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<mask> (August 30, 1922 – September 25, 1994) was a Democrat-turned-Republican state and U.S. representative from South Carolina. He is best known for his losing 1970 campaign for governor, which has been described as the last high profile, openly segregationist campaign. Background
<mask> was born in 1922 to <mask>, Sr. and his wife in Sumter in central South Carolina. His family moved and he was reared near the state capital of Columbia in Lexington County, where he attended public schools. He subsequently enrolled at the former North Greenville Junior College in Greenville, South Carolina. During World War II, <mask> served as a weather specialist in the United States Army Air Forces, the forerunner of the U.S. Air Force. In 1950, he graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law and thereafter opened his legal practice in Columbia.In 1954, he was elected from Richland County to the South Carolina House of Representatives, which he served from 1955 to 1958 and again from 1961 to 1962. In 1958, <mask> lost the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor to Burnet Maybank, Jr., son of former U.S. Senator Burnet Maybank. In 1961, <mask> returned to the state House for a final two-year term. In 1948, <mask> married the former Lillian Audrey Williams (born 1926), and the couple had three children, <mask>, Jr., Kimberly C<mask>, and Clark P<mask>. A Southern Baptist deacon, <mask> had a twin brother, Allan R<mask> (1922-2001), who was a Baptist minister and served as the pastor of churches in Florida and Alabama. He preached at the White House in September 1969.A second brother, <mask>, Jr., of Columbia, died in 2003. Congressional career
In 1962, <mask> first ran for South Carolina's 2nd congressional district seat in the U.S. House to fill the opening created when fellow Democrat John J. Riley died on New Year's Day. His wife, Corinne Boyd Riley, had won a special election to serve out the remainder of the term, but did not run for a full term in November. After securing the Democratic nomination, <mask> faced Floyd Spence, a fellow state representative from neighboring Lexington County, who had turned Republican a few months earlier. The ensuing general election was far closer than expected, with <mask> winning by only five percentage points. He received crucial support from his mentor, U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond.The Columbia-based district had been one of the first areas in the state to come under Republican influence; it had voted for Richard Nixon in 1960. Like Thurmond, <mask> was an open and unashamed segregationist. Both supported Barry Goldwater's campaign for President. While <mask> headed the South Carolina "Democrats for Goldwater" organization, Thurmond went as far as switching parties and becoming a Republican on September 17, 1964. Partly because of his support for Goldwater, <mask> was reelected without opposition as Goldwater carried South Carolina, the first Republican to have done so since Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876. The House Democratic Caucus stripped <mask> of his seniority for supporting Goldwater. Another Deep South congressman, John Bell Williams of Mississippi, lost his seniority for supporting Goldwater as well.Declaring he would "not sit around and be bullied by northern liberals," <mask> resigned from Congress on February 1, 1965. He then announced that he would run in the special election for his old seat on June 15, 1965—as a Republican. As the lone Republican candidate in the special election, <mask> carried the backing of Floyd Spence, Strom Thurmond, and former Governor James F. Byrnes. The Democrats nominated Preston Harvey Callison, a state representative from Lexington County who described himself as a "Mendel Rivers Democrat," a reference to L. Mendel Rivers, the long-time chairman of the House Armed Services Committee from South Carolina. Later president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention and a long-time counsel for the South Carolina Hospital Association, Callison was considered "moderate" because he urged compliance with the Civil Rights Act, which U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson had signed into law on July 2, 1964. By contrast, <mask> equated the Civil Rights Act to the supremacy of minority rights over those of the southern white majority. Byrnes, the elder statesman of the South Carolina Democratic Party, branded the loss of <mask>'s seniority as "punishment and humiliation."He urged voters to return <mask> to Congress as the newest Republican member. <mask> secured $20,000 and the services of a Republican field representative in what he termed "quite a contrast" to his treatment by House Democrats. <mask> won the special election with 59.1 percent of the vote to become the first Republican to represent South Carolina in the House since 1896, and the first Republican to win an undisputed House election in the state since Reconstruction. It was a different Republican Party in the South, however, as in 1965 most blacks in South Carolina were still effectively disenfranchised. <mask> was comfortably reelected in 1966 and 1968. <mask>'s opposition to civil rights legislation exceeded that of most other Southern Republicans. For instance, he was the only House Republican to vote against the Jury Selection Act of 1968, a civil rights measure intended to eliminate racial discrimination in jury selection.1970 gubernatorial election
In 1970, <mask> opted not to run for reelection, instead announcing his candidacy for governor. As a measure of how weak the Republicans were in South Carolina for most of the post-Reconstruction era, in most elections since losing the governorship in 1892 they hadn't even fielded a candidate. He won the nomination with a major assist from Thurmond. He faced strong competition from the Democratic nominee, Lieutenant Governor John C. West, originally from Camden. State and national Republicans were somewhat cool toward <mask> because of his obstinate support for segregation. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was intended to end segregation, and enforcement of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 meant that African Americans were re-entering the political system. Not a single daily newspaper endorsed <mask> for governor but he obtained "the neutrality" of the Charleston News & Courier.After the election it urged the establishment of a two-party system. In its endorsement of West, the Columbia State, edited by the 1962 Republican senatorial nominee, W. D. Workman, Jr., said that the Democratic nominee had "articulated a far more specific platform than any of his rivals -- at least with respect to state issues," but the paper questioned how West could fund promised teacher pay increases. The State also urged the election of more Republicans to the South Carolina General Assembly. The Anderson Independent ridiculed <mask> for having been "unable to fault the state administration on any real issues" and had therefore "sent posthaste for 'Spiro the Lip' (a reference to Vice President Spiro T. Agnew) and young David Eisenhower (President Nixon's son-in-law) to come running to the rescue." West discouraged out-of-state endorsements and relied instead on U.S. Senator Ernest F. Hollings, the Democratic members of the South Carolina congressional delegation, and Governor Robert E. McNair, who termed West "my right arm in government. "<ref>The Changing Politics of Race", p, 235</ref>United Methodist clergyman Angus McKay Brabham endorsed West and claimed that <mask> carried the backing of various members of the Ku Klux Klan and the John Birch Society.Hastings Wyman, an attorney from Aiken, took leave from his position as an aide to Senator Thurmond to serve as <mask>'s campaign manager. Wyman was later an assistant to United States Secretary of Commerce Frederick B. Dent. Wyman is the founding editor of the Southern Political Report, a non-partisan biweekly newsletter that covers the politics and politicians of thirteen southern states, including Kentucky and Oklahoma. Racist politics
During his public career, John C. West avoided racial animosities, denounced the KKK in 1958, and supported all of the Democratic presidential nominees. In 1963, West addressed a testimonial dinner for Roy Wilkins, long-term executive director of the NAACP. West was primarily identified with such matters as industrial recruitment, health, education, and the environment. His low-key style made him appear bland in contrast to the assertive, flamboyant, and sometimes combative <mask>.In February 1970, <mask> told a "freedom-of-choice" rally in Lamar in Darlington County to ignore those who call you "racist, bigot, and hard-core rednecks." A few days later white adults in the area, armed with baseball bats, ax handles, and bricks tipped over two school buses full of Black children in defiance of a desegregation order. The children were forced to escape in the midst of tear gas used by police to restore order. <mask> was seen by many as a bystander to the events. Undaunted, <mask> adopted the slogan "Your Kind of Man", which some equated with racial overtones. The New York Times quoted a white trucker as having remarked, "Only one man is standing up for the white folks, and that's <mask>." <mask> vowed to oppose court-ordered desegregation on the basis of quotas, while West warned that no "reasonable alternative to compliance" was any longer feasible.<mask> proved unable to lock up the George C. Wallace base in South Carolina. Former State Representative Alfred W. "Red" Bethea of Dillon secured the American Independent Party gubernatorial nomination. Bethea claimed that Wallace was sympathetic to his candidacy, but Wallace was successfully seeking a third nonconsecutive term as governor of Alabama that year; he took no part in the South Carolina campaign. Frank B. Best, Sr., of Orangeburg, the 1968 Wallace campaign manager in South Carolina, endorsed <mask>, having objected to West's early backing of Hubert H. Humphrey in the presidential race that year. West had called Humphrey "a true progressive and a real friend of the South though he has had no credit for it." Other Wallace leaders backed West, who led in ten of the twelve counties that Wallace had carried in 1968.<mask> ran television advertisements featuring scenes from riots which occurred five years earlier in Watts, Los Angeles. The use of the spots became so controversial that the Republican mayor of Greenville, R. Cooper White, Jr., cited them in his refusal to endorse <mask>. White's criticism alarmed Republicans, who feared that <mask> had painted himself into a minority radical position. The Florence Morning News accused <mask> of waging a "negative campaign" focusing on "those who stand for racial segregation above all else." The newspaper labeled the racial issue "phoney," claiming that <mask> as governor would be "unable to turn back the clock ... and is powerless to defy the federal courts." Stressing "quality education" amid desegregation, <mask> promised "some hope to our beleaguered students, teachers, and parents." He praised President Nixon for having opposed "busing for racial balance" and for having supported "neighborhood schools."He accused the Democrats of "surrender on the issue" of forced busing. West claimed that politics should be removed from the desegregation question and pledged never to "inflame or polarize class against class, rich against poor, or color against color," adding that the days of "magnolias, segregation, and discrimination" were history. In the fall of 1970, the campaign

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 focused on racial unrest at institutions such as A.C. Flora High School in Forest Acres in Richland County. <mask> questioned why a pupil was suspended for just five days after striking a teacher; to <mask>, the action was "not punishment but a reward. ... Education without discipline is worse than no education at all. "The Columbia Record dismissed discipline as a problem and stressed an "egalitarian philosophy ... that lifts the dignity of all individuals, rather than aristocratically elevating the few." The Spartanburg Journal urged <mask> to omit desegregation from campaign discussions and instead to accent matters over which a governor would have more direct control."When denounced as a "racist," <mask> replied that he had raised funds for the historically black Allen University in Columbia and had as a congressman appointed several African-American applicants to the national military academies. "Apparently, it is not racism for the other side to make deals to get the bloc vote, but it is racism to tell the people ... the truth about these deals," <mask> replied. Republican State Chairman Raymond Alexander Harris claimed that Democratic officeholders in South Carolina essentially owed their existence to support from black voters. Gubernatorial campaign issues
The textile question played a role in West's election, as thousands of mill workers who had strayed from the Democratic Party to support George C. Wallace's independent candidacy returned to their ancestral political home. Each party blamed the other for the failure to obtain import restrictions. Democrats expressed alarm that textile workers were losing jobs as plants were unable to compete on the world market. Democrats urged President Nixon through executive orders to curtail clothing imports from the Far East; Republicans insisted that only Congress had the legal authority to limit the importation of man-made fabrics.Presidential counselor Harry S. Dent, Sr., of South Carolina, another former aide to Strom Thurmond and the liaison official between the White House and the state GOP organizations, said that the administration was meeting with foreign competitors to devise voluntary restraints. Dent said that Nixon was pledged to veto bills with quotas on any item except textiles. Democrats charged that the opposition would spend $1.25 million in the 1970 campaign, compared to $350,000 for West and his lieutenant governor nominee, Earle Morris, Jr., of Pickens. State law at the time did not require financial disclosure, but it seems certain that the Watson-West race was the first in the state in which total party expenditures exceeded $1 million. Some viewed the South Carolina campaign as a referendum on President Nixon. According to the Anderson Independent, "Surely, the people will not be tricked again by the political snake oil salesman now occupying the White House," citing unfulfilled promises of "freedom-of-choice" on school desegregation and textile import relief.The Greenville News perceived the contest as a litmus test of whether South Carolina would be aligned with the Upland South or remain the easternmost of the Deep South states. The Upland or Upper South stressed economic development, education, health, and employment, whereas the Deep South was seen as race-conscious and status-quo oriented.As the campaign ended, the Greenville News declared that West's victory moved South Carolina into the "Upper South" tier of states. West accused <mask> of making "reckless charges" without offering positive solutions: "I get resentful ... at those who talk down our state and have no positive plans or platform." <mask>'s running mate was James Marvin Henderson, Sr., an advertising executive from Greenville, former assistant Postmaster General of the United States, and the father-in-law of later U.S. Senator (since resigned) Jim DeMint of South Carolina, questioned West's rhetoric: Why, he asked, had family income in South Carolina declined over the previous two decades from 45th to 47th position nationally? Henderson also noted that average wages were higher in North Carolina or Georgia than in South Carolina. First District Republican Chairman James B. Edwards, an oral surgeon from Charleston, claimed that West had worked covertly in 1969 against the nomination of Clement Haynsworth to the United States Supreme Court. The Nixon nominee failed in the U.S. Senate, fifty-five to forty-five, on grounds of alleged bias against organized labor.Edwards predicted that West would install "an ultra-liberal, minority-dominated state government," citing the nominee's ties to Hubert Humphrey and Roy Wilkins. Edwards' principal political experience had been an unsuccessful race for Congress in 1971 against the Democrat Mendel Jackson Davis. In 1975, Edwards was elected as West's successor as governor; he was the first Republican of the 20th century in the position, in what unfolded as a major realignment of political parties in the South. Despite the rhetoric of the 1970 campaign, West and Edwards later set aside partisan differences and became warm friends. In 1981, Edwards was appointed as the Secretary of Energy in the Ronald Reagan administration at the time that West was stepping down as United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia in the Carter administration. West and <mask> argued as well over lesser issues, such as state aid for municipal sewer projects, a state college for Rock Hill, and anti-pollution guidelines. <mask> vowed if elected to sell the $600,000 governor's jet, which cost more than $150,000 per year to operate, but West countered that the plane is needed for industrial recruitment.1970 election results
Official results gave West 251,151 votes (52.1 percent) to <mask>'s 221,236 (45.9 percent). Red Bethea of the American Independent Party polled 9,758 votes (2 percent). West polled pluralities in thirty-six of the forty-six counties. <mask> fared best in Lexington County (61.7 percent), Aiken (54.5 percent), Colleton (54.4 percent), Darlington (54.2 percent), Greenville (52.1 percent), Newberry (50.5 percent), Sumter (50.4 percent), Florence (49.8 percent), and Lee and Saluda (both 49.6 percent). In Charleston and Richland counties, <mask> received 45.9 and 43.9 percent, respectively. African-American voters in 1970 numbered 206,394, or 46 percent of the African-American voting-age population and 35 percent of the total registration. In Columbia's Ward 9, heavily black, <mask> polled 79 votes, compared to West's 1,066.About half of the white voting-age population was registered, and a majority favored <mask>.Newsweek LXXVI (November 16, 1970), p. 44 <mask> lost some precincts which Nixon had won in 1968. In one Columbia precinct in which Nixon polled 667 votes to Humphrey's 132 and Wallace's 69, West led <mask>, 433-410. <mask>'s loss was sealed by weak showing in the textile centers and the capital county of Richland. For lieutenant governor, the results were similar. Earle Morris received 254,745 (53.3 percent) to James Henderson's 216,745 (45.2 percent), and the AIP candidate received the remaining 7,320 votes (1.5 percent). The 1971 legislature would have only half of the Republican representation from 1967, two senators and eleven  state representatives.The Book of the States, 1972-1973, Vol. XIX (Lexington, Kentucky: Council  of State Governments, 1972), p. 66 Among the Republican legislative winners was future U.S. representative and Governor Carroll Campbell of Greenville.Campbell blamed the media for <mask>'s defeat: "the state's press made his campaign racist when it knew it was the only way to beat him." Senator Thurmond similarly accused reporters of "painting a false impression" that <mask> was racist and explained that such a caricature adversely "affected some of the moderate vote." Thurmond also blamed Nixon's "vacillation" over school desegregation guidelines as another factor in <mask>'s defeat. <mask> blamed his loss on the low turnout: 482,000. State Republican Chairman Raymond Harris predicted that <mask> would have prevailed had the turnout been 550,000. Harris said the GOP had not repudiated African Americans but had to build the party according to its prevailing political philosophy. Historians consider <mask>'s gubernatorial campaign to be the last openly segregationist campaign in South Carolina and one of the last in the South as a whole.<mask> was succeeded in the House by Spence, who had nearly won the seat in 1962. Spence went on to hold the seat for thirty years. John C. West said that he believed <mask>'s loss was "inevitable" after the incident in Darlington County because "South Carolina people are basically law-abiding and won't tolerate violence." The Florence Morning News charged that <mask> attempted to "mislead voters with emotional appeals and political razzle-dazzle. As long as the Republicans persist in a social-club approach to political organization and candidate selection, the two-party system will not achieve its full effectiveness as a political balance field." Thereafter <mask>'s defeat seemed to convince most southern candidates in both parties that they could no longer realistically challenge or undermine the nation's growing commitment to the removal of racial barriers in society. Later years
In 1971, Thurmond asked Nixon to appoint <mask> to the United States Court of Military Appeals, but Democratic U.S.Senator George McGovern of South Dakota opposed him. The next year McGovern became Nixon's general election opponent. Nixon retreated from a Senate showdown over the nomination because of civil rights ramifications that would emerge from a confirmation fight. Years later, Thurmond expressed disappointment that Nixon would not pursue the <mask> nomination because the former congressman was "so well qualified." In October 1972, Nixon instead named <mask> to a one-year appointment, which did not require Senate confirmation, as special assistant in the Social Security Administration. <mask> was charged with streamlining the appeals procedure. <mask> later was appointed as a Social Security administrative law judge in Columbia, a position from which he subsequently retired.<mask> died in Columbia at the age of seventy-two in 1994. He is interred there at Crescent Hill Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum. His gravestone reads, "Servant of His God, Nation, State and Country." His political legacy was shrouded in what the media called racial issues. According to the Columbia State'', most voters, in rejecting <mask> for governor, "feared that too much oratory about school problems would aggravate, rather than ease them." See also

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<mask><mask> (born 1932) is the Chancellor Emeritus of the University of Denver, a former CEO of major communication corporations, and a Harvard alumnus. He hails from China Grove, North Carolina and has moved around the country from coast to coast before eventually settling in Denver, Colorado. Early life and education
<mask> attended Harvard University where he earned a bachelor's degree and a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School. After earning his degrees from Harvard, he briefly served in the Army and then as a securities analyst in New York. Career

Early career
<mask> came to Colorado to run Columbia Savings and Loan in the 1960s. After working with Columbia Savings and Loan, <mask> moved to Hollywood, where he served as executive vice president of MCA Inc.. He lived in the house that actor Michael Wilding built for Elizabeth Taylor and earned a large salary, but, according to <mask>, Hollywood left him queasy, so he left what he termed the "grubby" and "heartless" business of Hollywood.Westinghouse
After his years in Hollywood, <mask> entered the organic foods industry as an entrepreneur and then spent eight years as CEO of Westinghouse Broadcasting. <mask> was reportedly especially proud that Westinghouse broke the AIDS story nationally while he was at its helm. As <mask> recalled in a 2005 article honoring his legacy, an affiliate station in San Francisco came to him with solid reporting about a new plague that was terrifying the medical community. The story was so startling—and its ramifications so serious—that <mask> said he knew it merited national attention. <mask> and his team decided to cancel the corporation's prime-time lineup in favor of a report chronicling the virus. "It cost us money not to have prime-time programming," he explained, noting that no company wanted its products promoted during such an alarming program. Nonetheless, he said, he and his team made the decision to put public need ahead of the bottom line—a consideration, he said, that he doubted would be respected by today's broadcasting leadership."It used to be that we were expected to make good money, but we were also expected to be responsive to public need," he noted. This philosophy of putting the greater good as the top priority was carried into his work later on at the University of Denver and through community organizations and boards. After holding helm of the multinational corporation of Westinghouse for many years, he retired at age 55 to the Grand River Ranch near Kremmling, Colorado, where he planned to spend years, if not the rest of his life, raising cattle and enjoying his ranch. The move to Colorado capped a career of nearly 30 years spent in executive positions with MCA, Inc. and Westinghouse. University of Denver
<mask> was invited to become involved in the University of Denver during a time when that University was suffering from the financial downturn that had engulfed the Denver area in the 1980s. In a retrospective that interviewed <mask> about his contributions to the University, <mask> recalled borrowing money to make payroll, noting that the success of the university was by no means secured. Yet with its rich history of contributing to the state's economic and cultural life, <mask> noted, DU struck him as well worth rejuvenating.He served as vice chairman of the board and chaired the development committee before becoming Chancellor. Chancellor

<mask><mask> was named the 16th chancellor of the University of Denver, the oldest private university in the Rocky Mountain region,
, following Dwight Morrell Smith (January 1984-July 1989). He was nicknamed the first "cowboy chancellor" because of his philosophy of cowboy ethics and his background in ranching before living on campus. During his tenure, the University pioneered in the teaching of ethics at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Chancellor <mask> collaborated with <mask> to incorporate ethics, values and social responsibility in the business school curriculum. Shortly after his inauguration as the Chancellor, <mask> appointed a task force to undertake a thorough review of international activities at the University. Based on that report, under <mask>'s direction the University began a transformation of the University's international programs.In the University's then-new strategic plan, Study Abroad and International Human Rights Advocacy figured prominently. The Cherrington Global Scholars initiative, which continues to provide opportunities for every junior at the University to be able to study abroad at no cost beyond that of tuition, is a continuing tribute to his leadership. Similarly, the International Human Rights Advocacy Center in the University's Office of Internationalization owes its existence to his vision. He served as the Chancellor without pay and has donated to the University most of his spacious Grand River Ranch, which over time has netted more than $50 million for various University projects. As he said of the gift in 1998, "The ranch has held a very special place in my heart for the last two decades. I love this land, but I love the University of Denver more." In June 1994, <mask> announced his first personal gift to the University of $15 million, to be achieved through sale of some  of his ranch.Under Chancellor <mask>'s leadership, the University concluded the largest fundraising campaign in its history in 2001, topping the $200 million goal by nearly $74 million. The campus' skyline and culture changed with a multimillion-dollar construction and renovation program begun under <mask>'s leadership. In 2005, also under <mask>'s leadership, DU opened the new Center for Travel & Tourism, which serves as an academic research center. <mask> was also instrumental in developing DU as both a meeting and cultural destination. He played a role in securing the Frozen Four tournament for Denver in 2008, which was one of the city's major sporting events. He served as the Chancellor for 15 years from 1989 to 2005. In 2000, the University completed the <mask> L. <mask> Center, which houses the 17 Division 1 University of Denver varsity sports programs as well as the Coors Fitness Center.Among its amenities, the Ritchie Center offers:
 A  work out area
 A squash court and two racquetball courts
 Seven personal training studios
 Six outdoor lighted tennis courts
 A two-story climbing wall
 An Olympic-size pool

Chairman of the Board: University of Denver
After serving as the Chancellor of the University for 15 years, <mask> stepped down, but not away. He continued to stay involved in the University by becoming chairman of the Board of Trustees from 2007 to 2009. Denver Center for the Performing Arts
<mask> had always been interested in the performing arts as demonstrated through his commitment toward supporting the building of the state of the art music and theater building on the University of Denver's campus, the Newman Center for the Performing Arts. He increased his involvement with one of the nation's largest cultural complexes, the Denver Center for Performing Arts in January 2007, becoming Chairman and CEO of the Denver Center. He succeeded Donald R. Seawell, who founded The Denver Center in 1972. Boards and Organizations
In addition to serving as The Denver Center's Chairman, <mask> currently serves as President of the Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation which focuses on early childhood education and development. He serves on the Boards of the Daniels Fund, which supports programs that encourage personal responsibility and achievement by funding college scholarships and community programs, and the Denver Art Museum Foundation, on the Executive Committee of Colorado Concern, and is Chairman Emeritus and Honorary Member of the Board of the Central City Opera House Association.He is President of the Independent Higher Education of Colorado Fund. <mask> has also served as chair of the Education Committee of the National Park System Advisory Board. In 2010, Gov. Bill Ritter congratulated <mask><mask> on his appointment as the new chairman of Colorado Concern, one of the state's top business organizations, and thanked departing chair Walter Isenberg for his leadership. Awards
The Citizen of the West Award, given by the National Western Stock Show to an individual who exemplifies the spirit and determination of the Western pioneer (1998)
the National Samaritan Institute Award
the Gold Medal Award of the Poor Richard Club
Outstanding Philanthropist at National Philanthropy Day
the National Human Relations Award from the American Jewish Committee
the Community Cultural Enrichment Award from the Mizel Museum of Judaica
and the Ethical Leadership Award from the University of Denver
He is a Laureate member of the Colorado Business Hall of Fame
Honorary Professor at Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, India. (2000) (5) Tourism Hall of Fame Inductee (2005)
the Ethical Leadership Award from the University of Denver

See also
University of Denver
Robert Coombe
Colorado
Denver Boone
Daniels College of Business
Sturm College of Law
Josef Korbel School of International Studies
Denver Center for the Performing Arts
Magness Arena

Notes

References

 University of Denver Magazine Winter 2005. "<mask> Unscripted" Tamara Chapman.November 1, 2005. http://www.du.edu/today/stories/2005/11/2005-11-01-ritchie.html
 University of Denver Magazine Winter 2006. "Ritchie Center Amenities are a Magnet for Students" Doug McPherson. December 6, 2006.
 https://web.archive.org/web/20100119180339/http://www.danielsfund.org/About/Board%20Bios/<mask>.asp
 https://web.archive.org/web/20150518092104/http://www.denvercenter.org/BioProfiles/DanielLRitchie.aspx.aim.com/
 Chancellor <mask><mask>. (University of Denver) Denver Journal of International Law and Policy. December 22, 2001. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3262/is_1_30/ai_n28890485/
 https://web.archive.org/web/20110728120108/http://tourismhalloffame.org/hall-of-fame/inductees/bio.aspx?hofer=30
 http://www.du.edu/builtforlearning/profiles/daniel-ritchie.html
 "DU chancellor shares wealth School gift worth $15 million" Paul Hutchinson. Denver Post.June 9, 1994
 "DU REAPING BENEFITS OF 10-YEAR PLAN UNIVERSITY IN FOREFRONT OF ETHICS, TECHNOLOGICAL LEARNING, SAYS CHANCELLOR." Published on October 24, 1999. Rocky Mountain News. Bill Scanlon. "DU CHANCELLOR BACKS TEAMS AND TECHNOLOGY CONVOCATION AUDIENCE TOLD THAT UNIVERSITIES MUST ADAPT TO TIMES." Published on October 8, 1998. Rocky Mountain News.Bill Scanlon. "CHANCELLOR TO GIVE 18,000 ACRES TO DU." Published on April 16, 1998. Carla Crowder . Rocky Mountain News. https://web.archive.org/web/20100312170759/http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/GovRitter/GOVR/1251566551060
 http://www.harvard.edu
 http://www.daniels.du.edu/aboutus/history/index.html

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title: Majaz

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Asrar-ul-Haq (19 October 1911 – 5 December 1955), better known as <mask>, was an Indian Urdu poet. He is known for his romantic and revolutionary poetry. He composed ghazals and nazms in Urdu. He was the maternal uncle of poet and screenplay writer Javed Akhtar and Indian-American psychoanalyst Salman Akhtar. Early life and education
<mask> was born on 19 October 1911 at Rudauli in Barabanki district of what is now Uttar Pradesh. His family were a branch of a land-owning gentry family, but were not wealthy. His brother Ansar Harvani was a journalist and he had two older sisters, namely Safia and Hamida.Safia was the wife of  poet Jan Nisar Akhtar. Thus, <mask> was the maternal uncle of Javed Akhtar. <mask> suffered from a hearing impairment even as a child, and probably for this reason, he tended to be somewhat difficult, with erratic behavior; he was moody and also a loner. He had the habit of staying awake all night and doing most of his work then; as a result, his earned the nickname "Jaggan Bhaiyya" ("awake brother" in Hindi). According to a major newspaper of the region, "With hindsight one could deduce that he had the marks of a bipolar mental disorder that became more pronounced as he grew older and his life began to fall apart". <mask>'s father, Seraj-ul-Haq, was a university graduate at a time when this was rare; he joined government service, serving in the middle ranks of the registration department, and finally reached the rank of Assistant Registrar. He was posted mainly in Lucknow, but since his aged parents needed attention, he kept his wife and children in the ancestral house at Rudauli, which is not far from Lucknow, and he would visit them about twice a month.Thus, <mask> grew up mainly in Rudauli and received his basic education there. In the late 1920s, his father was transferred to Agra. Since his parents were no more, and since Agra was too far from Rudauli for frequent visits, Seraj-ul-haq decided to take his wife and children with him. <mask> completed school in Agra in 1929, and enrolled in St. John's Intermediate College. Almost immediately, his father was transferred to Aligarh, and the family moved again, leaving <mask> in a hostel. The young <mask> was given a cash allowance for the first time in his life, and freedom from his mother's adoring but eagle surveillance. He behaved like any teenager of his age, neglected his studies, spent his time and money the way he liked, and failed his exams.Yet, his time was spent not on games or in disreputable activities, but in attending mushairas (poetry symposia) and music concerts. It was at this time that he came in contact with both senior and upcoming poets of Agra, including Fani Badayuni, Ale Ahmad Suroor and Jazbi. With difficulty, <mask> finally cleared his intermediate exams in 1931, and rejoined his parents in Aligarh, where his father got him enrolled for BA at Aligarh Muslim University, his subjects being philosophy, economics and Urdu. He graduated in 1936, again taking a year more than he should have. Career

The years that <mask> spent in Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) coincided with the presence there of many important poets and writers of Urdu. AMU was indeed a nursery of literary talent during those years. Here he came in contact with the Progressive Writers' Movement under K. M. Ashraf and Abdul Aleem.Majaz lived and wrote in times which were exceptionally vibrant for poetry; poets such as Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Fani Badayuni, Jazbi, Makhdoom, Sahir Ludhianvi, Ismat Chughtai, and Ali Sardar Jafri were among his peers. They were not merely his contemporaries but close friends as well. Others such as Josh and Firaq knew him well. His first diwan, Ahang, is dedicated to Faiz and Jazbi whom he calls his “dil-o-jigar,” and to Sardar Jafri and Makhdoom, who are “mere dast-o-bazu.” Faiz wrote a thoughtful prelude to Ahang. <mask> abandoned his MA in Aligarh due to financial reasons and moved to Delhi where he worked as sub-editor for the journal, Awaaz (Call). Here he became actively involved with the Delhi branch of the Progressive Writers' Association run by Shahid Ahmad Dehlvi. He also worked for the All India Radio for a year before moving to Bombay.In Bombay, he worked in the Department of Information for the Government of Bombay. In 1937, he returned to Lucknow and along with Jafri and Sibte Hassan founded the literary magazine, Parcham (Flag) which ran only for a single issue. In Lucknow, he also worked on the editorial staff of journals like Halqa-e-Adab (Circle of Literature) and in Naya Adab (New Literature) along with Jafri and Sibte Hassan. Death

<mask> died on 5 December 1955, while the first Students' Urdu Convention was underway in Lucknow. His condolence meeting was held on 7 December 1955 in the Rifah-e-Aam Hall and was attended by poets and writers from all over India. Due to his heavy drinking, he had a tragic death. On the night of his death, according to a newspaper, "<mask>'s friends took him to a tavern in Lalbagh where they all drank on the rooftop.One by one they all left leaving <mask> alone in the cold winter night. The next morning he was rushed to the hospital where doctors diagnosed a brain hemorrhage and pneumonia". <mask> died that night. He was buried in a cemetery in Lucknow. His grave bears a verse from one of his ghazals written in 1945:And after this there is morn and the new morning MajazWith me ends the eve of sorrows of Lucknow. Major works
Majaz's collection of poems include:
 Ahang (Melody) - 1938
 Shab-e-tar (Dark Night) - 1945
 Saaz-e-Nau (New Musical Instruments) - 1949
 Tarana (anthem) of Aligarh Muslim University

Legacy
 In memory of the poet a book launch of, Majaz Aur Uski Shaayeri, edited by Salman Akhtar was held in collaboration with The Nehru Centre, London and Aligarh Muslim University Alumni Association (UK). The programme included video clippings on Majaz including comments by Hamida Salim (Majaz's sister) and Ali Sardar Jafri (Majaaz's friend and contemporary poet), a speech by Parvaiz Alam (broadcaster and dramatist), a lecture Majaz – Teen Daayeron ka Shayer by Akhtar, and Kalam-e-Majaz sung by Nasser Harvani and <mask>'s nephew from New Delhi.A dastangoi based on <mask>'s life and poetry was performed by Ankit Chadha and Himanshu Bajpai This narrative introduces the audience to <mask>, his childhood, his fame at AMU, his days in Delhi, his love, his poetry and most importantly his vagabondism. The story was told through accounts of the poet's relatives, friends and acquaintances. Majaz: Ae Gham-e-Dil Kya Karun, is a 2017 Indian biographical film directed by Ravindra Singh about <mask>. A poem by <mask> is now the anthem for Aligarh Muslim University. Notes

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Further reading

External links

 Biography of <mask> at Aligarians.com
 Asrar-ul-Haq Majaz – A Journey of Love, Hope and Nationalism
 Listen and Explore Majaz at SahityaStudio

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title: Shady Alsuleiman

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<mask> (born 1978 in Sydney, Australia) is a Muslim Imam and the president of the Australian National Imams Council and the United Muslims of Australia. He is from a Palestinian family who migrated to Australia in the late 1960s. He initially obtained an Ijazah (licence) with Sanad (complete chain back to Muhammad) in complete and sound memorization of the Quran at Darul Uloom Al-Husainiah in Sindh,  Pakistan. <mask> has been recognized as one of the 500 most influential Muslims around the world alongside Muslim leaders and presidents of major Muslim countries by an independent study conducted by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre. Background
He has travelled to the Arab world for a six years to continue his Islamic and Arabic studies at numerous Islamic institutions with many well-recognised scholars, primarily in Damascus. In Syria, he studied various Islamic subjects and modules, from Fiqh, Usool Al-Fiqh, Hadith, Mustalah al-hadith, Quranic Science and Tafseer and Arabic studies. He generally focused on and specialised in Arabic and Comparative Fiqh (Islamic Law/Jurisprudence) and received numerous Ijaza's in that field.<mask> arrived back to Sydney in early 2001, where he began to be heavily active and involved with the Muslim youth and the second Muslim generation in Australia. He  is the founder of one of Australia's largest youth centres known as the UMA in Sydney, and also the founder of Sydney Islamic College that delivers Islamic studies to adults. He also held the position of the secretary of the Australian National Imams Council (ANIC) from 2006 to 2015. and re-elected as the president in 2019. He operates from various mosques in Australia, and travels to numerous interstate and overseas countries in which he delivers lectures and participates in many different Islamic conferences and events. <mask> has been described as "controversial" by Fairfax newspaper WAtoday. However, he has also been described as "moderate" by the Sydney Morning Herald, another Fairfax newspaper. He has been verbally attacked by British extremist Abu Haleema for some of his fatwas.<mask> established the organisation, United Muslims of Australia  and in 2016 was elected as the president of Australian National Imams Council (ANIC). In April 2018 <mask> was banned from entering the Kingdom of Denmark to stop him from spreading his views there. He was the 14th addition to a list of hate preachers which are barred from entering by the Ministry of Immigration and Integration. Views

Homosexuality
In 2013, <mask> spoke of what he called the evil of homosexuality, saying, "Allah will send on them diseases they have never experienced before. What's the most common diseases these days? HIV, AIDS, that's so common, and there's no cure to it. And when did it exist?Decades ago. And more diseases are coming. And most of the diseases these days, if you speak to a doctor, the most terrifying diseases come from what? From sexual activities, where someone who is not clean is sleeping with someone who is clean. Also, homosexuality ... that is spreading all these diseases. You know, let's not deny the fact.”

Women
<mask> has signed a Muslim community letter condemning “all forms of intimidation and abuse targeting women”. He has said in online videos that females will be ‘hung by their breasts in hell’ and that adulterers should be stoned to death and pre-marital sex should be severely punished."Remember that if there is an Islamic state the punishment of zina (sex outside marriage), the punishment of those who commit zina, if they have never been married before, they will be lashed 100 lashes. If they are married while they committed zina, or previously been married and divorced, and they committed zina, then their punishment is stoning to death.” Alsuleiman is referring to the punishment Saudi Arabia condemns on women who have committed adultery, which is found in their Sharia Law, supposedly coming down from their Prophet Muhammad. " Marriage
Alsuleiman has said that women must obey their husbands to enter paradise, with men having the right to demand sex from their wives. The above claims are disputed. Alsuleiman filed defamation charges against Newscorp in 2017 regarding claims he preached homophobia and hatred towards women and minorities (including the claims made above). In 2018 it was announced that Alsuleiman had won the case; Newscorp were ordered to pay costs and remove the articles which made the defamatory claims. Controversies
In February 2009, a Fairfax journalist was ejected from the Lakemba Mosque during an event, during which, Fairfax later reported that Anwar al-Awlaki spoke via phone link.The director of the mosque told Fairfax journalists that Alsuleiman was in charge of organising evening youth events at the time of the sermon. In 2014 Alsuleiman spoke at Park View Academy, a Birmingham UK secondary school claimed to be at the centre of Operation Trojan Horse. Alsuleiman told the pupils, "Give victory to Muslims in Afghanistan… Give victory to all the Mujahideen all over the world. Oh Allah, prepare us for the jihad". A subsequent Department for Education, Education Funding Agency (EFA) report said that there was a breach of standards at the school which had allowed, "Sheikh <mask> Al-Suleiman, known to extol extremist views (e.g. stoning of adulterers), to address the students". A newspaper report said Asuleiman had only talked about "time management".In June 2016, Alsuleiman participated in an Iftar dinner at Kirribilli House hosted by the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister said he would not have invited Alsuleiman had he known of his position regarding homosexuals. Alsuleiman Said he did not hold radical anti-gay views. Australia's Grand Mufti, Ibrahim Abu Mohamed has repudiated Malcolm Turnbull's position on this issue, saying Islam has a, "longstanding" position on homosexuality" which "no person can ever change". He said that any attempt to call out its teachings could lead to radicalisation. See also
 Australian National Imams Council
 Homosexuality in Islam
 Islam in Australia
 Islamic organisations in Australia
 Marriage in Islam
 Women in Islam

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External links
 http://www.brudirect.com/index.php/200910218934/Local-News/talk-on-islam-in-australia.html

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<mask>lli (, born July 25, 1988) is a Filipina singer and actress. Geronimo rose to prominence in 2002, after winning the television singing contest Star for a Night earning her a recording contract with Viva Records and released her debut album Popstar: A Dream Come True (2003). <mask>'s The Breakup Playlist entered the Billboard World Albums,taking the 9th position, in 2015. while the single "Tala" placed 12th in the  Billboard World Digital Song Sales in 2020. Throughout her career, she has received various awards, including Mnet Asian Music Awards Best Asian Artist in 2012, MTV Europe Music Awards Best Southeast Asian Act in 2014, World Music Awards Best Selling Philippine Artist in 2014, and Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards Best Asian Performer in 2016. Life and career

1988–2003: Early beginnings and Star for a Night
<mask> was born on July 25, 1988, in Santa Cruz, Manila, the Philippines to <mask>, a retired PLDT employee, and Divina Tua, who ran a beauty salon in their house. She is the third of four children. She started singing publicly at age two.At the age of four, she was accompanied by her mother to join auditions for different television programs. <mask> became part of the shows Penpen de Sarapen (4–6 years old), Ang TV (7–8 years old) and NEXT (8–9 years old). She has also played as an extra in the movie <mask>... Ang Munting Prinsesa (1995). In between auditions, <mask> would perform at shopping malls and hotel lounges. <mask>, then age 7, was one of the performers during the 1995 visit of Pope John Paul II. Geronimo at an early age joined different singing contests the first of which was Tuklas Talino sponsored by the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT). In 2002, Geronimo competed in the television singing contest Star for a Night airing in IBC.At the age of fourteen, she won the grand prize that included  and a managerial contract from Viva Entertainment. Geronimo released her first album Popstar: A Dream Come True in 2003. Her acting debut was a supporting role in the film Filipinas (2003). She had another supporting role in Captain Barbell (2003). 2004–2007: The Other Side and In Motion
Still managed by VIVA, Geronimo signed a TV contract with ABS-CBN network in 2004. She starred in her first television series, Sarah the Teen Princess (2004) and became a regular host and performer on the variety show ASAP (2004–present). Geronimo again had supporting roles in the films Masikip sa Dibdib (2004), Annie B.(2004) and Lastikman: Unang Banat (2004). Geronimo sang the Philippine National Anthem at the pre-inaugural ceremonies of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on June 30, 2004. In November 2004, Geronimo released her second album, Sweet Sixteen that included the single "How Could You Say You Love Me". Geronimo performed in the Night of the Champions concert at the Araneta Coliseum with other singing competition winners Rachelle Ann Go and Erik Santos. In 2005, Geronimo joined the cast of the teen-oriented television program SCQ Reload: Kilig Ako and hosted two seasons of the singing competition show Little Big Star (2005-2007). On September 30, 2005, Geronimo staged a solo concert at Araneta Coliseum entitled The Other Side. In 2006, Geronimo starred in ABS-CBN's primetime soap opera, Bituing Walang Ningning, a remake of the 1985 movie.She played the role of an aspiring singer named Dorina Pineda, originally played by Sharon Cuneta in the movie, and released a soundtrack of the series. In July 2006, Geronimo release her third studio album, Becoming, produced by Christian De Walden. The album yielded three singles: "I Still Believe In Loving You", "Carry My Love" and "Iingatan Ko Ang Pag-ibig Mo". On November 18, 2006, Manny Pacquiao chose <mask> to sing Lupang Hinirang, the Philippine national anthem, before his match against Mexico's Erik Morales at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas. Geronimo staged her second major solo concert "In Motion" on July 14, 2007, at the Araneta Coliseum. Unlike her first solo concert, this concert went off with no technical glitches. She spent the rest of 2007 performing concerts in the Philippines and the U.S. and recording her fourth studio album, Taking Flight, which sold more than 60,000 units and achieved double-platinum status.In the latter half of 2007, Geronimo appeared in her third television series for ABS-CBN, Pangarap na Bituin. 2008–2010: The Next One and Record Breaker

In early 2008, Geronimo reunited with Erik Santos, Rachelle Ann Go, and Christian Bautista in a Valentine's Day concert at the Araneta Coliseum, entitled "OL4LUV". Before Geronimo released her fifth studio album, she released I'll Be There as the fourth single from Taking Flight. On July 30, 2008, Geronimo starred with Filipino actor John Lloyd Cruz in A Very Special Love which was produced by Star Cinema and VIVA films and grossed almost . The movie opened with  and Isah V. Red of The Manila Standard Today said, "This only proves that the new generation of Filipino movie audience is ready for their own screen heroine, not someone passed on to them by their parents or grandparents. Geronimo included a track from the film, "A Very Special Love", on her album Taking Flight. Geronimo's fifth studio album, Just Me, included a duet with Backstreet Boys member Howie Dorough entitled, "I'll Be There".De Walden again produced this album. Like her previous albums, Just Me achieved platinum status in December 2008. She was recognized for this accomplishment on the 2008 ASAP Platinum Circle Awards show. On November 8, 2008, <mask> staged her third major solo concert in Araneta Coliseum, entitled The Next One, which marked the first time she accompanied herself on the piano while on stage. <mask>'s Just Me album, was re-released, adding You Changed My Life. She was also recognized by ASAP for attaining platinum status for her albums Taking Flight and Just Me and for her two concert DVDs (The Other Side and Sarah in Motion). In February 2009, Geronimo made a movie again with John Lloyd Cruz in You Changed My Life, the sequel of A Very Special Love.The film's total theatrical earnings earned over , and holds the record for the highest grossing Filipino movie made. <mask>imo: The Next One Philippine concert tour. On August 5, 2009, <mask> was given the honor to sing the Virna Lisa's 1986 People Power anthem, "Magkaisa" during the funeral of former President Corazon Aquino. Geronimo released a solo Christmas album, Your Christmas Girl in October 2009. In November 2009, she staged her fourth solo sold-out concert, Record Breaker, in the Araneta Coliseum. The Philippine Daily Inquirer called the concert "a qualified success".At the same day of her concert, she released her sixth studio album, Music and Me. In December 2009, Your Christmas Girl and Music and Me both reached platinum status after a month of their release. On December 1, 2009, Geronimo received a star on the Philippines Walk of Fame at Libis, Eastwood. Geronimo released the DVD Record Breaker, filmed at the Araneta Coliseum, on March 16, 2010, and eventually achieved triple Platinum status in December 2010. In April 2010, Geronimo was chosen to endorse an online game called Superstar which was launched by X-Play as an online singing star search. <mask> also lent her voice in singing its theme song "This Is My Dream." In September 2010, Geronimo starred in a musical series entitled 1DOL which was aired on ABS-CBN and she appeared in the film Hating Kapatid under Viva Films.2011–2012: Catch Me, I'm in Love, <mask>. Live!, and concerts
In February 2011, she had a Valentine concert with Martin Nievera titled "What Love Is" at the Araneta Coliseum. Geronimo worked with Gerald Anderson in the film collaboration of Star Cinema and Viva Films entitled Catch Me, I'm in Love which was shown on March 23, 2011, in theaters nationwide and shown as a summer release in the Philippines. In November 2011, Geronimo made a movie again with Gerald Anderson in Won't Last A Day Without You which earned  on its opening day. Geronimo signed an exclusive one-year contract with ABS-CBN, it states her future projects and commitments such as having a weekly solo show, an extension as a performer in ASAP Rocks, and a movie with John Lloyd Cruz for the third time. Also this year, Geronimo is declared as the Princess of Philippine Movies by the Guillermo Mendoza Box Office Awards for her movie, Catch Me, I'm in Love together with Gerald Anderson. In October of the same year, the singer took private lessons on Jazz music during her vacation in the USA.She was also vocally supervised by Yosha Honassan who later on became the writer of some of her jazz songs. <mask> had her solo weekly musical-variety show every Sunday night titled Sarah G. Live! and her movie with John Lloyd Cruz is in production. In July 2012, Geronimo staged her fifth major solo concert in the "Big Dome" entitled 24/SG. In November 2012, <mask> was chosen as the "Bayanihan Ambassadress" of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. In December 2012, Geronimo won a string of awards one of which is the Best Asian Artist Award (Philippines) at the recently concluded Mnet Asian Music Awards. Geronimo also won major awards in Awit Awards, Aliw Awards and PMPC Star Awards for Music.2013–2015: The Voice of the Philippines and international activities
In 2013, <mask> will have her own drama anthology entitled Sarah G. Presents. <mask> is also set to be a coach and judge in The Voice of the Philippines. In March 2013, <mask> received two Presidential Awards, Ani ng Dangal for Multi-Disciplinary Arts and National Commission for Culture and the Arts (Philippines) Goodwill Ambassadress for Music. <mask> is nominated for three categories at the 2013 World Music Awards (WMA): best entertainer of the year, best live act, and best female artist. Also her movie which is shown on March 30, 2013, It Takes a Man and a Woman broke box office records and became the highest grossing Filipino film of all time. In June 2013, Viva Records announced that she wouldbe releasing her tenth studio album on July before her birthday. The album's title was later revealed to be Expressions, which was contain mainly original songs that she co-produced herself.It was released on July 22. On August 8, <mask> became the brand endorser of KakaoTalk together with K-pop boyband Big Bang. In December 2013, she was elevated into Anak TV Seal Hall of Famer for being a "credible, wholesome and worth emulating by the youth". <mask> was also nominated for the Best Southeast Asian Act category in the 2013 MTV Europe Music Awards. On May 27, 2014, <mask> are among the acts that won accolades in the 2014 World Music Awards held in Monaco, winning the Best Selling Philippines Artist award. She became the first Filipino music artist who received an award in the World Music Awards history. On August 26, 2014, Spotify Philippines revealed that <mask> was one of the most streamed artists within the country alongside band Eraserheads.Geronimo release her eleventh studio album titled Perfectly Imperfect on October 4, 2014. The album also included songs which were written by international music producer Adam Hurstfield and Canadian singer Elise Estrada. The album's lead single, "Kilometro", premiered on September 17, 2014, and was written by Thyro & Yumi. <mask> was voted as the Best Southeast Asia Act at the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards and was also nominated as Best Southeast Asia, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwanese Act. She was included in BuzzFeed's 2014 list of The 20 Filipino Music Artists You Need To Listen Right Now. <mask> has been chosen by Disney to re-interpret the theme song of its Princess franchise. In a teaser aired on Disney Channel, Geronimo revealed that she did her own version of "The Glow" and that its music video will premiere on December 6, 2014.In July 2015, <mask> with her song "Kilometro" represented the Philippines in the 10th International Song Contest: The Global Sound hosted by Australian jury, as one of the 70 semi-finalists from different countries all over the world and later on advanced as one of the top 25 finalists. In the final round, <mask> was adjudged as the winner and received the Gold Global Sound award. ISC: The Global Sound confirmed on their Facebook page that this is the first Asian country to win the contest. <mask> also starred in the blockbuster movie The Breakup Playlist, together with Filipino actor Piolo Pascual, which was shown in cinemas on July 1. The movie grossed PHP 200 million. In October 2015, <mask> was chosen to record Felix Manalo's theme song "Ang Sugo ng Diyos Sa Mga Huling Araw" and later won Best Movie Theme Song on both PMPC Star Awards for Movies and FAMAS Awards in 2016. Xeleb Inc., the first celebrity mobile games company in the Philippines, tapped Geronimo for its newest gaming app, Sarah G Popsters.The app officially launched on November 24, 2015. In December 2015, for the second consecutive year, Spotify Philippines hailed <mask> as one of the most streamed Filipino artists alongside bands Eraserheads and Up Dharma Down. On December 9, 2015, <mask> received her 10th Awit Award. At the 28th Awit Awards, "Perfectly Imperfect" was awarded "Album of the Year". On December 18, 2015, <mask> was voted as the Asian Artist of the Year at the Hello Asia! K-Pop Awards 2015. 2016–2018: Endorsements, The Great Unknown, This 15 Me, Miss Granny and International Recognition
On February 29, 2016, Big Apple Music Awards announced on their official Twitter account that <mask> has been nominated as "Best Filipino Female Artist".In March 2016, Philippine Airlines officials, led by the chairman Dr. Lucio C. Tan and President Jaime J. Bautista, celebrated the airline's 75th anniversary during a gala dinner for PAL employees at the SMX-MOA in Pasay, where the flag carrier also unveiled its new advertising campaign – The Heart of the Filipino: Shining Through – with top Filipino singers <mask>, Bamboo and Lea Salonga as endorsers. On September 21, 2016, <mask> was named as one of the nominees in the Best Southeast Asian Act for the 2016 MTV Europe Music Awards set on November 6, 2016, at the Ahoy Rotterdam in the Netherlands. On October 12, 2016, <mask>'s The Great Unknown won Best Secular Album in the 38th Catholic Mass Media Awards. This is the second time <mask> received the award, the first was for Perfectly Imperfect album. <mask> was recognized as this year's Best Asian Performer during the Classic Rock Awards 2016 held in Tokyo, Japan on November 11, 2016. Geronimo attended the awarding ceremony at the Ryogoku Kokugikan Stadium in Tokyo, where she performed the song "Anak" by Freddie Aguilar. On November 29, 2016, <mask> held her album show entitled The Great Unknown: Unplugged in Kia Theatre in promotion of her platinum-selling album The Great Unknown.Due to its success, <mask> brought the show in different provinces in the country including Albay, Pampanga and Iloilo. In March 2017, <mask> confirmed that she will be returning as one of the coaches of The Voice Teens Philippines. Geronimo will return to the teens edition along with coaches Bamboo, Sharon Cuneta, and Lea Salonga. On May 15, 2017, US-based World Top Musicians included her on their website. In July 2017, Geronimo starred in the movie Finally Found Someone with John Lloyd Cruz. The movie served as a reunion movie of <mask> and John Lloyd Cruz tandem after four years. In January 2018, Geronimo released the single called Sandata and topped the iTunes Philippines chart for 4 consecutive days.The song also landed on Spotify Philippines Viral Chart. The official lyric video of the song was published on Viva Records' official channel a week later. On April, she released two singles called Ganito and Duyan. Both songs topped the iTunes Philippines songs chart. In March 2018, <mask> was included at Spotify's "Amplify: Women of the World" global playlist with her song 'Tayo' in celebration of Women's Month. She is

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 the only OPM artist included alongside Rihanna, Dua Lipa, CL and more. On April 14, 2018, she held her 15th anniversary concert called "This Is Me" stylized as "This 15 Me" at the Araneta Coliseum.The sold-out concert was reported as the "Highest Grossing Local Concert of All-time." The concert's official hashtag was also the number one trending topic on Twitter Philippines on the day of the concert with over 200,000 tweets, whilst recorded performances from the said concert instantly trended on YouTube Philippines, including her opening number Dulo, her song and dance number for Tala, the rendition of Whitney Houston's I Have Nothing and the rendition of Aerosmith's I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing. <mask>'s take on the Dame Tu Cosita Dance Challenge also went viral on various social media platforms including Facebook. In August 2018, <mask> starred in her first title-role movie Miss Granny, a remake of the 2014 South Korean film of the same name. The film was both critically acclaimed and commercial success. Her performance was praised by both critics and viewers. Writing for Cosmopolitan Philippines, Ro Manalo stated "In my opinion, this was her (<mask>) best performance as an actress to date.No other local female celebrity has the combination of characteristics required for the role—impeccable comedic timing, a talent for drama, a powerful singing voice, and an old soul with an almost manang charm. <mask> was so believable as a 70-year-old woman inside a 20-year-old's body." She is currently nominated as "Best Actress" at the 2018 Rawr Awards and Inside Showbiz Awards. She released the first single from Miss Granny's Movie Soundtrack entitled "Kiss Me, Kiss Me" prior to the release of the film. The song went number one on iTunes Philippines and became an instant hit in the country. On July 15, Miss Granny soundtrack was released and also went number one. While its tracks "Isa Pang Araw" "Kiss Me, Kiss Me" and "Rain" all stayed on iTunes Philippines songs chart during and even after the run of the film in Philippine Cinemas.She represented the Philippines at the 2nd ASEAN-Japan Music Festival held at the NHK Hall in Tokyo on October 4 where she performed her original hits "Kilometro" and "Tala." The event was hosted by Hikaru Nishida and Pico Taro coincided with the 45th anniversary of the ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation. She went to Dubai for her This 15 Me concert and filled the 5,000-seater Dubai Duty-Free Stadium on September 20. Days after performing at ASEAN Music Festival, <mask> staged her Nagoya, Japan leg of This 15 Me on October 7. She is set to stage her concert in Spain, Oman, and various cities in the Philippines. While filming "Miss Granny" and touring the Philippines and the other side of the world for "This 15 Me" <mask> has been winning on various award-giving bodies in Manila. She won three awards at the 2018 MYX Music Awards including the "Female Artist of the Year" award and was hailed by EdukCircle Awards as the "Most Influential Actress" for her 2017 film Finally Found Someone.In November 2018, <mask> was hailed as the Best Pilipino Artist and the Most Popular BAMA 2018 Artist at the 2018 Big Apple Music Awards (BAMA), Geronimo failed to attend the ceremony held in New York but according to BAMA, the trophies were already sent to Geronimo. She staged her This 15 Me Laguna concert in Santa Rosa Sports Complex, Laguna the next day. It was the first-ever sold-out local show in the history of the said arena. On December 23, 2018, she was announced a winner at Universal Music Awards 2018 in Warsaw, Poland with her song "Ganito". She beat more than 200 entries from different countries including songs by Ed Sheeran, Little Mix, Charlie Puth, Taylor Swift and more. She also bags Popular Award, while Charles Aznavour won Historic Award. On December 26, 2018, <mask>'s song "Sandata" tops CNN Philippines' "The 15 Best Filipino Songs of 2018" list.2019–present: Unforgettable, Tala Dance Craze, Concerts, Awards and Recognitions
On January 29, 2019, <mask> performed in front of 130,000 people who attended the first-ever holy mass of a Pope in the Middle East held at Zayed Sports City Stadium. She performed in front of fans at Zurich and Milan on May 3 and 5 for her Europe concert tour after her "This 15 Me" anniversary concert in 2018. Geronimo also supports incumbent senator Sonny Angara's re-election because 'of his advocacies'. <mask> also sang her song 'Sa Iyo' as Angara's campaign jingle in 2013 and was reused in the upcoming elections. On May 30, 2019, Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, announced her as the brand's newest ambassador. A TV commercial was aired on the first of June. <mask> launched her own makeup line, Pop Studio, on May 31, 2019.It was a collaboration with iFace Inc.

On June 2, <mask> tied with Kathryn Bernardo as Best Actress at the PMPC Star Awards for Movies 2019 against veteran actresses Judy Ann Santos, Gina Pareño, Gloria Romero, and more. She was announced "Star of the Week" by a Germany-based entertainment website and music awards Daf Entertainment on July 31, 2019. Her newest film, "Unforgettable", under VIVA Films was released on October 23, 2019. It was directed by Jun Robles Lana, and also stars celebrity dog Milo, Gina Pareno, Ara Mina, Meg Imperial, and more. On October 10, 2019, she won 3 awards from the 2019 Awit Awards including "Female Artist of the year", "Best Song was written for a Movie/TV/Stageplay", and "Best Performance by a Female Recording Artist." In late 2019, "Tala" turned into a viral dance craze. On January 27, 2020, <mask>'s single "Tala" entered the 12th spot in Billboards Digital Song sales chart.The song also charted in more than 20
countries around the globe including the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and more after it regained its popularity. It also reached the Global Viral 50 in Spotify, as well as YouTube's weekly global chart of world's most viewed music videos. <mask> won "Best Actress" award from 4th Guild of Educators, Mentors, and Students (GEMS) Hiyas ng Sining Awards last February 13 for her "Unforgettable" movie. On February 27, <mask>'s viral song Tala has reached 100 million views on YouTube, making <mask> the first local solo female artist to achieve the milestone. On May, <mask> received another international award as "Distinguished Entertainment Personality of the Year" award at the Akwa-Ibom State Advancement Awards 2020 (ASAA). In June 2020, The music video of her song, Tala became the "Most Viewed OPM Music Video on YouTube". She was also included the 2020 "Philippine’s Most Admired" list by YouGov PH.In December 2020, <mask> was included in Forbes Asia's 100 Digital Stars. She was also awarded as one of the "Most Influential Celebrities of The Decade" in the 10th EdukCircle Awards. She also bags various recognitions such as Google PH's "Most Searched Lyrics and Songs" for her song 'Tala', her movie 'Unforgettable' is on the list of Netflix PH's "Most Watched Movie for Drama", Yahoo PH's "2nd Most Searched Female Personality" and YouTube Music included <mask>'s "Your Universe" in 3 of their playlists: Top Southeast Asian Song Of 2020, Top Song Of 2020 Philippines, and Top OPM 2020. In May 2021, Geronimo's digital concert film Tala: The Film Concert received two encore screenings, with tickets selling for PHP 1,000. Music and voice
<mask>'s music is generally pop and sings songs mostly about love. International producer Christian de Walden praised Geronimo's voice and said "The personality of her voice is phenomenally distinct. Many have great voices but they tend to imitate foreign divas like Celine Dion, Mariah Carey or Whitney Houston.She definitely is the biggest talent I have come across within the last ten years...". Rito P. Asilo of Philippine Daily Inquirer stated in a review of her album: "it's hard to resist the rich and lush quality of her melodies when they fall smoothly and squarely on her confident middle registers" and has praised her transition saying, "her phrasing style to her interchanging shifts in vocal placement, from deep chest tones to heady soft trills, and back which isn't really a bad thing: In fact, it could represent growth because <mask> used to win her admirers solely with the lung-busting high notes." Influences
Geronimo has cited Michael Jackson as her major influence and she grew up singing and dancing to his music. Geronimo said: "As a child, my dream was to be hugely popular like Michael Jackson. I wanted to have that kind of worldwide fame," added, "I want to be like him while performing, everyone gets so wild and emotional. Besides that, I see him as not only a performer, he's an inspiration to many people, and that's what I also want to become." Geronimo also cited American pop star, Beyoncé as one of her influences in singing and dancing live.Stage
After <mask>'s concert in Araneta Coliseum dubbed as "The Other Side", The Manila Bulletin said:

"<mask>'s very successful concert showcased the various facets of her personality. She's an old soul who can sing Celine Dion's "If I Could" and Mariah Carey's "Through the Rain" with such emotion. She's an 80s baby who can moonwalk to "Billie Jean" ala Michael Jackson. She's a budding belter who can hit the high notes of Whitney Houston's "The Greatest Love of All" with Regine Velasquez." <mask>'s participation in the "What Love Is..." with Martin Nievera concert was described by Baby A. Gil of the Philippine Star with the comment, "Who needs a dancing Martin anyway when you have the long-limbed <mask> there, who is a daring, enthusiastic dancer? I like watching her dance and finding her moving even better now than the last time is a treat. Of course, she has also become an even better singer.To those who are wont to ask, has she gotten rid of her Celine Dion tendencies? Well, she still sings a good To Love You More, but she has obviously come to her own with fuller tones, nice, sexy low notes." In her 24/SG concert People's Journal commented, "<mask> has reached a new level in her career as a concert artist. In fact, she has earned the right to be called the Concert Queen of the New Generation." Aside from her singing prowess, <mask>'s dancing skills has improved greatly. Her performances earned her a win at the 2016 Classic Rock Awards in Tokyo as "Best Asian Performer". Public image

Camille Bersola of The Philippine Star described <mask> as more than just a pop icon for being an inspiration, especially to today's youth.She stated: "In amateur singing competitions, there will be at least three contestants that will have their own rendition of 'To Love You More' or 'Forever's Not Enough'. When these little girls are asked who their favorite singer is, and whose path they’d like to follow someday, you can bet more or less 75 percent of them will have the same answer: <mask>imo." Quezon City Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte described Geronimo in The Philippine Star: "She's wholesome on and off camera, untainted by unsavory rumors. She's an ideal daughter and that makes her a good role model for the youth." Wilson Lee Flores of The Philippine Star said, "She is a breath of fresh air in terms of wholesome image, humility, real talent and source of good news for the Philippine entertainment industry". In 2005, <mask> was awarded with "Pinoy Wannabe Awardee", a prestigious Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards given to a celebrity whom kids consider as their role model. In 2006, QTV 11's magazine show Ang Pinaka named her as "Ang Pinaka Idol na Singer ng mga Bata."<mask> however admitted it's not always easy protecting that image, especially since everyone looks up to her as a role model for young people. She said, "It's a bit hard although I'd like to become a role model. I rather take it as a big challenge because it is probably my purpose being here in this industry. This may also be the reason why I'm being trusted by companies to promote their products." Media reception
In 2011, <mask> was ranked as the third in the top celebrity endorsers by the AGB Nielsen Philippines survey. In 2013, she ranks as the sixth highest female taxpayer and as fourth top endorser. In 2014, the entertainment publication YES!Magazine ranked <mask> as the "Most Beautiful Star", leading the list as the top 1 of the top 100 celebrities. She also ranks in 2014, as the fourth highest female celebrity taxpayer. Since 2014, <mask> has been the most streamed solo Filipino artist in Spotify Philippines. In 2015, FAMAS named <mask> the "Iconic Movie Queen of Philippine Cinema". In December 2020, Forbes named <mask> as one of Forbes Asia's 100 Digital Stars, a list of the most influential names in the Asia-Pacific region. She was praised for her efforts in helping Filipinos during the coronavirus pandemic. Personal life and philanthropy
Geronimo attended Dominican School Manila for her primary education.She enrolled at University of Santo Tomas Education High School but later completed her secondary education at Angelicum College. Geronimo studied Associate in Arts program in University of the Philippines Open University (UP Open University). Geronimo regularly holds benefit concerts for various charities for children and cancer patients and has been involved with several outreach programs and with Gawad Kalinga. In November 2019, <mask> announced her engagement to long-time boyfriend, actor Matteo Guidicelli. They were secretly married in a Christian wedding at Victory Church, The Fort past six in the evening, Thursday night officiated by Senior Pastor Paulo Punzalan on February 20, 2020. Discography

 Popstar: A Dream Come True (2003)
 Sweet Sixteen (2004)
 Becoming (2006)
 Taking Flight (2007)
 Just Me (2008)
 Your Christmas Girl (2009)
 Music and Me (2009)
 One Heart (2011)
 Pure OPM Classics (2012)
 Expressions (2013)
 Perfectly Imperfect (2014)
 The Great Unknown (2015)
 THIS 15 ME (2018)

Concerts and tours
 Popstar: A Dream Come True Concert (2004)
 To Love Her More (2004)
 The Other Side (2005)
 In Motion (2007)
 The Next One (2008)
 Record Breaker (2009)
 24/SG (2012)
 Perfect 10 (2013–14)
 From The Top (2015–16)
 The Great Unknown: Unplugged (2016–17)
 This 15 Me World Tour (2018-2019)
 Unified (Sarah & Regine) (2020)
 Tala: The Film Concert (2021)

Filmography

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Awards and accolades

<mask> has received awards and recognition in the entertainment industry (music, film, and television) and from other organizations including different international award-giving bodies such as 12 Awit Awards, 8 Aliw Awards, 28 Myx Music Awards, and a FAMAS Golden Artist Award. She has also won the Best Asian Artist at the Mnet Asian Music Awardsin 2012, Best Southeast Asian Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards in 2014, Best Selling Filipino Artist at the 22nd World Music Awards and Best Asian Performer at Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards in 2016.She was inducted into the Anak TV Hall of Fame in 2013. <mask> is a Goodwill Ambassador for Music of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts and a recipient of their Ani ng Dangal or "Harvest of Honors" state recognition for multi-disciplinary arts. References

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1988 births
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