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James W. Maney
James W. Maney (January 3, 1862 – July 13, 1945) was an United States engineer and railroad contractor during the late 19th and early 20th century. He was an early resident of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, helped to shape its development, and lived there most of his life. He built railroads throughout the West, invented a widely used earth-moving tool, and lived in a now-historic home. On Januar
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Jason Halbert
Jason Halbert (born June 3, 1974) is an American producer, music director,[1][2] musician, engineer and songwriter.[3] He has been Kelly Clarkson's music director since 2003, shortly after her American Idol win.[2][4] He has also served as music director for Nick Carter (musician), Clay Aiken, Justin Guarini[5] in addition to touring as keyboardist for Paulina Rubio and Reba McEntire.[6][7][8][9
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Jason Reese
Jason Meredith Reese FREng[1] FRSE[2] FInstP FIMechE is a British engineering scientist, and Regius Professor of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh, UK.[3] His research is in multiscale flow systems in which the molecular or discrete nature of the fluid determines the overall fluid dynamics. A winner of the Philip Leverhulme Prize for Engineering (Leverhulme Trust), the Lord Kelvin Meda
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Jefferson W. Speck
Jefferson W. Speck (December 24, 1916 – January 30, 1993)[1] was a planter and businessman from Mississippi County, Arkansas, who was the Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1950 and again in 1952. He was a leader in the Dwight D. Eisenhower faction of the Arkansas party in the early 1950s. Speck was from Frenchman's Bayou, located near the Mississippi River in eastern Arkansas. He graduate
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Jehiel R. Elyachar
Jehiel Raphael Elyachar (October 20, 1898 – March 29, 1989) was an engineer, real estate developer and philanthropist who contributed to American and Israeli causes. He distinguished himself during World War II as a colonel in charge of military intelligence for the United States Army, earning the Bronze Star Medal, the Legion of Merit, and the Légion d'honneur. Elyachar was born on Octobe
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Jeong H. Kim
Jeong Hun Kim (Korean: 김종훈; born August 13, 1960) is a South Korean-born American academic, businessman, and entrepreneur in the technology industry. He served as the President of Bell Labs from 2005 to 2013. Born in Seoul, South Korea, Jeong Kim is a product of a broken home. His parents divorced when he was very young, and he was raised by different relatives while his father went to
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Jim Bell
James Dalton Bell (born 1958) is an American crypto-anarchist who created the idea of arranging for anonymously sponsored assassination payments via the Internet, which he called "assassination politics".[1] He was imprisoned on felony charges of tax evasion in 1997.[1] In 2001, Wired called Bell "one of the Internet's most famous essayists"[2] and "the world's most notorious crypto-convict".[3]
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John Cioffi
John Cioffi (born November 7, 1956) is an American electrical engineer, educator and prolific inventor who has made contributions in telecommunication system theory, specifically in coding theory and information theory. Best known as "the father of DSL,"[1] Cioffi's pioneering research was instrumental in making digital subscriber line (DSL) technology practical and has led to over 400 publicati
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John E. Otterson
John Edward Otterson (March 29, 1881 – August 10, 1964)[1] was an American engineer and business executive at Winchester Repeating Arms Company in the 1920s,[2] Western Electric Company in the 1920-30s, and at Paramount Productions, Inc. in 1935-36. He is also known as 3rd president of the Taylor Society in the year 1918-19.[3] Otterson was born in 1881 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, son of
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John Findley Wallace
John Findley Wallace (September 10, 1852 – July 3, 1921) with the middle name Findley not Findlay,[1] was an American Engineer and Administrator, best known for serving as the Chief Engineer of the Panama Canal between 1904 and 1906. He had previously gained experience in railroad construction in the American Midwest.[2] John Findley Wallace was born, September 10, 1852, in Fall River, Mass
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