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Stronach (surname)
Stronach is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adam Stronach, English Christian missionary * Alexander Stronach, English Protestant Christian missionary * Ancell Stronach (1901–1981), Scottish artist * Belinda Stronach (born 1966), Canadian politician and businessperson, daughter of Frank * David Stronach (1931–2020), Scottish archeologist of ancient Iran and Iraq * Frank Stronach (born 1932), Austrian and Canadian businessman and politician **Stronach Group, a gambling and horse racing company in North America ** Stronach Stables, a North American Thoroughbred horse racing arm ** Team Stronach, a defunct political party in Austria * George Stronach (1912–1999), British Merchant Navy officer * Gordon Stronach (1908–1968), Canadian politician * Henry Stronach (1865–1932), New Zealand cricketer * John Stronach (1810–1888), English Protestant Christian missionary, brother of Alexander * Peter Stronach (born 1956), English football winger * Tami Stronach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Stronach
Adam Stronach was an English Christian missionary A Christian mission is an organized effort for the propagation of the Christian faith. Missions involve sending individuals and groups across boundaries, most commonly geographical boundaries, to carry on evangelism or other activities, such as ... who opened a settlement in Manistee County, Michigan, Manistee County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. The settlement was first called "Paggeotville" and was renamed Stronach, Michigan, Stronach, when Stronach and his brother John built a sawmill in 1841. David Stronach and his son Adam Stronach arrived to the area in a schooner through the Manistee River. References Manistee County, Michigan People from Manistee County, Michigan {{Michigan-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Stronach
Alexander Stronach was a Protestant Christian missionary who served with the London Missionary Society during the late Qing Dynasty in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and .... Works authored or edited References * * Notes Protestant missionaries in China Protestant writers English Protestant missionaries British expatriates in China {{Christianity-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancell Stronach
Ancell Stronach (1901-1981) was a Scottish artist born in Dundee. Stronach was a member of the Royal Scottish Academy, elected in June 1934. He was winner of the Royal Scottish Academy ‘Guthrie Award’ in April 1927. Stronach was initially a student and later became Professor of Mural Painting at the Glasgow School of Art. A painter of portraits and figure subjects, among them ‘The Annunciation’, which draws on Domenico Ghirlandaio's fresco at the church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, Stronach was strongly influenced by Sandro Botticelli, early Italian fresco painters and the Pre-Raphaelites, though his commitment to mural painting and stained glass design is also evident throughout his work. His chosen style and subject reflects the wider Celtic Revival movement prevalent in Scotland's arts scene at the time, and is visible in the work of other artists such as John Duncan (painter) and Phoebe Anna Traquair. Stronach exhibited at the Paris Salon, the Royal Scottis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belinda Stronach
Belinda Caroline Stronach (Born May 2, 1966) is a Canadian businesswoman, philanthropist and a former Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2008. Originally elected as a Conservative, she later crossed the floor to join the Liberals. From May 17, 2005 to February 6, 2006, Stronach was the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and Minister responsible for Democratic Renewal in the government of Paul Martin. After leaving politics, she served as the executive vice-chairman of Magna International, Canada's largest automotive parts manufacturer until December 31, 2010.Van Alphen, Tony (December 21, 2010)"Belinda Stronach quits Magna"''Toronto Star'', accessed March 2, 2015. Stronach is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of The Stronach Group and the founder and chair of The Belinda Stronach Foundation, a Canadian charitable organization. She also co-founded Acasta Enterprises and served as its director until 2017 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Stronach
David Brian Stronach (10 June 1931 – 27 June 2020) was a British archaeologist of ancient Iran and Iraq. He was an emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Stronach was an expert on the city of Pasargadae. He was educated at Gordonstoun and St John's College, Cambridge, from which he obtained a Master of Arts in 1958. In the 1960s and 1970s he was director of the British Institute of Persian Studies in Tehran. In the 1990s, he excavated several parts of Nineveh. His scholarship earned him several honours and awards, including the invitation to deliver endowed lectures at Harvard and Columbia. He was also the recipient of the 2004 Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) Gold Medal for "Distinguished Archaeological Achievement". During his time in Iran, he met Ruth Vaadia (1937–2017), an Israeli archaeologist who was also working in Iran, and married her in 1966. They have two daughters, Keren and Tami. The family left at the time of the 1979 I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Stronach
Frank Stronach (born 6 September 1932) is an Austrian and Canadian businessman and politician. He is the founder of Magna International, an international automotive parts company based in Aurora, Ontario, Canada, Granite Real Estate, and The Stronach Group. With an estimated net worth of $CAD 3.06 billion (as of December 2017), Stronach was ranked by ''Canadian Business'' as the 31st Richest Canadian. In 2011, he entered Austrian politics: founding the Stronach Institute to campaign for classical liberalism and against the euro. In 2012, he founded the political party Team Stronach for Austria. Early life and family Of Croatian heritage he was born as Franz Strohsack in Kleinsemmering, Styria, Austria, to working-class parents, Stronach's childhood was marked by the Great Depression and the Second World War. At age 14, he left school to apprentice as a tool and die maker. In 1954, he arrived in Montreal, Quebec, and later moved to Ontario. Family He married Elfriede Sallm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stronach Group
Stronach Group, doing business as 1/ST, is an entertainment and real estate company in North America with Thoroughbred horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering at the core. History The Stronach Group entered the horse racing industry by purchasing Magna Entertainment Corporation's former holdings from . In January 2020, the company announced a rebranding to the 1/ST banner for all consumer-facing operations.Magna Entertainment Corporation Magna Entertainment Corporation (MEC) was created in 1999 by parent company Magna International Inc. Magna International, a major automotive suppli ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stronach Stables
Stronach Stables is the North American racing arm of Thoroughbred horse racing owner and breeder, Frank Stronach, who also owns the horse breeding operation Adena Springs. Stronach is also the CEO of the Stronach Group which owns racetracks that include Santa Anita Park, Gulfstream Park, Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park The Stronach racing operation has owned and raced notable Thoroughbreds Glorious Song, Touch Gold and Giacomo in partnership with others. Among Stonach wholly owned horses, Ghostzapper won several major races including the 2004 Breeders' Cup Classic, was voted the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year, and named the World's Top Ranked Horse for 2004. In Canada, Frank Stronach/Stronach Stables has won the Sovereign Award for Outstanding Owner nine times. In the United States, Stronach earned the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Owner in 1998, 1999, and 2000. In 2000, Frank Stronach won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Breeder. He subsequently established Adena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Stronach
The Team Stronach for Austria (german: Team Stronach für Österreich) was a Eurosceptic, right-wing populist political party in Austria founded by and named after Austrian-Canadian businessman Frank Stronach. It was dissolved in August 2017. History The new party was registered on 25 September 2012, and was launched two days later. In a Gallup poll in August 2012, it received 8% of the vote. Five MPs – Gerhard Köfer of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ), Elisabeth Kaufmann-Bruckberger and Christoph Hagen of the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ), and independents Robert Lugar and Erich Tadler – agreed to join the party. Parties with at least three seats are automatically qualified to run in the forthcoming federal election. The party name, programme, and logo were decided in early September 2012. Köfer has been named as the party's leading candidate for the 2013 state election in Carinthia. In September's Gallup poll, it received 10% of the vote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Stronach
Captain (then Chief Officer) George Preston Stronach GC (14 April 1912 – 12 December 1999) of the Merchant navy was awarded the George Cross for the heroism he displayed in a rescue at sea in Tripoli Harbour on 19 March 1943. Notice of his award appeared in the London Gazette on 23 November 1943. 19 March 1943 On 19 March 1943, Captain Duncan MacKellar's merchant vessel, the SS ''Ocean Voyager'', while in Tripoli Harbour was attacked by German Ju 88 aircraft equipped with Motobomba FFF torpedoes. The ship's large consignment of petrol and ammunition caught fire. As the captain had died in the attack, Stronach took command of the stricken vessel after being briefly knocked out by the explosions. He sought and found surviving crew members and led them to a lifeboat, then lowered another boat to search for more survivors. He doused himself with water from a hose to protect himself as best he could from the flames engulfing the ship, climbed into the wrecked accommodation quart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Stronach
Frank Gordon Stronach was a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of London, Ontario from 1961 to 1968. Stronach, a retired 26-year veteran of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, was serving as police chief in the suburban London Township, which was slated for annexation into the city on 1 January 1961."Stronach Leads Race In London Election". ''The Globe and Mail'', 13 December 1960. He ran for mayor in the 1960 municipal election after being unable to negotiate a position with the London Police Service, into which the township force was to be amalgamated. He won over incumbent mayor Allan Johnston by a narrow margin of 174 votes, triggering a recount which confirmed his victory. Johnston ran against Stronach again in the 1962 municipal election, which Stronach won by a wider 4,900-vote margin. In the 1964 election, Stronach was returned over two candidates including a 21-year-old University of Western Ontario student named Theo Wolder, who later went on to become a Judge of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Stronach
Henry Donald Stronach (27 January 1865 – 12 April 1932) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played six first-class matches for Otago between the 1892–93 and 1894–95 seasons. Stronach was born at Deepdell Station in North Otago but grew up in Dunedin and attended Otago Boys' High School in the city. His father, Donald Stronach, was a manager for the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company in Dunedin.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 126. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Available onlineat the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)Dunedin notes, ''Lake Wakatip Mail'', issue 4044, 12 April 1932, p. 4.Available onlineat Papers Past. Retrieved 22 January 2024.) A keen sportsman, he played rugby union for Pirates FC and cricket for Carisbrook Cricket Club in the city and was the first batsman to score a century on the Carisbrook ground. After leaving school, Stronach worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
