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Virginia Gray (actress)
Virginia Gray may refer to: * Virginia Gray (political scientist) Virginia Gray (born 1945) is an American political scientist, currently the Robert Watson Winston Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She studies public policy and interest groups with ..., American political scientist * Virginia Gray Henry Blakemore, American writer and filmmaker * Virginia Gray, the mayor of Wendell, North Carolina * Virginia Gray, a character from the television series ''Heroes'' See also: * Virginia Grey, American actress {{hndis, Gray, Virginia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Gray (political Scientist)
Virginia Gray (born 1945) is an American political scientist, currently the Robert Watson Winston Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She studies public policy and interest groups with a particular focus on U.S. state politics. Her work on policy diffusion, which concerns how innovation in policies within one region can lead to adoptions of that policy by other regions, has been cited as foundational in developing that research topic. Education and early career Gray attended Hendrix College, where she earned a BA. She then graduated with an MA from Washington University in St. Louis, followed by a PhD from the same institution in 1972. Gray was a professor at the University of Minnesota until 2001, when she moved to the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She has also been a visiting professor at the University of British Columbia, University of Oslo, and Nankai University. Career Gray has been credited wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Gray Henry Blakemore
Aisha Gray Henry, also known as Virginia Gray Henry, is an American writer, Islamic scholar, filmmaker and editor. Biography Gray Henry earned her B.A. in art history and world religions from Sarah Lawrence College and her M.A in education from the University of Michigan. She also studied for ten years at Al-Azhar. In 1981, she helped to establish the Islamic Texts Society in Cambridge. She is the founder and director of the Islamic publishing house Fons Vitae. Grey Henry and Fons Vitae have worked on making the works of al-Ghazali accessible to children. In 2006, Gray Henry arranged for an interfaith meeting between the Dalai Lama and Muslim scholars. She is an art historian and scholar of religion who taught at the Dalton School, Fordham and Cambridge Universities. Gray Henry is a co-founder and board member of the Thomas Merton Center Foundation where she arranges meetings on the works of Thomas Merton Thomas Merton (January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendell, North Carolina
Wendell is a town in Wake County, North Carolina, United States. It is a satellite town of Raleigh, the state capital. The population was 5,845 at the 2010 census. History Incorporated in 1903, Wendell was settled in the 1850s, when farmers in Granville County were victims of a blight that came to be known as the Granville County Wilt. Their tobacco crops failed, and they chose to move to a new location with more fertile land for their crops. As settlement increased, a small village took form. The villagers asked the local schoolteacher, M.A. Griffin, to choose a name. Griffin suggested they call it Wendell, in honor of his favorite poet, Oliver Wendell Holmes. However, the townspeople pronounce each syllable with equal emphasis, not as the poet's middle name is said. The Town seal was adopted on April 4, 1963. The first post office was built in 1891, and has been restored by the Wendell Historical Society. The oldest institution in Wendell is Hephzibah Baptist Church, founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Heroes Characters
This is a list of fictional characters in the television series ''Heroes (American TV series), Heroes'', the List of Heroes graphic novels, ''Heroes'' graphic novels, and the ''Heroes'' webisodes. Main characters Character duration In its inaugural season, ''Heroes'' featured an ensemble cast of twelve main characters. During the first season, the NBC ''Heroes'' cast page listed ten characters among the cast; Leonard Roberts arrived later, and Jack Coleman (actor), Jack Coleman was promoted to series regular as of Fallout (Heroes), the eleventh episode. For the second season of the show, Santiago Cabrera, Tawny Cypress, and Leonard Roberts left the main cast. Zachary Quinto and James Kyson Lee, who were recurring characters in the first season, were added to the main cast, and were joined by new cast members David Anders, Kristen Bell, Dana Davis and Dania Ramirez. Anders was originally meant to be a recurring character, but was promoted to a series regular prior to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
