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  George Putnam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George Palmer Putnam (1814-1872), founder of the publishing firm that became G.
George P. Putnam (1887-1950), publisher, author, explorer, grandson of George Palmer Putnam and husband of aviatrix, Amelia Earhart
George Putnam (born 1914), prominent Los Angeles, California television newsman
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Putnam   (104 words)

  
 NewsMax.com: America's News Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The legendary George Putnam is 91 years young and a veteran of 71 years as a reporter, broadcaster and commentator...
At one point when George was the highest rated television newsman and anchor in Los Angeles, he was urged to run for governor of the state of California.
For almost a quarter of a century, George Putnam's daily "Talk Back" program on LA's powerhouse KRLA was a blend of two-way conversation with in-studio guests, newsmakers across the nation and his listeners who are likely to hear people of all ages and from all walks of life.
www.newsmax.com /pundits/bios/Putnam-bio.shtml   (798 words)

  
 Revenge in the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria
George Burroughs could have been aware of the difficult situation at Salem Farms, yet his faith and determination were the strongest motivators for his accepting their call.
The Putnams and their family allies had little to do with Salem Town, and saw no need for their "cosmopolitan outlook."<16> Resentment of the mercantile success of the town allowed the Putnams to forge an elite that remained in control of Village affairs for years.
George Burroughs himself was convicted on the grounds of such evidence, specifically appearing to Mercy Lewis to demand she sign the Devil’s book and for biting several of the young girls to ensure they would not testify against him.
www.loyno.edu /history/journal/1998-9/Karson.htm   (4799 words)

  
 George Putnam: Superstar of Local Television
During the primary in 1961, Putnam was pulling for either Sam Yorty, a former assemblyman and congressman, or Pat McGee, a member of the City Council and former assemblyman.
But primarily, Putnam was a radio newscaster in his early days—on NBC, on the Mutual Broadcasting System, and even the BBC.
Walter Winchell once wrote in his “colyum”: “George Putnam’s voice is the greatest in radio.” Putnam has credited that plug with having made his career.
www.metnews.com /articles/reminiscing012303.htm   (655 words)

  
 George Putnam: the Voice That Keeps Booming
Putnam is associated in the minds of many with Channel 11.
Putnam’s style, once viewed as one which evinced enthusiasm, was now perceived as affected and passe.
That year, Putnam left his broadcasting home after 27 years when the station wanted to air his commentaries during the week, but relegate his call-in show to weekends.
www.metnews.com /articles/reminiscing013003.htm   (743 words)

  
 Putnam Conv. Opps. & Income Trust Class Action Complaint
Defendant George Putnam was, at the time of the IPO, the President and Principal Executive Officer of the Fund as well as the Chairman of its board of directors and a Trustee of the Fund.
The firm serves as the investment manager for the funds in the Putnam family, with approximately...$5 billion in assets in 16 closed-end funds." (Prospectus at 17.) Management of the Fund is overseen by the Trustees, who "are responsible for the general oversight of the Fund's business." (Prospectus at 31.) 41.
Putnam Management has not recommended to the Fund's Trustees that a share repurchase program be undertaken nor has the Fund either commenced a share repurchase program or put the issue of conversion of the Fund to an open-end investment fund to shareholder vote.
securities.stanford.edu /1007/PCV96/001.html   (4241 words)

  
 George Palmer Putnam
Putnam's son, George Haven Putnam, in order to refer to them when writing the biography of his father, entitled George Palmer Putnam: A Memoir, Together with a Record of the Earlier Years of the Publishing House Founded by Him (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912).
His son George Haven Putnam at the end of his biography of his father says that the copyright struggle exhausted him and may have caused his early death in 1872.
Putnam was forced to turn his trade list over to the firm of Hurd and Houghton which sold his books on commission from 1862 until 1866.
libweb.princeton.edu /libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/putnam.html   (3978 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - George Palmer Putnam, 1814–72, American publisher (Journalism And Publishing, Biography) - ...
A member of the New York City bookselling firm of Wiley and Putnam, he established a branch in London in 1841.
He was proprietor of Putnam's Magazine (1853–57), which was revived for brief periods in 1868–71 and 1906–10.
George Haven Putnam and Herbert Putnam were his sons, and Mary Putnam Jacobi, a physician, was his daughter.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/Putnam-GP1.html   (229 words)

  
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Two sons, David Binney Putnam and George Palmer Putnam, III, residents of Fort Pierce, Fla., had been advised Monday of the turn for the worse, but failed to arrive before their father’s death.
For many years Putnam held faith that his wife would be found alive, but she was declared legally dead in January, 1939.
Putnam served in both wars, as a lieutenant of field artillery in World War I and as a major of intelligence with a Superfortress outfit in World War II.
www.cagenweb.com /inyo/obittranscriptions/george-palmer-putnam.txt   (563 words)

  
 Putnams Support Arnold Arboretum, Museum of Comparative Zoology
Faculty and students at the MCZ who are awarded Putnam Expedition Fund grants will travel to regions where living species and their habitats are threatened, and to regions where fossil specimens are likely to hold important clues in the unraveling of evolutionary strategies.
George Putnam, who concentrated in botanical biochemistry as an undergraduate, has retained his interest in botany throughout decades of involvement at Harvard.
Now the chairman of the Putnam Funds and the Putnam Investment Management Company, he served as treasurer of Harvard College from 1973 to 1984 and was instrumental in establishing the Harvard Management Company.
www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/1998/05.21/PutnamsSupportA.html   (527 words)

  
 BPL - Former Trustees - George Putnam
George Putnam, D. Trustee of the Boston Public Library, 1868-1877.
A graduate of Harvard University in 1826, George Putnam was invited to become an associate pastor to the Rev. Dr.
Interested in public affairs, Dr. Putnam was a member of the 1853 constitutional convention and was elected to the Massachusetts Legislature, serving 2 years.
www.bpl.org /general/trustees/putnam.htm   (324 words)

  
 GEORGE PUTNAM, BROADCAST ICON, FIRED FROM KRLA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
George Putnam is a great American, and it is an outrage that he was fired.
Putnam had the ratings and could make the station money, he would still be employed.
The problem with George wasn't what he said, or the positions he took on the issues, the problem was, that no one was listening.
www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3bb004d23cfb.htm   (716 words)

  
 Putnam Named George T. And Gladys H. Abell Professor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
     Putnam, who has devoted much of her career to understanding the discourse of conflict, bargaining and negotiation, is credited by her peers with reshaping the field in the 1980s from one dominated by functionalist social science perspectives to one with a rich mixture of interpretive, critical and social scientific perspectives and methods.
Putnam is one of only 10 scholars in the nation to have won both awards.
Putnam also is active in numerous professional associations, including the Academy of Management Association, International Communication Association, National Communication Association and International Association for Conflict Management.
www.tamu.edu /univrel/aggiedaily/news/stories/05/040605-9.html   (307 words)

  
 Untitled Document
George Putnam is one of the best-known journalists and the most honored newsman in Southern California broadcasting...four Emmys; six California Associated Press TV and Radio Association awards; eight annual Radio and Television News Club awards and numerous others, including many for his community service projects through the years.
Putnam and his wife of many years, Sallilee Conlon Putnam, live on a 15-acre ranch in Chino where they still raise thoroughbred and palomino horses and care for numerous homeless animals, in addition to their own "collection." Until his accident, Putnam rode his famous silver saddle on the gorgeous "Mr.
Sallilee Putnam, graced with beauty, a lovely voice and acting talent, was contacted by the late Howard Hughes when, as an Indiana University student in 1953, her picture was featured on the cover of Life Magazine.
www.busjournal.com /content/archives/sep02/closeup.html   (982 words)

  
 The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Putnam, George Haven @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
PUTNAM, GEORGE HAVEN [Putnam, George Haven] 1844-1930, American publisher, b.
He served in the Civil War until he was captured by the Confederates in 1864; he retired with the rank of major.
Major Putnam was active in many civic and social causes.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1E1:Putnam-GH&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (171 words)

  
 About Us - G.P Putnam's Sons - Penguin Group (USA)
In 1880, Putnam accepted a 200,000-word manuscript written in pencil on yellow paper submitted by nineteen-year-old Anna Katherine Green; her book, published as The Leavenworth Case, is credited today with helping to establish the detective novel as a genre.
In 1884, a young Theodore Roosevelt convinced the Putnam brothers of his fervor for a career in publishing and was made a special partner.
By then, Putnam had merged with the publishing firm of Minton, Balch, and with the passing of the Putnams, Minton and Balch were in control.
www.penguinputnam.com /static/html/aboutus/adult/putnam.html   (861 words)

  
 Introduction to Turnaround Letter
Putnam, 50, bears one of the best pedigrees in the mutual-fund industry.
His namesake and grandfather founded the Putnam Funds…Putnam nonetheless has a track record of his own… Last year, according to the Hulbert Financial Digest, the letter’s three portfolios produced an average return of 16%.
Putnam (is) an expert on companies that are in bankruptcy proceedings or have recently emerged from them." (December 7, 1993)
www.turnarounds.com /turnaroundletter/TLRecommendations.htm   (976 words)

  
 Amelia Earhart Marries George Palmer Putnam
The two had met in 1928, when George Putnam chose Amelia Earhart as the first woman to cross the Atlantic in an airplane--as a passenger.
Putnam brilliantly organized her public appearances and managed her skyrocketing fame, including her endorsement of a line of flight luggage bearing her name and her creation of a flying suit--with loose trousers, a zipper top and deep pockets--featured in Vogue magazine.
And it was Putnam who issued decreasingly optimistic bulletins to the press in the days after Earhart's plane disappeared in the Pacific on July 2, 1937.
www.womensenews.org /article.cfm/dyn/aid/1376/context/archive   (443 words)

  
 Amelia Earhart - The Celebrity, biography
George was said to have been so impressed by her at the meeting that he decided Amelia should be the woman to make the flight.
Dorothy Putnam left her husband shortly after Amelia returned from Cleveland and a divorce was granted in Reno, Nevada in December 1929.
In the autumn of 1934, Amelia announced to George that her next venture would be a trans-Pacific flight from Hawaii to California...and then on to Washington D.C. Ten pilots had already lost their lives attempting this crossing.
www.ellensplace.net /ae_celb.html   (1369 words)

  
 Putnam, George Haven --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
More results on "Putnam, George Haven" when you join.
In a tribute to his loyalty and teamwork in government service, George Bush was elected the 41st president of the United States in 1988.
In a dramatization, George Washington recalls crossing the Delaware, spending the winter at Valley Forge and defeating the British at the Battle of Yorktown.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9333937?tocId=9333937   (682 words)

  
 Ezra Greenspan: George Palmer Putnam
George Palmer Putnam (1814–1872) was arguably the most important American publisher of the nineteenth century, a man fully and multiply involved in developments transforming all aspects of literary culture.
Friend and confidant to many of the leading figures of his time, he was not simply a centrally placed publisher but was one of the most centrally placed people of his entire society.
This study is based on meticulous archival research into not only Putnam's own papers but into the records of his business, the papers of other family members, and the archives of persons with whom Putnam had contact through business and social networks.
www.psupress.org /books/titles/0-271-02005-9.html   (207 words)

  
 Amazon.com: George Palmer Putnam: Representative American Publisher (Penn State Series in the History of the Book): ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
In 1829, young George Palmer Putnam (1814-1872) arrived in New York as both the city and its book trade were burgeoning.
The founder of the G.P. Putnam publishing house (along with a retail firm) in 1848 was an enterprising and creative publisher whose career prefigures many aspects of publishing today.
In the end, this is less a portrait of a man than a fascinating look at the development of American publishing in one of its critical periods.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0271020059?v=glance   (484 words)

  
 George Haven Putnam Papers [ca. 1900]-1930.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
National Security League.; G.P. Putnam's Sons.; American Copyright League.; English Speaking Union.; Universität Göttingen--Students.; Université de Paris--Students.; Preparedness.; Copyright--United States--*Societies, etc.; World War, 1914-1918.; Publishers and publishing.
Putnam was born in London and educated at the Sorbonne and the University of Göttingen.
He was a leader in establishing the American Copyright League in 1887 and founded the English Speaking Union in the U.S. His writings include MEMORIES OF A PUBLISHER.
columbia.edu /cu/lweb/eresources/archives/collections/html/4079243.html   (117 words)

  
 Insight on the News: The `greatest voice in radio and TV': legendary broadcaster and newsman George Putnam, the voice ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
With another broadcast legend, Lowell Thomas, Putnam shared the narrating duties for Fox Movietone News, the filmed summary of current events that ran along with the cartoon and feature films seen by a whole generation of Americans when they went to the movies.
Putnam, who has known such great and colorful reporters as Winchell, Damon Runyon and James Kilgallen, deplores what he regards as the turning of news programs into entertainment.
George Putnam: She is on my list of four great vamps with whom I had some contact.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1571/is_35_18/ai_92352734   (1559 words)

  
 Public to get first look at Amelia Earhart's private life
She was a counselor on careers for women, and her role was to explore new fields for the young women to enter after graduation.
Putnam Chapman is the author of "Whistled Like a Bird: The Untold Story of Dorothy Putnam, George Putnam and Amelia Earhart." Chapman's lecture will discuss the relationship between Earhart, her husband Palmer Putnam and his first wife Dorothy Putnam.
Pieces from Palmer Putnam's first gift to Purdue, as well as the latest gift, will be on display at the Indiana Historical Society from April 16 to Aug. 3.
news.uns.purdue.edu /UNS/html4ever/030224.Mobley.Earhart.html   (1028 words)

  
 Introduction to Turnaround Letter
Referring the tulip-bulb mania in Holland in the 17th century, George Putnam, editor of the value-oriented Turnaround Letter, recently crafted the headline: "Internet Stocks: At Least You Could Plant a Tulip Bulb."
"Putnam's (first-place) 1992 performance is not a fluke: Over the five years that (Hulbert) has followed Putnam's service, it is one of the select few that has beaten a buy-and-hold strategy."
George Putnam III, editor of The Turnaround Letter, favors two firms that emerged from bankruptcy in mid-1987...
www.turnarounds.com /TLRecommendations.htm   (962 words)

  
 Amelia Earhart Collection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The George Palmer Putnam Collection of Amelia Earhart Papers at Purdue University is the largest, most comprehensive collection of materials in the world relating to the life, career, and mysterious disappearance of the famous aviator.
Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas on July 24, 1897 and disappeared on July 2, 1937 while flying from Lae to Howland Island in an attempt to become the first pilot to circumnavigate the globe at the equator.
The materials in the Putnam Collection were given to Purdue in 1940 by Earhart’s husband, publisher George Palmer Putnam.
www.lib.purdue.edu /spcol/earhart.html   (540 words)

  
 Turnaround For Tenet - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
George Putnam, editor of The Turnaround Letter, says that Tenet Healthcare is going to survive going under the knife.
Putnam warns that because of the pending investigations, there may be significant fines to come, as well as further damage to Tenet's image.
Putnam thinks that the steps that Tenet has already taken toward turning its business around justify the stock's risk.
www.forbes.com /newsletter/2004/09/21/cz_mr_0921gurusow.html   (740 words)

  
 George Putnam (I)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
A long time staple on Los Angeles TV news, Putnam has been in the reporting...
George Putnam, not Jerry Dunphy, was the model for Ted Baxter
Find where George Putnam is credited alongside another name
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