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Ted Blunt
Theodore Blunt (born March 22, 1943) is an American politician, educator, and former athlete. Blunt's political career in the state of Delaware included serving 16 years as a Wilmington District Councilman and eight years as city council president. Early life and education Blunt was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is one of four children born to Helen and John Blunt. Ted and his family were no strangers to hardships and difficult times. Growing up in the James Weldon Johnson Housing Projects in North Philadelphia, the family developed their shared belief in hard work, persistence and a strong family bond. He graduated from Simon Gratz High School in Philadelphia and Winston-Salem Teachers College (now Winston-Salem State University. WSSU) with a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education. Three years later, Blunt graduated from Rutgers University with a Master of Social Work. Career Sports Blunt's athletic achievements in high school included makin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Since 1854, the city has been coextensive with Philadelphia County, the most populous county in Pennsylvania and the urban core of the Delaware Valley, the nation's seventh-largest and one of world's largest metropolitan regions, with 6.245 million residents . The city's population at the 2020 census was 1,603,797, and over 56 million people live within of Philadelphia. Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Quaker. The city served as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony during the British colonial era and went on to play a historic and vital role as the central meeting place for the nation's founding fathers whose plans and actions in Philadelphia ultimately inspired the American Revolution and the nation's inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
