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Whittaker
Whittaker is a surname of English origin, meaning 'white acre', and a given name. Variants include Whitaker and Whitacre (other), Whitacre. People with the name include: Surname A *Aaron Whittaker (born 1968), New Zealand rugby player *Al Whittaker (1918–2006), American business organizer *Alison Whittaker, Australian poet *Allien Whittaker (born 1983), Jamaican footballer *Andrew Whittaker (engineer) (born 1956), American engineer *Andy Whittaker, British film distributor *Anthony Whittaker (born 1968), American composer *Arnie Whittaker (1879–1955), English footballer B *Ben Whittaker (born 1989), Australian rugby union footballer *Benjamin Whittaker (born 1997), English boxer *Bernard Whittaker (1865–??), English footballer *Bill Whittaker (other), multiple people *Bob Whittaker (born 1939), American politician *Brian Whittaker (1956–1997), Scottish footballer C *Charles Whittaker (other), multiple people *Craig Whittaker (born 1962), Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Whittaker (engineer)
Andrew Stuart Whittaker (born February 14, 1956) is an American structural engineer who is currently a SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. Education Whittaker earned a bachelor's of science in civil engineering from the University of Melbourne, Australia in 1977. He received an M.S. in civil engineering in 1985, and his Ph.D in civil engineering in 1988, both from the University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u .... Professional career Whittaker is a licensed civil (C45013) and structural (S3618) engineer in California. He worked for the international consultancy Aurecon (formerly John Connell and Associates) from 1978 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fozzy Whittaker
Foswhitt Jer'ald "Fozzy" Whittaker (born February 2, 1989) is a former American football running back and kick returner. He played college football at Texas. He is from Pearland, Texas. Early years Whittaker attended and played high school football at Pearland High School. College career Whittaker played college football at the University of Texas from 2008–2011. In the 2008 season, he had 64 carries for 284 rushing yards in seven games. In the 2009 season, he had 53 carries for 212 rushing yards and four rushing touchdowns in 11 games. In the 2010 season, he had 80 carries for 351 rushing yards and four rushing touchdowns. In the 2011 season, he had 66 carries for 386 rushing yards and six rushing touchdowns. Professional career Arizona Cardinals On December 18, 2012, Whittaker signed with the Arizona Cardinals to join their practice squad. On March 11, 2013, he was released by the Cardinals. San Diego Chargers On March 12, 2013, Whittaker was claimed off waivers by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Whittaker
Craig Whittaker (born 30 August 1962) is a British politician who served as Government Deputy Chief Whip and Treasurer of the Household from September to October 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, he previously served as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from January 2018 to April 2019 and again from July to September 2022. Whittaker was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Calder Valley in 2010. He retained the seat in the 2015, 2017 and 2019 general elections. Whittaker served as the Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Karen Bradley, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. He was appointed in the reshuffle of January 2018 as HM Lord Commissioner of the Treasury in the Government Whips Office, serving until April 2019 when he was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household. Prior to his role at the Treasury, he served as an Assistant Whip. Whittaker was appointed to that role in June 2017 following the snap general election. Early l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dale Whittaker
A. Dale Whittaker (born August 13, 1961) is an American academic and senior program officer at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He was the fifth President of the University of Central Florida. He succeeded former President John Hitt in 2018, but resigned nearly a year later after an investigation of the university for “misuse or planned misuse of nearly $85 million in operating funds for construction.” He was later found to be not involved in the misuse of funds. The state also later reversed its previous rules regarding these types of funds. Early life and education Whittaker was born on August 13, 1961, in Kewanee, Illinois. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A&M University before attending Purdue University for his master's degree and PhD. After earning his master's degree, Whittaker was hired at Texas Instruments for their Artificial Intelligence development group where he was awarded a USDA National Needs Fellowship for post-secondary education. Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Whittaker
Alison Whittaker is a Gomeroi writer and a senior researcher at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. A review in ''World Literature Today'' called her "Australia's most important recently emerged poet". Early life and education Whittaker's mother is Gomeroi and her father was not an indigenous Australian. She grew up on the floodplains of Gunnedah near the Namoi River in New South Wales. She has a BA in writing and cultural studies and an LLB (2016), both from the University of Technology Sydney, and an LLM from Harvard University (2017) where she was a Fulbright Scholar and was named the Dean's Scholar in Race, Gender and Criminal Law. Work Whittaker's 2016 debut poetry collection ''Lemons in the Chicken Wire'', which she has described as "a call to the humanity of Indigenous queer and trans mob". For it she was awarded a black&write! fellowship from the State Library of Queensland, where it was described as a "highly original collection of poems bristling with st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Whittaker
Benjamin G. Whittaker (born 6 June 1997) is an English professional boxer. As an amateur he won a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Amateur career In 2018, he was picked to represent England in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, which took place in Australia's Gold Coast. In 2019, he was selected to compete at the World Championships in Yekaterinburg, Russia, where he won the bronze medal after losing by unanimous decision to Dilshodbek Ruzmetov in the semi-finals. In 2021, at the men's light-heavyweight category at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Whittaker won the silver medal against Arlen Lopez, who won gold. Whittaker tweeted, "You don't win silver, you lose gold. I'm very disappointed - I feel like a failure." Distraught from falling short of gold, he refused to wear the medal at the ceremony; however, he vowed he would return to win gold, saying: "I'll come back, trust me." Whittaker's passionate reaction drew mixed reactions, but most people were empathetic of Whittaker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cynthia Whittaker
Cynthia Hyla Whittaker (born 1942) is an American academic and author. As a historian, she specializes in the history of Eastern Europe, especially the Russian Empire and of the Soviet Union. She built her career while teaching courses in the subject at Baruch College. Biography Early life Cynthia Hyla Whittaker was born in 1942. She received an undergraduate degree from Marymount College in Tarrytown, New York in 1962. She received advanced degrees in Russian history and literature from Indiana University at Bloomington. Career Whittaker has taught courses in Eastern European history at both the undergraduate and graduate levels at Baruch College since 1984, and is currently Chair of the History Department there. Whittaker is a Fulbright Scholar and has received research grants from—among others—the Harriman and Kennan Institutes, as well as the Rockefeller Foundation. From 1999–2000 she was a visiting fellow at the Slavic Research Center of Hokkaido University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gavin Whittaker
Gavin Whittaker (13 January 1970 – 6 January 2017) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played for Canterbury-Bankstown and the Gold Coast. Background Whittaker was born in Pittsworth, Queensland. Playing career Whittaker made his first grade debut for Canterbury in Round 16 1993 against Balmain. Whittaker played with the club up until the end of 1995 but was not included in the premiership winning side that defeated Manly. Whittaker joined the Gold Coast to play 31 games from 1996 to 1998. His son, Shai Whittaker later played for representative teams from 2007 to 2013; such as the Gold Coast Titans U18's and Queensland U17's. Whittaker died from stomach cancer on 6 January 2017 at his home in Parkwood, Queensland Parkwood is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Parkwood had a population of 8,702 people. Geography Parkwood is about by road north-west of Southport. The suburb is bounded by Napper Road to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esmé Whittaker
Esmé Whittaker is a British art historian and curator. Whittaker attended the University of Bristol, obtaining a bachelor's degree in Art History. She received a master's degree, and then a doctorate from the Courtauld Institute of Art for her dissertation ''The Arts and Crafts house in the Lake District: buildings, landscapes and communities'', under the supervision of Professor Caroline Arscott. This work elucidated the influence of William Wordsworth and John Ruskin on the Arts and Crafts houses in the Lake District, and has been lauded. Her book (co-written with Matthew Hyde) ''Arts and Crafts Houses in the Lake District'' won the 2015 Bookends Prizes for Arts and Literature. Whittaker worked at the Word & Image Department of the Victoria and Albert Museum. She also assisted in exhibitions, including ''The Cult of Beauty - The Aesthetic Movement 1860-1900'' (2011). In 2011, Whittaker curated an exhibition on William Morris at Two Temple Place. In 2017, she appeared in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Whittaker
Frank Whittaker (born 1894;Rajaiah David Paul, ''The First Decade: An Account of the Church of South India'', The Christian Literature Society, Chennai, 1958, p.26/ref> died 1961''The Church of South India, The Indian Missionary Society, Madras, and The National Missionary Society of India Jointly Celebrate the Birth Centenary of Bishop Azariah, the First Indian Bishop and Founder of The Indian Missionary Society and the National Missionary Society, on 5 and 6 October 1974 in Madras'', 1974, p.5/ref>) was the first Bishop - in - MedakK. M. George, ''Church of South India: Life in Union, 1947-1997'', Jointly published by Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, New Delhi and Christava Sahitya Samithi, Tiruvalla, 1999. p. 27/ref> in the Church of South India, with his see in Medak in the Indian state of Hyderabad. Originally a Methodist, he became a bishop when several denominations in India merged to form the Church of South India on 27 September 1947. Earlier, Whittake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Whittaker
Robert Russell Whittaker (born September 18, 1939) is a former U.S. Representative from Kansas. Early life Whittaker was born in Eureka, Kansas and was educated in the Greenwood County public schools. He attended the University of Kansas from 1957 to 1959, and Emporia State University during the summer of 1959. Whittaker earned his Doctor of Optometry degree (O.D.) from Illinois College of Optometry in 1962, and began practice as an optometrist. He was clinic director for the Kansas Low Vision Clinic in 1973. Career Whittaker's first foray into politics was as precinct committeeman and member of the city planning commission from 1970 to 1974. He served in the Kansas House of Representatives from 1974 to 1977. Whittaker was elected as a Republican to the Ninety-sixth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1991). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1990 to the One Hundred Second Congress The 102nd United States Congress was a meetin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Whittaker
Aaron Whittaker (born 9 July 1968) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer. A New Zealand international representative halfback, he played club football in Australia, England and New Zealand. Early years Whittaker grew up in Christchurch and was a Schoolboy Kiwi in 1983 before becoming part of the dominant Canterbury rugby league side of the early nineties.Coffey, John. ''Canterbury XIII'', Christchurch, 1987. The side was coached by Frank Endacott and included future stars such as Whetu Taewa, Quentin Pongia and Brent Stuart. In Christchurch he played for two clubs: the Halswell Hornets and the Riccarton Knights. His form was impressive enough to land a contract in the NSWRL Premiership, signing with the Illawarra Steelers in 1992. Whittaker played in three games for the club, including a try-scoring effort against the Great Britain touring side, returning to New Zealand at the end of the year. In 1993, Whittaker was selected for the New Zealand national ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |