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Swisher (surname)
Swisher is the surname of: * Bella French Swisher (1837–1893), American writer * Bob Swisher (1914–1979), American National Football League running back * Clark Swisher (1916–2005), American football and basketball coach * Clayton Swisher, American journalist and author currently working for Al Jazeera * Gloria Wilson Swisher (born 1935), American composer, educator and pianist * Joanna Garcia Swisher (born 1979), American actress, wife of Nick Swisher * Joel Swisher (born 1943), American former college football head coach * Kara Swisher (born 1962), journalist specializing in technology subjects * Laura Swisher, actress and comedian * Luis Swisher (born 1978), Guatemalan former footballer * Nick Swisher (born 1980), Major League Baseball player * Phil Swisher (born 1967), American guitarist * Steve Swisher Steven Eugene Swisher (born August 9, 1951) is an American former professional baseball player and minor league manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bella French Swisher
Bella French Swisher (, French; December 1837 – September 28, 1893) was a 19th-century American author, editor, and litterateur. She was also the founder, publisher, and owner of a newspaper (''The Western Progress'') and a magazine (''American Sketch Book''). Swisher was connected with the ''Daily La Crosse Democrat'', ''The Western Progress'', ''Pioneer Press'', and the ''St. Paul Chronotype''. Besides her journalistic writings, she published several books of non-fiction, novels, and poetry. Some of them included, ''History of Brown County, Wisconsin'', in several volumes, ''Struggling up to the Lights'', ''Homeless Thought at Home'', ''Cassie'', ''The Story of a Woman's Love'', and ''Rocks and Shoals''. Swisher died in 1893. Early life and education Isabella (nickname, "Bella") French was born December 1837, at Trenton, Georgia. On her mother's side, she was related to Generals Jacob Brown (general), Jacob Brown and Henry Lee III, of American Revolutionary War, Revolutionar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Swisher
Robert Emerson Swisher (July 14, 1914 – September 27, 1979) was a professional American football player who played running back for five seasons for the Chicago Bears. He was born in 1914 in Victoria, Illinois. By 1931 he was at Central High School in Peoria, where he participated in football, basketball, and track; his pole vault remained the record at Central until 1970. He then played football and track at Evanston's Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte .... After his time in the NFL, he coached at Loyola University of Los Angeles and the Naval Air Station in Millington, Tennessee. He died in 1979. References External links * 1914 births 1979 deaths American football running backs Chicago Bears players Northwestern Wildcat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clark Swisher
Clark Leo Swisher (March 27, 1916 – November 28, 2005) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota from 1946 and 1955 and from 1957 to 1968, compiling a record of 146–42–4. Swisher was also the head basketball coach at Northern State from 1946 to 1955, tallying a mark of 95–88. Swisher died on November 28, 2005, at a hospital in Wessington Springs, South Dakota Wessington Springs is a city in central Jerauld County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 956 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Jerauld County. History The Wessington Springs townsite was founded in 1880 and platted i .... Head coaching record College football References {{DEFAULTSORT:Swisher, Clark 1916 births 2005 deaths Basketball coaches from South Dakota Basketball players from South Dakota College men's basketball head coaches in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clayton Swisher
Clayton E. Swisher is an American former journalist and author, who now works as a geopolitical risk analyst. Formerly the Director of Investigative Journalism for the Al Jazeera Media Network in Doha, Qatar, he now heads Swisher Empirical Studies LLC, headquartered in Doha. He is the author of two non-fiction books on the Arab–Israeli conflict. Early life and education Swisher is the son of Mary Swisher and James Swisher Jr. He grew up in Michigan and later in New Castle, Pennsylvania where he played football for Neshannock High School. After high school, Swisher attended the University of Pittsburgh. In 1999 he graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Administration of Justice. In 2003 he graduated from Georgetown University with a Master's in Islam & Muslim-Christian Relations. In 2018 Swisher received a PhD in Middle East Politics from Exeter University under the supervision of notable Israeli Professor Ilan Pappe. Background Swisher served in the US Marine Corps reserves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloria Wilson Swisher
Gloria Wilson Swisher (born March 12, 1935) is an American composer, music educator and pianist. Biography Gloria Wilson Swisher was born in Seattle, Washington. She graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle where she received a Bachelor of Music, summa cum laude, Mills College in Oakland, California, where she earned a Master of Music in composition and the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where she earned a Ph.D. in 1960. She studied composition under John Verrall, Darius Milhaud, Bernard Rogers, and Howard Hanson. She is a member of The International Association of Women in Music, the Darius Milhaud Society and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. She was awarded the Sigma Alpha Iota Inter-American prize for her composition ''Salutations'' for oboe and piano. Swisher was the subject of a 2009 University of Washington dissertation, ''The choral music of Gloria Wilson Swisher'', by Robert Bigley. Swisher has taught at Washin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanna Garcia
JoAnna García Swisher (''née'' García; born August 10, 1979) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Sam in ''Are You Afraid of the Dark?'' (1994–96), Vicki Appleby in ''Freaks and Geeks'' (1999–2000), and Cheyenne Hart-Montgomery on The WB/ CW sitcom '' Reba'' (2001–07). She has also gained popularity with her acting roles in '' Privileged'' (2008–09), ''Better with You'' (2010–11), ''Animal Practice'' (2012), ''Once Upon a Time'' (2013–18), ''The Astronaut Wives Club'' (2015), and ''Sweet Magnolias'' (2020-present). García also stars as Lindsey Johnson in Hallmark Channel's ''As Luck Would Have It'' (2021). Early life García was born in Tampa, Florida, to Loraine, a homemaker and former elementary school teacher of Spanish descent, and Jay García (1945-2019), a gynecologist from Cuba.Deggans, Eric"'Reba' has a touch of Tampa" ''St. Petersburg Times'', February 1, 2002. She has one brother, Michael García. She began performing at age 10 when sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Swisher
Joel A. Swisher (October 29, 1943 – February 17, 2000) was an American college football coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Dakota State University (1973–1976), Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota (1977–1980), Adams State College (1982–1983), and Jamestown College (1992–1994), compiling a career college football head coaching record of 65–55–4. Swisher was also the athletic director at Dakota State from 1974 to 1977. Early life, playing career, and education Swisher was born on October 29, 1943, in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. He was the son of Clark Swisher, who was a longtime coach and athletic director at Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota. The younger Swisher attended Northern State, where lettered for four years in both football and basketball before graduating graduating with a Bachelor of Science in secondary education. Swisher later earned a master's degree physical education from South Dakota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kara Swisher
Kara Anne Swisher ( ) is an American journalist. She has covered the business of the internet since 1994. As of 2022, Swisher was a contributing editor at ''New York'', the host of the podcast ''Sway'', and the co-host of the podcast ''Pivot.'' In 2014 she co-founded Vox Media's ''Recode''. From 2018 to 2022, she was an opinion writer for ''The New York Times'', before re-joining Vox Media. She has also written for ''The Wall Street Journal,'' ''The Washington Post'', the All Things Digital conference and the online publication ''All Things D.'' A self-described "liberal, lesbian Donald Trump of San Francisco", in 2016 she expressed interest in running for political office in San Francisco. Early life and education Swisher lived in Roslyn Harbor, New York until her father died when she was five years old. Afterward her family moved to Princeton, New Jersey where she was raised. In a 2021 interview with Bryan Elliott for Inc. Swisher stated that, as a child, she always wanted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Swisher
Laura Swisher is a stand-up comedian based in Los Angeles, California, best known for her role as co-host of the former TechTV program ''Unscrewed with Martin Sargent'' from 2003 to 2004. Career Swisher acted as the comedic sidekick to Martin Sargent on ''Unscrewed with Martin Sargent'', which aired late-nights on TechTV from May 26, 2003, until its cancellation on November 11, 2004. The show was cancelled less than six months after G4 took over TechTV and eliminated much of that channel's programming. Before moving to San Francisco and joining TechTV, Swisher worked in Los Angeles as a stand-up comedian. She earned TV appearances on Comedy Central's '' Premium Blend'', as well as the first season of NBC's ''Last Comic Standing'' in 2003, in which she was a semi-finalist. In addition to her stand-up work, she appeared as a contestant on the Game Show Network program '' Russian Roulette'' in 2002. Swisher also appeared in the music video "Strange New Element" by the band Low Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Swisher
Luis Arturo Swisher Salguero (born 21 June 1978) is a former Guatemalan football defender. Club career Swisher started his professional career with Aurora F.C. making his debut with the club in 1997. He then played for some other local teams before he joined Polish side Polonia Warszawa from CD Suchitepéquez in June 2005, after several exceptional years in Guatemala. He lasted only one season in Europe and returned to Suchitepéquez only to play for four different teams in the next four seasons. After joining Petapa in 2009 he moved to USAC before the 2009–2010 season. In March 2010, his former club Jalapa were deducted 6 points for breach of contract after not paying the salaries of Swisher and Maynor Dávila. In June 2013, Swisher announces his retirement from professional football, making USAC his last team. Worked as a coach for the New York Red Bulls Academy and currently is the head coach of U17 St. Louis City SC. International career Swisher made his debut for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Swisher
Nicholas Thompson Swisher (born November 25, 1980) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and first baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was a switch hitter who threw left-handed, and played for the Oakland Athletics, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians and Atlanta Braves. He won the 2009 World Series with the Yankees against the Philadelphia Phillies and was an Major League Baseball All-Star Game, All-Star in 2010 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, 2010. A power hitter with excellent plate discipline, Swisher hit at least 20 home runs in each of nine consecutive seasons from 2005 to 2013, and reached 75 bases on balls on seven occasions in that span. Swisher is the son of former MLB catcher Steve Swisher, who played for various National League baseball clubs in the 1970s and 1980s. Swisher was born in Columbus, Ohio, but grew up in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Before his professional career, Swisher played college baseball for the Ohio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
