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The Joyce Foundation was established in 1948 by Beatrice Joyce Kean of Chicago. [6] She was the sole heir of David Joyce , a lumber executive and industrialist from Clinton , Iowa . The family wealth came from the lumber industry, including family-owned timberlands, plywood and saw mills, and wholesale and retail building material distribution ...
David Joyce was born at Mt. Washington in the town of Sheffield, Massachusetts on February 26, 1825. His father John D. Joyce operated a blast furnace machine shop and foundry in Berkshire county (moved to Salisbury, Connecticut in 1844). John Joyce gave his son such moderate education as was afforded by the common school, until, at the age of ...
Beatrice Kean Seymour (née Beatrice Mary Stapleton) was born in Clapham, south London into a working-class family. Her father David was a farrier. [1] She attended a secretarial school and was the first wife of William Kean Seymour. [2] [3] She began her professional life as a writer of short stories for magazines.
David Joyce may refer to: David Joyce (businessman) (1825–1894), American lumber baron and industrialist in the 1800s; David Joyce (politician) (born 1957), American politician and U.S. Representative from Ohio; David C. Joyce, president of Brevard College, North Carolina; David E. Joyce, American mathematician; David Oliver Joyce (born 1987 ...
Philadelphia Ballet II (formerly Pennsylvania Ballet II) was created in 2002 by Joyce and Herbert Kean as a second company. The dancers in this program frequently practice with the main company and are used as dancers in the larger productions. Philadelphia Ballet II also is involved with many outreach and educational programs.
Beatrice Hicks (1919–1979), engineer, co-founder, and first president of the Society of Women Engineers ; Michele Hicks (born 1973), actress, Mara Vendrell on The Shield (Essex County) Brian Hill (born 1947), assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons (East Orange) Dulé Hill (born 1975), actor, Psych (East Brunswick, raised in Sayreville)
Joyce Porter was born on June 10, 1908, in Stamford, Connecticut, to Louis Hopkins Porter and Mrs. Ellen Marion Porter of Stamford, Connecticut. [1] [2] [3] She was the niece of Arthur Kingsley Porter, a distinguished academic and art historian, known for his contributions to the study of medieval art. [4] Joyce had one sister, Beatrice Porter. [2]
William Kean Seymour (1887–1975) was a British writer, by profession a bank manager. [1] He was a poet and critic, novelist, journalist and literary editor. His first wife was the novelist and short story writer Beatrice Kean Seymour , who died in 1955.