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Davidson, Gordon
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Davidson, Gordon (b. 1933), director and manager. He was born in Brooklyn, the son of a theatre professor at Brooklyn College, and studied electrical engineering at Cornell and theatre at Case Western University. Davidson was a protégé of John
Houseman and directed for his Theatre Group at UCLA, later becoming artistic director of the company. In 1967 it became known as the Center Theatre Group and took over Los Angeles's
Mark Taper Forum, eventually becoming one of the nation's outstanding regional theatres under Davidson's leadership. Among his productions to transfer to New York are
In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer (1969),
The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (1971),
The Shadow Box (1977),
Zoot Suit (1979), and
Children of a Lesser God (1980). Davidson is known as a playwright's director, working closely with writers on new scripts and helping develop new ways to tell a story.
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Davidson College Eliminates Loans from Financial Aid Packages
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 3/19/2007; 595 words
; ...Currently, 33 percent of Davidson students receive need-based...year to cover college costs. Davidson is the first national liberal...entirely with new monies," said John F. McCartney, chair of Davidson's Board of Trustees. In...
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Davidson preserving show biz tradition
Newspaper article from: Sunday News Lancaster, PA; 5/26/2002; ; 700+ words
; Hard to imagine John Davidson as one of a dying breed. The still...1968 and to a starring role in "The John Davidson Show" in 1969 on ABC. By the time...charm and accessibility that has kept John Davidson in demand for nearly 40 years...
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Davidson helped community
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 1/4/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...at the top of your list." Davidson started at Marine Bank as training...chairman of the board in 1978. Davidson retired in 1983; Marine Bank...acquired by Bank One in 1988. John Torgerson, deputy commissioner...time of the acquisition, said Davidson was highly respected. Davidson...
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DAVIDSON ON STAGE FOR 2ND HALF OF HIS CAREER.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 1/31/1996; 700+ words
; ...KEITH MARDER TV/radio writer John Davidson, touring the country in Rodgers...square (``He was so cool. John Davidson was never cool''), but he...the shadow) with her dad at the John Davidson Theater, has been able to get...
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Davidson, Donald. Truth and Predication.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; DAVIDSON, Donald. Truth and Predication...sources it is based on. The first is Davidson's series of John Dewey lectures on truth, given at...source are the lectures on predication Davidson gave over a period of years. The material...
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Harley-Davidson Salutes Active and Retired U.S. Military Personnel During Brand's First-Ever 'Military Appreciation Month'.
PR Newswire; 11/2/2009; 700+ words
; ...military through the Harley-Davidson family of customers, dealers...fact, 14 percent of Harley-Davidson employees and 30 percent of...free admission to the Harley-Davidson Museum for all military personnel...special performances by the St. John's Northwestern Military Academy...
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Harley-Davidson 100th Anniversary Open Road Tour is a Treat for Every Sense: Sight, Sound and the Sense-Sational; One Hundred Years of Fun and Excitement Roars Into Los Angeles.
PR Newswire; 6/28/2002; 700+ words
; ...6-8. This is the Harley-Davidson 100th Anniversary Open Road...Ray Manzarek, Robby Kreiger, John Densmore* & musical guests...to a personal consideration, John Densmore's participation is...artifacts from the Harley-Davidson Archives, and even vintage...
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Harley-Davidson to Provide 102 Motorcycles for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games; Scooters, Bicycles and Other Products Also to be Provided.
PR Newswire; 9/12/2000; 700+ words
; ...the Olympic Games. Harley-Davidson also is supplying HJC helmets...and equipment that Harley-Davidson is providing are vital to the...Olympic Games," explained John Hevey, Vice President, Asia...In addition, the Harley-Davidson motorcycles used in the Film...
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 "The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)")
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Harley-Davidson revs into action to tell success story.(Business)
Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland); 4/6/2004; 700+ words
; ...firm's drive to success. John Russell, European vice president...managing director of Harley-Davidson, was addressing members of...of American-owned Harley-Davidson, which has become an icon...to the success of Harley-Davidson is that it is a large company...
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Hunter Davidson: Unsung naval commander.(Saturday)(The Civil War)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 2/24/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Army Capt. William Benjamin Davidson, a West Point graduate of the...the Indian Wars in Florida. Davidson's older brother, John Wynn, was an 1845 graduate...becoming a brigadier general. Davidson's uncle, Thomas T. Hunter...
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Davidson, Gordon
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
Davidson, Gordon (b. 1933), director...theatre at Case Western University. Davidson was a protégé of John Houseman and directed for his Theatre...outstanding regional theatres under Davidson's leadership. Among his productions...
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Davidson, Randall
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Davidson, Randall (1848–1930...educated at Trinity College, Oxford, Davidson was successively chaplain to Archbishops...health, conciliatory rather than dynamic, Davidson displayed skill and courage with problems...
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Walker, Tonja 1960– (Tonja Walker Davidson, Tonja Walker–Davidson)
Book article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television
...Also known as Tonja Walker Davidson. Member: Women's City Club...x2013;1986. Olivia St. John Jerome, General Hospital...As Tonja Walker–Davidson) Marie Green, Guiding Light...Happy: The Words and Music of John Kander and Fred Ebb (benefit...
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Davidson, John
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Davidson, John (1857–1909), was a schoolmaster in Scotland before settling...two parts were published in 1907. T. S. Eliot expressed his debt to Davidson's use of ‘dingy urban images’ and colloquial...
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John Davidson
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
John Davidson 1857-1909, Scottish poet. After teaching in Scotland he went to London. There, struggling with poverty and illness, he wrote...
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