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Cornelius McGillicuddy, Sr (Connie Mack)
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Cornelius McGillicuddy, Sr. (December 22, 1862 – February 8, 1956), better known as Connie Mack, was an American professional baseball player, manager, and team owner. The longest-serving manager in Major League Baseball history, he holds records for wins (3,731), losses (3,948), and games managed (7,755), with his victory total being almost 1,000 more than any other manager.
Mack managed the Philadelphia Athletics for the club's first 50 seasons of play, starting in 1901, before retiring at age 87 following the 1950 season, and was at least part-owner from 1901 to 1954. He was the first manager to win the World Series three times, and is the only manager to win consecutive Series on separate occasions (1910–11, 1929–30); his five Series titles remain the third most by any manager, and his nine American Leaguepennants rank second in league history. However, constant financial struggles forced repeated rebuilding of the roster, and Mack's teams also finished in last place 17 times. Mack was elected to the Baseball Hall of Famein 1937. |
Lila Diane Sawyer (born December 22, 1945) is the former anchor of ABC News's nightly flagship program ABC World News. Previously, Sawyer had been co-anchor of ABC News's morning news program Good Morning America andPrimetime newsmagazine. Early in her career, she was a member of U.S. President Richard Nixon's White House staff and closely associated with the president himself.
Born in Glasgow, Kentucky, Sawyer is the daughter of Jean W. Sawyer (nee Dunagan) -an elementary school teacher -and Erbon Powers "Tom Sawyer", a judge.[1] Her ancestry includes English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and German.[2] Soon after her birth, her family moved to Louisville, where her father rose to local prominence as a Republican politician and community leader; he was Kentucky's Jefferson County Judge/Executive when he was killed in a car accident on Louisville's interstate 64 in 1969. E.P."Tom Sawyer" State Park, located in Frey's Hill area of Louisville, is named in his honor. |
Lila Diane Sawyer
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Joseph Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank
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Joseph Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank (22 December 1888 – 29 March 1972) was a British industrialist who was head and founder of the Rank Organisation.
Rank was born on 22 December 1888 at Kingston upon Hull in England into a Victorian family environment, which was dominated by his father Joseph Rank who had built a substantial flour milling business. Joseph Arthur Rank went into movie production, going on to head the Rank Organisation, which had a chain of English theaters and production facilities. With companies like Independent Producers, Rank provided platforms for the likes of Laurence Olivier. The Rank Organisation diversified into other business by the '70s. Rank died on March 29, 1972.He was educated at The Leys Schoolin Cambridge. Joseph is reported to have told his son Arthur that he was "a dunce at school" and that the only way that he could succeed in life would be in his father's flour mill. J. Arthur ventured on his own with Peterkins Self-Raising Flour, but when that business failed he returned to work for his father. That was the business (Joseph Rank Limited) that he later inherited and which became known as Rank Hovis McDougall (now owned by British food conglomerate Premier Foods). |
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