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Askins
Askins is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Barbara Askins (born 1939), American chemist * Charles Askins (1907–1999), American lawman, US Army officer, and writer * Herbert R. Askins (1898–1982), US Assistant Secretary of the Navy *Jari Askins Jari Askins (born April 27, 1953) is an American judge, lawyer, and Democratic politician from the state of Oklahoma. She was the 15th lieutenant governor of Oklahoma, being the second woman, the first female Democrat, and the most recent Democr ... (born 1953), American judge, lawyer, and politician * Keith Askins (born 1967), American basketball player * Robert Askins (1919–2010), American suspected serial killer See also * W.T. Askins House * Askin, another surname {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jari Askins
Jari Askins (born April 27, 1953) is an American judge, lawyer, and Democratic politician from the state of Oklahoma. She was the 15th lieutenant governor of Oklahoma, being the second woman, the first female Democrat, and the most recent Democrat to hold that position. Askins won the Oklahoma Democratic Party's 2010 gubernatorial nomination by defeating Attorney General Drew Edmondson. She was defeated in the general election by Republican Congresswoman Mary Fallin. Early life, education and career Jari Askins was born on April 27, 1953, in Duncan, Oklahoma. She was raised there and graduated from Duncan High School in 1971. She went on to attend the University of Oklahoma and earned a Bachelor of Arts in journalism in 1975. While at OU, she was a member of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority. Askins earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1980. After graduating from OU, she entered into private practice. In 1982, Askins was appointed Special Distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Askins
Keith Bernard Askins (born December 15, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player. Basketball career After playing at the University of Alabama, the 6'7" Askins signed with the National Basketball Association's Miami Heat in 1990, after not being drafted. A versatile athlete who could guard multiple positions, he spent his entire career with the Heat as a reserve and defensive specialist, retiring after being waived in 1999 with career totals of 1,852 points and 1,428 rebounds. Immediately after retiring, Askins joined the Heat's coaching staff, going on to serve as assistant for Pat Riley and Erik Spoelstra and winning three championships. In September 2013, he was promoted to the team's director of college and pro scouting. A career all spent with the Heat either as a player, assistant coach, or front office executive, Askins is into his 33rd season with the same franchise as of 2023. On May 7, 2022, Askins was invited to the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Askins
Barbara S. Askins (born 1939) is an American chemist. She is best known for her invention of a method to enhance underexposed photographic negatives. This development was used extensively by NASA and the medical industry, and it earned Askins the title of National Inventor of the Year in 1978. Early years, education and early career Askins was born in Belfast, Tennessee, in 1939. She began her career as a teacher. After her two children entered school, Askins returned to college to complete her bachelor's degree in chemistry and earn her master's degree in chemistry. She joined NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in 1975. Research career Askins is a physical chemist who worked for NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and is best known for her pioneering invention of a process in which "images on developed photographic emulsions can be significantly intensified by making the image silver radioactive and exposing a second emulsion to this radiation." The resulting print, known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Askins
Charles Askins, Jr. (October 28, 1907 – March 2, 1999), also known as Col. Charles "Boots" Askins, was an American lawman, US Army officer, and writer. He served in law enforcement (US Forest Service and Border Patrol) in the American Southwest prior to the Second World War. Askins was the son of Major Charles "Bobo" Askins, a sports writer and Army officer who served in the Spanish–American War and World War I. Early life Askins was born in Texas, raised in Oklahoma and his first job was fighting forest fires in Montana. In 1927, the US Forest Service transferred him to New Mexico to be a Park Ranger at the Kit Carson National Forest. The US Border Patrol Askins was recruited by the U.S. Border Patrol in 1930. In his memoir ''Unrepentant Sinner'', Askins recounted that he had been involved in at least one gunfight every week. During his service in the Border Patrol, Askins won many pistol championships, and was made the leader of the Border Patrol's handgun skills pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert R
Herbert may refer to: People * Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert * Herbert (given name) * Herbert (surname) Places Antarctica * Herbert Mountains, Coats Land * Herbert Sound, Graham Land Australia * Herbert, Northern Territory, a rural locality * Herbert, South Australia. former government town * Division of Herbert, an electoral district in Queensland * Herbert River, a river in Queensland * County of Herbert, a cadastral unit in South Australia Canada * Herbert, Saskatchewan, Canada, a town * Herbert Road, St. Albert, Canada New Zealand * Herbert, New Zealand, a town * Mount Herbert (New Zealand) United States * Herbert, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Herbert, Michigan, a former settlement * Herbert Creek, a stream in South Dakota * Herbert Island, Alaska Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Herbert (Disney character) * Herbert Pocket, a character in the Charles Dickens novel ''Great Expectations'' * Herbert West, title ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Askins
Robert Elwood Askins (January 7, 1919 – April 30, 2010) was an American murderer, sex offender, and suspected serial killer from Washington, D.C. who was convicted of fatally poisoning Ruth McDonald in 1938 and was a prime suspect in two other murders committed decades apart. He was also a suspect in the Freeway Phantom murders in the early 1970s, in which at least five girls and one woman were abducted and killed in the area. Murders In 1938, 19-year-old Askins was a member of the science club at Miner Teachers College. On December 28, he served cyanide-laced whiskey to five sex workers at a brothel in Washington, D.C., and offered a reward to whoever could swallow it the fastest. 31-year-old Ruth McDonald drank all of it and was found dead by paramedics. Two days later, he stabbed a 26-year-old sex worker named Elizabeth Johnson to death at the same brothel. He was arrested, and during questioning, he told police that he had contracted a disease from a sex worker and would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
