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Yellen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Yellen (born 1981), American cinematographer * Jack Yellen (1892–1991), American lyricist * Janet Yellen (born 1946), American economist, current U.S. Treasury Secretary and former Federal Reserve Chair * Larry Yellen (born 1943), American baseball pitcher * Linda Yellen (born 1949), American director, producer and writer of film and television * Sherman Yellen (born 1932), American playwright See also * * Jelen * Yellin People Yellin is the surname of: *Aryeh Leib Yellin (1820–1886), Polish rabbi * Bob Yellin (born 1936), American bluegrass musician * David Yellin (1864–1941), Jewish leader and educator in Palestine *Dustin Yellin (born 1975), American artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Yellen
Janet Louise Yellen (born August 13, 1946) is an American economist serving as the 78th United States secretary of the treasury since January 26, 2021. She previously served as the 15th chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2018. Yellen is the first woman to hold each of those posts and the first person to have led the White House Council of Economic Advisers, the Federal Reserve, and the Treasury Department. Born and raised in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Yellen graduated from Brown University in 1967 and earned a Ph.D. in economics from Yale University in 1971. She taught as an assistant professor at Harvard University from 1971 until 1976 when she began working for the Federal Reserve Board as a staff economist from 1977 to 1978 before joining the faculty of the London School of Economics from 1978 to 1980. Yellen is professor emeritus at the Haas School of Business and the University of California, Berkeley, where she has been a faculty member since 1980 and became the Eugene E. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherman Yellen
Sherman Yellen (born February 25, 1932, New York City) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and political commentator. Early life and education Sherman Yellen was born in 1932 to Nathan and Lillian Yellen. He attended the High School of Music & Art and graduated from Bard College in 1953. At Bard, Yellen studied creative writing with Texas novelist William Humphrey, was named John Bard Scholar in his sophomore year and received the Wilton E. Lockwood Award for Literature upon graduation. In later years he received the Charles Flint Kellogg Award in Arts and Letters. He attended graduate school at Columbia University where he studied 18th century English Literature. Career Yellen's first play was ''New Gods For Lovers'', which was produced at the HB Playhouse in New York. This play, entered in a playwriting competition, won the Hallmark Award, and he began to write television dramas for the Hallmark Hall of Fame. Yellen also wrote ''Beauty and the Beast,'' and ''An Early Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Yellen
Jack Selig Yellen (Jacek Jeleń; July 6, 1892 – April 17, 1991) was an American lyricist and screenwriter. He is best remembered for writing the lyrics to the songs "Happy Days Are Here Again", which was used by Franklin Roosevelt as the theme song for his successful 1932 presidential campaign, and "Ain't She Sweet", a Tin Pan Alley standard. Early life and education Born to a Jewish family in Poland, Yellen emigrated with his family to the United States when he was five years old. The oldest of seven children, he was raised in Buffalo, New York and began writing songs in high school. He graduated with honors from the University of Michigan in 1913 where he was a member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity. After graduating he became a reporter for the ''Buffalo Courier'', continuing to write songs on the side. Career Yellen's first collaborator on a song was George L. Cobb, with whom he wrote a number of Dixie songs including " Alabama Jubilee", " Are You From Dixie?", and "All Abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Yellen
Alexander Yellen (born January 26, 1981) is an American cinematographer who is best known for his work on the Syfy zombie series Z Nation, giant monster and disaster movies such as ''Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus'' and ''Titanic II''. The former earned praise for Yellen's photography. Early life Born in Washington D.C. to archaeologist John Yellen and anthropology professor Alison Brooks, Alexander Yellen attended St. Albans School in Washington, D.C., graduating in 1999. He studied film at Wesleyan University where he received a B.A. in 2003. Career After college, Yellen moved to Los Angeles. To learn the craft of cinematography, he began working as a camera assistant on a number of student films at the American Film Institute. While building his career and having joined the International Cinematographers Guild as a camera assistant, Yellen had the opportunity to shoot second unit footage under Eric Steelberg, ASC on ''Quinceañera''. ''Quinceañera'' won the Grand Jury P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Yellen
Linda Yellen is an American director, producer and writer of film and television, (born in New York City). As a producer some of her credits are '' Playing for Time'' (1980), ''The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana'' (1982) and ''Second Serve'' (1986). Some of her credits as a director include '' Northern Lights'' (1997), ''The Simian Line'' (2001), '' William & Catherine: A Royal Romance'' (2011) and '' The Last Film Festival'' (2011) which stars Dennis Hopper in his final acting role. "BLUSH" (2014) The untold story of a love triangle between Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich and Mercedes De Acosta She is the producer/writer of "Skinny and Cat" (2014) Linda's projects have received 2 Peabodys, 7 Emmys, including a Primetime Emmy Award as a producer for '' Playing for Time'' in 1981, 1 Silver Nymph and 2 Christophers. She is an alumna of Barnard College and Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Yellen
Lawrence Alan Yellen (born January 4, 1943) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and is Jewish. He pitched in 14 games in Major League Baseball for the Houston Colt .45s The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston, Texas. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division, having moved to the division in 2013 after s ... in 1963 and 1964. Notes External links 1943 births Living people Amarillo Sonics players Baseball players from New York (state) Houston Colt .45s players Hunter Hawks baseball players Jewish American baseball players Jewish Major League Baseball players Lafayette High School (New York City) alumni Major League Baseball pitchers Oklahoma City 89ers players San Antonio Bullets players Sportspeople from Brooklyn Baseball players from New York City 21st-century American Jews {{US-baseball-pit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jelen
Jelen or Jeleń (" deer" in several Slavic languages) is a surname and toponym. The name is unrelated to the Senegambian name Jeleen, Gnilane, Nyillan, etc. People * Alen Jelen (born 1970), Slovenian theatre and radio director, dramaturgist, actor, journalist * Alois Jelen (1801–1857), Czech composer * Antoni Jeleń (born 1964), Polish football player * Ben Jelen (born 1979), Scottish-born American singer-songwriter * Eric Jelen (born 1965), German tennis player * Ireneusz Jeleń (born 1981), Polish football player * Josef Jelen (born 1914), Czech boxer * Marija Brenčič Jelen (1919–2000), Slovenian poet and writer * Mateusz Jeleń (born 1988), Polish football player * Rudolf Jelen (1876–1938), Czech sports shooter * Jelen (bumi), 15th-century West African monarch Places * Jeleń (other), places in Poland * Jelen, Nebraska, a community in the United States * Jelen Do, Serbian village Other * Jelen pivo, a Serbian brand of beer * Jelen Pivo Live, musical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
