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The Raytheon Company was founded in 1922 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, by Laurence K. Marshall, Vannevar Bush, and Charles G. Smith as the American Appliance Company. [13] Its focus, which was originally on new refrigeration technology, soon shifted to electronics. The company's first product was a gaseous (helium) rectifier that was based on ...
In 1922, Vannevar Bush, scientist and professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), along with engineer and physicist Laurence K. Marshall, and scientist Charles G. Smith, founded the American Appliance Company in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [9]
Charles Martin Smith (born October 30, 1953) is an American actor and filmmaker, based in British Columbia, Canada. His breakout role was as Terry "The Toad" Fields in George Lucas ' film American Graffiti (1973), which he reprised for its sequel More American Graffiti (1979). He subsequently worked had notable roles in The Spikes Gang (1974 ...
Presbyterian minister, evangelist, revivalist, author. Signature. Charles Grandison Finney (August 29, 1792 – August 16, 1875) was a controversial American Presbyterian minister and leader in the Second Great Awakening in the United States. He has been called the "Father of Old Revivalism ". [1] Finney rejected much of traditional Reformed ...
In 1902, this paper merged with its competitor, The Covington Star, to become The Enterprise under the ownership of Charles G. Smith. The Enterprise was sold in 1908 to Lon. L. Flowers, and its name was changed to The Covington News. The newspaper had a number of owners between 1908 and 1931, when it was purchased by Belmont Dennis and his family.
Charles Ferguson Smith (April 24, 1807 – April 25, 1862) was an American military officer who served in United States Army during the Mexican–American War and the Utah War; and as a Union Army major general in the American Civil War. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1825 and served as an instructor at the academy ...
Allen F. Smith September 27, 1862 Charles F. A. Smith July 18, 1866 Charles G. Smith 1844 John Thomas Sparks July 9, 1865 Wallace Spooner November 28, 1856 Eugene H. Sprague May 23, 1864 Hugh L. Stalker December 31, 1857 Benjamin F. Stanley November 6, 1823 Joseph I. Stewart April 25, 1847 Silas A. Stone February 3, 1843 Willmore B. Stone
Dr. Charles Smith (born 1940, New Orleans, Louisiana) is a visual artist, historian, activist and minister who lives and works in Hammond, Louisiana. His sculptural work focuses on African and African American history.