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 Buck Andel, 83, athletics trainer for Georgia Tech | ajc.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Andel went to 12 bowl games with Tech football teams and was a trainer at the 1960 Olympics in Rome.
Henry Leroy "Buck" Andel, 83, of Atlanta died Sunday of complications from a neck injury and lung problems at Noble Village in Atlanta.
Andel was best known as a salesman of upscale men's clothing at the Zachry stores downtown and at Lenox Square mall.
www.ajc.com /news/content/metro/obits/0205/17andel.html   (487 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Education / K-12 / Amway co-founder Jay Van Andel dies at 80   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Van Andel had Parkinson's disease, a disorder of the central nervous system that involves a degeneration of nerve cells in parts of the brain.
Jay Van Andel resigned as chairman in 1995 and was succeeded in that post by his son, Steve.
Much of Van Andel's giving went toward Christian causes, including a creation research station in rural Arizona that sought to prove the world was made in a week.
www.boston.com /news/education/k_12/articles/2004/12/07/amway_co_founder_jay_van_andel_dies_at_80   (724 words)

  
 Amway Co-Founder Jay Van Andel Dies at 80 (washingtonpost.com)
Jay Van Andel, 80, the zealous entrepreneur who became a billionaire when he co-founded Amway, the direct-selling business that told millions of Americans they could be apostles of free enterprise, died Dec. 7 at his home in Ada, Mich. He had Parkinson's disease.
Van Andel and DeVos were among the biggest philanthropists in the country, including gifts for civic restoration projects in Grand Rapids and the creation of a foundation to support charities, hospitals and schools.
Van Andel was chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 1979 and 1980.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A45577-2004Dec7.html   (1290 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Amway co-founder Jay Van Andel dies at 80   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Jay Van Andel, the billionaire co-founder of Amway who championed conservatism and capitalism and was one of Michigan's leading philanthropists, has died, Greg McNeilly, executive director of the Michigan Republican Party, said Tuesday.
Van Andel, 80, had Parkinson's disease, a disorder of the central nervous system that involves a degeneration of nerve cells in parts of the brain.
Van Andel resigned as chairman in 1995 and was succeeded in that post by his son, Steve.
www.usatoday.com /money/2004-12-07-van-andel-amway_x.htm   (616 words)

  
 Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Van Andel-Schipper lived with her parents until she was 47 years old.
She left her parents' home at the age of 47 and married Dick van Andel, a tax inspector, at the age of 49 in 1939.
Since then, she had been named van Andel-Schipper.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hendrikje_van_Andel   (747 words)

  
 Andel's Hotel
Opened on June 22, 2002 and managed by Vienna International, andel's hotel Prague is a design hotel and a "piece of art" in the heart of the Golden City Prague in the Czech Republic.
The hotel is designed to be the centre of the new building complex named "Andel City" and is launching a new dimension of hotel business and hospitality.
"Andel City" is located in a part of the district "Smichov" that is called "Andel" (= angel), therefore the name of the hotel is "andel's.
www.smallandeleganthotels.com /Prague/Andel's.htm   (529 words)

  
 Heritage Mourns Passing of Trustee Jay Van Andel
Van Andel, the grandson of Dutch immigrants, co-founded the hugely successful Amway Corp. and devoted a large share of his fortune to civic works and charitable organizations.
The Van Andel Center hosted nearly 100 events in that first year alone, and it has since been used for thousands of events, ranging from policy forums featuring top U.S. and foreign policy-makers to the think tank’s annual Christmas party.
Jay Van Andel was co-founder and senior chairman of Alticor Corp., one of the largest consumer-products companies in the world, making him one of America’s leading entrepreneurs.
www.heritage.org /Press/NewsReleases/JayVanAndel.cfm   (500 words)

  
 Tjeerd (Jerry) van Andel: Publications   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Ballard, R.D., Holcomb, R.T. and van Andel, T.H. 1979, The Galapagos Rift at 86 deg W., 3: Sheet flows, collapse pits, and lava lakes of the rift valley; ibidem 84: 5407-5422.
Ballard, R.D., van Andel, T.H. and Holcomb, R.T. 1982, The Galapagos Rift at eighty six degrees W: Variations in volcanism, structure, and hydrothermal activity along a 30 km segment of the rift valley; Journal of Geophysical Research 87: 1149-1162.
Runnels, C.N. and van Andel, T.H. 1988, Trade and the origins of agriculture in the eastern Mediterranean; Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology 1: 83-109.
www.esc.cam.ac.uk /astaff/vanAndel/papers.html   (502 words)

  
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Van Andel lived with an unabashed zeal for free enterprise and his Christian faith that led him to a vast personal fortune and influence that stretches far beyond his native Grand Rapids.
Van Andel was never as personally active in politics as DeVos, who at one point was the finance chairman of the Republican National Committee.
The Van Andel and DeVos families gave a combined $95 million to the GOP between 1990 and 1998, according to the Associated Press.
www.wzzm13.com /news/grmetro_article.aspx?storyid=34209   (897 words)

  
 Ross Andel
Andel has also conducted research examining the extent of senior power in local politics.
Andel, R., McCleary, C., Murdock, G. A., Fiske, A., Wilcox, R. R, and Gatz, M. Performance on the CERAD Word List Memory task: A comparison of university-based and community-based groups.
Andel, R., and Liebig, P. The City of Laguna Woods: A case of senior power in local politics.
www.cas.usf.edu /agingstudies/faculty/rossandel.htm   (300 words)

  
 Andel's hotel Prague, Hotel Andel's Prague   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
he hotel Andels is designed to be the centre of the new building complex named "Andel City" and is launching a new dimension of hotel business and hospitality.
Andel's hotel became a Finalist in the FX International Interior Design Awards, a major interior design award around, with entries from all around the world, announced in November 2002.
he Andel's hotel Prague will introduce a new dimension of hotel business and hospitality, personal attention at any time and perfect service are the attributes for this to become true.
prague.travelcook.com /andels   (690 words)

  
 Macomb Daily : Amway co-founder used company as pulpit 12/08/04
Van Andel and DeVos were preparing to turn over control of Amway to their children when DeVos suffered a heart attack in December 1992.
Van Andel was born June 3, 1924, in Grand Rapids and graduated from Grand Rapids Christian High.
In 1952, Van Andel married the former Betty Hoekstra of Grand Rapids.
www.macombdaily.com /stories/120804/bus_vanandel001.shtml   (1238 words)

  
 VanAndel's - Men's Clothing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Van Andel's has always had a "special" way of treating their clients.
At Van Andel's, we are in the business of customer service, not just Menswear, and we take that very seriously.
Van Andel's is a men's store that holds tradition in exellence and customer service.
www.vanandels.com   (162 words)

  
 Andel Named Editorial Director - Packaging-Online
Andel is an award-winning editor with more than 25 years of editorial experience.
Andel twice was named a finalist for the coveted Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award for editorial excellence, and has received numerous other editorial honors throughout his career.
Andel is located at Advanstar’s Cleveland, Ohio office at 7500 Old Oak Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio 44130.
www.packaging-online.com /paperboardpackaging/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=141294   (417 words)

  
 Saturday Evening Post: The home team - excerpt from Jay Van Andel's autobiography 'An Enterprising Life'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It is apparent that of all his spectacular successes, Jay Van Andel reflects with most pleasure on the time he found to spend with Betty rearing their four remarkable children.
The entrepreneurs had tried their hands at several ventures before scaling the rocky road to fame and fortune, including an air-service business (with planes that tended to run out of gas), a drive-in restaurant, and a boat rental and charter business.
It was very important in the Van Andel household for us all to be home for dinner.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1189/is_n6_v270/ai_21279901   (1622 words)

  
 Jay Van Andel 1924 — 2004
Van Andel co-founded the direct-sales company that today is a multibillion-dollar global business known as Alticor, which operates in more than 80 countries and territories worldwide, has 13,000 employees, and millions of distributors.
Raised in the Christian Reformed Church, Van Andel credited the tenets of his religion with shaping his economic, political, and entrepreneurial beliefs which he felt were responsible for much of his success in life.
Van Andel explained his personal vision for life in his autobiography where he wrote, “For me, however, the greatest pleasure comes not from the endless acquisition of material things but from creating wealth and giving it away.
www.herbalgram.org /herbalgram/articleview.asp?a=2827&p=Y   (884 words)

  
 SVOBODA Genealogy
Katie was born on 7 November 1852 in house #23 in the village of Kninice [Kynice] in the Roman Catholic parish of Budec [Butsch], district of Dacice [Datschitz], Moravia.
, born on 10 April 1831, was the second of five children born to Mathias and Marianna (SMETANA) ANDEL at house #23 in the village of Kninice, parish of Budec, district of Dacice, Moravia (Czech Republic).
On 15 November 1825 in the parish of Budec, Dacice district, Moravia, she married Matyas (Mathias) ANDEL, son of Martin and Katerina (MALÁ) ANDÉL.
www.thecolefamily.com /tuma/svoboda.htm   (1659 words)

  
 Amway isn't just a cosmetic job: Van Andel- The Economic Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Mr van Andel says that unethical direct marketing is a common phenomenon in a number of countries Amway has operated in.
Mr van Andel says that for any direct marketing venture to be called ethical, it must have some key attributes.
Mr van Andel says that his father created Amway to offer an opportunity for people to start their own business with a low investment.
www1.economictimes.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=44803159   (539 words)

  
 Alticor's Van Andel Elected Chairman of U.S. Chamber
Van Andel is Chairman of Alticor Inc., based in Ada, Mich. "This is a great honor and a tremendous opportunity," Van Andel said.
His father, Jay Van Andel, co-founder of Amway Corp., was Chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 1979-1980.
Alticor is the corporate expression of a six-decade alliance between the Van Andel and DeVos families.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-13-2001/0001513382&EDATE=   (561 words)

  
 Amway founder, GOP supporter Van Andel dies - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics - December 08, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Van Andel had died, but did not give the cause of death.
Van Andel and his wife of more than 50 years, Betty, had four children, all of whom held executive positions with Amway — as did Mr.
Jay Van Andel resigned as chairman in 1995 and was succeeded by son Steve.
www.washtimes.com /national/20041207-112219-1825r.htm   (483 words)

  
 history
Jan Andel who was born around 1625 was a vladyka of Ronovec at Mirovice.
At the ruins were two plaques, one showing a bull and the other showing the outline of the same bull within the coat of arms for the Andel family.
His existence is only mentioned in the death record of a flsmith son, Waczlaw Andel, who probably inherited little more than the fame that his ancestors experienced three centuries prior.
kostohryz.tripod.com /genealogy/history.html   (1530 words)

  
 Van Andel Creation Research Center
The Society encourages a broad spectrum of research to develop and test a creation model, and administers a research grant program whereby modest funds are distributed to qualified researchers for the conduct of creation-related research.
The Van Andel Creation Research Center is located on five acres fronting U.S. Highway 89, five miles north of Chino Valley, Arizona.
The Van Andel Creation Research Center is strategically located in or near a very large variety of biological and geological areas of great importance to the creationist position.
creationresearch.org /vacrc.html   (1097 words)

  
 A Tribute to Jay Van Andel
Jay Van Andel felt that a Christian’s purpose was not to accumulate wealth and possessions, but to serve their Creator.
Using these funds, the Van Andel Creation Research Center was built in Chino Valley, Arizona.
In explaining the contribution, Jay Van Andel stated that he wanted to “give creationists a fighting chance.” However, the relationship between the Society and the Van Andel Foundation did not end with this initial gift.
www.creationresearch.org /jay_van_andel.htm   (390 words)

  
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Jay Van Andel was born June 3, 1924, in Grand Rapids, Mich. He is a graduate of Grand Rapids Christian High School and attended Calvin College in Grand Rapids; Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa; Pratt Business School in Pratt, Kansas; and Yale University Aviation Cadet School in New Haven, Connecticut.
Van Andel is listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Finance and Industry, Who's Who in the Midwest, and Who's Who in Michigan.
Van Andel maintains memberships at the Peninsular, Lotus, Cascade Hills Country, and Economic clubs of Grand Rapids, Mich.; Capitol Hill Club in Washington, D.C.; Le Mirador Country Club in Mont Pelerin, Switzerland; and The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Fellowship.
www.wzzm13.com /news/grmetro_article.aspx?storyid=34207   (591 words)

  
 VAN ANDEL MUSEUM CENTER PROCEDURES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
This exhibition of biblical proportions is rarely seen outside of Jerusalem and because of the importance of this exhibition and the high volume of visitors expected, there will be a few important procedures that take effect during the run of this exhibition.
The Van Andel Museum Center's parking ramp is conveniently located off of Front Street across from Grand Valley State University's Eberhard Center.
No photography is allowed inside the Van Andel Museum Center during The Dead Sea Scrolls exhibition.
www.grmuseum.org /exhibits/dead_sea_scrolls/visit/procedures.shtml   (362 words)

  
 Van Andel Foundation being dissolved   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The week before Christmas she received a letter from the Van Andel Foundation, telling her that the $10,000 check would be the last she would get.
The Van Andel Institute released a statement today explaining the decision to dissolve the foundation was Jay Van Andel's wish.
Marjorie Kuipers says she thought something like this might happen when Jay Van Andel passed away but says she's not worried, "We'd hoped to continue to receive support from the Van Andel Foundation but if that doesn't happen it's not going to be the end of the world for us."
www.rickross.com /reference/amway/amway89.html   (276 words)

  
 Stedentips voor Trips - Andel, Prague 5, Praha (Hotels Prague 5, Praha)
The Andel Hotel is situated in Prague downtown, close to the villa "Bertramka", the traditional "Staropramen" brewery and a newly constructed shopping and leisure centre "City Center Zlaty Andel" and can be found easily.
The Andel Hotel is situated only 500 metres from the Möwenpick Hotel in the Prague centre.
Continue directly to Smíchov at the next motorway crossing (the Andel Hotel is situated in this part of the city).
www.bookings.net /hotel/cz/andel.html?aid=301465   (1502 words)

  
 Welcome to Andel Consultants online - - - Welkom bij Andel Consultants online
Andel Consultants was established in 1983 by a professional who had worked in various development projects as a United Nations employee during the previous decade.
The company has been kept small on purpose so that the owner can continue to work in the technical fields rather than becoming an administrator.
This has resulted in more dependable operations as the commitment level of such professionals is substantially higher than that of the average employee.
www.andel-consultants.com   (421 words)

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