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  David Oppenheimer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
David Oppenheimer (January 1, 1834 – December 31, 1897) was a successful entrepreneur, and the second mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Oppenheimer was born in Bleiskastel, Germany and emigrated to the United States in 1848.
Oppenheimer did extensive business with the Canadian Pacific Railway during its construction through the mountains of British Columbia in the 1880s, and realizing its importance, relocated to its western terminus at Granville (now Vancouver) in 1885 or early 1886.
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 David Oppenheimer
David Oppenheimer served as mayor of Vancouver without pay from 1888 to 1891 and donated his own land for schools and parks.
David and his brother Isaac were elected aldermen for Ward Five in the city's second council in 1887.
In 1888 David was elected mayor and Isaac re-elected an alderman.
freemasonry.bcy.ca /biography/vancouver_mayors/oppenheimer_d.html   (520 words)

  
 Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly History
Oppenheimer was concerned for the welfare of his businessman-client in the rough surroundings of Leavenworth.
Oppenheimer was skilled at estate work, and not infrequently that led to his becoming counsel to, and in some cases, a board member of, many of the city's leading business firms.
Oppenheimer Wolff and Donnelly today offers an interesting look at how a major law firm is organized in the late twentieth century, as well as the fits-andstarts of how it arrived at that organization during the increasingly complex 1980s and early 1990s.
www.rchs.com /oppenheimer/oppenheimer.htm   (12993 words)

  
 David Oppenheimer's Publications   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
David Oppenheimer, Aaron Brown, James Beck, Dan Hettena, Jon Kuroda, Noah Treuhaft, David A. Patterson, and Kathy Yelick.
David Oppenheimer, Jeannie Albrecht, David A. Patterson, and Amin Vahdat.
David Oppenheimer, Aaron B. Brown, Jonathan Traupman, Pete Broadwell, and David A. Patterson.
www.cs.berkeley.edu /%7Edavidopp/publications.html   (574 words)

  
 Oppenheimer Avenue and Its Origins   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Coincidentally, David Oppenheimer, who headed the Vancouver Improvement Company, was one of Vancouver’s largest landowners, possessing land east of Carral Street and around the end of False Creek; as such, he had a very large role in what was to happen during the sales of Vancouver real estate.
Oppenheimer founded the short-lived newspaper Telegram in order to counter the newspaper The World; The World was a newspaper established by J.C. Mclagan that constantly attacked the city council.
Two weeks after the refiner’s opening, Mayor David Oppenheimer and his council visited the new refinery: "We made a careful inspection of the buildings and machinery, which was in full operation, and were much impressed by the substantial and permanent character of the former and the completeness and perfection of the latter.
www.stgeorges.bc.ca /Social10/WEBPAGE/WEBPAGE/STREETS2/Socials_opp.html   (683 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: David Oppenheimer
David Oppenheimer, a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, said there were 275 quakes Saturday and 206 temblors Sunday as of 5 p.m.
Oppenheimer said it's premature to say whether the swarm is related to volcanic activity.
Oppenheimer stressed that there was volcanic unrest in the 1990s in the Mammoth Lakes area but never an eruption.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/David-Oppenheimer   (1018 words)

  
 Oppenheimer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Oppenheimer Diamond is the largest whole crystal yellow diamond in the world.
David Oppenheimer, a mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia
Oppenheimer and Co., an investment bank in Toronto, Ontario and a division of Oppenheimer Holdings
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oppenheimer   (287 words)

  
 Seismologists assess East Bay earthquake swarm
Oppenheimer compares creep-related earthquakes to a tiny crack in a car windshield that expands to cover the entire windshield overnight.
Oppenheimer warns that scientists still do not understand what, if anything, earthquake swarms mean for the future of a fault line.
In the meantime, Oppenheimer recommends that Bay Area residents take this latest swarm as a reminder to be prepared in case a big earthquake does hit.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2003/02/02/quake2.DTL&type=printable   (727 words)

  
 Dictionary of Canadian Biography
By 1852 David was in Placer County, Calif., the heart of the gold-fields, working as a trader with Charles and a younger brother, Isaac.
In the second municipal election, held in December 1886, David and Isaac were acclaimed aldermen for Ward 4, a sparsely settled area on the east side of Vancouver where most of their land was located.
        David Oppenheimer’s involvement in these enterprises, notably the tramway, which required the city to open and grade new streets, led political enemies to complain of “boodling.” No one challenged him when in 1888 he ran for a second term as mayor but by the fall of 1889 his popularity was waning.
www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBioPrintable.asp?BioId=40468   (2632 words)

  
 David Oppenheimer - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
David Oppenheimer (January 1, 1834 – December 31, 1897) was a successful entrepreneur, and the second mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia.
As the Fraser River and Cariboo gold rush took off during 1860 – 1861, they together established stores in the interior at Yale, Hope, Lytton, Barkerville, and Fisherville that catered to the prospectors and settlers.
David Oppenheimer, External links, 1832 births, 1897 deaths and Mayors of Vancouver.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/David_Oppenheimer   (313 words)

  
 The Jewish Community of Vancouver, Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
In 1887 David and Isaac Oppenheimer were members of the Vancouver city council and in 1888 David Oppenheimer (1834-1897) was elected the city's second mayor, holding office for four years.
Often called the "father" of Vancouver, David Oppenheimer was born in Germany and arrived to Vancouver area in 1860.
Oppenheimer's activity as Mayor of Vancouver (1888-1892) greatly contributed to the early development of the city.
www.bh.org.il /communities/Archive/Vancouver.asp   (3198 words)

  
 Baxter Memorandum to Apple Fields, Limited   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Jurisdiction over Oppenheimer is established by its organization under the laws of the States of Washington and California, its extensive marketing and distribution activities throughout the country, and its maintaining offices in various states within the United States.
An action could also be brought against the Fruitgrowers Federation and Oppenheimer, under § 1 or 2, alleging the existence of a conspiracy to cause the Board to engage in its anticompetitive course of conduct.
It is clear that Oppenheimer does not meet the statutory definition and, accordingly, is not entitled to immunity as the agency or instrumentality of a foreign state.
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 Oppenheimer Group: About Us: Company History
David Oppenheimer and his three brothers follow the gold rush to British Columbia and found Oppenheimer Bros. & Co. in Victoria, to provide food and supplies to thousands of fortune seekers.
David Oppenheimer serves as Vancouver's second elected mayor for four consecutive terms without salary.
Oppenheimer opens an office in Seattle, Washington, establishing the U.S. business under the name David Oppenheimer & Co. Seattle is the first of the eight strategically located offices currently in the U.S. David Oppenheimer Transport Inc. (DOT) begins East Coast operations in Wilmington, Delaware.
www.oppyproduce.com /about_history.cfm   (808 words)

  
 'Brotherhood of the Bomb': The Hunt for Oppenheimer DAVID A. HOLLINGER / Book Review / NY Times 15sep02
Groves was aware that Oppenheimer's family, friends and students included many former members of the Communist Party, but his own contact with Oppenheimer in 1942 convinced him of his integrity and loyalty.
Oppenheimer himself had alerted junior security officers that overtures had been made, but declined to identify the physicists who had been targeted as potential spies.
Thus he was not obliged to contradict testimony Oppenheimer gave at the same hearing to the effect that his brother Frank had ''nothing whatever to do'' with the approach made by Soviet agents.
www.mindfully.org /Nucs/2002/Brotherhood-Of-The-Bomb15sep02.htm   (1333 words)

  
 UA Biologist Explores 'Abominable Mystery' that is the World of Flowers
However, in the laboratories of The University of Alabama's Dr. David Oppenheimer, and in labs at three other prominent U.S. universities, this ordinary looking plant — and the nine other plant species under the researchers' scrutiny — is likely to give scientists new insights into the "abominable mystery" that is this planet's plant life.
Oppenheimer, a UA associate professor of biological sciences, is a key part of a five-year, $7.5 million National Science Foundationfunded project that attempts to discover how flowers have changed over time.
Using tissues taken from flower buds at various developmental stages, Oppenheimer and the other researchers search for common genes and where they are expressed, or turned on, within different flowers.
research.ua.edu /archive2002/flowers.html   (600 words)

  
 Essay on David Oppenheimer the Father of Vancouver
The five Oppenheimer brothers came to California and opened up several of their own stores to trade goods with gold miners, much like most Jewish immigrants to North America at that time.
Soon one of the brothers Charles Oppenheimer heard about the gold rush in British Columbia and went to investigate, in a year the rest of the brothers joined him and opened up a trading firm in Victoria and soon in Barkerville as well.
David Oppenheimer built an electric car system, an electric company, and a pipe to supply the city with water.
www.dedicatedwriters.com /paper/David_Oppenheimer_the_Father_o-173261.html   (192 words)

  
 SOS, Missouri - Securities: News Releases
Oppenheimer registered representative, William L. Evans, borrowed money from a customer in the amount of $70,000 and was delinquent in repaying the customer.
However, Oppenheimer was unable to provide documentation pertaining to the inquiry as requested by the Missouri Securities Division.
Oppenheimer employed David Tipton, an unregistered agent, and Paul Gershon, an unregistered investment adviser representative, both conducted business in Missouri while unregistered.
www.sos.mo.gov /securities/news.asp?nID=427   (313 words)

  
 Other LOEBs
David LOEB married Louise Traitel (from the New Rochelle, NY area), and there were LOEBs in her family tree as well.
David SCOTT scotts at hiwaay.net married Liz and lives in Hartselle, Alabama with their two children: Cheryl SCOTT and Wesley SCOTT.
Jeanette LOEB from Amsterdam, granddaughter of Ernst was the youngest of 14 children born in 1878 in Düren in Germany.
www.loebtree.com /oloeb.html   (6239 words)

  
 City of Vancouver Public Art Registry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
In the fall of 1909 a committee was formed to build a memorial to David Oppenheimer, former Mayor of Vancouver.
Oppenheimer was an entrepreneur from Germany and served four 1-year terms as Mayor.
The memorial committee planned to hire Augustus St. Gaudens to build a memorial gate to connect Stanley Park to the City in honour of Oppenheimer but they found out St. Gaudens was dead.
www.city.vancouver.bc.ca /publicart_wac/publicart.exe/indiv_artwork?pnRegistry_No=103   (155 words)

  
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David Smith, sales manager of Oppenheimer's Los Angeles office and executive director of its greenhouse category, was named vice president of sales and marketing for categories.
Smith's primary responsibility is to oversee the alignment of Oppenheimer's category approach with its overall sales and marketing strategies.
Coty joined Oppenheimer in 1993 as an intern in its operations and quality control department.
www.producenews.com /storydetail.cfm?ID=5089   (295 words)

  
 News From Jackson County
Jackson County Republican Party Chairman David Oppenheimer demanded this week that a retraction be made by The Jackson Herald over an April 28 story concerning his refusal to release the names of Jackson County GOP candidates who had qualified for office.
Oppenheimer has been a vocal supporter of the incumbent county board of commissioners and has defended that board’s attempts to take over the county water authority and to finance a new courthouse without voter approval.
Oppenheimer, in his role as Republican Party chairman, was the custodian of those records during qualifying and was carrying out a public function, and thus came under the Georgia Open Records Law.”
www.mainstreetnews.com /Arch/04/0526/Jack.html   (2410 words)

  
 DBLP: David A. Patterson
David Judd, Katherine A. Yelick, Christoforos E. Kozyrakis, David Martin, David A. Patterson: Exploiting On-Chip Memory Bandwidth in the VIRAM Compiler.
David A. Patterson, Krste Asanovic, Aaron B. Brown, Richard Fromm, Jason Golbus, Benjamin Gribstad, Kimberly Keeton, Christoforos E. Kozyrakis, David Martin, Stylianos Perissakis, Randi Thomas, Noah Treuhaft, Katherine A. Yelick: Intelligent RAM (IRAM): The Industrial Setting, Applications and Architectures.
David A. Patterson, Garth A. Gibson, Randy H. Katz: A Case for Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks (RAID).
www.informatik.uni-trier.de /~ley/db/indices/a-tree/p/Patterson:David_A=.html   (1863 words)

  
 News From Jackson County
According to David Hudson, attorney for the Georgia Press Association, Oppenheimer’s refusal to allow access to the documents was a clear violation of state law.
Oppenheimer has been a vocal defender of the incumbent county commissioners, especially Republican chairman Harold Fletcher and Republican commissioners Stacey Britt and Emil Beshara.
Oppenheimer’s actions reflect the feelings of those Republican candidates who gave him their qualifying checks this week, nor does it reflect the majority of local Republicans,” said Buffington.
www.mainstreetnews.com /Arch/04/0428/Jack.html   (2595 words)

  
 Other OPPENHEIMERs
OPPENHEIMER Park in Vancouver is named after him, and there is a statue of him there.
David and his brother Isaac OPPENHEIMER were leaders in the nascent city.
Mathilde (Magdalena) OPPENHEIMER of Altenkunstadt (1781-1854) married HERMANN, 3xgreat grandmother of David SOLOMON Sol2516171 at aol.com
loebtree.com /other.html   (4082 words)

  
 MFORMA Appoints David Oppenheimer Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Oppenheimer, 48, recently left Digital Impact (Nasdaq: DIGI) where he had been chief financial officer since 1999.
He directed all finance, investor relations, human resources, and corporate development activities, and facilitated Digital Impact's recent sale to Acxiom, Inc. "David Oppenheimer is a proven financial executive whose experience ranges from oversight of growth initiatives, M&A transactions, and financial planning, to treasury, controllership and investor relations functions," said Jonathan Sacks, MFORMA president and CEO.
A 1978 mechanical engineering graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo, Oppenheimer received an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley in 1984 and completed the Financial Management Executive Program at Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 1995.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-23-2005/0004114426&EDATE=   (442 words)

  
 The Redbone Celebrity Tournament Series, Catch the Cure for Cystic Fibrosis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
David, a self-taught artist, became a refugee from the business world in 1990 and turned his attention to the arts.
An avid fisherman since the age of four with a fascination for glass, he combined the two into what he calls stained glass taxidermy.
David lives in the mountains of North Georgia with his wife, daughter and numerous pets.
www.redbone.org /new/artist.php?artist=16   (78 words)

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