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Sager
Sager is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bobby Sager, entrepreneur turned philanthropist, and inspiration for ''The Philanthropist'' television series * Carole Bayer Sager (born 1947), American lyricist, songwriter, and singer * Craig Sager (1951–2016), American broadcaster * Dirk Sager (1940–2014), German journalist * Gareth Sager (born 1960), British musician * Lawrence G. Sager (born 1941), American university dean * Pony Sager (1848–1928), American baseball player * Rabeh Sager (born 1964), Arabic singer * Ruth Sager, (1918–1997), American geneticist * Sidney Sager (1917–2002), British composer and musician * Sager orphans, seven orphans on a trek to Oregon in 1844 See also * Sager House The Sager House () or Sager Palace (''Sagerska palatset'') is the official residence of the Prime Minister of Sweden, located at Strömgatan 18 in central Stockholm. Location The Sager House is located in the Stockholm borough of ''Norrmalm' ..., ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Sager
Craig Graham Sager (June 29, 1951 – December 15, 2016) was an American sports reporter who covered an array of sports for CNN and its sister stations TBS and TNT, from 1981 until the year he died. Sager worked as a sideline reporter pacing the floors of the National Basketball Association, as he invariably sported one of his vast collection of garishly eccentric jackets and suits. He was a 2016 inductee of the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame. During the 2017 NBA All-Star Game, Sager was named the 2017 recipient of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Curt Gowdy Media Award. Early life and education Sager was born June 29, 1951, in Batavia, Illinois.Randy Covitz"Former KC Sportscaster Craig Sager Remains Confident in Battle with Leukemia" ''Kansas City Star'', March 25, 2016. He attended Batavia High School, gaining recognition in 1966 by writing an essay entitled "How and Why I Should Show Respect to the American Flag" for a patriotism contest sponsored by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sager Orphans
The Sager orphans (sometimes referred to as the Sager children) were the children of Henry and Naomi Sager. In April 1844 the Sager family took part in the great westward migration and started their journey along the Oregon Trail. During it, both Henry and Naomi died and left their seven children orphaned. Later adopted by Marcus Whitman, Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, missionaries in what is now Washington (U.S. state), Washington, they were orphaned a second time, when both their new parents, as well as brothers John and Francis Sager, were killed during the Whitman massacre in November 1847. About 1860 Catherine, the oldest daughter, wrote a first-hand account of their journey across the plains and their life with the Whitmans. Today it is regarded as one of the most authentic accounts of the American westward migration. The children's names were (from oldest to youngest): *John Carney Sager (born 1831 in Union County, Ohio) *Francis "Frank" Sager (born 1833 in Union County, Ohio) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carole Bayer Sager
Carole Bayer Sager (born Carol Bayer on March 8, 1947) is an American lyricist, singer, and songwriter. Early life and career Bayer Sager was born in Manhattan, New York City, to Anita Nathan Bayer and Eli Bayer. Her family was Jewish. She graduated from New York University, where she majored in English, dramatic arts, and speech. She had already written her first pop hit, "A Groovy Kind of Love", with Toni Wine, while still a student at New York City's High School of Music and Art. It was recorded by the British invasion band The Mindbenders, whose version was a worldwide hit, reaching number 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. This song was later recorded by Sonny & Cher, Petula Clark, and Phil Collins, whose rendition for the film '' Buster'' reached number one in 1988. Solo albums Bayer Sager's first recording as a singer was the 1977 album ''Carole Bayer Sager'', produced by Brooks Arthur. It included the hit single " You're Moving Out Today", a song which she co-wrote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Sager
Robert Sager is an American philanthropist and photographer, best known for founding the Sager Family Traveling Foundation and Roadshow, a charitable organization. Sager also was a partner and the president of Gordon Brothers Group from 1985 to 2000. Early life Sager was raised in Malden, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. His father owned a small jewelry business, while his mother was a homemaker who sometimes worked as a small-time activist for local African-American couples having issues renting apartments. Mrs. Sager would rent the apartments on behalf of the couples and later take the landlords to court. Despite aspiring to become an actor, Sager pursued business, graduating from Brandeis University in 1976 with a degree in economics, then going on to obtain a Masters of Management from Yale University. In 1985, Sager joined Gordon Brothers Group as a partner and served as their president. Between 1985 and his departure from Gordon Brothers in 2000, Sager helped the compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Sager
Ruth Sager (February 7, 1918 – March 29, 1997) was an American geneticist. Sager enjoyed two scientific careers. Her first was in the 1950s and 1960s when she pioneered the field of cytoplasmic genetics by discovering transmission of genetic traits through chloroplast DNA, the first known example of genetics not involving the cell nucleus. The academic community did not acknowledge the significance of her contribution until after the second wave of feminism in the 1970s.Oakes, Elizabeth. ''International Encyclopedia of Women Scientists''. 2002. Facts on File. Her second career began in the early 1970s and was in cancer genetics; she proposed and investigated the roles of tumor suppressor genes. Life Sager was born on February 7, 1918, in Chicago, Illinois, one of three daughters of Leon B. Sager, an advertising executive, and Deborah Borovik Sager. Following Sager's birth, her mother died from the influenza epidemic of the time. Sager and her sisters, Esther and Naomi, were rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sager House
The Sager House () or Sager Palace (''Sagerska palatset'') is the official residence of the Prime Minister of Sweden, located at Strömgatan 18 in central Stockholm. Location The Sager House is located in the Stockholm borough of ''Norrmalm'', on the street ''Strömgatan'', on the north side of the ''Norrström'' River. Adjacent landmarks The Sager House lies between: Rosenbad, the Government Chancellery (on the west); and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (the former ''Arvfurstens Palats'') and the Royal Swedish Opera on '' Gustav Adolfs torg'' (on the east). It lies across from the Parliament House (''Riksdag'') building (on the island Helgeandsholmen), and the Royal Palace (on the island Stadsholmen), and is connected with them over the ''Norrström'' River through the ''Riksbron'' and '' Norrbro'' bridges, respectively. History The first historical records of a building on the site are from the 1640s. In 1880 the property was purchased by the Sager brothers. The Sager ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gareth Sager
Gareth Sager (born 10 August 1960 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a British guitarist, keyboardist, musician, composer and songwriter, and is a founding member of The Pop Group, Rip Rig + Panic (with Neneh Cherry), Float Up CP and Head (band), Head. In his early years, Sager became acquainted with the works of Erik Satie, Frédéric Chopin and Claude Debussy, an influential starting point revisited and expanded upon with 2017's solo piano album ''88 Tuned Dreams''. After The Pop Group first disbanded in 1980, Sager formed the conceptual collective Rip Rig + Panic, headed by a young Neneh Cherry. They released three albums and a run of singles. During these years Sager also played saxophone on "A-Train", a track featured on The Flying Lizards' ''Fourth Wall (album), Fourth Wall''. In 1985 Rip Rig + Panic (with Neneh Cherry) changed their name to Float Up CP releasing one final album and single before amicably disbanding. Soon after, Sager helped initiate Head (band), Head, trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirk Sager
Dirk Sager (13 August 1940 – 2 January 2014) was a German journalist. Life Sager studied American studies, politics and journalism at the Free University of Berlin. He worked as journalist in German television. Since 1968 he worked for German broadcaster ZDF. He was member of P.E.N. Awards * 1997: Deutscher Kritikerpreis (together with Friedhelm Brebeck and Friedrich Schreiber Friedrich may refer to: Names *Friedrich (surname), people with the surname ''Friedrich'' *Friedrich (given name), people with the given name ''Friedrich'' Other *Friedrich (board game), a board game about Frederick the Great and the Seven Years' ...) * 2002: Hanns Joachim Friedrichs Award References External links * * Dirk Sager - ZDF trauert um Reporter Dirk Sager {{DEFAULTSORT:Sager, Dirk Journalists from Hamburg German male journalists 20th-century German journalists 21st-century German journalists 1940 births 2014 deaths German male writers Rundfunk im amerikanischen Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidney Sager
Sidney Sager (17 May 1917 – 3 December 2002) was an English composer, conductor and trombonist, best known for his music for television and radio. Biography Early life Born into a Jewish family in London's East End, he joined the British Army at the age of 14 as a band boy, and as a result of his natural ability was sponsored by the Army to study at the Royal College of Music. He is the younger brother of Terry Burns (born Mark Sager) the medical inventor and picture restorer. There is also a half-brother, Edward Tunnicliff (born Edward Sager), who now lives in North Norfolk. Sidney Sager's musical career was interrupted by the Second World War, during which he fought with the British Expeditionary Force in France and was evacuated from Dunkirk. Following a brief spell in England he was transferred to North Africa, where he served until the end of hostilities. He returned to civilian life as a musician, playing brass for some time for the Royal Opera at Covent Garden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pony Sager
Samuel B. "Pony" Sager (August 12, 1848 – October 15, 1928) was a Major League Baseball left fielder and shortstop for one month in 1871. He played for the Rockford Forest Citys of the National Association. From May 6 to May 30, Sager played in eight games for the club, four in left field and four at shortstop. He was a below-average fielder at both positions, but did show speed and a strong bat. He went 11-for-39 (.282) with five runs batted in, five stolen bases, and nine runs scored. One of Sager's teammates on the Forest Citys was 19-year-old future Baseball Hall of Famer Cap Anson, his teammate Marshalltown, Iowa Marshalltown is a city in and the county seat of Marshall County, Iowa, United States, located along the Iowa River. It is the seat and most populous settlement of Marshall County and the 16th largest city in Iowa, with a population of 27,591 at ... whom he convinced the team to sign. External linksBaseball Reference [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabeh Sager
Rabeh Saqer ( ar, رابح صقر) is a Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...n singer. References External links * (Arabic) * * 21st-century Saudi Arabian male singers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Saudi Arabian male singers {{SaudiArabia-singer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence G
Lawrence may refer to: Education Colleges and universities * Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States * Lawrence University, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States Preparatory & high schools * Lawrence Academy at Groton, a preparatory school in Groton, Massachusetts, United States * Lawrence College, Ghora Gali, a high school in Pakistan * Lawrence School, Lovedale, a high school in India * The Lawrence School, Sanawar, a high school in India Research laboratories * Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States * Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States People * Lawrence (given name), including a list of people with the name * Lawrence (surname), including a list of people with the name * Lawrence (band), an American soul-pop group * Lawrence (judge royal) (died after 1180), Hungarian nobleman, Judge royal 1164–1172 * Lawrence (musician), Lawrence Hayward (born 1961), British musician * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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