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Terrill
Terrill is a surname and more rarely a given name. It may refer to: Surname *Chris Terrill (born 1952), British filmmaker * Chris Terrill (executive) (born 1967), American businessman *Craig Terrill (born 1980), American football player * Hazard Bailey Terrill (1811–1852), Canadian politician * James B. Terrill (1838–1864), American general *Mark Terrill (born 1953), American writer and translator *Marshall Terrill (born 1963), American writer *Randy Terrill (born 1969), American politician * Richard Terrill (born 1953), American writer *Ross Terrill (born 1938), Australian historian *Ruby Terrill Lomax (1886–1961), American educator * Timothy Lee Terrill (1815–1879), Canadian politician * William R. Terrill (1834–1862), American general First name * Terrill Byrd (born 1986), American football player * Terrill R. Dalton (born 1967), American cult leader * Terrill Hanks (born 1995), American football player *Terrill Shaw (born 1976), American football player See also * Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Terrill
Ross Terrill (b. 1938 Melbourne) is an Australian-born American political scientist and historian. He specializes in the history of China, especially the history of the People's Republic of China. He has made several public appearances in order to testify in front of the United States Congress, and he has also written numerous articles and nine books. For many years he has been a research associate at Harvard's Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, and recently, he was a visiting professor at the University of Texas at Austin as well as a visiting professor at Monash University in Australia. Early life Ross Terrill was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1938 to Miriel (Lloyd) Terrill and Frank Gregston. Terrill attended Wesley College in Melbourne, where he became Dux in 1956. In 1962 Terrill attended the University of Melbourne where he completed his Honours in history and political science. In 1965, shortly after completing his honours degree, Terrill immigrated to the United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Terrill
Chris Terrill is a British anthropologist, adventurer, broadcaster, author and filmmaker. Biography Born in Brighton, Sussex, in 1952, Terrill attended Brighton College 1965–1970, and then went to Durham University, where he gained a joint-honours degree in Geography and Anthropology. Between 1976 and 1977 he lived with the remote Acholi Tribe of Southern Sudan where he carried out doctoral research on the impact of civil war on the tribal society before taking up the post of head of geography at Rendcomb College in Gloucestershire. In 1983, he left teaching to become a full-time professional anthropologist working for the International Disaster Institute and the UN in Geneva and throughout the famine-gripped and war-ravaged areas of Africa. Later he moved into broadcasting, after being offered a job immediately following a feature interview to the BBC African Service. He changed careers and became a producer for the BBC World Service specialising in African affairs. Afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randy Terrill
Randy Terrill (born September 29, 1969) is an American politician. A Republican, he is a former member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from Moore, Oklahoma. Early life and education Terrill was born in Alva, Oklahoma on September 29, 1969. He received a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Central Oklahoma and a J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law.2005 ''Oklahoma Alamanc'' Oklahoma Department of Libraries, p. 152. Political career Before being elected to office himself, Terrill had various political jobs, working "as a press intern for Governor , legislative assistant ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Terrill
Craig Adam Terrill (born June 27, 1980) is a former National Football League (NFL) defensive tackle who played for the Seattle Seahawks. In 88 career games, Terrill had 103 combined tackles, with eight sacks, three fumble recoveries, and one touchdown. He played college football at Purdue. He was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the sixth round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He blocked eight field goals in his career, tied for the Seahawks team record. Early life Terrill was born on June 27, 1980, in Lebanon, Indiana. Growing up, Terrill had two brothers, Jason and Troy; Jason taught him how to play guitar and played college football at Ball State, whereas Troy played college basketball at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis. Craig played high school football with the Lebanon Tigers, where he set a record for most sacks in a season, with 27, and graduated as the team's all-time sack leader. Terrill was named First-team All-State during his senior year. Playing caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marshall Terrill
Marshall Terrill (born December 17, 1963, in Texarkana, Texas) is an American author and journalist. He is noted for biographies on Steve McQueen, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Billy Graham and Pete Maravich. Early years: 1963-1982 Terrill is one of four children of Mike and Carolyn Terrill. An Air Force brat, he lived in Big Spring and Waco, Texas; Sacramento, California and Montgomery, Alabama. He mainly grew up in Northern Virginia and San Antonio, Texas. Terrill attended Hayfield Elementary School in Alexandria, Virginia, Madison High School in San Antonio, and graduated from Robinson High School in Fairfax, Virginia. Phoenix, Arizona: 1982-1989 After high school Terrill moved to Phoenix, Arizona. While studying business he worked for financier Charles Keating beginning in 1984. Five years later Keating's company, Lincoln Savings & Loan, was the target of a federal investigation. Keating was sent sentenced to jail and Terrill was suddenly unemployed. At age 26, he m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terrill R
Terrill is a surname and more rarely a given name. It may refer to: Surname *Chris Terrill (born 1952), British filmmaker * Chris Terrill (executive) (born 1967), American businessman *Craig Terrill (born 1980), American football player * Hazard Bailey Terrill (1811–1852), Canadian politician * James B. Terrill (1838–1864), American general *Mark Terrill (born 1953), American writer and translator *Marshall Terrill (born 1963), American writer *Randy Terrill (born 1969), American politician * Richard Terrill (born 1953), American writer *Ross Terrill (born 1938), Australian historian * Ruby Terrill Lomax (1886–1961), American educator * Timothy Lee Terrill (1815–1879), Canadian politician *William R. Terrill (1834–1862), American general First name * Terrill Byrd (born 1986), American football player * Terrill R. Dalton (born 1967), American cult leader * Terrill Hanks (born 1995), American football player *Terrill Shaw Terrill Shaw (born February 4, 1976) is a former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Terrill (executive)
Chris Terrill is an American businessman and former chief executive officer of ANGI Homeservices. Career Terrill began his career in the mid-1990s at QZARInc., owners of the Laser Tag entertainment center chain. In 1998, Q-Zar filed for Chapter 7 liquidation under the U.S. Bankruptcy code. In 1999, Terrill joined online dating service Match.com, where he served as director of marketing and vice president of new brands and verticals, among other senior positions. While at Match, Terrill launched Chemistry.com, a new dating website. In 2005, Terrill left Match.com for Blockbuster.com to become vice president of product and marketing. Terrill joined Nutrisystem in 2007, serving first as Senior Vice President of E-Commerce. He was promoted to Chief Marketing Officer in 2009. In 2011, Terrill became the chief executive officer of ServiceMagic (now HomeAdvisor HomeAdvisor is a digital marketplace formerly known as ServiceMagic. It connects homeowners with local service professio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Terrill
Richard Terrill is an American author and jazz musician who plays with the Larry McDonough Quartet. Career Terrill's work as a writer includes three collections of poems: ''What Falls Away Is Always: Poems and Conversations'', ''Almost Dark'' and ''Coming Late to Rachmaninoff,'' a winner of the Minnesota Book Award. He has also written two nonfiction books: ''Fakebook: Improvisations on a Journey Back to Jazz'' and ''Saturday Night in Baoding: A China Memoir'', winner of the Associated Writing Programs Award for nonfiction. Terrill has received fellowships from National Endowment for the Arts, the Wisconsin and Minnesota State Arts Boards, the Jerome Foundation, the MacDowell Colony, and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. He has also worked as a Fulbright professor in China, Korea, and Poland. He formerly taught in the MFA program at Minnesota State University, Mankato as a Distinguished faculty scholar. He retired in 2017. Terrill is also a jazz saxophonist, and much of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruby Terrill Lomax
Ruby Terrill Lomax (1886 – December 28, 1961) was an American educator and folklorist, who worked with her husband John A. Lomax to collect American folk songs, campaigned for women's education, and was Dean of Women at University of Texas at Austin. Early life She was born and raised in Denton, Texas, United States, just outside Dallas, Ruby Terrill earned degrees at state colleges, setting a record at the University of Texas at Austin for the highest grade average yet achieved by a woman at the university. Recognizing that education was her calling, she taught in rural and urban high schools and colleges in her home state, supporting herself while continuing her own studies. She worked toward a doctorate in classical languages by garnering a fellowship in Latin at the University of Texas for the year 1914–1915 and taking summer courses for four years at the University of Chicago and two years at Columbia University. Career In 1925, Terrill received an M.A. in classical lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Terrill
Mark Terrill is a well-traveled American poet, translator, and prose writer who has resided in Northern Germany since the mid-1980s. Biography Born on July 1, 1953, in Berkeley, California, Mark Terrill grew up in the unincorporated mountain community of Sky Londa in San Mateo County, south of San Francisco. After failing to complete high school, he traveled widely in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, working as a dishwasher, woodcutter, gardener, bartender, taxi driver, gravedigger, sawmill worker, deckhand, and welder before finally obtaining his seaman’s papers and shipping out of San Francisco to the Far East and beyond. In 1982, he attended the School of Visual Arts Writing Workshop conducted by Paul Bowles in Tangier, Morocco, and after extensive travels throughout Morocco and Europe, finally settled in Hamburg, Germany in 1984. Simultaneously with pursuing his literary activities, he has been employed as a shipyard welder, road manager for various rock bands (American Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terrill Shaw
Terrill Shaw (born February 4, 1976) is a former American football wide receiver who played nine seasons in the Arena Football League with the Buffalo Destroyers, Grand Rapids Rampage, Las Vegas Gladiators, Philadelphia Soul, Dallas Desperados and Tampa Bay Storm. Shaw played college football at the University of Southern Mississippi. He was the MVP of ArenaBowl XV. He was also a member of the Kansas City Chiefs, Berlin Thunder and New Orleans Saints. Professional career Shaw spent the 2000 Arena Football League season with the Buffalo Destroyers. He was placed on recallable waivers by the Destroyers on April 9, 2001. Shaw was signed from the Grand Rapids Rampage's practice squad on May 25, 2001. He was the MVP of ArenaBowl XV after accumulating twelve receptions, 172 receiving yards, and five touchdowns in the Rampage's 62-42 victory over the Nashville Kats on August 19, 2001. Shaw was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs on January 11, 2002. He was allocated to NFL Europe's Berlin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terrill Hanks
Terrill Hanks (born December 7, 1995) is an American football linebacker who is a free agent. He played college football at New Mexico State. Early years Hanks grew up in Miami Gardens, Florida close to Hard Rock Stadium and was a fan of the Miami Dolphins in his childhood. He attended Immaculata-LaSalle High School and played safety for the Royal Lions football team and made over 100 tackles as a senior. Rated a two-star prospect by Rivals.com, but did not qualify academically for an NCAA scholarship until late in his senior year. Hanks committed to play college football at New Mexico State, one of only two schools to offer him a scholarship along with Appalachian State. College career Hanks played four seasons for the New Mexico State Aggies. After bulking up and moving from the defensive secondary to linebacker, he started all but one game as a freshman and recorded 81 tackles with 6.5 tackles for loss, four pass deflections, and a forced fumble and was named to the Sun B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
