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Venable
Venable is a surname shared by several notable people: * Venable Brothers, rock quarry business of Samuel and William Venable that included Stone Mountain, Georgia. * Abraham B. Venable (1758–1811), American state and national politician * Abraham Watkins Venable (1799–1876), American state and national politician * Charles L. Venable (born 1960), former CEO of the Indianapolis Museum of Art in Indianapolis, Indiana * Charles S. Venable (1827–1900), American mathematician, astronomer, academic, Confederate Civil War officer * David Venable (born 1978), American intelligence officer, author, and businessman * David Venable (television personality) (born 1964), American TV personality and QVC host * Edward Carrington Venable (1853–1908), American national politician * Evelyn Venable (1913–1993), American actress * Francis Preston Venable (1856–1934), American chemist and academic * James Venable (other), multiple people * Max Venable (bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Venable
William Dion Venable (born October 29, 1982) is an American professional baseball coach and former player. He is the associate manager of the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB as an outfielder for the San Diego Padres, Texas Rangers and Los Angeles Dodgers, and he was a coach for the Chicago Cubs. He is the son of former MLB outfielder Max Venable and is the older brother of former Canadian Football League player Winston Venable. Venable played college basketball for Princeton, where he was the second athlete to earn first-team All-Ivy League honors in both baseball and basketball. In the 2005 MLB Draft, the Padres selected Venable in the seventh round; he made his major league debut in 2008. Although he broke into MLB as a center fielder, he played mostly as a right fielder after his second season. He finished among the top 10 in the National League in triples four times and in stolen bases twice. He has the most MLB career hits and home runs of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venable LLP
Venable LLP is an American law firm headquartered in Washington, D.C. It is the largest law firm in the state of Maryland. Founded in 1900 by Richard Venable in Baltimore, today Venable has 10 offices across the United States and 800 attorneys who practice in areas such as corporate law, complex litigation, labor and employment, intellectual property, cybersecurity and data privacy, advertising and marketing, entertainment and media, environmental law, bankruptcy and restructuring, and various government affairs. In 2021, Venable was ranked as the 78th highest grossing law firm in the world. From 2020 to 2021, Venable's total revenue grew from $681.8 million to $717 million. Revenue per lawyer saw a similar increase, with each lawyer generating a revenue of $965,031 and each equity partner generating $1.23 million on average. History Venable was founded in 1900 by law professor Richard Venable in Baltimore. It became the second-largest law firm in the Baltimore-Washington area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evelyn Venable
Evelyn Venable (October 18, 1913 – November 15, 1993) was an American actress perhaps best known for her role as Grazia in the 1934 film ''Death Takes a Holiday''. In addition to acting in around two dozen films during the 1930s and 1940s, she was also the voice and model for the Blue Fairy in Walt Disney's ''Pinocchio'' (1940). She is one of a number of women who have been suggested to have served as the model for the personification of Columbia in the Columbia Pictures logo that was used from 1936 to 1976. For her work in films, Venable has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1500 Vine Street. Life and career Evelyn Venable was born on October 18, 1913 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the only child of Emerson and Dolores Venable. She graduated from Walnut Hills High School (class of 1930), where her father and grandfather William Henry Venable taught English. She performed in several plays at Walnut Hills, such as Juliet in ''Romeo and Juliet'', the Dream Child in ''Dear Brutu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noe Venable
Noe Venable (born April 20, 1976 in San Francisco, California) is an experimental folk/pop singer-songwriter. She has earned a loyal fan base in her native San Francisco, in part through frequently performing in small, intimate venues. Her advocacy of small venues caused a stir in the San Francisco music community when she took ''San Francisco Chronicle'' reporter Joel Selvin to task for claiming that the city's music scene was "dead". Education Venable attended Bennington College as a Dramatic Writing and then a Music major before deciding to pursue music as a career. In 2004 Venable moved to Brooklyn, New York where she obtained a bachelor's degree at Hunter College of the City University of New York. In 2007 she relocated to Boston, Massachusetts to begin graduate studies at Harvard Divinity School. Theatrical career She performed in numerous theatrical and musical productions as a youth with the San Francisco-based Young People's Teen Musical Theater Company. She was also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Venable
David "Dave" Venable (born January 11, 1978) is a former intelligence officer with the United States National Security Agency, and current cyber security professional and businessman. He is an author and speaker on the topics of cyber security, cyberwarfare, and international security; has developed security-related internet protocols; is a US patent holder; and has been named as one of the most influential people in security. Early life and education Venable was born in and grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas, and later attended the University of Arkansas, majoring in mathematics. After college, he joined the United States Air Force and studied Korean at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California, a Department of Defense educational and research institution which provides linguistic and cultural instruction to the DoD and other Federal Agencies. Venable has also pursued graduate education in mathematics at the University of Texas, and international relations at Harvar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Preston Venable
Francis Preston Venable (November 17, 1856 – March 17, 1934) was a chemist, educator, and president of the University of North Carolina (UNC). Biography Born “near Farmville", Prince Edward County, Virginia The National Cyclopedia of American Biography. Vol. XIII. New York James T. White & Co. 1906. Page 245. to Charles Scott Venable, aide-de-camp to Gen. Robert E. Lee from 1862 to 1865 and professor of mathematics at the University of Virginia from 1865 to 1896, and Margaret Cantey (McDowell) Venable. In 1879, Venable earned a master's degree in chemistry from the University of Virginia. He was offered the chair in the chemistry department at UNC in 1880. A year later, he earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Göttingen, and was elected fellow of the Chemical Society of London. In 1893, Venable occupied the first endowed chair at UNC, the Mary Ann Smith Professorship. In collaboration with undergraduate students William Rand Kenan, Jr, and Thomas Clark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venable Brothers
The Venable Brothers was a business venture formed by brothers William Hoyt Venable (1852–1905) and Samuel Hoyt Venable (1856–1939) in DeKalb County, Georgia. The brothers owned rock quarries. Sam Venable was involved in the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan and in the creation of the Confederate memorial on Stone Mountain, Georgia.Historic Dekalb County: An Illustrated History By Vivian Price page 49-51 He owned Stone Mountain, where a was held in 1915, and granted the Klan an |
Abraham Watkins Venable
Abraham Watkins Venable (October 17, 1799 – February 24, 1876) was a 19th-century US politician and lawyer from North Carolina. He was a slaveholder. He was the nephew of congressman and senator Abraham Bedford Venable. Biography Born in Springfield, Virginia, he graduated from Hampden–Sydney College in 1816. He studied medicine for two years before turning to law. He later graduated from Princeton University in 1819 and was admitted to the bar in 1821. He practiced law in Virginia in both Prince Edward and Mecklenburg counties until 1829 when he moved to North Carolina. He later got involved in politics and served as a presidential elector in the elections of 1832, 1836 and 1844 and was elected to the 30th Congress as a Democrat, serving from 1847 to 1853. He ran unsuccessfully for reelection in 1852. Venable was a presidential elector in the 1860 presidential election on the Democratic ticket for John C. Breckinridge and Joseph Lane. He delivered a number of addre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Henry Venable
William Henry Venable (April 29, 1836 – 1920) was an American author and educator. Biography He was born in Warren County, Ohio. He began to teach at seventeen years of age, and during his vacations attended teachers' institutes in Oxford, Ohio, being one of the first teachers in the state upon whom the Ohio board of examiners conferred a life certificate. He was graduated at the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio, and in 1862, became professor of natural science in Chickering Classical and Scientific Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, in the same year, was its principal and proprietor in 1881, organized and was first president of the Cincinnati Society of Political Education, and in 1882 founded and conducted in that city the African School of Popular Science and History. Beginning in 1886, he spent three years on literary work and lecturing. He was an editor of the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly. He was actively connected with many educational associations, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Venable
Robert Venable is a two-time Emmy Award winning producer, mixer, engineer, and drummer for As We Ascend currently based in Nashville, Tennessee. He is the music mixer for The Kelly Clarkson Show. Biography Growing up in Springdale, Arkansas, Robert Venable performed in several bands and eventually made the decision to pursue a career in music. He attended the Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences in Tempe, Arizona, where he graduated top of his class. While in school, Venable interned at several studios in the Phoenix metropolitan area, such as The Saltmine Studios and Phase Four, making the transition from assisting to engineering. In 2005, he was hired as head engineer at Paradise West Recording Studios in Scottsdale, Arizona. In 2009, Venable relocated to Nashville, Tennessee and worked in various studios as he built his own. Venable has mixed, engineered, and/or produced music for musicians in a variety of genres. Venable currently resides in Franklin, Tennessee and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Venable
William McKinley "Max" Venable (born June 6, 1957) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter. He played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants, Montreal Expos, Cincinnati Reds, and California Angels. Venable also played for the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), and coached for the SK Wyverns of the KBO League. Early years Venable went to Cordova High School in Rancho Cordova, California, where he was a multi-sport star. He excelled in all sports but, in high school, football was his best. He turned down football scholarships to sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Career Major League Baseball He played for the San Francisco Giants, Montreal Expos, and Cincinnati Reds, all of the National League, and the California Angels of the American League. He also played two seasons in Japan, and , for the Chiba Lotte Marines. He coached for the Atlanta Braves in the minor leagues, along wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Venable (television Personality)
David Venable is an American TV personality and author who has hosted ''In the Kitchen with David'' on QVC QVC (short for "Quality Value Convenience") is an American free-to-air television network, and flagship shopping channel specializing in televised home shopping, owned by Qurate Retail Group. Founded in 1986 by Joseph Segel in West Chester, Penn ... since 2009. He has also written cookbooks based on the show. Early life Venable was born on November 12, 1964, in Charlotte, North Carolina. He studied journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Work on QVC Venable was hired by QVC in 1993. He started by promoting the gourmet food products of the company through the station. As time went on, he gradually increased his position on the channel and then started to host his own shows. Publications Venable has released four cookbooks. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Venable, David Living people QVC people American television personalities UNC Huss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
