Robert Feldman was born in El Salvador and raised in Dallas, Texas. He speaks fluent Spanish. He attended and graduated from the University of Oklahoma in Business in 1994, and moved to St. Louis in 2003. Robert’s parents are Jewish and Hispanic; his upbringing is a good example of the many successful multicultural households of today. He currently lives in Chesterfield with his wife Tracy and two children. He enjoys everything that our city has to offer a growing family. He is a member of the United Hebrew Congregation, which was the first Jewish congregation to be established in St. Louis, and the oldest west of the Mississippi. With more than 1200 families as members of the congregation, Robert has been given the honor of blowing
The builder of this seventeen room Greek revival mansion was Stephen S. Speakman. In the early 1840s, the elderly Speakman fell in love with a much younger woman, Sarah Bush, whose father owned a slave-holding plantation in Kentucky. Upon asking her hand in marriage, his bride-to-be refused to marry him unless he built her a southern plantation-style mansion. In 1845, with the use of his father-in-law’s slaves, Speakman erected his mansion on a five hundred acre plot next to Loughery Creek with every brick baked on site (Historical Marker Project).
Robert E "Bert" Shepard was born in Dana, Indiana on June 28, 1920. In 1941, the lefthander was pitching with the Bisbee Bees in the Arizona-Texas League where he had a 3-5 won-loss record but was also a useful utility player appearing at first base and in the outfield.
In Jim’s early life he was born in Logan County, Kentucky in April of 1796. When Jim was six years old his family moved to Bayou Boeuf, Louisiana in 1802. In Louisiana, he developed the spirit of adventure. His usual hobby was wrestling alligators and just exploring around the areas he lived by. In 1812 he enlisted in the Louisiana militia after the start of the war in 1812 against the British but he was too late to see any action. Soon he was back in the Louisiana selling timber. But with the money that he earned he bought slaves. Jim later met Jean Lafitte, who was a gulf coast pirate who was involved with illegal slave smuggling. Jim’s brothers bought smuggled slaves and said that they found them and kept the money when they were sold at
The literature and material that has arisen because of Steve Bartman’s life does little to tell of who he is. Bartman repeatedly declined to speak, even when it would be lucrative for himself. The infamous Steve Bartman incident occurred on October 14, 2003 with the Chicago Cubs and Florida Marlins at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois. He almost caught a foul ball that controversially might have been caught by outfielder Moisés Alou and turned the tide of the game they lost 8-3. The outpouring of blame and thrown objects forced Bartman, an avid Cubs fan, to leave, and even to sequester himself in his house for protection. This has raised issues related to
Born November 17, 1844,. Robert Troutman was my great, great, great grandfather with a fascinating life story.
On July 4, 1954, Sheppard’s family invited Ahern’s family for dinner. Don and Nancy Ahern and their two children joined Sheppard family for casual dinner. Ahern family is a neighbour of Sheppard’s family. After the dinner, Nancy’s two children fallen to sleep and Don dropped those kid in his house and he came back to Sheppard’s house. Meanwhile, Marilyn Sheppard drop off his child to upstair to the bed, Samuel Reese Sheppard. Sheppard’s family and Nancy’s family watched a film together. As Marilyn tried to sleep on Sam’s lap, he felt tired from working all day, so he got up and went to his couch to take a nap. Later on that night, Marilyn was beaten to death. There were 35 curved gashes on her body.
Growing up, I have always loved to help people in need, so when I entered high school I put all of my focus towards medical classes. My experience with medical classes were amazing. I performed so well that I was able to pass the Clinical Medical Assistant Certification exam. When it came to choosing a college, I had originally planned to leave Laredo to study pharmacology. However, to my surprise and joy, I found out that TAMIU started to offer the degree plan of my choice, so I decided to stay in Laredo and attend TAMIU. The Oscar M. Laurel Scholarship will be a huge help to fund my tuition, books, and gas. Coming from a middle class family, I understand that every cent counts and this scholarship will be a great help to insure my
Known as one to the greatest African American preachers, Howard Thurman grew up in a quiet place, a small home, in Daytona, Florida. He spent most of his time is his house when he was a child. He was born in West Palm Beach in Florida. Thurman was an excellent student in schools,he achieved the honor of valedictorian from Morehouse College. Thurman married in 1926 to Katie Kelley and had one child named Olive. Some of the most influential people in his life were his grandmother, Nancy Ambrose, Martin Luther King Jr., and Mahatma Ghandi. Mahatma Gandhi met with Thurman and gave him advice, "It may be through the Negroes that the unadulterated message of nonviolence will be delivered to the world."
People have others that they admire like a friend, teacher, coach, or family member. The people they look up to are very important and help influence them in their lives. One influential person in my life is Jim Dunman because he is hard working, respected, and talented.
Jan Inman, a wife, mother, grandmother, and women for Christ. Jan met her husband while attending, Texas Tech University and has been married for 35 years. She obtained her degree in graphic art and took her degree to work for an architecture firm. One of her greatest accomplishments, as she states, is her children. “My career has been a faithful wife and mother” (Inman. J.). Jan and her family have been blessed to live in various of states and overseas before making Colorado Springs their home. Jan has found her pleasure in serving the Lord and His people. As we all have dealt with pain, and suffering, Jan is no stranger to that feeling. “Took me and dumped me in the desert, but deserts have a purpose” (Inman. J.).
There has been much controversy involving racial injustices. From the many killings by police officers of innocent and unarmed African Americans, to well recognized symbolism that may have negative connotations to some such as the Confederate flag. Many of these problems have been brought up a numerous amount of times, but never resolved. It would be a much better world if there was not any division among us. If finding solutions to these issues is a goal that is desired to be achieved, then only talking about the problem must stop, and action needs to take place. The Tillman building was built in 1894 and was formerly known as the Main Building. The name was changed in 1962 after Benjamin Tillman who was a South Carolina governor, a United
The Dred Scott Decision of 1857 ruled that African-Americans, even ones who were not enslaved, were not protected under The Constitution and could never be citizens. This brings up questions that will be answered in this paper. Should slaves be American citizens? Is it morally correct for one to own another human? Does the Dred Scott decision contradict The Declaration of Independence which states that every man is created equal?
It is 7:11 on Friday night, the first of March 1996, in room 112 of Mercy Hospital in Portland, Maine. Married couple, Chris and Veronica Meserve of Steep Falls, Maine are welcoming their second daughter into the world, Shawna Irene Meserve. She will grow to be a physically and developmentally healthy being because of, among many factors such as her genetics, the circumstances and significant relationships surrounding her birth. Starting at the beginning of Shawna’s parents’ relationship, these circumstances and significant relationships surrounding this infant’s birth will be highlighted and analyzed to determine how they may have affected her very early development.
Michael Servetus was born on September 29, 1511 in Sijena, Huesca, Spain. Servetus was a Spanish theologian, physician and humanist, he also was one of the people that famed the history of medicine and theology. In his early years of life his father sent him to college, most likely the University of Zaragoza or Lerida. Servetus was a very gifted person, he spoke well in many different languages and he studied languages such as Latin, Greek and Hebrew. In 1526 he attended Toulouse University and there he studied law. At this school he was bring suspected of taking part in secret meetings of Protestant students. After being part of the Protestant Reformation, he began to develop an anti-Trinitarian which is why he was a very controversial person.
Film Analysis In the film Macbeth, Banquo’s ghost is seen on the table and pointing towards Macbeth. He is wearing the bloodied clothes that he were killed in on the train by Macbeth's anonymous assassins. This scene portrays Banquo as a superior person with the film techniques, facial expressions and gestures that are used in the scene.