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Phillip Graham
Phil Graham (1915–1963) was an American publisher and businessman. Phil, Philip, or Phillip Graham or may also refer to: Sport * Phil Graham (Australian rules) (born 1961), Australian rules footballer * Phil Graham (rower) (born 1970), Canadian Olympic rower *Phil Graham (rugby league) (born 1981), Australian rugby league footballer * Philip Graham (rugby league) (born 1960), Australian rugby league player Others * Philip Graham, California State Assembly candidate and stepson of former California governor Pete Wilson Peter Barton Wilson (born August 23, 1933) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 36th governor of California from 1991 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as a United States senator from California betw ... * Philip Graham (writer) (born 1951), American author, professor and editor * Philip A. Graham (1910–1993), American politician in the Massachusetts Senate See also * Phil Gramm (born 1942), US politician * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Graham
Philip Leslie Graham (July 18, 1915 – August 3, 1963) was an American newspaperman. He served as publisher and later co-owner of ''The Washington Post'' and its parent company, The Washington Post Company. During his years with the Post Company, Graham helped ''The Washington Post'' grow from a struggling local paper to a national publication and the Post Company expand to own other newspapers as well as radio and television stations. He was married to Katharine Graham, a daughter of Eugene Meyer, the previous owner of ''The Washington Post''. Graham, who had bipolar disorder, died by suicide in 1963, after which Katharine took over as publisher, making her one of the first women in charge of a major American newspaper. Early life Graham was born to a Lutheran family in Terry, South Dakota. He was raised in Miami where his father, Ernest R. ("Cap") Graham, made a career in farming and real estate, and was elected to the State Senate. His mother, the former Florence Morri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Graham (Australian Rules)
Phillip Graham (born 4 January 1961) is a former Australian rules football player who played for Central District Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Early life and family Phillip Graham, an Aboriginal Australian man, was born on 4 January 1961. He grew up in Point Pearce on the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. His father was Bradley Graham, who also played Aussie rules, winning a Mail Medal in the Mid North. Bradley's father was Cecil Graham, and football "was always a big part of family life". Cecil was a descendent of Kudnarto, a Kaurna woman famous for having made legal history by being the first Aboriginal Australian woman to marry a European settler in the colony of South Australia in 1848. Phil's brothers, Brenton and Colin Graham, also played Aussie rules, and his sister Debra is the mother of AFL premiership players Troy Bond and Shane Bond. Footballer Michael Graham was their uncle. Football career In 1978 Graham was recruit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Graham (rower)
Phil Graham (born 16 July 1970) is a Canadian rower. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 .... References External links * 1970 births Living people Canadian male rowers Olympic rowers for Canada Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Halifax, Nova Scotia Pan American Games medalists in rowing Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Rowers at the 1995 Pan American Games Rowers at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games {{Canada-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Graham (rugby League)
Phillip Graham (born 21 June 1981) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a er and for the Canberra Raiders, Sydney Roosters and the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League, NRL. Playing career Graham played 2 seasons for the Redcliffe Dolphins in the Queensland Cup before being signed by the Canberra Raiders in 2001. Graham won Canberra's rookie of the year award in 2002. In 2005, he was the Raiders' leading try-scorer. He played for City vs Country Origin, Country in the annual City vs Country match in 2007. Graham scored 68 tries in 111 games for Canberra. Graham should have had more tries to his name but his career was plagued by injuries. When fit and healthy, Graham was one of the quickest men in the game and had an uncanny knack of scoring long range intercept tries. In round 21, 2009 against Brisbane, Graham scored 4 tries, just one short of equalling the club record. On Friday 11 September 2009, he agreed to a two-year de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Graham (rugby League)
Philip Graham (born 1959) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s. Career Graham was a member of the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks President's Cup side in 1977, but a desire to play for the St. George Dragons saw him graded at the Dragons in 1979. As a 19-year-old, he made his first grade debut on 29 July 1979 after being plucked from the Under 23's by coach Harry Bath. Phil Graham had four seasons at the Dragons before retiring at the end of 1982. Graham was the son of the St. George Dragons The St. George Dragons is an Australian rugby league football club from St George District in Sydney, New South Wales that played in the top level New South Wales competition and Australian Rugby League competitions from the 1921 until the ... fullback from the 1960s, Brian Graham.Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 (). References {{DEFAULTSORT:Graham, Philip 1959 births Living people Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Wilson
Peter Barton Wilson (born August 23, 1933) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 36th governor of California from 1991 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as a United States senator from California between 1983 and 1991, and as the 29th mayor of San Diego from 1971 to 1983. Born in Lake Forest, Illinois, Wilson graduated from the UC Berkeley School of Law after serving in the United States Marine Corps. He established a legal practice in San Diego and campaigned for Republicans such as Richard Nixon and Barry Goldwater. Wilson won election to the California State Assembly in 1966 and became the Mayor of San Diego in 1971. He held that office until 1983, when he became a member of the United States Senate. In the Senate, Wilson supported the Strategic Defense Initiative and the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, while he opposed the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990. He resigned from the Senate after winning the 1990 California g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Graham (writer)
Philip Graham (born August 26, 1951) is an American author, professor, and editor. He is one of the founders, and the current editor-at-large, of the literary/arts journal, Ninth Letter, which won the MLA’s Best New Literary Journal Award in 2005. He is a professor emeritus in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he received three campus-wide teaching awards. He has also taught in the low-residency MFA program of the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Additionally, he is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, two Illinois Arts Council grants, and the William Peden Prize in Fiction from The Missouri Review, as well as fellowship residencies at the MacDowell Colony and Yaddo artists' colony. Graham was born in Brooklyn, New York City on August 26, 1951. He received a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College in 1973, where he studied with Grace P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip A
Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularized the name include kings of Macedonia and one of the apostles of early Christianity. ''Philip'' has many alternative spellings. One derivation often used as a surname is Phillips. It was also found during ancient Greek times with two Ps as Philippides and Philippos. It has many diminutive (or even hypocoristic) forms including Phil, Philly, Lip, Pip, Pep or Peps. There are also feminine forms such as Philippine and Philippa. Antiquity Kings of Macedon * Philip I of Macedon * Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great * Philip III of Macedon, half-brother of Alexander the Great * Philip IV of Macedon * Philip V of Macedon New Testament * Philip the Apostle * Philip the Evangelist Others * Philippus of Croton (c. 6th cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
