title: Nur Misuari

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<mask> (Tausug: Nūr Miswāri, born <mask>; March 3, 1939) is a Moro Filipino revolutionary and politician, founder and leader of the Moro National Liberation Front. Personal life
<mask> was born on March 3, 1939, in Tapul, Sulu, Philippines. The fourth of ten children, his parents were of Tausūg-Sama descent and came from Kabinga-an, Tapul Island. His father was <mask>, who worked as a fisherman, and his mother was Dindanghail Pining. <mask> is a direct descendant of Panglima Mahabasser Elidji, a Tausūg warrior and representative from the Sultanate of Sulu who he claims helped the Sultanate of Brunei forces under Sultan Muhyiddin during the civil war in northern Borneo, after which the eastern part of Sabah was rewarded to the Tausūgs by Sultan Muhyiddin. <mask>'s father moved their family from Tapul to Jolo, Sulu when he was still young. He attended Jolo Central Elementary School from 1949 to 1955 and studied at Sulu National High School for his secondary education from 1955 to 1958.<mask>'s family experienced financial difficulties and could not afford to send him to college. His teacher assisted him to acquire a scholarship from the Commission on National Integration, which allowed him to study at the University of the Philippines, Manila. <mask> initially took up a degree in liberal arts, intending to pursue medicine. Instead, <mask> shifted his course to political science in his second semester with the intent of taking up law, despite the fact that his father "hated" lawyers. He became active in many of the university's extra-curricular activities, particularly in debate. After attaining his bachelor's degree in political science from the University of the Philippines in 1962, he entered the College of Law at University of the Philippines, Diliman but dropped his law studies in his second year after being convinced by his mentor and now national author, Caesar Majul, to pursue a master's degree related to political science. He finished his master's degree in Asian studies in 1964 at the Asian Center of the University of the Philippines, Diliman.In 1964, <mask> founded a radical student group called the Bagong Asya (New Asia). Together with Jose Maria Sison, he also founded the Kabataan Makabayan (Patriotic Youth). Until 2016, <mask> had five wives, his first wife was Desdemona Tan, who died of illness in Islamabad, Pakistan. The elder sister of the deceased Desdemona, Eleonora Rohaida Tan then became his second wife. His third and fourth wives are Tarhata Ibrahim and Maimona Palalisan. His fifth wife comes from the tribe of Subanen, while Sherry Rahim became his sixth wife. As per polygyny, Islam allows men to marry up to four wives currently alive at the same time, thought <mask> already have six wives, this does not include his first wife who has been deceased.Political career

Through Cesar Adib Majul, <mask> became a lecturer at the University of the Philippines in political science in July 1966 until his retirement as instructor on November 15, 1968. In the 1960s, he helped establish the Mindanao Independence Movement which aimed to organize an independent state in southern Philippines. The Mindanao Independence Movement formed the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) that sought political reforms from the government of the Philippines. Unable to gain reforms, the MNLF engaged in military conflict against the Philippine government and its supporters between 1972 and 1976 under the leadership of <mask>. The military resistance to the government of former Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos did not produce autonomy for the Moro people. <mask> departed to Saudi Arabia in self-exile, returning to the Philippines after Marcos was removed from office during the People Power Revolution in 1986. <mask> justified the MNLF armed struggle on the non-implementation of the Tripoli Agreement, originally signed by Ferdinand Marcos and later included and accepted in the peace agreement signed by former Philippine president Fidel Ramos in the 1990s.This agreement established an autonomous region for Moros, where <mask> became governor. Removal as ARMM governor

After he was installed as the region's governor in 1996, his rule ended in violence when he led a failed rebellion against the Philippines government in November 2001, thus illegally escaping to Sabah, Malaysia. During his time there, his third wife Tarhatta together with their three children were allowed to visit by the Malaysian government. The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) regional chairman suggested the Malaysian government send <mask> to Saudi Arabia or Libya to avoid "political persecution" by the Philippine government. However the Malaysian leader at the time, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad resisted by saying; "We cannot entertain asylum as <mask> had not used his powers correctly although we provide support for him in the past for his bid on autonomy that saw the creation of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)". He was then deported back to the Philippines, and removed from his office by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in 2001 before being arrested in 2007 on charges of terrorism. On December 20, 2007, he was denied a petition for bail and remained under house arrest in Manila.The Philippine court however, granted the bail petition of <mask>'s seven co-accused, at 100,000 pesos. On April 25, 2008, he was allowed to post bail, upon the instructions of the Cabinet security cluster. According to Moro sources, <mask> is a "charismatic leader" who held considerable sway over the indigenous people in Mindanao but lost this backing because of his mismanagement and the corruption of his officials during his tenure as governor for the ARMM. Controversy and criticism
Since the 1970s, there has been an animosity between Moro separatist leaders that resulted in the creation of MILF and other factions of MNLF due to falling-outs with <mask>. His rage towards Malaysia began when the Malaysian government sent him back to the Philippines and supported the MILF on the Comprehensive Agreement on Bangsamoro which resulted in his dissatisfaction towards Malaysian leaders. As a form of revenge to the Malaysian government, he made a controversial statement by stating the Malaysian states of Sarawak and Sabah as part of the Bangsamoro lands between March and July 2013, as well as supporting an intrusion by a self-proclaimed Sultan Jamalul Kiram III of the now-defunct Sultanate of Sulu as legal. As a result, his word had resulted into many Moro refugees (who have resided in both states since the 1970s to escape the war in southern Philippines without any legal permission) to be discriminated and be sent back to the Philippines, and caused <mask> to be labeled as a "terrorist" by the Malaysian government (which also had been on effect to the Jamalul Kiram III group).<mask> also began to resent the MILF for being "a tool been used by the Malaysian government to promote disunity among the Moro peoples" in which he was then criticized by the MILF for his attitude of "blaming everybody for the failure of his past leadership and growing irrelevance to the Bangsamoro struggle to self-determination". On September 9, 2013, <mask> was convicted of his rebels encounter with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) which saw massive casualties and thousands of residents been affected. In denying their action, the MNLF stated they were in Zamboanga City only to hold a peaceful rally to assert the implementation of the GRP-MNLF Agreement but they were coerced by the AFP that compelled them to defend their own lives. The AFP and the Philippine government portrayed the MNLF as terrorist as they were causing chaos in the city and using civilians as a human shield. The conflict lasted until September 28, 2013, with more than 50,000 families, comprising 118,000 people (which 23,000 of them are children) lost their homes and many other properties. <mask> had since been living in self-exile and insisted that they were attacked by the AFP. The Philippine government has been trying to get him in custody for causing chaos.In 2016, President Rodrigo Duterte said that he would drop any previous charges by past administration for the arrestment of <mask> due to his old age. The move was also supported by the Department of Justice (DoJ). However, in the same year, <mask> again made a controversial proposal by calling the government to include the extreme terrorist-group Abu Sayyaf in Moro peace talks that was responded with a rejection by the Philippine government and the country armed forces as the group has committed "too many murders to innocent civilians", Duterte also cited that the Abu Sayyaf group had been repeatedly called before to stop their terrorist activities, but the group continued to do so and followed the law that pushed the need for the group to be destroyed. Despite Duterte's plans to drop charges against <mask>, the government of Zamboanga City has made a clear stand that they will pursuing cases against <mask> for his previous siege in the city as we ought to follow the rule of law though we respect the actions of the President according to the city legal officer, Jesus Carbon Jr.

<mask> returned to accusing neighboring Malaysia by saying "Malaysia is using Moro people for kidnappings since the 2000 Sipadan kidnappings and said that he wanted to drag the country leaders to International Criminal Court (ICC), saying that "the [pieces of] evidence are available as his people are everywhere and Malaysia cannot escape as because they are continuing to hire Moro people". In response to the accusation towards the neighboring country, Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman urged <mask>n urged <mask> to give his evidence and name any Malaysian politicians who he claimed was involved as any allegation must be accompanied by evidence. In addition to that, as Malaysia has its own laws, they would investigate and condemn the involved suspects immediately if they know their identity.Malaysian Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker Ronald Kiandee also persuaded <mask> to prove his allegation if his claim was true, while Kinabatangan member of parliament Bung Moktar Radin said he was not surprised by the accusation towards Malaysian politicians as he had seen similar talks occur in Malaysia coffeeshops, but stressed if the allegation was true then the Malaysian authorities must take action on any individuals involved. Meanwhile, the Sabah Suluk Solidarity Council (SSSC) regretted the remarks and urged the Malaysian Embassy in Manila with the help of Philippine government to find out the identity of any Malaysian leaders who were involved in the kidnapping activities. The AFP and Philippine National Police (PNP) also requested <mask> to present his evidence than only making allegations. Malaysian Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Shahidan Kassim began investigations to verify claims by <mask> and admitted there could be involvement of certain groups. In response to all questions directed to him, <mask> said he'd present all the evidence only to ICC. He also stated that he wouldn't sit on the same negotiating table with MILF who he described as "traitors", as well accusing fellow MNLF faction Muslimin Sema and ARMM Governor Mujib Hataman of "associating with drug lords and involvement in the 2016 Davao City bombing". As a response, President Duterte said that he'd be ready to give <mask> group a separate peace talks as <mask> didn't want a similar peace talk with the MILF.The President stated "I will talk to everybody soon after my visit to Malaysia". Corruption charges
<mask> has been charged with graft following the "anomalous" bidding of educational materials that was committed between 2000 and 2001 during his term as the governor for the ARMM, amounting to ₱137.5 million. He was charged with 3 counts of graft and 3 counts of malversation of non-existent educational materials. According to the charge sheets filed before court by the Office of the Ombudsman on May 22, 2017, and released to media on May 24, <mask> authored the purchase of materials for 3 separate educational projects in the ARMM in 2000 and 2001. All of these materials, according to state investigations, were never delivered. See also
 Peace process with the Bangsamoro in the Philippines

References

Further reading
 <mask> <mask>: Has the ‘good warrior’s’ long struggle come to a disgraceful end? by Ann Bernadette S. Corvera of The Philippine Star
 Freedom for Misuari?by Fel V. Maragay of Manila Standard Today

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1939 births
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Filipino exiles
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University of the Philippines Manila alumni
University of the Philippines faculty
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Bangon Pilipinas politicians
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Lakas–CMD (1991) politicians
Bangsamoro Republik
Terrorism in Malaysia
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title: Virginia Sale

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<mask> (May 20, 1899 – August 23, 1992) was an American character actress whose career spanned six decades, during most of which she played older women, even when she was in her twenties. Over the 46 years she was active as an actress, she worked in films, stage, radio and television. She was famous for her one-woman stage show, Americana Sketches, which she did for more than 1,000 performances during a 15-year span. Married to actor and studio executive Sam Wren, she co-starred with him in one of the first television family comedies, Wren's Nest, in the late 1940s and early 1950s. She gave birth to fraternal twins, <mask> and Christopher, in 1936. Later in her career she worked on television, and in commercials. She died from heart failure at the age of 93 at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital in 1992.Early life
Born on May 20, 1899, in Urbana, Illinois to Frank Orville and Lillie Belle (Partlow) <mask>, she attended the University of Illinois for two years, before transferring to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, from which she graduated. Her brother, vaudeville comedian Charles "Chic" <mask>, convinced her to leave New York and pursue a career in Hollywood films. Career
Upon her arrival in Hollywood, <mask> quickly discovered it was easier for her to get character roles as older women. Even though she was still in her twenties, <mask> was cast as old women in many films. Her career began at the end of the silent film era, with her first film being Legionnaires In Paris (1927). Her early career included roles in  Moby Dick (1930), Oliver Twist (1933), and Madame Du Barry (1934). During this period she met actor and studio executive Sam Wren, and the two were married in 1935.The following year she gave birth to fraternal twins, <mask> and Christopher. She developed her own one-woman show, Americana Sketches, based on her life and experiences growing up in Urbana, Illinois. During the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, she performed this piece more than 6,000 times, including touring Europe during World War II, performing for the troops. She was also a frequent performer on radio, and was a regular on For Those We Love, a radio serial in the late 1930s and 1940s. During this period, she continued to appear in films, including: Topper (1937), starring Cary Grant and Constance Bennett; When Tomorrow Comes (1939), with Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer; Raoul Walsh's They Died with Their Boots On (1942), starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland; Badman's Territory (1945) and Trail Street (1947), both with Randolph Scott; and Night and Day (1946), directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Cary Grant. In 1947, she had a recurring role in back-to-back films centered on a detective character, Russ Ashton (played by Tom Neal): The Hat-box Mystery and The Case of the Baby Sitter. While a series based on the character might have been planned, these were the only two films produced about the character by Screen Art Pictures.As the television industry began, <mask>'s husband, Sam Wren, developed a sitcom for the new medium. Entitled Wren's Nest, it centered around the family life of the Wrens, starring the couple and their twin twelve-year-old children, and ran three times a week during 1949. <mask> took a hiatus from the film industry in the 1950s, focusing on television, mainly in commercials. In the 1960s, she began to appear on episodic television, including a featured role on  Petticoat Junction from 1965 to 1969. She also returned to the big screen, appearing in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967), and One Man's Way (1964). Her final film appearance was in a small role in 1973's Slither, starring James Caan, Peter Boyle, and Sally Kellerman. Later years
She remained married to her husband, Sam, until his death in 1962.In her final years, she lived at the Motion Picture and Television Country Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, where she died on August 23, 1992 from heart failure.

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title: Felix Booth

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<mask>, 1st Baronet, FRS (16 July 1780 Clerkenwell – 24 January 1850 Brighton, Sussex) was a wealthy British gin distiller, and promoter of Arctic exploration, with various places in Nunavut, Canada, being named after him. Life and family
Sir <mask>'s ancestry traces back beyond the 13th century when his family were lords of the manor of Barton, Lancashire. Five generations later, Sir <mask> (1350–1422) wed twice at Eccles parish church where the <mask>s were patrons of the living, firstly to Joan Trafford (died 1411) and secondly to Maude Savage, collectively producing thirteen children (and two Archbishops of York). Their eldest son Sir <mask> (1395–1482) married Isabel Carrington, in 1431, before settling on family estates in Lincolnshire. The second son, Sir <mask> made a particularly advantageous marriage in 1409 to Dulcia Venables, thereby inheriting de jure uxoris the vast Massey estates in North-West England and whose descendants were ennobled in the 17th century as Barons Delamer then Earls of Warrington. Other family cadets include the <mask> baronets (of Allerton Beeches), the <mask> baronets, <mask> (Countess of Rosenborg) and Dr <mask> (Countess of Ulster). Sir Thomas and Lady Isabel (née Carrington) had seven offspring giving rise to two Booth families in Lincolnshire: <mask> married Ann Ashton at Goxhill founding the "Booths of Goxhill", whilst their younger son <mask> (1425–1500), who became Deputy Admiral of the North, married Elizabeth Gascoyn in 1460, being progenitors of the "Booths of Killingholme" following the marriage of Sir <mask> (1582–1617) with the heiress Elizabeth Ayscough; they are ancestors of the <mask> baronets of Portland Place.Five generations later, <mask> of Killingholme (1556–1597) married Martha Butler circa 1573 and they had four offspring, of which their son <mask> (1582–1617) married in 1607 Elizabeth Monckton. Their son Captain <mask> (1608–1657) married at Market Rasen on 13 June 1631 Elizabeth Wright, daughter of John Wright. <mask>'s marriage produced ten offspring, of whom their son <mask>, born 1639 (who would become Sir <mask>'s 2× great-grandfather), married at Market Rasen on 23 November 1670 Elizabeth Middlemore (died 1687), producing four sons and four daughters: their first son Revd <mask> (1672–1717) was Rector of Lusby (becoming Sir <mask>'s 1× great-grandfather) marrying Elizabeth Sanderson on 20 June 1700 at Ulceby, their third son Captain <mask> (1677–1742) marrying Lady Susannah Clinton (1680–1754), only daughter of the 6th Earl of Lincoln and their fourth son Very Rev Dr Penyston <mask> (1681–1765) marrying Katherine Jones, daughter of Revd Dr Edward Jones. From the marriage of Revd <mask> and Elizabeth Sanderson in 1700, their second son <mask>, born 1703, married Alice Green on 25 July 1729 at Ulceby and they would have eight children comprising six boys and two girls. It would be their first son <mask>, born 22 July 1730, who would be Sir <mask>'s first cousin once removed. Richard married Ann Hill in 1753 at Irby upon Humber near Caistor and took up residence in the village of Caistor. Richard and Ann had nine children comprising six sons and three daughters and their last born son <mask>, born 1773, married Ann Wastnedge in 1799 and had a son named <mask>, born 1805.<mask> died in 1800 aged 70. It was reported in The Gentleman's Magazine in 1840 that "the late <mask>'s daughter Miss <mask> of Caistor Lincolnshire died on 22nd April 1840 in her 82nd year. She was a cousin to Sir <mask>". From the marriage of <mask> and Elizabeth Sanderson on 20 June 1700 at Ulceby, their third son <mask>, born 1711 (who would become Sir <mask>'s grandfather), made his way to London and became involved in the distillery business, from which a major British company would evolve. <mask> married a Mary Watts on 3 January 1739 at Westminster London, and by 1740, <mask> was aged 29 years and <mask>'s Gin was very popular. John and Mary produced at least four offspring including their son <mask> who was born during 1745 (substantiated by his obituary saying he died on 5 May 1818 aged 73). A second son <mask> was born 1748 and reference to him was reported in The Gentleman's Magazine in 1804 when it said "<mask>'s youngest daughter Jane died in her seventeenth year at Caistor Lincolnshire".She was presumably visiting or staying with her Uncle <mask> and Aunt <mask>. Nothing is known about the remaining offspring. Around 1760, <mask> joined his father John in the family business and in about 1771, he married Elizabeth Walls, whose father lived – as did Philip – in the new and fashionable Russell Square on the Bedford Estate in Bloomsbury London. Philip and Elizabeth produced seven children, comprising four sons and three daughters, Elizabeth, born 18 July 1773 + William, born 25 July 1774 + John Gillyat, born 17 March 1776 + Mary, born 15 August 1777 + Philip, born 24 November 1778 + <mask>, born 16 July 1780 + Alice, born 4 August 1782. In the Directory of Merchants for 1778, when Philip was aged 33, there is the entry of the firm Philip Booth and Company, Distillers, of 55 Turnmill Street in Clerkenwell London. Philip's three sons William, John Gillyat and <mask> would join the family business and be groomed as successors. However shortly before Philip's death in 1818, the original family partnership was dissolved and a new one established between the brothers John Gillyat aged 40 and <mask> aged 36.Together they had – to a great extent – rebuilt the Turnmill Street premises and it would be <mask> who subsequently obtained sole control of the business. With energy and drive, <mask> expanded the business by building a second distillery at Brentford on the River Thames just six miles from Hyde Park Corner, and purchasing the neighbouring brewery of Hazard and Company, which he renamed as the Red Lion Brewery. By establishing a distillery at Edinburgh in Scotland, <mask> could then boast that he was the owner of the biggest distilling business in Great Britain. In 1828, now aged 48, he was elected a Sheriff of the City of London and of the County of Middlesex. <mask> had now accumulated considerable wealth and decided to use his money to privately fund a voyage of exploration to the Arctic Seas, financing Captain Ross and his twenty-two companions, equipped with stores and supplies to last several years, on a voyage on the paddle-steamer "Victory". They departed from Woolwich Reach on 23 May 1829 and returned to Hull, Yorkshire on 18 October 1833, having survived many exploratory experiences. Whilst Captain Ross had failed to open up a North-West passage, he had dramatically narrowed the field for future expeditions by mapping an area of over half-million square miles.For <mask>'s financial contribution to such an effort, he was knighted by the King and created a baronet "as a reward for his patriotism in fitting out at his sole cost an expedition in the endeavour to discover a North-West Passage". In 1832, Sir <mask> bought the site of the old Ophthalmic Hospital in Albany Street, Regent's Park as a site for his distillery. In 1840, he went into partnership with William Grimble to experiment with producing vinegar from the spirits left over from the manufacturing process. The site was in the north-east corner of Cumberland Market. The venture was unsuccessful so Sir <mask> reverted to the more conventional method of vinegar brewing. Between 1840 and 1843, Sir <mask> was faced with a blackmail situation and it was ultimately taken to court in 1843. Sir <mask> had a second cousin once removed also named <mask>, born 1805, being the grandson of <mask> of Caistor Lincolnshire.<mask>, no doubt envious of Sir <mask>'s wealth, threatened – with the intent to exhort money – to reveal to the police that Sir <mask> had committed unlawful sexual crimes, namely homosexual relations with a young man named Marr. Sir <mask> attended the hearing in Hull Yorkshire, vigorously denying the claims asserted by <mask>. Sir <mask> admitted to the court that he had fathered a male child with a Scottish woman in Edinburgh that he was very fond of, and had financially assisted the child through his growth years. This situation had made <mask> insanely jealous. The 'love child' was referred in the court as simply Mr Marr. The court ruled Sir <mask> to be innocent and <mask> was found guilty of blackmail and sentenced to twenty years' transportation to Australia. William Bradley (1801–1857), one of England's leading painters / engravers of the era painted a portrait of Sir <mask> around 1850, coloured in a mezzo-tint style which hung in the Court Room of the Coopers' Company until its destruction in an air raid over London during World War II.Sir <mask> died unexpectedly of heart failure whilst staying in a seaside hotel at Brighton in 1850, aged 69. His funeral procession was staged with all the solemn pageantry of the Victorian period, and passed respectful bare-headed villagers lining the roadside in Edmonton and Hoddesdon. Six horses, preceded by outriders, drew the hearse, six coaches of mourners followed it and Sir <mask>'s private carriage, empty of passengers, brought up the rear. It was said that "Sir <mask> dies generally and justly lamented. he was in every respect a princely citizen of London. His immense wealth, acquired by his own industry, was devoted to the benefit or enjoyment of others. His disposition was amiable and his habits splendid.He took delight in hospitality and in acts of kindness and charity". Sir <mask> had not married but his illegitimate son John Marshall Marr – mentioned in the 1843 Hull Court hearing as simply Mr Marr – married Emma Minchin on 26 September 1836 at Exeter in Devon, and they produced eight daughters and four sons, named George, born 1837 + William, born 1845 + Arthur, born 1852 + John, born 1855. John Marshall Marr was adequately benefited by the Will of Sir <mask>. Booth's Gin, owned by Diageo, ceased production in 2017. In November 2018, the brand was sold to the Sazerac Company. Geographical expeditions
Fascinated by science, <mask> financed John Ross's 1829 expedition to find the Northwest Passage. The Boothia Peninsula and Gulf of Boothia are named after him.He provided £17,000 for the expenses of the expedition, to which Captain (later Sir John) Ross had added £3,000, and the result was an immense stride in the progress of geographical science. The grateful commander bestowed the name of his patron upon several of his discoveries on land and sea – Gulf of Boothia, Isthmus of Boothia, Continent of Boothia Felix, Felix Harbor, Cape Felix, and Sheriff's Harbor: the district with the islands, rivers, lakes, &c., extending to 74° N. latitude along the north-eastern portion of North America. The discovery most important to geographical science was that of the magnetic pole at 96° 46' 45" W. longitude, and 70° 5' 17". Honours and distinctions
Having served as Alderman and Master of the Worshipful Company of Coopers, <mask> was elected Sheriff of London in 1828. A founding Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, <mask> was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 10 April 1834. In recognition of his funding the successful Arctic expedition, he was created a baronet as <mask> of Portland Place, co. Middlesex and Great Catwood, co. Huntingdon on 27 March 1835, with special remainder, in default of his own legitimate male issue, to the heirs male of his eldest brother, <mask>, of Roydon Hall, Essex. His nephew, Sir Williamson <mask> (1810–1877), succeeded him as 2nd baronet.See also
 <mask> baronets
 <mask>'s Gin
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References

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External links
www.coopers-hall.co.uk
www.royalsociety.org
www.state.vt.us (1740, establishment of Booth's Gin)

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title: Eva von Bahr (physicist)

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<mask>, (16 September 1874 – 28 February 1962) was a Swedish physicist and teacher at a folk high school. She was the first woman in Sweden to become a docent in physics. She is known for her contact with and support of the poet Dan Andersson, for her friendship and support of the physicist Lise Meitner, and as a Catholic writer. Biography

Background
<mask>'s parents were häradshövding (district judge) <mask> (1830–1900) and his wife Elisabeth Boström (1838–1914). She was the sister of <mask>, mayor of Uppsala, and niece of prime minister Erik Gustaf Boström (1842–1907) and philanthropist Ebba Boström (1844–1902), founder of the charitable institution Samariterhemmet in Uppsala. <mask> was born at Mälby farm in Roslags-Kulla (now in Österåker Municipality). Academic career
Despite her family's wishes she wanted an education and studied for a year at the Askov folk high school in Denmark, where Poul la Cour encouraged her interest in physics and mathematics.In 1901, <mask> matriculated at Uppsala University, in 1907 she passed her licentiate exam and in 1908 she defended her doctoral thesis about infrared radiation absorption in gases. Her thesis was praised and she was given a docent stipend, becoming the first woman physics docent in Sweden. Starting in 1909 she worked as a docent at the Physics department in Uppsala with the support of professor Knut Ångström. But following Ångström's sudden death in 1910, <mask> was not allowed to teach, except as a temp. Only after 1925 were women allowed to work at universities in Sweden. In 1912, after being stopped from being a professor in Uppsala and at Chalmers tekniska läroanstalt because she was a woman, <mask> applied for a position at University of Berlin. The institution had number of outstanding physicists, among them Albert Einstein, Max Planck, <mask> Laue, Walther Nernst, Fritz Haber, Lise Meitner, James Franck and Gustav Hertz.<mask> developed a close friendship with Lise Meitner. After her visit to Berlin, <mask> exchanged letters with Meitner; she also had close contact with the mathematician and theoretical physicist Carl Wilhelm Oseen in Uppsala. In January 1913, <mask> again travelled to Berlin, where she worked under professor Heinrich Rubens. During her time there, <mask> conducted experiments that supported Max Planck's theories, which made her the only Swedish physicist to be mentioned by Niels Bohr during his Nobel lecture in 1922. During that spring, <mask> was invited to work with James Franck and Gustav Hertz, and joined their group that autumn. Return to Sweden

At the beginning of January 1914, <mask> had to cut short her time in Berlin to care for her ill mother. The year after she planned to return to Berlin, but due to the outbreak of World War I that was not possible, so  she took a position as teacher at Brunnsvik folk high school in Dalarna.At Brunnsvik, she met Niklas Bergius (1871-1947), a fellow teacher, whom she married on 19 June 1917. In the autumn of 1918, food was scarce in Sweden due to the war and the school was closed, so the couple travelled to Charlottenlund in Denmark where they met with Jesuits. This period in Denmark awakened <mask>'s interest in Catholicism, before that she had been an atheist. After the end of World War I, Lise Meitner visited <mask> in Sweden and  stayed in her home for four weeks. In the winter of 1919-1920, <mask> traveled to London, Pau, Algiers, Tunis, and Italy. After some years, she moved to Kungälv in order to be closer to the Catholic congregation in Gothenburg. When Lise Meitner's situation in Germany became dangerous during the summer of 1938 <mask>, together with Wilhelm Oseen and Niels Bohr, was very active in helping her to escape and to arrange for her stay in Sweden and a research position.While in Sweden in December 1938, Lise Meitner and Otto Robert Frisch managed to theorize nuclear fission. After the outbreak of World War II and the German occupation of Norway, <mask> was active in the Swedish humanitarian organization Svenska Norgehjälpen (Swedish Support of Norway). <mask> <mask> was also a philanthropist, and for some time she supported among others Lise Meitner and the poet Dan Andersson. She also contributed funds to Brunnsviks Folkhögskola and donated the house in Kungälv that she had built. After her husband's death in 1947 <mask> moved to Uppsala. During her time in Uppsala she was interested in the Jesuit priest and writer Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and she kept contact and mail exchange with Lise Meitner. <mask> <mask> died on 28 February 1962 and was buried at the Catholic cemetery in Stockholm.Works
 Ueber die Einwirkung des Druckes auf die Absorption ultraroter Strahlung durch Gase. Akademisk avhandling, Uppsala, 2008. Om katolicismen : några ord till protestanter. Almqvist & wiksell,distr. 1929. Min väg tillbaka till kristendomen. Almqvist & wiksell, 1933.Efterskrift till Min väg tillbaka till kristendomen. Almqvist & Wiksell, 1934. Ur "spridda minnen från ett långt liv". (Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, Skrifter rörande Uppsala universitet. B. Inbjudningar, 177), 2015, sida 7-73

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 Eva V J Bergius i Svenskt biografiskt lexikon, Volume 3 (1922), p. 575
 <mask> <mask>-Bergius in Vem är vem, Götalandsdelen utom Skåne, 1948
 Dan Andersson: Hjärtats oro : Dan Anderssonss brev til Elsa Ouchterlony, <mask> <mask> og søsteren Anna Andersson, samlet og med kommentar av Gunde Johansson. Dan Andersson-sällskapets skrifter, Zindermans 1993. Maria Ekelund: Konsten att komma ut som katolik: En studie i rationaliseringen av den icke-rationella längtan efter Gud i <mask> von Bahr-Bergius konversionsberättelse.Institutionen för idé- och lärdomshistoria, Uppsala universitet. C-uppsats, 2007. Hedvig Hedqvist, Kärlek och Kärnfysik,  Albert Bonniers Forlag, Stockholm  (2012). Gösta Larsson: Niklas Bergius, <mask> <mask> och Dan Andersson. Stockholm: vulkan, 2011. Birgitta Meurling: "En utdragen balansakt : kvinnliga forskares strategier inom akademin". Part of: Att se det osedda : vänbok till Ann-Sofie Ohlander.2006, p. 159-180. Staffan Wennerholm: "I fysikforskningens utkant. <mask> <mask>s vetenskapliga gemenskaper 1909–1914", Lychnos, 2007, p. 7–41. Further reading

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<mask> (born October 6, 1988) is a Canadian former professional tennis player of Polish descent from North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Bester was a finalist at the 2006 junior French Open. In doing so he became the first Canadian male to reach a Grand Slam final in singles. As a junior
Bester was coached by his dad <mask> from age 5 when he started. Alek, a long time P.E. teacher at York House School in Vancouver, was the core of <mask>'s physical and tennis development till around the age of 16. Rufus Nel a high performance coach from South Africa was also a big part of <mask>'s early development, contributing his tennis knowledge and expertise on the game of tennis.At age 13, still coached by his dad, <mask> moved down to Florida to attend the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. There he spent 4 years, before teaming up with Jon Sorbo for the 2006 year. He was a member of the 2005 Canadian Davis Cup team as a 17-year-old. He was also voted British Columbia's junior male athlete of the year for 2005 and reached a career-high No. 8 on the International Tennis Federation Junior Boys rankings on January 2, 2006. Bester's best junior result was in the Boys' Singles section of the 2006 French Open. He had a remarkable run for a natural serve-and-volleyer in becoming the first Canadian male junior to play in a Grand Slam final.(Later that year at the U.S. Open, Peter Polansky duplicated the feat.) <mask> lost his final to Martin Kližan, 3–6, 1–6. On the professional tour

2004, 2005
While still a junior, <mask> competed in Canada F1 and F2 Futures tournaments in 2004, losing handily in the first round of each. In 2005, he won he first tour match 6–2, 6–4, over compatriot Rob Steckley, in the Granby Challenger. He lost convincingly in the first round of the Vancouver Challenger and Canada Masters tournaments during the same summer before reaching the semi-finals of Canada F1 in Toronto in October. 2006
In 2006, <mask> competed in Canada's tie versus Mexico, losing a singles dead rubber in straight sets to Bruno Echagaray. He followed this up with a semi-finals result at U.S.A. F9 in Vero Beach.In July he won his first Davis Cup match, in a live rubber over Jhonnatan Medina-Álvarez of Venezuela, as Canada prevailed to remain in the America Group 1 pool. Competing in a total of 7 Futures and 3 Challenger events for the year, Bester reached a high rank of World No. 670, in November. 2007
<mask> began the year going 1 win and 1 loss at both Panama F1 and Costa Rica F1. He lost in the first round of his next two Futures events before again going 1 and 1 at this next two, Canada F2 and F3. Bester next reached the semi-finals of U.S.A. F7, and the quarter-finals of U.S.A. F8. He reached a new career high ranking in singles in May 2007 at World No.589. <mask> went 1 and 1 in each of his next two events, but again failed at the challenger and ATP level, losing in the first round as a wildcard at Granby, Vancouver, and the Rogers Cup. He went 5 and 4 in his next four Futures events, including a semi-finals result at U.S.A. F24. He again, however, failed to win in a Challenger, losing in the first round in Rimouski and Louisville. He finished the year going 2 and 2 in two Futures events in Mexico. 2008
<mask> began the year going 1 win and 1 loss at both New Zealand F1 and F2, in February–March. He then lost in the first round of his next six events, Canada F2, U.S.A. F9, F10, F12, F13, and the Granby Challenger.He finally reached the second round of a challenger event, Moncton, defeating Satoshi Iwabuchi before falling to Nicholas Monroe. He lost in the first round at the next three Challengers that he contested before reaching the second round at U.S.A. F26 and the semi-finals of U.S.A. F27. <mask> finished the year losing in the first round of the Rimouski Challenger. For 2008, in singles, he went 1 and 7 in Challenger events and 6 and 9 in Futures. 2009
For 2009, as of May 17, Bester had 12 wins and 8 losses in singles after eight tournaments - Mexico F1, F2, U.S.A. F4, Canada F1 and F2, and U.S.A. F7, F8, F9, F10, and F11. His best result was winning U.S.A. F11 at Harbour Island, Florida without dropping a set, where he beat unseeded Barbadian Haydn Lewis in the final, 6–2, 7–6. This result, securing him 17 ATP points, saw his ranking soar by exactly 100 places.In doubles, Bester and compatriot Vasek Pospisil reached the quarter-finals of U.S.A. F5. The following week he and another Canadian, Kamil Pajkowski, also reached the quarters, this time of Canada F1. The week after, Bester again reached the quarter-finals, of Canada F2, partnering Portuguese player Gastão Elias. His contract with coach Ellis Ferreira expired in March. In early April, Bester and partner, compatriot Milos Raonic, won U.S.A. F7, defeating Lester Cook and Treat Conrad Huey in the final. After losing in the final qualifying round at both U.S.A. F12 and F13 in singles, Bester reached the quarter-finals of U.S.A. F14, picking up 3 ATP ranking points in the process. This result helped him jump a further 22 places in the singles rankings, to World No.611. The following week his doubles ranking took a dive from World No. 393 to No. 687. In doubles, <mask> partnered American Greg Ouellette for U.S.A. F10, F12, F13, and F14, with the tandem reaching the finals of the first these tourneys, the semi-finals of the next, followed by ad quarter-finals appearance, and then a second finals. <mask>, in mid-July, has lost in the second round of singles qualifying for the Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships, as the No. 5 seed, to unheralded William Ward of New Zealand, 5–7, 4–6.The following week, he lost in the qualifying round of the Granby Challenger as the No. 8 seed, 7–6, 2–6, 6–7 to No. 2 seed Tobias Kamke. In doubles, he and partner Kamil Pajkowski lost in the first round as wild card entrants. As a wild card entrant, <mask> reached the quarter-finals of his hometown Odlum Brown Vancouver Open. He beat qualifier Kaes Van't Hof in the first round, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2, and No 5 seed Ryan Sweeting 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 in the second. In the quarters, <mask> led for much of the third set, on serve, before succumbing to No.3 seed Marcos Baghdatis 3–6, 7–5, 5–7. His results in Vancouver has seen his ranking rise to a new career high, World No. 544. In doubles he and partner Pajkowski lost in the opening round of qualifying. <mask> did not receive a wild card for the  2009 Rogers Cup in Montreal. The week before the U.S. Open, <mask> reached the qualifying round of the 2009 Pilot Pen Tennis tournament, an ATP 250 series event, defeating No. 4 seed Victor Crivoi 6–2, 6–1, and Ivan Dodig before falling to Frederik Nielsen 4–6, 6–7(4).The week after the Open, <mask> reached the second round of the USTA Challenger of Oklahoma, defeating in-form compatriot Milos Raonic 7–6(11), 5–7, 7–6(2) before falling to No. 6 seed Ryan Sweeting 3–6, 3–6. In doubles he and compatriot Kamil Pajkowski lost in the first round. <mask> lost in the quarter-finals of U.S.A. F23, having defeated No. 8 seed Nikita Kryvonos in the second round in straight sets before falling to former World No. 14 Jan-Michael Gambill 3–6, 6–7(5). This result helped him reach yet another new career high singles ranking of World No.503. <mask> lost in the first round of qualifying at the Natomas Men's Professional Tennis Tournament, to Tigran Martirosyan 7–6, 3–6, 5–7. The following week he lost in the second round of qualifying for the inaugural Royal Bank of Scotland Challenger, played in Tiburon, California, to No. 7 seed Artem Sitak 2–6, 3–6. He reached a new career high singles ranking on October 19, World No. 495. Four weeks ago <mask> upset No.2 seed Michael McClune in straight sets and young French talent Jonathan Eysseric 6–2, 6–2 before succumbing to No. 7 seed and eventual champion Arnau Bruges-Davi in the quarter-finals of U.S.A. F26. In doubles he and Eysseric, unseeded, won the tournament. Bester did not compete in any more tournaments for the year. He finished 2009 ranked World No. 510 in singles and No. 572 in doubles.2010
<mask> launched his 2010 campaign at Canada F1 ITF event in Gatineau where, as the number 5 seed, he easily defeated Canadian veteran and qualifier Jean-François Berard 6–2, 6–2 before falling to another qualifier, American Robbye Poole, 6–7, 3–6. In doubles, he and partner Kamil Pajkowski, unseeded, lost in the second round. <mask> did not compete in Canada F2 the following week. In March Bester reached the second round of Canada F3 (in Sherbrooke) in singles as well as in doubles, again partnering Pajkowski. The following week he lost in the first round both in singles and doubles (again partnering Pajkowski) at the Challenger Banque Nationale in Rimouski. The week after <mask> lost in the second round of the U.S.A. F9 tournament in Little Rock, to No. 1 seed Lester Cook.In doubles,  he and partner Phillip Simmonds, the No. 4 seeds, lost in the quarter-finals. In April Bester qualified for the main singles draw of the 2010 Baton Rouge Pro Tennis Classic, where he lost in the first round to Joshua Goodall 6–2, 4–6, 5–7. Two weeks later he lost in the first round of U.S.A. F10 (Vero Beach). The following week, the first of May, Bester reached the semi-finals of U.S.A. F11 (Orange Park, Florida). The points won there allowed him to reach a new career-high ranking of World No. 492.The next week <mask> competed just in doubles at the 2010 Sarasota Open. He and partner Michael Venus lost in the opening round as a wild card entrant. The following week <mask> failed to qualify for the 2010 LA Tennis Open USTA Men's Challenger, losing in the first round as the No. 8 seed to eventual qualifier Eric Nunez. In May–June <mask> put together a nice little winning streak. At the 2010 Weil Tennis Academy Challenger, he won all three of his qualifying matches in three sets, twice coming back from a set down. In the main draw <mask> opened by knocking off No.6 Robert Kendrick, who was runner-up at the LA Tennis Open the week before, 2–6, 6–3, 7–6(2). He next lost soundly, however, to Tim Smyczek, 3–6, 1–6. Bester did not play doubles. After a couple of weeks off, <mask> then continued his good play in reaching the final of France F9, as the tournament's No. 8 seed. He fell to No. 5 seed Augustin Gensse 1–6, 4–6.And Bester and up-and-coming French player Jonathan Eysseric won the doubles event. The resulting rankings points earned saw <mask> reach a new career high in singles, as he became World No.

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title: Philip Bester

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 470. The following week at France F10, again as the No. 8 seed, reached the quarter-finals in singles while repeating as doubles champions playing with Eysseric, this time the No. 1 seeds. The week after in singles <mask> fell however in the first round of France F11.Unseeded, he lost to No. 7 seed Romain Jouan in straight sets, a player he defeated in straight sets in fact, two weeks earlier. Again playing doubles with Eysseric, the pair, the No. 2 seeds this time, failed to win a third straight title in losing their first match. His singles ranking rose to another new career best, World No. 456. The following week <mask> won his second career ITF title, France F12, as the No.7 seed. En route he beat No. 3 seed and World No. 286 Laurent Rochette 7–6, 2–6, 6–2 in the quarters, unseeded, former junior U.S. Open doubles champion, Jérôme Inzerillo, 2–6, 7–5, 6–4 in semis, and No. 4 seed Augustin Gensse in the final, 6–2, 2–6, 6–2. In doubles, <mask> and Rochette lost the finals, as the No. 2 seeded pair, to the top seeds, Jouan and Inzerillo.The very next week <mask> was home to compete in a Tennis British Columbia event, the Stanley Park Open, and won it, defeating BC Tennis No. 3 ranked Henry Choi in the final, 6–4, 6–4. <mask> was right back in action the next week at the 2010 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby. The new World No. 380, a wild-card entrant, lost to compatriot and eventual finalist Milos Raonic in the first round, 4–6, 5–7. He did not play doubles. The following week too <mask> had a wild card in a Challenger, his hometown Odlum Brown Vancouver Open.He again lost in the first round, however, to Nick Lindahl, 6–4, 6–7(5), 4–6. In doubles, he and partner Kamil Pajkowski lost in the final qualifying round. The following week <mask> defeated No. 6 seed Florent Serra in straight sets in the first round of qualifying for the 2010 Rogers Cup. He lost in the qualifying round to Michael Russell however, 2–6, 2–6, and he did not play doubles. After a week off, <mask> qualified for the 2010 Pilot Pen Tennis in singles, having defeated, in order, No. 6 seed Björn Phau in two tie-breakers, Sergei Bubka 7–5 in the third, and Andrew Anderson in three sets to do so.It is the first time that <mask> has qualified in singles for an ATP Tour event. After a first round bye - he received the spot in the draw reserved for No. 4 seed Mardy Fish who withdrew - <mask> lost to Illya Marchenko 3–6, 3–6. After a week off, Bester began a stint in Europe by reaching the semi-finals in singles at ITF Spain F32, in Oviedo on hard courts, as the No. 1 seed. In doubles, he and frequent partner Kamil Pajkowski reached the finals unseeded. The following week <mask>, as the No.2 seed at Spain F33 in Móstoles, reached the final round, where he lost to No. 1 seed Roberto Bautista-Agut, 7–6(4), 4–6, 2–6. This result has seen ranking rise to a new career-high World No. 341. In doubles, he and Pajkowski, again unseeded, captured the title. The week after <mask>, as the No. 5 seed at France F15 in Plaisir, reached the semi-finals.In doubles, he and Pajkowski lost in the second round. Then the following week <mask> was right back in action as the No. 3 seed in singles at Canada F5 in Markham, Ontario. He lost in the quarter-finals to No. 5 seed Nicholas Monroe 4–6, 2–6. He and Pajkowski, the No. 4 seeds in doubles, lost in the first round.The following week, when the Canada F5 results were included in the rankings, Bester found himself yet again at a new career-best World No. 333. After two weeks off from tour action, Bester again lost in Monroe in singles, this time in the qualifying round of the 2010 Calabasas Pro Tennis Championships and in three sets. In doubles he and partner Ashwin Kumar reached the second round. This result saw his doubles ranking reach a new career-high, at World No. 368. During the last week of October at U.S.A. F28, in Birmingham, Alabama (on clay), Bester, as the No.2 seed, defeated No. 1 seed James Lemke 0–6, 6–2, 6–0 to capture the singles finals. In doubles he and Pajkowski, the No. 2 seeds, took the title. After a week off from tour events Bester tour event Bester, as the No. 2 seed in singles at U.S.A. F30 in Pensacola, Florida, lost in the second round, to eventual finalist Phillip Simmonds , 4–6, 3–6. In doubles he and partner Pajkowski, the No.1 seeds, also lost in the second round (semi-finals), again to Simmonds, and his partner Mark Oljaca. The following week <mask> was the top seed at U.S.A. F31, again in Florida (Amelia Island) and on clay. He defeated World No. 765 Devin Britton in straight sets, the player he lost to last week, Phillip Simmonds, 6–3, 6–3, Bulgarian Davis Cupper Dimitar Kutrovsky, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2, Haitian Davis Cupper Olivier Sajous 6–2, 7–5, and Hungarian Davis Cupper Ádám Kellner in the final Sunday, 7–6(2), 6–4 to capture his third Futures title of the year. He and Pajkowski, the No. 1 seeds in doubles, lost in the semi-finals. This result saw he achieve yet another career high singles ranking, World No.275. <mask> finished 2010 ranked World No. 278 in singles and No. 369 in doubles. 2011
<mask> began the year by reaching the second round of singles qualifying for the 2011 Heineken Open. After defeating World No. 272 Charles-Antoine Brezac  in a third-set tie-break, he lost to World No.87 Brian Dabul, 4–6, 6–7(1). The following week <mask> for the first time in his career competed in qualifying for a grand slam event. He lost, however, in the first round of singles qualifying for the 2011 Australian Open to World No. 210 Nicolás Massú, 4–6, 4–6. The following week <mask> reached the second round of the 2011 Honolulu Challenger, defeating No. 5 seed Grega Žemlja 7–5, 6–1 before losing to Alex Kuznetsov 6–4, 4–6, 4–6. In doubles, he and partner Kamil Pajkowski reached the semi-finals.A week later, <mask> won his second career Challenger title in doubles, partnering Peter Polansky to victory at the 2011 McDonald's Burnie International. The tandem only gained entry into the tournament as last-day alternates. In singles, <mask> upset No. 1 seed Marinko Matosevic in the first round but lost to World No. 207, and eventual champion, Flavio Cipolla in the second round  3–6, 4–6. His ranking improved to World No. 268 in singles and No.242 in doubles, both new career highs. Continuing play on the Australian Pro Tour, <mask> came back from a set down to defeat British No. 2 and World No. 209 James Ward in the first round of the 2011 Caloundra International. He next lost however a rematch of two weeks earlier against Grega Žemlja, 6–7, 6–7. Žemlja went on to win the tournament. In doubles, <mask> and Polansky lost in the first round.In late February – early March, <mask> began a three-week stint in the Quebec by reaching the semi-finals of Canada F1 on indoor hardcourts in Montreal, as the No. 2 seed. A week later he reached the same round at Canada F2 in Sherbrooke – in both tournaments he lost to Frenchman Charles-Antoine Brézac. In doubles, despite being seeded in both events, <mask> and regular partner Pajkowski lost in the first round. In week three, the Rimouski Challenger, as the seven seed, Bester reached the second round in singles, defeating New Zealand No. 2 Artem Sitak in straight sets before falling to American Greg Ouellette 7–6(4), 6–7(8), 4–6. In doubles <mask> and Pajkowski fared better, reaching the second round, where they lost to the No.2 seeds, Frederik Nielsen and Travis Parrott. April and early May saw Bester in the Southern states, on clay for all but one tournament. In Houston, at the ATP 250 2011 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, unseeded, he lost in the second round of qualifying to Tim Smyczek, despite winning the first set. The following week in Tallahassee, on hard courts, unseeded, Bester took out James Ward before succumbing easily to an in-form Wayne Odesnik 2–6, 1–6. In doubles, he and partner Frank Dancevic eliminated Carsten Ball and Chris Guccione, the top seeds, before losing in round two. Two weeks later at the 2011 Sarasota Open, Bester qualified for the main draw as the No. 1 seed where he reached the second round, losing there to No.7 seed Eric Prodon. In doubles, he and Pajkowski lost in the first round. A week later in Savannah, <mask> retired from his first round match versus Guccione with an injured hand. He and Pajkowski also withdrew from their second round doubles match due to the injury. After a month off tour play, <mask> returned to action by taking a wild card for U.S.A. F13 Futures event, held in Sacramento, and reached the quarter-finals as the top seed. In doubles, he and partner Pajkowski, the top seeds, were soundly beat however in the opening round. The pair reached the second round the following week.In singles however, <mask> showed he is on his way to having recovered from injury in capturing his first title of 2011, U.S.A. F14, in Chico, California. He needed to come back from a set down in both his quarter-final and semi-final matches against opponents ranked 1187 and 769 respectively. He played a sound final however, defeating World No. 537 Blake Strode, 6–4, 6–2. Bester continued his climb up the singles rankings by reaching the second round of the 2011 Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships, the fifth time he has done so in six Challenger events played this year. His singles ranking reached a career best World No. 229.Missing singles No. 1 Milos Raonic and No. 2 Frank Dancevic, seeing his first Davis Cup action since 2006, Bester capped off a love-two match deficit to see Canada advance to the World Group play-off round. It was his last match action of the year however, due to a fracture of his left hand. ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 19 (9 titles, 10 runners-up)

ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures doubles titles (20)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Boys' singles: 1 (1 runner–up)

References

Sources
 ATP.com Bester 'Playing Activity' page for tour career in singles
 ATP.com Bester 'Playing Activity' page for tour career in doubles

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<mask>, known professionally as <mask>, was born in Brooklyn, New York, to parents from Orocovis, Puerto Rico (father) and Rio Grande (mother). His mother Olga was a working woman, his father, <mask>, an electrician. <mask>'s parents named him after his father. <mask> grew up in Lindenhurst, Long Island, and is the youngest of two. <mask> began playing the trombone at the age of 9 at the E.W. Bower Elementary School, excelling at his craft and receiving many accolades, one of them being 'The Louis Armstrong Award', then became a member of the "All State Band" and soon after was chosen to become part of the McDonald's Tri-State Jazz Ensemble. He then went to study at the Berklee College Of Music.Career
He has been a highly regarded session player since the mid-1980s. <mask> began touring internationally with Emmanuel and Willie Colon through the 1980s. He still tours with Willie Colon. <mask> has performed all over the world as a vocalist, trombonist, composer and music director as well as playing on Broadway shows, movie sound tracks, commercials, and TV shows. All of his work has put him on the top of the “must work with list that has garnered him studio time with some of the biggest hit makers of today. He has worked on Gold and platinum records that belong to Mariah Carey, Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Lopez, Billy Joel and Marc Anthony. On top of working on top-selling albums, he has toured with Celia Cruz, Willie Colon, Diana Ross and Marc Anthony.Most recent activities
Melendez has toured with Marc Anthony since 2002 and Willie Colon since 1990, while filling in dates with Blood Sweat & Tears and Diana Ross since 2017, he also found time to release his own musical adventures. His album released in May 2017. He states that the style of music in this album should be considered an alchemy of music and its recipe was his life's work of musical experiences. The title is The Fusion & The Alchemy Of Music. Album credits
 Lead vocals: <mask> Melendez
 Written by Aurora Weston
 Executive Producers: Aurora Weston & <mask> Melendez
Produced and mixed by @coastcityvibes Coast City Vibes
Lyric Video by @solerpower007 Adriana Soler
Drums/Percussion @jessie.caraballo Jessie Caraballo
Guitar @guinimusic Mario Guini
Bk Vocals @jeanmusica  Jean Rodriguez
Trumpets Vinnie Cinquemani
Trombone @Ozbone Ozzie Melendez
Mastered by Chris Gehringer Sterling Sound NYC

Album credits
2019  Opus  -Marc Anthony  - Trombone
2019  Lilyhammer the Score, Vol. 2: Folk, Rock, Rio, Bits and Pieces [Original TV Soundtrack] Little Steven / Little Steven & the Interstellar Jazz Renegades - Trombone
2018  NYC Disco - Little Louis Vega - Soloist, Trombone
2017  The Way I Hear It | Michael Cavanaugh | Horn
2016  Groovin' | Peter White | Trombone
2016  Louie Vega Starring...XXVIII | "Little" Louie Vega | Trombone
2015  Los Duo, Vol. 2 | Juan Gabriel | Coros, Trombone
2013  3.0 | Marc Anthony | Trombone
2013  Eclipse | Elements of Life | Horn Arrangements, Soloist, Trombone
2013  The Complete Album Collection | Paul Simon | Trombone
2012  Love This Giant | David Byrne / St. Vincent | Trombone
2011  Mad Styles & Crazy Visions 2 | "Little" Louie Vega | Trombone
2011  Original | José Alberto "El Canario" | Trombone
2010  Asalto: Reloaded | Eddy-K | Trombone
2010  Historias de Amor | Angel Lopez | Trombone
2009  718 Sessions | Danny Krivit | Trombone
2009  Ananésworld | Anané | Horn Arrangements, Trombone
2009  Down the Wire | Spyro Gyra | Trombone
2009  The Last | Aventura | Trombone
2009  The Real Thing | Vanessa Williams | Trombone, Contractor
2008    Everybody Get Down | [http://www.funkfilharmonik.com Funk Filharmonik | Writer, Arranger, Producer, Engineer, Trombone, BK Vocals
2008  Asalto Navideño: En Vivo Puerto Rico 1993 | Willie Colón | Trombone
2008  El Malo, Vol.2: Prisioneros del Mambo | Willie Colón | Producer, Musical Director, Arranger, Bass, Coro, Drums, Strings, Synthesizer, Trombone
2008  Gravity at Last | Ayọ | Trombone
2007  All That I Am | Sandy Zio | Trombone
2007  Blame It on the City | Eren Cannata | Trombone, Horn Arrangements
2007  Decades, Vol. 1: Love Songs of the 70's | Donny Osmond | Main Personnel, Trombone
2007  El Cantante | Marc Anthony | Trombone
2007  Juega Billar | 8 y Mas | Trombone
2007  Lust: A Personal Collection by Louie Vega | "Little" Louie Vega | Guitar, Soloist
2007  Percussion Maddness Revisited | Luisito Quintero | Trombone, Soloist
2007  Ten Songs About Love | Eran James | Trombone
2006  A Public Affair | Jessica Simpson | Trombone
2006  Hey Man, Merry Christmas | John Signorello | Trombone
2006  Ketukuba | Africando | Trombone
2006  La Nueva Combinacion | Transito | Trombone
2006  Percussion Madness | Luisito Quintero | Main Personnel, Trombone
2006  Playin' Favorites | Peter White | Trombone
2006  Sigo Siendo Yo: Grandes Exitos | Marc Anthony | Trombone
2006  Soy   | India | Trombone
2006  The Underdog/El Subestimado | Tego Calderón | Trombone
2005  Atrevete  Olvidarme | Brenda K. Starr | Trombone
2005  Connected: Mixed by Jay-J  | Horn
2005  Defected in the House: Eivissa 05 | Simon Dunmore | Horn
2005  Defected in the House: International Edition, Vol.

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title: Merrill J. Bateman

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<mask> (born June 19, 1936) has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 1992, originally as a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy. He is currently an emeritus general authority. From 2003 to 2007, <mask> was a member of the church's Presidency of the Seventy. He was president of Brigham Young University (BYU) from January 1, 1996, until May 1, 2003, and was the church's twelfth presiding bishop in 1994 and 1995. In 2003 and 2004, <mask> was the general president of the church's Sunday School organization. From 2007 to 2010, <mask> was president of the Provo Utah Temple. Early life and education
<mask> was born in Lehi, Utah.As he was starting the third grade his family moved to American Fork. He served as a missionary in England in the mid-1950s. After returning from his mission, he married Marilyn Scholes in 1959 and joined the ROTC. In 1960, <mask> completed a bachelor's degree in economics at the University of Utah. <mask> received a Danforth Fellowship and a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, which enabled him to study at Massachusetts Institute of Technology for his doctorate. <mask>'s experience in researching Ghana's trade position led to him lecturing in economics at the University of Ghana in 1963, and while living there, he studied the cocoa industry. Under supervision of Franklin M. Fisher, <mask> graduated in 1965.His thesis was on the subject of international cocoa trade in Ghana. Academic background
<mask> was associate professor of economics at the United States Air Force Academy, 1964–67; professor of economics at BYU and director of Center for Business and Economic Research, 1967–71; and dean of the BYU business school, now the Marriott School of Business, 1975–79. While he was dean, he instituted the BYU Management Society in 1977. President of BYU
<mask> was inaugurated as president of BYU on April 25, 1996. That September, an anonymous professor publicly accused <mask> (in Sunstone) of plagiarizing ideas in his inauguration speech from an article by Gertrude Himmelfarb. <mask> acknowledged that since the citation came after a direct quote, it was ambiguous, and promised to make future citations more clear. <mask> organized BYU's objectives into five main objectives that centered on the university's official aims and mission statement.He encouraged students to come to weekly Tuesday devotionals in Sunday dress to make the Marriott Center "a temple." During <mask>'s administration at BYU, the university changed in a number of ways. The school's endowment was significantly increased through the Lighting the Way Campaign that Rex E. Lee started. The Mentored Learning program, involving undergraduates more directly in research, was also initiated. About a third of the faculty were replaced due to natural turnover. The enrollment cap was raised from 27,000 to 29,000, and an open enrollment summer program was started. The Bachelors of General Studies, a degree one can earn entirely from continuing education courses, was formed.Sports during <mask>'s time as president also underwent changes. BYU's colors and logos changed, as did the athletic director and men's basketball coach. The university started building a new baseball/softball facility and established a student athlete center. BYU left the Western Athletic Conference and joined the Mountain West Conference. <mask> focused on Sears Cup rankings of sports programs, which improved during his presidency, with eight sports in the top ten in 1999. In 2002, the Marriott School began giving the <mask> J. Bateman award to BYU students who serve and lead in their communities. Work and family
<mask> was an executive with Mars, Incorporated in England and the United States from 1971 to 1975, and for a brief time in 1979 before heading his own consulting and capital management companies in Orem, Utah.<mask>'s consulting involved analyzing patterns in raw food costs, foreign currency rates, and other factors for companies like Kraft Foods and General Foods. <mask> and his wife, Marilyn, are the parents of seven children. LDS Church service
In the early 1980s, <mask> served as president of the Provo Utah Sharon East Stake. Due to his work in the cocoa business, <mask> made many trips in west Africa, including Ghana. In 1977, <mask>. Faust, a general authority then serving as president of the church's International Mission, asked <mask> to contact church members and people who had asked for church material on his next visit to Ghana. <mask> did this in early 1978. Later in 1978, shortly after the church changed the policy allowing blacks to receive the priesthood, <mask> was sent on a special assignment to Africa by the First Presidency, along with Edwin Q. Cannon, a counselor in the International Mission, to lay the groundwork for the opening of missionary work there.They visited people who desired to join the church in both Ghana and Nigeria, including <mask>. As a general authority, <mask> served as president of the church's Japan Area for nine months in 1993 and 1994. In April 1994 he was called as the church's Presiding Bishop, where he served until being appointed as president of BYU at the end of 1995. After his time as BYU president, <mask> became a member of the Presidency of the Seventy. While in this capacity, he went on a tour of Africa in November 2005 with Richard G. Scott. Among other countries on the tour, they visited Ghana and Tanzania. References

External links
<mask> J. <mask> Latter-day Saint official profile

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American general authorities (LDS Church)
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Harold B. Lee Library-related University Archives articles
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title: Madge Lessing

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<mask> (27 November 1873 – 14 August 1966) was a British stage actress and singer, panto principal boy and postcard beauty of Edwardian musical comedy who had a successful career in the West End in London, Europe and on Broadway from 1890 to 1921 and who made a number of early film appearances in Germany for director Max Mack. Early career

<mask> was born as Margaret O'Donnell in London in 1873 to Irish parents Catherine (née Buckley) and James Patrick O'Donnell, an assurance agent. In interviews she claimed that she had run away from home to go on the stage travelling from London to the United States in about 1890 where she was a chorus girl at Koster and Bial's Music Hall in New York. After only three weeks she was promoted to the title role in the burlesque Belle Helene. Her next role was with the Solomon Opera Company followed by appearances as Chollie Keal in The Passing Show (1894). In May 1896 she opened in the musical revue In Gay New York at the Casino Theatre in New York. It was written by C. M. S. McLellan, who would later become her brother-in-law.An early and successful role was as the principal boy Jack Hubbard in Klaw and Erlanger's "extravaganza in three acts and six scenes" Jack and the Beanstalk which ran for 64 performances at the Casino Theatre in New York in 1896 and in 1898 at the Boston Museum in Boston and the Lafayette Square Opera House in Washington, D.C. Her performance as Jack in 1896 was described as belonging:

...to the class of womanly women. She was as femininely alluring amid the bald disclosures of unblushing fleshings as amid the tantalizing exasperations of swishing draperies. Her beauty was exuberant, voluptuous, pulse-stirring, a laughing, happy face, crowned and encircled with tangled masses of dark brown hair, which made her head almost too large, to be sure, though size counted for little amid the ravishments of sparkling eyes and kissable dimples that danced in and out on either cheek. Miss <mask> walked through this part of Jack - walking through was all that was demanded of her - with a pretty unaffectedness that met all requirements, and she sang with a voice of considerable sweetness, but of no great power. Still, she has in a mild, inoffensive way some small ability as an actress. In 1899 she played in A Dangerous Maid for 64 performances at the Casino Theatre in New York, while in Boston at Christmas 1899 she appeared as 'Little Boy Blue' in 12 performances of the children's pantomime Little Red Riding Hood which in early January 1900 moved on to the Casino Theatre in New York, the home of the Broadway adult musical, where the production was transformed with additional female actresses added to the cast in scanty costumes and more risqué songs to cater for an adult audience.Next Lessing succeeded Mabelle Gilman as 'Priscilla' in the vaudeville The Rounders (1900) at the Columbia Theatre in Boston. Of her performance in The Rounders a critic wrote:
It is a thankless task, that of successorship which results inevitably in direct comparisons, but Miss Lessing met the test surprisingly well. Without Miss Gilman's strength of personality and less apparent art, Miss Lessing indicated with unmistakable correctness the sentimental atmosphere of prudish modesty, which represents Priscilla as a dramatic character. With memories of Jack and the Beanstalk - they seem inevitable where Miss Lessing is concerned; one was a little bewildered at Priscilla's embarrassment in her ballet costume during the scene in Thea's dressing-room. This bewilderment was due to <mask>'s inability to impersonate. She is always <mask> Lessing acting, never <mask> Lessing identified with another and wholly different personality; and at the sight of <mask> Lessing embarrassed because she wore tights, one had a right to be bewildered. In 1900 she appeared in the title role in the two act operetta The Lady Slavey by Gustave Kerker and George Dance when that musical farce was revived in Boston and as Anita Tivoli in The Monks of Malabar.Return to Europe

Christmas 1900 saw Lessing make her London début as Princess Beauty in the annual children's pantomime The Sleeping Beauty and the Prince at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane which ran for 134 performances. In 1901 she played Dimples in The Whirl of the Town and Violet Gray in the first revival of The Belle of New York at the Adelphi Theatre in London in 1902. She appeared on the bill at the opening of the London Coliseum Theatre of Varieties on 24 December 1904 on a variety programme in which she sang "Goodbye, Little Girl", "My Irish Molly O" and a number of other popular hits of the time. Her other roles during this period include the title role in Em'ly (an adaptation of David Copperfield) at the Adelphi Theatre (1903), Jill opposite Dan Leno and Herbert Campbell in the pantomime Mother Goose at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane (1902) and appearances in Erminie at the Casino Theatre in New York (1903); Wang (1903) with the DeWolf Hopper Opera Company; Sergeant Brue at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London, (1904); Elsie in 18 matinee performances of the piratical tale Noah's Ark at the Waldorf Theatre in London (1906) in which "Miss <mask> Lessing laughed and danced and sang very charmingly, and seemed to enjoy everything quite as much as the children on the stage or in the front of the house"; The Prince of Pilsen (1907/8) at the Olympia Theatre in Paris, and Halloh! (1909) at the Berlin Metropol. Lessing was also the dance partner to Will Bishop in the Berlin Metropol revue Chauffeur-ins Metropol in 1912. While in Berlin she appeared in a number of films for director Max Mack including as Fritzl Lustig in The Blue Mouse (1913), Lolotte in Where Is Coletti?(1913) and Gusti in A World Without Men (1914). She remained at the Metropol for four years until the outbreak of World War I forced her to return to England where she played in the London production of Sleeping Partners and the leading role in The Girl from Ciro's. Latter years
In 1920 she returned to the United States where she played again in Erminie at the Park Theatre in New York in 1921. This was her last known performance on the professional stage. Personal life
She married the London-based American theatrical manager and producer George Brinton McLellan (1867-1932), the brother of playwright C. M. S. McLellan. He was probably best known for the popular play Is Zat So? (1925) which ran for 634 performances at the 39th Street Theatre in New York and opened in the same year at the Adelphi Theatre and who had previously been married to the musical comedy actress Pauline Hall from 1894 to 1902.<mask> <mask> McLellan died in Bournemouth in 1966 aged 92. References

External links

Portraits of <mask> Lessing - National Portrait Gallery, London
Biography for <mask> Lessing - Internet Movie Database
Portrait of Miss <mask> <mask> - The American Vaudeville Museum Archive - Special Collections at the University of Arizona Libraries

1873 births
1966 deaths
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English stage actresses
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title: John Vassos

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<mask> (23 October 1898 – 6 December 1985, born <mask>) whose career as an American industrial designer and artist helped define the shape of radio, television, broadcasting equipment, and computers for the Radio Corporation of America for almost four decades. He is best known for both his art deco illustrated books and iconic turnstile for the Perey company, as well as modern radios, broadcast equipment, and televisions for RCA. He was a founder of the Industrial Designers Society of America, in 1965, serving as its first chairman simultaneously with Henry Dreyfuss as its president. <mask>' design philosophy was to make products that were functional for the user. A decorated veteran of World War II, <mask> was chief of the OSS "Spy School" in Cairo, Egypt from 1942-1945. Early years
<mask> was born in Sulina, Romania to Greek parents, and his family moved when he was young to Istanbul, Turkey. He became a deck hand with the Allies during world War I, and survived the torpedoing of a Belgian ship where he was serving.After the war ended, he emigrated to the United States in 1919. <mask> moved to Boston, Massachusetts in 1919, where he attended the Fenway Art School at night. He studied alongside American artist <mask> Sargent and worked as an assistant for Joseph Urban. In 1924 he moved to New York, where he attended the Art Students League of New York, studying under George Bridgman, <mask>, and others. He opened his own studio creating window displays for department stores, like Wanamakers, murals, and advertisements for Saks Fifth Avenue, Bonwit Teller, and Packard Motor Cars in his unique black and white illustrated style. At the same time, he illustrated a series of books by Oscar Wilde for E.P. Dutton followed by others including Phobia on which he based his life-long design focus on psychology, his area of expertise as noted by Fortune Magazine's list of top designers in the country.He entered the emergent field of industrial design and was hired by rapidly-growing RCA Victor, under the leadership of David Sarnoff, who discovered Vassos while painting murals at the WCAU skyscraper in Philadelphia. The company had recently acquired Victor Phonograph, built Radio City, and owned NBC Broadcasting, but needed to amplify and modernize their radio manufacturing business. By hiring <mask>, an up-and-coming industrial designer who created their first Styling department, launched Vassos on a four-decade relationship with the company for whom he designed hundreds of items, while also consulting for numerous other clients like Coca-Cola, Waterman, Universal Artists, Remington, and the United States Government. <mask>'s work as an interior designer included the Chrysler Building apartment of photographer Margaret Bourke-White, Nedick's Hot Dog stands, displays for RCA in department stores and the World's Fair, and many others for which he employed modular furniture. He eschewed trendy styles like the extreme-streamlined look, popular in the 1930s, and favored the clean, modern look unadorned with unnecessary elements. He expressed his design philosophy for magazines like Pencil Points and in lectures on modern design and art. Although he was hailed as a top designer in the United States during the 1930s, he slipped away from the spotlight of his industrial design peers like Raymond Loewy, Henry Dreyfuss, and Norman Bel Geddes, largely because he did not open a large firm.Unique among the industrial designers of the 20th century, his work was focused on the intersections between interior decorating, furniture design, and the shapes of phonographs, radios and televisions. His contributions include creating a futuristic living room including television, the slide rule dial on radios, emphasis on the haptic experience of media (knobs and buttons), and the "user experience," years before this term was coined. Books

<mask> gained acclaim as an illustrator prior to his rise as an industrial designer. Between 1927–1935, <mask> illustrated many books, including Salome, Ballad of Reading Gaol, and The Harlot's House and Other Poems – three literary works by Oscar Wilde published by E.P. Dutton. <mask>'s iconic subjective illustrations were influenced by cinema and reflected cubist and constructivist, geometrical styles. They were often in black and white gouache (opaque watercolor) and well suited for reproduction in mass media.Contempo (1929) written by his wife <mask> with images by Vassos launched career as a modernist artist. Contempo is best understood as an exploration of American society during a moment of great transformation in which the American tempo is celebrated as "a certain sharp staccato rhythm almost like a riveting machine that exists nowhere else in the world," as <mask> wrote. The book also critiques the institutions of mass culture and commercial society. Phobia was his most influential book – inspired by his friend Freudian psychoanalyst Harry Stack Sullivan. It reflects a modern landscape through the perspective of those who suffer from phobias and shaped <mask>'s industrial design philosophy. It was performed as a dance by choreographers Gluck Sandor and Felicia Sorel with sets designed by <mask> and had a limited run of 1,000 books. Articles derived from it were published in Esquire Magazine.Ultimo (1930) presented a dystopic vision of a future underground society using streamlined motifs and was a response to debates about an urban landscape dominated by skyscrapers by writers like Lewis Mumford. This was followed by: Humanities (1934), Dogs Are Like That, (1941), Beatrice the Ballerina (under the pseudonym Ivan Vassilovitch, 1943), Rex and Lobo (1946), and illustrations for A Proverb for It: 1510 Greek Sayings (1945). Renewed interest in art deco and in <mask> brought new interest in his illustrated work. In 1976, Dover Books published Contempo, Phobia and Other Graphic Interpretations with a foreword by P.K. Thomajan. In 2009, Dover Books republished Phobia with an introduction by David A Berona. Industrial design

In 1924, <mask> created his first industrial design product, a lotion bottle popular as a hip flask during Prohibition.In 1933 he designed the widely popular Perey turnstile still used in many subway stations. Other notable designs included a streamlined paring knife, Hohner accordions and harmonicas, computers, an electron microscope for the RCA company, corporate logos, and Remington shotguns. These highly functional and visually striking designs include major forms of media in the 20th century. His strengths in designing media tools for consumers and professionals alike set him apart from other industrial designers. <mask> designed numerous radios, phonograph players, the Constellation jukebox for the Mills Company, and total environments for movie theaters, international expositions, and restaurants. <mask>'s contributions to public projects, like the famous RCA Building for the 1939/1940 New York World's Fair, have been overlooked for decades. <mask> considered RCA, NBC, United Artists, Waterman Pens, Coca-Cola, Wallace Silver, Nedick's, Mills Industries, and the United States Government among its scores of national clients.<mask> designed the cabinets of the RCA Corporation's first commercially available television sets. For the 1939 New York World's Fair he created a novel TV cabinet in transparent Lucite plastic as well as the company's first mass-produced television sets – the TRK12, TRK-9, and TRK-5. These sets were sold at major department stores in the New York metropolitan area. The TRK-12 is noted as one of the most significant mass-produced designs of the 20th century and held in many major museum collections including the Smithsonian. <mask> also created envisioned the interior spaces for television. His "Musicorner" for America at Home Pavilion or "Living Room of the Future" as it was known was displayed 1939/1940 New York World's Fair, and was among the designer led creation of an integrated media-centered room which combined radio, television, and record player housed within a single cabinet. In 1941, <mask> designed the RCA 621TS television set, which was slated to be sold the following year as a 1942 model.However, after Pearl Harbor and America's entry into World War II, manufacture of most consumer goods (including radio and television sets) was prohibited for the duration of the war, so the design was withheld until the end of the war, when it was brought out in 1946 as a limited run model until the post-war designs were fully ready. His industrial design contributions at RCA spanned over 40 years and included the designs for microphones, broadcast equipment, transmitter buildings, RCA's first color television camera which became the standard in the field, and the RCA 501 solid-state computer among many other hundreds of products for the company. In the post war years, he designed pavilions for U.S. Trade Fairs (Karachi, New Delhi), for RCA at the Brussel's World's Fair and the 1964 New York World's Fair, modernized movie theaters for the United Artists Company including Grauman's Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles, export radios, radar equipment, televisions cameras, and boom stands for RCA, and designed shotguns for Remington Arms among other jobs. In 1960, he created an "advance design center" or think tank for RCA bringing together architects and designers like Paul Rudolph and Melanie Kahane to envision portable computers and television screens, a visionary proposition when computers were only used for businesses. Record players and microphones he designed can sell for thousands of dollars each at auction. His portable aluminum record players ca.1937, the RCA Victor Special, are in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, Yale University Art Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and many other collections, regarded as iconic of modernistic design. Like many of <mask>' designs of media technologies, they are devoid of direct references to streamlined vehicles and inspired by the spare aesthetics of the Bauhaus School.His papers are collected at Syracuse University and at the Archives of American Art, Smithonian Institution in Washington DC. Industrial design profession
<mask> was a founder of the industrial design profession in the United States and strived for excellence in the field. He became the president of the American Designers' Institute (later Industrial Designers Institute) in 1938 - 1941 leading and growing the organization, adding members like Kem Weber, Eva Zeisel, Walter von Nessen, Alfons Bach, and Belle Kogan. In 1952, <mask> along with fellow American Design Institute colleagues Alexander Kostellow, László Moholy-Nagy and others, developed a prototype for a four-year industrial design education, which was grounded in the Bauhaus School design principles. This set the standard for collegiate industrial design education. <mask> was instrumental in the formation of the Industrial Designer's Society of America (IDSA), a merger between the Industrial Designers Institute and the Society of Industrial Designers, and was its first Chairman of the Board with Henry Dreyfuss as its first President. He insisted that designers should be concerned with the legal status of their profession, and helped establish educational and licensing requirements.World War II, Wartime Honors and Legacy with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS)
<mask> enlisted into the United States Army when World War II began and went to war as captain in the Engineering Corps in charge of camouflage for the 3rd Air Force Headquarters. He was identified as a prime asset for America's newly-created intelligence service founded by William J. Donovan: the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Due to his extraordinary leadership, cleverness, unsurpassed skill-set and knowledge of the Mediterranean, as well as his fluency in Greek and Turkish, he was assigned to the 'Secret Intelligence' (SI) and 'Special Operations' branches (SO) of the Office of Strategic Services and promoted to major and put in charge of the secluded ‘Spy School’ in Cairo, Egypt. This clandestine training center was a Camp X-type facility, situated in a remote, upper-class suburb of Cairo along the Nile River, known as "Area A." It was a palace owned by the brother-in-law of King Farouk of Egypt, and rented to the OSS, called Ras el Kanayas. Major <mask> was the Commanding Officer (CO) of the ‘Spy School’ for the duration of the war. Under <mask>' tutelage, many agents were trained and sent on missions behind enemy lines: primarily to Greece, the Balkans, and Italy.<mask>' detailed drawings, for the OSS training manuals and films, were used by prospective agents and attest to his unique artistic talent. For his meritorious service, <mask> was promoted to the rank of colonel at the war's conclusion by the Office of Strategic Services and the United States Army. Considered by Vassos to be the highest honor he had received was from Greece: the Gold Cross of the Order of the Phoenix () in 1966. It is bestowed upon individuals of non-royal status who have elevated Greece's international prestige, and was signed by King Constantine II of Greece for his "contribution to the Allied triumph over Nazi Germany while exemplifying the Hellenic paradigm of excellence." Personal
<mask> lived in Greenwich Village and the Upper West Side of New York City with his wife, <mask>, and settled in the Silvermine neighborhood in Norwalk, Connecticut in the 1930s. He was an influential leader of the Silvermine Guild and an avid hunter. His offices were in Camden, New Jersey, Manhattan and at his home.Death
<mask> died in Norwalk, Connecticut in 1985. Design Work
<mask> designed groundbreaking products of 20th-century America, particularly for media technologies. Among them were:

 Glass screw top bottle for Armand Company which doubled as a flask during Prohibition
Turnstile for the Perey Company which became the standardized design for turnstiles in mass transit and sports arenas
Utensils for Wallace Silver
 Moby Dick Knife and No Fumble Rack for Remington-Dupont
 Portable Phonograph RCA Victor Special M circa 1935
RCA knob, 1935 (at the request of the U.S. Navy), became the standard
Created RCA "Magic Brain" advertising campaign
 RCA Radio Model 6K10 (1936)
 RCA Radio Model 96X (1939)
RCA New Yorker Model 5Q56 (1939)
RCA Radio Super Six Model 15X (1941)
RCA New Yorker Series Radios (SQS, 6Q8, 4QU, 6Q7) - 1939
 RCA Microphone and Stand, Model No. 77-B1, 1937-1938
 RCA 5DX Transmitter (broadcast equipment)
 Musicorner at the America at Home Pavilion at the 1939/1940 New York World's Fair
 RCA Radio Model Q33 (1940)
 TRK-12 Television for RCA, the first mass-produced television for the company which premiered at the 1939 New York World's Fair
 Waterman "Hundred Year" pen in colorful lucite with streamlined design, 1939
 Bench for Electric Piano, Story & Clark (1940)
 Model B RCA Electron Microscope (built by Vladimir Zworykin and James Hillier)
 Echo Elite Harmonica for Hohner
RCA TK-30 television camera
Mills Constellation jukebox (1947)
Remington Model 11-48SA and Sportsman Model 48SA shotguns for Remington Arms, 1948
 Export radios for Latin America and Europe for RCA (1949)
Line of air conditioners for RCA introducing the "air-flow" theme
 9-JY Model RCA Victor 45 rpm phonograph, this was the first 45-rpm phonograph with automatic changer (1949) and marked the emergence of RCA's newest record format. Large mural in the lobby of the Rivoli Theatre in New York City
Pavilions for the United States Trade Fairs in Karachi and New Delhi, led to RCA introducing television there for the first time. RCA Pavilion for the Brussels World's Fair
RCA Pavilion interior for the 1964 New York World's Fair
RCA 501 Solid State computer (1958)
Marchesa Piano Accordion for Hohner (1960-1970)

References

Sources
 John Vassos New York Times obituary, published 10 Dec. 1985
 John Vassos Papers: Syracuse University
 John Vassos papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
 "Television in the World of Tomorrow," by Iain Baird, ECHOES, Winter, 1997
 Illustrators: John Vassos, JVJ Publishing
 John Vassos: Industrial Design for Modern Life, Spring 2016, University of Minnesota Press, Danielle Shapiro. Corrado Farina (IT), Psicoanalisi nero su bianco.<mask> e le fobie dell'umanità, "Charta", Padova, n. 95, 2008, pp. 50–54. External links
<mask>: Industrial Design for Modern Life, Spring 2016, University of Minnesota Press, Danielle Shapiro. New Technologies: <mask> and Television Design, Smithsonian Magazine
<mask> Papers, Archives of American Art
Roughly Speaking Podcast: <mask> and the Shape of Things to Come
Major <mask>, Chief Training Officer for the Middle East Theatre for the OSS, 1944-1945
 The Training of Agent and Radio Operator Middle East Theater, circa 1940
 The OSS Society
 Trained to be an OSS Spy by Helias Doundoulakis/Gabriella Gafni
 Smithsonian Channel, World War II Spy School
 OSS Society Donovan Award Dinner 2015

1898 births
1985 deaths
American industrial designers
Romanian people of Greek descent
American people of Greek descent
Espionage
United States Army personnel of World War II
United States Army colonels
People of the Office of Strategic Services

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