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Wyly
Wyly is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Michael Wyly, Colonel in the U.S. Marines *Sam Wyly, American businessman *Charles Wyly (1930-2011) American businessman *L. D. Wyly, American scientist See also *Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, in Dallas, Texas *Wiley (other) *Whiley *Wily (other) *Wylie (other) *Wyllie *Willey (other) *Wylye (other) *Wyle (other) {{surname, Wyly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Wyly
Samuel Evans Wyly (born October 4, 1934) is an American businessman. He first appeared on ''Forbes''s list of richest Americans in 2000 with a net worth of $750 million, and he remained on that list throughout 2010 with a net worth of $1 billion. His initial wealth was acquired following the public offering of University Computing Company. His recent wealth stems from ownership stakes from Sterling Software and Michael's, an American art supply store. In 2010 following a series of investigations, Wyly was charged with federal tax fraud by the SEC and IRS. Following his settlement with federal authorities, and declared bankruptcy in 2014. Early life and education Sam Wyly was born in 1934, to parents Flora and Charles Wyly Sr. of Lake Providence, Louisiana. His ancestors included Presbyterian and Episcopalian ministers, college founders, and teachers. Wyly's paternal grandfather was a lawyer who managed plantation assets and helped poor Black convicts get paroled from Ango ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Wyly
Charles Wyly, Jr. (October 13, 1933 – August 7, 2011), was an American entrepreneur and businessman, philanthropist, civic leader, and a major contributor to Republican causes and art projects in Dallas, Texas. This included $20 million to build a performing arts center in Dallas. In 2006, ''Forbes'' magazine estimated his net worth at $1 billion. His younger brother, Sam Wyly, is nearly equal in wealth; the two brothers were close with their business affairs, and were often referred to as the "Wyly brothers". Together the brothers had donated almost $2.5 million to more than two hundred Republican candidates and committees at the federal level over the past two decades. Wyly was inducted into the Louisiana Tech University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003; he was a Bulldogs football player. Early life and education Born during the Great Depression, Charles Wyly was a child when the collapsed economy forced the surrender of his family's cotton farm in Lake Providence in East ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Wyly
Michael Duncan Wyly (born c. 1939) is a retired U.S. Marine Colonel. In 1979, Colonel Wyly was head of tactics at the Amphibious Warfare School (AWS) where he, with John Boyd, introduced maneuver warfare. Military service Wyly enlisted as a Marine private in 1957. He entered the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, in 1958 and graduated in 1962 as Second Lieutenant of Marines. He served as Jim Webb's company commander in the Vietnam War. He co-wrote the ''Maneuver Warfare Handbook'' for the Marine Corps with William Lind. Ballet He was Executive Director of Bossov Ballet Theatre, a non-profit ballet company in Pittsfield, Maine until the end of 2013. Wyly's role as director of a Ballet school is seen as unusual for a former Marine and has been the subject of articles in the Wall Street Journal, and the Christian Science Monitor Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dee And Charles Wyly Theatre
The Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre is a theatre at the AT&T Performing Arts Center, located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas ( USA). It is one of four venues that comprise the AT&T Performing Arts Center and was dedicated October 12, 2009. The 80,300-square-footbuilding is twelve stories and holds about 600 people, depending upon the stage configuration. It is the new venue for the Dallas Theater Center, Dallas Black Dance Theatre and Anita N. Martinez Ballet Folklorico. The Wyly Theatre was designed by REX , OMA, Joshua Prince-Ramus (partner in charge) and Pritzker Prize winning architect Rem Koolhaas Remment Lucas Koolhaas (; born 17 November 1944) is a Dutch architect, architectural theorist, urbanist and Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. He is often cited as a r .... It features a groundbreaking design with an unprecedented "stacked" vertically organized facility that completely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wylye (other)
Wylye is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. Wylye may also refer to: * Wylye railway station, serving the village * River Wylye, Wiltshire, England See also * Wiley (other) * Wily (other) * Wylie (other) * Wyllie * Wyle (other) * Wyly Wyly is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Michael Wyly, Colonel in the U.S. Marines *Sam Wyly, American businessman *Charles Wyly (1930-2011) American businessman *L. D. Wyly, American scientist See also *Dee and Charles Wyl ... {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiley (other)
Wiley may refer to: Locations * Wiley, Colorado, a U.S. town *Wiley, Pleasants County, West Virginia, U.S. * Wiley-Kaserne, a district of the city of Neu-Ulm, Germany People * Wiley (musician), British grime MC, rapper, and producer * Wiley Miller, pen name of American newspaper cartoonist David Wiley Miller As a given name * Wiley Brooks (1936–2016), founder of the Breatharian Institute of America * Wiley Young Daniel, American judge * Wiley Nickel, American politician * Wiley Post (1898–1935), American aviator, the first person to fly solo around the world * Wiley Rutledge (1894–1949), American jurist, Supreme Court justice * Wiley Scribner (1840–1889), American politician * Wiley Wiggins, American game designer and actor As a surname * Alan Wiley, British football referee * Alexander Wiley, U.S. Senator * Austin Wiley, American basketball player * Autrey Nell Wiley, American literary critic * Cliff Wiley, American track and field athlete * Charles Wiley, American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whiley , a cartoon character whose name sounds similar to "Wily"
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Whiley is the surname of: * Manning Whiley (1915–1975), British actor * Richard Whiley (born 1935), English cricketer * Jo Whiley (born 1965), English DJ * Matthew Whiley (born 1980), English cricketer * Jordanne Whiley (born 1992), British wheelchair tennis player * Mark Whiley (born 1992), Australian rules footballer See also * Whiley (programming language) * Wiley (other) * Wily (other) * Wylie (other) * Wyllie * Willey (other) * Wylye (other) * Wyle (other) * Wyly * Wile E. Coyote Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner are a duo of cartoon characters from the '' Looney Tunes'' and '' Merrie Melodies'' series of animated cartoons, first appearing in 1949 in the theatrical cartoon short '' Fast and Furry-ous''. In each episod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wylie (other)
Wylie is an English name meaning "well-watered meadow", and may also refer to: People * Wylie (surname) * Wylie (Australian explorer), Aboriginal companion of Edward John Eyre during his crossing of the Nullarbor Plain in Australia * Wylie Breckenridge (1903–1991), rugby union player who represented Australia * Wylie Gibbs (born 1922), Australian politician * Wylie Cameron Grant (1879–1968), American tennis champion * Wylie Human (born 1979), South African rugby union winger * Wylie Stateman, American supervising sound editor * Wylie Sypher (1905–1987), American non-fiction writer and professor * Wylie Watson (1889–1966), British actor * Wylie G. Woodruff (1866–1930), American football player and coach Fictional characters * Wile E. Coyote, a cartoon character whose name sounds similar to "Wily" * Wylie Burp, a character from the film ''An American Tail: Fievel Goes West'' * Wylie Endal, a character from ''Keeper Of The Lost Cities'' by Shannon Messenger Places U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyllie
Wyllie is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adrian Wyllie (born 1970), American political activist, radio personality, and investigative journalist * Alex Wyllie (born 1944), New Zealand rugby union player and coach * Andrew Wyllie (pathologist), Scottish pathologist * Bill Wyllie (1932–2006), Australian businessman * Bob Wyllie (1929–1981), Scottish footballer * Curzon Wyllie (1848–1909), Indian army officer * Daniel Wyllie (born 1970), American actor * Douglas Wyllie (born 1963), Scottish rugby player and coach * Edward Wyllie (1848–1911), American medium * George Wyllie (1921–2012), Scottish artist * George Wyllie (GC) (1908–1987), British Army soldier and recipient of the George Cross * Hugh Wyllie (born 1934), Moderator of the Church of Scotland * James Wyllie (1818–1899), Scottish draughts player * Kate Wyllie (1840s−1913), New Zealand tribal leader * Meg Wyllie (1917–2002), American actress * Peter John Wyllie (born 1930), British pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willey (other)
Willey may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Willey, Herefordshire, a civil parish of Herefordshire * Willey, Shropshire, a village in Shropshire * Willey, Warwickshire, a village and civil parish of Warwickshire * Hundred of Willey, a hundred of Bedfordshire United States * Willey, Iowa, a city * Mount Willey, a mountain in New Hampshire * Willey House (New Hampshire), scene of a disaster in 1826 Other uses * Willey (surname) (including a list of persons with the name) * Willey (textile machine) See also * Willy (other) * Wiley (other) * Whiley * Wily (other) * Wylie (other) * Wyllie * Wylye (other) * Wyle (other) * Wyly * Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner, a cartoon character {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wily (other)
Wily or WILY could refer to: Computing and technology *Wily (text editor), a text editor for Unix computer systems *Wily Technology, American software company * Ubuntu 15.10, the version of Ubuntu released in October 2015 with code name Wily Werewolf Arts, entertainment, and media *WILY, a radio station (1210 AM) licensed to Centralia, Illinois, United States *Dr. Wily, a video game character *WWNL, a radio station (1080 AM) licensed to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, known as WILY 1947 to 1957 People *Wily Mo Peña (born 1982), Dominican baseball player *Wily Peralta (born 1989), Dominican baseball player See also * Willy (other) * Wiley (other) * Wyle (other) * Wylie (other) * Wyllie Wyllie is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adrian Wyllie (born 1970), American political activist, radio personality, and investigative journalist * Alex Wyllie (born 1944), New Zealand rugby union player and coach * Andrew W ... * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |