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Thazhuvia Ramasubbaiyer (2 October 1908 – 21 July 1984), popularly referred to as TVR, was a philanthropist and founder of the popular Tamil daily newspaper Dinamalar. [ 1 ] Early life
Trevor Wilkinson (14 May 1923 – 6 June 2008) [3] was born in Blackpool and left school at 14 to start an engineering apprenticeship at a local garage. [4]In 1946, he purchased an old wheelwright's workshop in Beverley Grove, Blackpool, to start an engineering business that he named Trevcar Motors.
After moving to South Dakota, he worked at radio stations WNAX in Yankton, and KELO in Sioux Falls. [2] [6] In 1945, Van Dyke began his 36-year broadcast career in Iowa, as a newscaster for KRNT radio. [7] Van Dyke transitioned to television and became an anchorman when television station KRNT (now KCCI) went on the air in 1955. He initially ...
Terry Anderson, a US journalist and Iowa State University graduate, was held hostage in Lebanon nearly seven years, from 1985 to 1991. He dies at 76.
Clark R. Rasmussen, member of the Iowa House of Representatives; James Redfield, railroad engineer and surveyor for the Union Armies of Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman; Ben Silbermann, co-founder and CEO of Pinterest; Kenneth Sonderleiter, bootlegger and businessman; S.S.
Charles Dolan, a titan of the early cable industry who owned Cablevision, launched HBO and AMC Network and later branched out into iconic New York venues and sports teams, has died. He was 98.
Kevin Cram’s widow, Lara Cram, and his son, Weston, pay tribute during a memorial ceremony for the two fallen Iowa police officers at the Iowa Peace Officer Memorial on Friday, May 10, 2024, in ...
John Ruan (February 11, 1914 – February 14, 2010) was the former Chairman and CEO of The Ruan Companies and Chairman Emeritus of the World Food Prize.. At the Ruan Companies, Ruan represented a diversified group of businesses with activities that include transportation, commercial banking, financial services, international trading and real estate development.