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Thissen (other)
Thissen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * David Thissen (born c. 1950), American professor of psychology * Frans Thissen (1909–?), Belgian rower * Jean Thissen (born 1946), Belgian footballer *Paul Thissen Paul Thissen (born December 10, 1966) is an American politician, attorney, and jurist serving as an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. He previously served as the Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives and DFL Minority L ... (born 1966), American politician * Tof Thissen (born 1957), Dutch politician * Werner Thissen (born 1938), German Roman Catholic archbishop See also * Thiessen (other) * Thijssen * Thyssen (other) {{surname Surnames from given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Thissen
David Michael Thissen (born c. 1950) is an emeritus professor of quantitative psychology at the University of North Carolina and former President of the Psychometric Society. He is a fellow at the American Statistical Association and the American Psychological Society. He is known for his contributions to item response theory. Early life and education The eldest of five children, Thissen graduated from St. Edmond High School in Fort Dodge, Iowa and was a national semifinalist in the 1967 Westinghouse Science Talent Search. He earned a bachelor's degree from Saint Louis University and a PhD in quantitative psychology from the University of Chicago, where he was awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Career Upon receiving his PhD in 1976, Thissen joined the psychology faculty at the University of Kansas and was appointed an associate professor (with tenure) five years later. He moved to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1990 as a full professor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frans Thissen
Frans Thissen (9 November 1909 – ?) was a Belgian rower. He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ... in Berlin with the men's coxless pair where they were eliminated in the semi-final. References 1909 births Year of death unknown Belgian male rowers Olympic rowers for Belgium Rowers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Antwerp European Rowing Championships medalists 20th-century Belgian people {{Belgium-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Thissen
Jean Thissen (born 21 April 1946) is a retired Belgian international footballer. At the club level, he played for Standard Liège and Anderlecht. He also played internationally for the Belgium national football team in the 1970 FIFA World Cup and the 1972 UEFA European Football Championship. Thissen coached Beira-Mar, Servette FC, R.U. Saint-Gilloise, Gabon, Standard de Liège, MC Alger and Togo. Honours Club Standard de Liège * Belgian First Division: 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71 * Belgian Cup: List of Belgian Cup finals, 1965–66, 1966–67 *Jules Pappaert Cup: 1971 RSC Anderlecht * Belgian Cup: List of Belgian Cup finals, 1974–75, 1975–76 * Belgian League Cup: 1973, 1974 * European Cup Winners' Cup: 1975–76 (winners), 1976–77 (runners-up), 1977–78 (winners) * European Super Cup: 1976, 1978 * Amsterdam Tournament: 1976 *Tournoi de Paris: 1977 * Jules Pappaert Cup: 1977 * Belgian Sports Merit Award: 1978 International * UEFA European Champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Thissen
Paul Thissen (born December 10, 1966) is an American politician, attorney, and jurist serving as an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. He previously served as the Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives and DFL Minority Leader. Thissen was the longest-serving leader of the Minnesota House Democrats since Martin Olav Sabo in the 1970s. A member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), he represented District 61B in south Minneapolis. First elected in 2002, Thissen was reelected every two years through 2016. On April 17, 2018, Governor Mark Dayton appointed Thissen to the Minnesota Supreme Court. He was sworn in on May 14, 2018. He is the first person to have served both as Minnesota House Speaker and on the Minnesota Supreme Court. Early life and education Thissen was born in Bloomington, Minnesota. His parents, Frank and Barb Thissen, were both lifelong educators. Frank grew up on a farm in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota, that the family still ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tof Thissen
Christoffel Paul (Tof) Thissen (born 19 May 1957 in Roermond) is a Dutch politician. Between 2004 and 2015 he was member of the Senate for GreenLeft. Life before politics Thissen attended a Roman Catholic primary school in Roermond. Between 1969 and 1976 he attended the gymnasium at the Episcopal college in the same city. He graduated specializing in arts. Between 1976 and 1977 he was a member of the centre-left Labour Party. In 1977 however he switched to the more leftwing Pacifist Socialist Party. Betwedeen 1977 and 1982 he studied theology at the Higher School for Theology and Pastoral Studies in Heerlen. He reached his ''kandidaats'' examen (roughly equivalent to a Bachelor of Arts). Between and after his study he worked at the Limburg Centre for Development Cooperation. Between 1979 and 1985 he also was the Limburg provincial coordinator for peace activities and member of the national working group for local peace groups of the oecumenical Christian pacifist In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Thissen
Werner Thissen (born 3 December 1938) is a German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Hamburg from 2002 until 2014 when he resigned and became Archbishop Emeritus of Hamburg.Neuer Hamburger Erzbischof besucht Staatskanzlei und Landtag', T-Online, 24 March 2015 Biography Born in Kleve, Thissen was ordained to the priesthood in Münster on 29 June 1966. On 16 April 1999 he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Münster and Titular Bishop of '' Scampa''. Thissen received his episcopal consecration on the following 24 May from Bishop Reinhard Lettmann, with Bishops Alfons Demming and Heinrich Janssen serving as co-consecrators A consecrator is a bishop who ordains someone to the episcopacy. A co-consecrator is someone who assists the consecrator bishop in the act of ordaining a new bishop. The terms are used in the canon law of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, .... He was named Archbishop of Hamburg by Pope John Paul II on 22 Novem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thiessen (other)
Thiessen may refer to: * Alfred H. Thiessen (1872–1956), American meteorologist * Brad Thiessen (ice hockey player, born 1986), Canadian ice hockey player * Dan Thiessen (1946–2014), college football coach * Dan Thiessen (politician) (1922-2012), Kansas state legislator * Del Thiessen, American psychology professor * Duane D. Thiessen (born 1951), Lieutenant General in US Marine Corps * Georg Heinrich Thiessen (1914–1961), German astronomer * Gordon Thiessen (born 1938), Governor of the Bank of Canada from 1994–2001 * J. Grant Thiessen (born 1947), Canadian bibliographer and bookseller * Jack Thiessen (1931-2022), lexicographer * James Thiessen (born 1974), former Australian rules footballer * Jayson Thiessen (born 1976), Canadian director * Juliana Thiessen Day (born 1980), former 1998 Miss Canadian Universe * Marc Thiessen (born 1967), American author and speech-writer for President George W. Bush * Matt Thiessen (born 1980), Canadian-American musician * Nolan Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thijssen
Thijssen, Thijsen and Thijsse are Dutch patronymic surnames. The common Dutch given name Thijs is a short form of Mathijs (= Matthew). Thijssen is particularly common in the Dutch provinces of North Brabant and Limburgbr> People with this surname include: ;Thijssen * (born 1961), Dutch painter and glass artist * Felix Thijssen (born 1933), Dutch novelist * François Thijssen (died 1638), Dutch explorer of the south coast of Australia * Frans Thijssen (born 1952), Dutch footballer * Gerben Thijssen (born 1998), Belgian racing cyclist * Henny Thijssen (born 1952), Dutch singer and music producer * (born 1975), Dutch draughts player *Leon Thijssen (born 1968), Dutch show jumper * Lynn Thijssen (born 1992), Dutch volleyball player * Maerten Thijssen (died 1657), Dutch admiral who later became a Swedish nobleman *Nicole Thijssen (born 1988), Dutch tennis player *Theo Thijssen Theodorus Johannes Thijssen (Amsterdam, 16 June 1879 – Amsterdam, 23 December 1943) was a Dutch writer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thyssen (other)
Thyssen is a Low Frankish and Dutch patronymic surname. It is derived from the common given name Thijs, a short form of Mathijs (Matthew). The Dutch digraph ij and the y ("ij" without dots) were used interchangeably until the surname spelling fixations around 1810. While Thijssen is the more common form in the Netherlands, "Thyssen" prevails elsewhere. It may refer to: People * Craig Thyssen (born 1984), South African cricketer * Greta Thyssen (1933–2018), Danish film actress and model * Ingrid Thyssen (born 1956), German javelin thrower * Marianne Thyssen (born 1956), Belgian politician and EU Commissioner * Nicole Thyssen (born 1988), Dutch tennis player * Ole Thyssen (born 1944), Danish philosopher and sociologist * Thyssen family, an industrialist family originating in Aachen, with many notable members including: **Friedrich Thyssen (1804–1877), German banker **August Thyssen (1842–1926), German founder of the Thyssen steel company, son of Friedrich **Joseph Thyssen (18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
