 1974 and in 1991 added WHHH-FM, Hot 96.3 as owner and DJ. Currently, he is the President and CEO of Hoosier Broadcasting Corporation. Escape artist While ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Dave Shirk Dave Shirk is a visual effects supervisor. Shirk and his fellow visual effects artists are won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for the 2013 film ''Gravity''. He was also nominated for the 2018 film ''Ready Player One ''Ready Player One'' is a 2011 science fiction novel, and the debut novel of American author Ernest Cline. The story, set in a dystopia in 2045, follows protagonist Wade Watts on his search for an Easter egg in a worldwide virtual reality gam ...''. References External links Best Visual Effects Academy Award winners Best Visual Effects BAFTA Award winners Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Eugene Shirk Eugene Leid Shirk (April 14, 1901 – February 17, 1994) was an American politician who served as the Mayor of Reading, Pennsylvania for two terms as a Republican . He was also the president of Berks Community Television, professor at Albright College, and a well known philanthropist. Shirk graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania Lancaster, ( ; pdc, Lengeschder) is a city in and the county seat of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is one of the oldest inland cities in the United States. With a population at the 2020 census of 58,039, it ranks 11th in population amon .... He completed some graduated work at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Shirk was married to Annadora Shirk, a former member of the Reading School Board during the 1950s or 1960s. The couple had two children, Al and Thea. Shirk was a former Vice President of the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletics Association, now called the Mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Gary Shirk Gary Lee Shirk (born February 23, 1950) is a former professional American football tight end. He played with the New York Giants of the National Football League for seven seasons. He also played in the World Football League for the Memphis Southmen and in the United States Football League for the Memphis Showboats. Shirk played college football at Morehead State University. Shirk attended Marysville High School in Ohio before moving onto Morehead State University where he was a four-year starter and was the team MVP in 1972. After playing for Memphis in the WFL in 1974 and 1975, Shirk moved on to the NFL, playing for the New York Giants from 1976 until 1982. He played in 101 games for the Giants, with 34 games started, and caught 130 passes for 1640 yards and 11 touchdowns before being released during the 1983 pre-season. From 1979-1982, his QB in New York was another former Morehead State Eagle, Phil Simms Phillip Martin Simms (born November 3, 1955) is an American forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	George H George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States * George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States * George V, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936 * George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952 * Prince George of Wales * George Papagheorghe also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George Harrison, an English musician and singer-songwriter Places South Africa * George, Western Cape ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa * George, Missouri * George, Washington * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Characters * George (Peppa Pig), a 2-year-old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	James Shirk USS ''Shirk'' (DD-318) was a ''Clemson''-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy from 1919 to 1930. She was scrapped in 1931. Namesake James W. Shirk was born on 16 July 1832 in Pennsylvania. He was appointed midshipman on 26 March 1849. He cruised between 1849 and 1860 on the coasts of Africa, East India, and North America, on the gunnery ship, . He also served in the Great Lakes and with the Pacific Squadron. During the American Civil War, he won distinction for his service in the Mississippi Squadron at the Battle of Fort Henry on 6 February 1862; and at Pittsburgh Landing on 1 March 1862; and again on 6 and 7 April 1862. During the latter engagement at Pittsburgh Landing, his ship, , in company with , prevented the Confederate forces from crossing the river and saved the Union Army from defeat in the Battle of Shiloh. He later took part in engagements with Confederate batteries at Chickasaw Bayou, St. Charles, White River, Arkansas Post and the passage of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	John Shirk John Francis Shirk (June 24, 1917 – November 11, 1993) was a professional American football end and defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted in the fourth round of the 1940 NFL Draft. He played one season for the Chicago Cardinals. During World War II, he served as a captain in the field artillery. During the invasion of Salerno, he was captured and held in the German prisoner of war camp Oflag 64 in Poland. References 1917 births 1993 deaths American football defensive ends American football ends Chicago Cardinals players Oklahoma Sooners football players Oklahoma Sooners men's track and field athletes United States Army personnel of World War II American prisoners of war in World War II United States Army officers World War II prisoners of war held by Germany Players of American football from Oklahoma City {{Widereceiver-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ken Shirk Ken Shirk (Kenneth Ivan Shirk, popularly known as Cowman and Cowman A MooHa) is an ultramarathon runner who in 1976 was the ninth person to complete the course of The Western States Trail Ride on foot. In 1977 the Western States Endurance Run was officially established on the same course. As of 2006 he also has raced officially and unofficially in every Ironman World Championship except the first one. The first official Western States Endurance Run was in 1977, but before then a few runners ran with the horses in the Tevis Cup, a 24-hour, 100-mile horse endurance ride. By 1976 nine individuals had completed the course on foot. In 1972 seven soldiers from Fort Riley, Kansas completed Tevis Cup course on foot in less than 48 hours. Next was Gordy Ainsleigh, who completed it on foot in under 24 hours. Ken was ninth in 1976 with a time of 24:30, Ken Shirk is known for wearing a helmet sporting fur and large bovine horns. See also Cowman (other) Cowman may refer to: Cow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Marshall Shirk Marshall Chester Shirk (born August 3, 1940) was a Canadian football player who played for the Ottawa Rough Riders. He won the Grey Cup in 1968 and 1969. He previously played college football at the University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California S .... References 1940 births Living people American football defensive tackles Canadian football defensive linemen UCLA Bruins football players Ottawa Rough Riders players Players of American football from Los Angeles County, California Players of Canadian football from California {{Canadianfootball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Matthew Shirk Matthew Aaron Shirk (born July 9, 1973) is an American lawyer and served as the public defender for Florida's Fourth Judicial Circuit. He was elected to the position, which covers Clay, Duval, and Nassau Counties, in 2008 and lost re-election in 2016. He is currently under investigation by the Florida Bar for actions while in office. In August 2022 the Florida Supreme Court unanimously approved suspending Shirk from practicing law for one year. Early life Shirk graduated from Western Illinois University with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1997, and subsequently moved to Jacksonville, Florida, where he earned a J.D. degree from the Florida Coastal School of Law in 1999. As a law student he interned at the State Attorney's office under the supervision of prosecutor Angela Corey, who was elected State Attorney in 2008.Stuart, Gwynedd (December 16, 2008)"Courting Disaster" ''Folio Weekly''. Retrieved May 19, 2011. Shirk married Sarah Maria Purdy on March 13, 1999 and was admitted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]

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