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Willits Weekly
Willits may refer to: Places *Willits, California **Willits Depot located in Willits, California **Willits High School also located in Willits, California **Willits Municipal Airport, also known as Ells Field, three miles northwest of Willits, California **Willits station, or Willits Depot, a historic train station in Willits, California *Willits House (The Ward W. Willits House), is a building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright *Levi Willits House, a historic house located in New Boston, Illinois People ;Given name *Willits J. Hole (1858–1936), American businessman and real estate developer ;Surname *Adam Willits (born 1972), Australian actor *Christopher Willits, musician and multimedia artist *Earl Willits (1946–1990), American politician and Iowa senator *Edwin Willits (1830–1896), American politician from Michigan *Emma Willits (1869–1965), American pioneering woman physician and surgeon *Joseph Willit, American investment banker *Ryan Willits (born 1987), Australian Rule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willits, California
Willits (formerly Little Lake and Willitsville) is a city in Mendocino County, California, United States. It is located about north-northwest of Ukiah, at an elevation of . The population was 4,988 at the 2020 census. Willits is at the center of Mendocino County and at the beginning of the county's extensive redwood forests as approached by Highway 101 from the south. The Pomo tribe lived in the area before the settlers came, and the Sherwood Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California is headquartered just west of Willits. An arch stands in the center of Willits featuring the slogans "Gateway to the Redwoods" and "Heart of Mendocino County". The arch is the repurposed second version of the Reno Arch. Reno donated the arch to Willits in 1995. History Hiram Willits arrived from Indiana in 1857 to settle in the Little Lake Valley. Kirk Brier founded the settlement on Willits' land. Willits was originally called "Willitsville". Later, when the post office opened in 1861, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Willits
Earl M. Willits (October 30, 1946 – July 11, 1990) was an American politician who served in the Iowa House of Representatives from the 57th district from 1971 to 1973 and in the Iowa Senate from the 31st district from 1973 to 1979. Willits graduated from Union-Whitten High School, earned an undergraduate degree from Iowa State University in 1968 and was honored with the Cardinal's Key for academic excellence. He received a Juris Doctor degree from Drake University Law School in 1974. In 1979, he resigned from the Senate to work in the Attorney General Office. He eventually functioned as First Assistant Attorney General. Earl married Martha Oldson of Eagle Grove in 1969 and they were the parents of two daughters, Anne and Emily of Des Moines. They were divorced in 1986. He died of AIDS on July 11, 1990, in Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines () is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small part of the cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Willits
Tim Willits is the former studio director, co-owner, and level designer of id Software, the American video game developer company. As of August 2019, Willits is the chief creative officer at Saber Interactive. He became a Director of 3D Realms with Saber Interactive’s acquisition of the company. Biography Willits is a computer science and business graduate of the University of Minnesota and a former member of the University of Minnesota Army ROTC program. Willits was the battalion cadet-command sergeant major (C/CSM) during his junior year and attended ROTC Advanced Camp at Fort Lewis, Washington during the summer between his junior and senior years of college. After an injury during the summer, Willits completed two rotations, being assigned to both the first and seventh cadet regiments during that summer. He held the rank of cadet-major (C/MAJ) during his senior year and was assigned as the battalion training officer. Personal life Married for the second time in 2009, Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Willits
Scott Allison Willits (March 26, 1895 – October 1973) was an American violin teacher with the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago, Illinois, who coached many members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1940 through 1973. He was a student and "first American Representative" of Otakar Ševčík who created a leading pedagogical method for teaching violin that is still widely used today. On November 21, 1917, Willits married Elizabeth Blanch Britton who was the sister of Nan Britton and aunt of Elizabeth Ann Blaesing, the illegitimate daughter of Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of the United States. In 1921, Willits and his wife adopted Blaesing. At that time the Willitses were living in Athens, Ohio, and were both teaching music at Ohio University. They raised Elizabeth Ann until her mother once again took custody five years later. The Willits' role as adoptive parents was documented in ''The Strange Deaths of President Harding''. Willits, in recounting how he be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reggie Willits
Reggie Gene Willits (born May 30, 1981) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and associate head baseball coach for the Oklahoma Sooners. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim from 2006 through 2011, and was the first base coach for the New York Yankees from 2018 through 2021. Early life Reggie is the son of Gene and Judy Willits of Fort Cobb, Oklahoma. He attended junior high and high school at Fort Cobb-Broxton. He attended Seminole State College in Seminole, Oklahoma, and transferred to the University of Oklahoma, where he played for the Oklahoma Sooners. Playing career The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim selected Willits in the seventh round, with the 210th overall selection, of the 2003 Major League Baseball draft. Willits made his Major League Baseball debut with the Angels on April 26, 2006. He made the Angels' Opening Day roster in 2007. On August 17, 2011, he was designated for assignment by the Angels after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Willits
Ryan Willits (born 23 January 1987 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He also played for the Glenelg Football Club and West Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Career Willits debuted for Port late in the 2006 AFL season, playing three games and totalling 25 disposals. In 2007 Willits was delisted by Port Adelaide, before being relisted as a rookie. He was delisted again in 2008, which ended his career at Port Adelaide. Willits moved to West Adelaide in April 2007 to seek more opportunities to play in a forward role and led the Bloods goal kicking in both 2008 and 2009. Willits returned to Melbourne after West Adelaide's 2012 SANFL Grand Final loss to Norwood; he signed to play for Northern Football League (NF L) club Montmorency for the 2013 season. At the end of 2014, Willits announced his intention ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Willit
Joseph Willett is an American investment banker who served as the chief financial officer (CFO) of investment bank Merrill Lynch & Co. from 1993 to 1998. He would go on to serve as the chief operating officer (COO) Merrill Lynch's European operations from 1998 to 2002, succeeded by Andrea Orcel. Early life and education He attended Bates College in Lewiston, Maine graduating in 1973 with degrees in economics and mathematics, ''cum laude'' and in Phi Beta Kappa. He went on to attend the University of Rochester for his M.B.A. in 1975. Career Willit worked at Chase Manhattan Bank–a firm later absorbed to create JP Morgan Chase–during the 1970s, eventually rising to become a Vice President at the firm. While at Chase, he worked primarily in their financial policy division. He first joined Merrill Lynch & Co. in 1992, working in their New York City offices as director of financial planning. He was appointed the chief financial officer (CFO) of the firm from 1993 to 1998 after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Willits
Emma K. Willits (20 September 1869 – 9 April 1965) was a physician and surgeon who played an important role in the development of Children's Hospital in San Francisco (now the California campus omen and Children's Centerof the California Pacific Medical Center), serving as the head of the Department of General Surgery from 1921 to 1934. She is believed to be the third woman to specialize in surgery in the United States, and the first to head a surgery department. Biography Willits was born in Macedon, New York and was educated at Quaker schools. In 1892 she moved to Chicago to enroll in the Women's Medical College of Chicago, then affiliated with (and later absorbed by) Northwestern University. After receiving her medical degree in 1896, she served her internship at the Women's Hospital of Chicago. In 1897, Willits moved to San Francisco as a resident at the Children's Hospital (for Women and Children). When she completed her residency in 1900, she opened her own private p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Willits
Edwin Willits (also Willets) (April 24, 1830 – October 22, 1896) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Willits served as prosecuting attorney of Monroe County, Republican from Michigan's 2nd congressional district for the 45th, 46th, and 47th Congresses. Presidents of Michigan State Normal School (now Eastern Michigan University) and the State Agricultural College (now Michigan State University). The first Assistant U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under Jeremiah McLain Rusk for Benjamin Harrison's administration. Early life Willits was born in Otto, New York and moved to Michigan with his parents in September 1836. He graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in June 1855. The following April he settled in Monroe, Michigan where he was editor of the '' Monroe Commercial'' from 1856 to 1861. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in December 1857 and commenced practice in Monroe. He married Jane Ingersoll in 1856 and was a Presbyterian. Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Willits
Christopher Willits (born April 8, 1978) is a San Francisco-based guitarist, electronic music composer and producer, visual artist and scholar. His music is electroacoustic in nature, in that both analogue and digital sounds are meshed into one singular sound. Biography Born in Kansas City, MO, Willits began playing guitar when he was about 13. He got his first guitar after a football game when, out of the blue, his father suggested they buy one for him. He'd played piano as a child, but up to this point, his main interest had been sports. "I couldn't really stand piano. It felt too boxy and classical," he remembers. "I loved that dynamic energy of sports and the improvisation... I played everything; soccer, baseball, basketball. ... That's really where my understanding of improvisation and teamwork came in." With his own guitar, he began playing all the time, trying to figure out the solos that he heard on his Jimi Hendrix records, and then forming bands in the psychedelic vein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willits Depot
Willits Depot is a historic train station in Willits, California. It is served by California Western Railroad, the ''Skunk Train'' excursion line to Ft. Bragg, California, Ft. Bragg. History The Northwestern Pacific Railroad reached Willits by 1901, and passenger service to the original station began in 1902. That station was demolished in 1915 and rebuilt in its current location; a parking lot sits on the site of the original. The depot was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 20, 1999, as Willits Depot References External links Skunk Train Railway stations in the United States opened in 1902 Railway stations in the United States opened in 1915 Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in California Railway stations in Mendocino County, California Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach stations in California Former Northwestern Pacific Railroad stations {{California-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Willits
Adam Charles Willits (born 18 February 1972) is an Australians, Australian former actor, best known for being an original cast member of the television soap opera ''Home and Away'' as foster child Steven Matheson from 1988 to 1991. In 1995, Willits returned to the show as a regular and a love interest for the character of Selina Cook, Selina Roberts, portrayed by Tempany Deckert and remained until late 1996 as well as returning for guest stints in 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003 and the last time in 2008. He appeared in the film ''Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome'' TV series include sitcom ''Hampton Court (TV series), Hampton Court'', ''All Saints (TV series), All Saints'' and serial ''Rake (Australian TV series), Rake'' Willits was one of several ''Home and Away'' cast-members to star in a stage musical based on the soap, which toured the UK in 1991. Julian McMahon, Sharyn Hodgson, Mouche Phillips and Justine Clarke also starred. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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