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Steichen Above Lexington, By Jorgensen, 11-1943
Steichen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Donna Steichen, American journalist * Edward Steichen, Luxembourgian-American photographer and artist ** Mary Calderone (1904–1998), American physician and a public health advocate; daughter of Edward * Félicien M. Steichen, American surgeon * * * Gerald Steichen (born 1963), American conductor, pianist, and stage actor * * Jules Steichen (1902–1977), Luxembourgian boxer * * Marie Steichen * René Steichen (born 1942), Luxembourgian politician and jurist See also * Stade Demy Steichen, a football stadium in Steinfort, Luxembourg * Steichen (crater), a crater on Mercury {{surname German-language surnames Surnames of Luxembourgian origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna Steichen
Donna Steichen is a Roman Catholic author and journalist. Born in Wadena, Minnesota to Margaret (Corcoran) and Maurice Merrigan, she lived most of her life in St. Cloud, Minnesota, and later in Ojai, California. In 1950, she married LeRoy Steichen, and they became the parents of four children. Before becoming known for her writing, Steichen was a classroom teacher and religious educator, and was engaged in the pro-life movement from its inception. From 1980 to 1986, she served as vice-president and president, successively, of the Minnesota chapter of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights. Donna Steichen is best known to the general public for her best selling 1991 book ''Ungodly Rage: The Hidden Face of Catholic Feminism'', a critical analysis of the impact of feminism on American Catholicism. During the 1980s Donna Steichen, like others within the Catholic Church, became alarmed by the manner in which many Church employees, including women religious, were expr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Steichen
Edward Jean Steichen (March 27, 1879 – March 25, 1973) was a Luxembourgish American photographer, painter, and curator, renowned as one of the most prolific and influential figures in the history of photography. Steichen was credited with transforming photography into an art form. His photographs appeared in Alfred Stieglitz's groundbreaking magazine ''Camera Work'' more often than anyone else during its publication run from 1903 to 1917. Stieglitz hailed him as "the greatest photographer that ever lived". As a pioneer of fashion photography, Steichen's gown images for the magazine ''Art et Décoration'' in 1911 were the first modern fashion photographs to be published. From 1923 to 1938, Steichen served as chief photographer for the Condé Nast magazines ''Vogue'' and '' Vanity Fair'', while also working for many advertising agencies, including J. Walter Thompson. During these years, Steichen was regarded as the most popular and highest-paid photographer in the world. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Calderone
Dr. Mary Steichen Calderone (born Mary Rose Steichen; July 1, 1904 – October 24, 1998) was an American physician, author, public speaker, and public health advocate for reproductive rights and sex education. Known as the "mother of sex education" as well as the "grande dame of sex education", Dr. Calderone was an instrumental figure in the advancement of reproductive rights and sex education in the United States. Among her most notable feats include playing a key role in pushing forward a movement to reexamine and reform abortion laws in the U.S., helping to move birth control into the mainstream of American medicine, and transforming sex education from "a series of vague moral lessons focused on disease and reproduction" to a scientifically informed, comprehensive framework. In 1953, Mary Calderone became the first female medical director of Planned Parenthood. During her tenure, the organization first began to advocate for abortion law reform. Led by Dr. Calderone, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Félicien M
Félicien or Felicien is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Félicien Du Bois (born 1983), Swiss professional ice hockey defenceman *Félicien Cattier (1869–1946), very prominent Belgian banker, financier and philanthropist *Félicien Champsaur (1858–1934), French novelist and journalist *Félicien Chapuis (1824–1879), Belgian doctor and entomologist *Félicien Courbet (1888–1967), Belgian water polo player and breaststroke swimmer *Félicien David (1810–1876), French composer *Perdita Felicien (born 1980), retired Canadian hurdler * Félicien Gatabazi (died 1994), Rwandan politician * Eugene Felicien Albert Goblet d'Alviella (1846–1925), lawyer, liberal senator of Belgium, Professor and rector of the Universite Libre de Bruxelles *Félicien Kabuga (born 1935), Rwandan businessman, accused of bankrolling and participating in the Rwandan Genocide *Félicien Mallefille (1813–1868), French novelist and playwright *Félicien Marceau (1913–2012), French n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Steichen
Gerald Steichen (born 1963 in Tonkawa, Oklahoma) is an American music conductor, pianist and stage actor. Steichen holds music degrees from Oklahoma City University and from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. He has conducted symphony orchestras, opera, acted in Broadway plays, and conducted opera touring companies (including the U.S. tour of ''The Phantom of the Opera''). He conducted the final public Broadway performance of Cats. He has presented piano concertos and served as an on-stage pianist for New York City Opera presentations. Conducting engagements Steichen has held the following posts: *Anchorage Opera - Principal guest conductor *New York City Opera - member of the music/conducting staff * The Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra - music director *Opera East Texas - conductor and artistic director *Utah Symphony Orchestra - principal pops conductor (beginning September 2009) *New Haven Symphony Orchestra The New Haven Symphony Orchestra is an American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Steichen
Jules Steichen (7 June 1902 – 4 August 1977) was a Luxembourgian boxer. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op .... References External links * 1902 births 1977 deaths Luxembourgian male boxers Olympic boxers for Luxembourg Boxers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Moselle (department) Middleweight boxers {{Luxembourg-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Steichen
Marie Steichen (died September 2006) was a Democratic politician from Woonsocket, South Dakota, who gained fame for winning a local election two months after dying of cancer. In the general election of November 7, 2006 she defeated, by a vote of 100 to 64, the incumbent Republican candidate Merlin Feistner for the post of commissioner of Jerauld County in the U.S. state of South Dakota. This was the first time she had stood for election for political office. She and her husband Harold lived on a farm south of Lane, South Dakota. In the primary election, she had defeated Rick Easton of Wessington Springs by just one vote, 22–21. See also * |
René Steichen
René Steichen (born 27 November 1942) is a Luxembourgian politician and jurist. A member of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV), Steichen first held office as Mayor of Diekirch (1974–1984). He entered the Chamber of Deputies in 1979. In 1984, he entered the government as a Secretary of State, in which capacity he served until 1989, when he was promoted to Minister for Agriculture, Viticulture, and Rural Development. In 1992, he became Luxembourg's European Commissioner, responsible for Agriculture and Rural Development. Steichen remained in this capacity until 1995, when he was replaced as Luxembourg's European Commissioner by Jacques Santer, who was named President of the European Commission. He is currently the chairman of SES S.A., the world's largest satellite operator and the largest component of Luxembourg Stock Exchange's premier LuxX index. References EXECUTIVE PROFILE - René Steichen Business Week. Retrieved 2011-03-16. Board of Directors SES S.A. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stade Demy Steichen
SC Steinfort was a football club from Luxembourg is a football club, based in Steinfort, in western Luxembourg. New-Original Club 2019 FC Stengefort (Since 1923) History SC Steinfort was only founded in 2007, a result of the merger of ''Sporting Steinfort'' and ''Sporting Club Lissabon Luxemburg''. They immediately won promotion to the Luxembourg National Division after claiming 3rd spot in the Second Division at the end of the 2007/2008 season. They then beat FC Wiltz 71 2–0 in a promotion/relegation play-off match. In 2008/09 the club finished in 13th place and were relegated to the Luxembourg Division of Honour The Division of Honour (, , ) is the second-level football league in Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand .... Staff References External links SC Steinfort official website Steinfort 2007 establishments in Luxembo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steichen (crater)
Steichen is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2010. The crater was named after American photographer and painter, Edward Steichen. Steichen is one of 110 peak ring basins on Mercury.Chapman, C. R., Baker, D. M. H., Barnouin, O. S., Fassett, C. I., Marchie, S., Merline, W. J., Ostrach, L. R., Prockter, L. M., and Strom, R. G., 2018. Impact Cratering of Mercury. In ''Mercury: The View After MESSENGER ''MESSENGER'' was a NASA robotic space probe that orbited the planet Mercury between 2011 and 2015, studying Mercury's chemical composition, geology, and magnetic field. The name is a backronym for "Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geoche ...'' edited by Sean C. Solomon, Larry R. Nittler, and Brian J. Anderson. Cambridge Planetary Science. Chapter 9. Some of the mountains of the peak ring appear to have hollows on them. File:Steichen crater EN0219093030M EN0219093034M.jpg, Steichen crater File:Steichen crater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German-language Surnames
German ( ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and Belgium, as well as a national language in Namibia. Outside Germany, it is also spoken by German communities in France (Bas-Rhin), Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Poland (Upper Silesia), Slovakia (Bratislava Region), and Hungary (Sopron). German is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic group, such as Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish. German is the second most widely spoken Germanic language after English, which is also a West Germanic language. German is one of the major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
