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	Henry J. Kaiser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Henry John Kaiser (May 9, 1882 - August 24, 1967) was an American industrialist who became known as the father of modern American shipbuilding.
		Henry Kaiser spent much of his later years in Honolulu and developed an obsession with perfecting its urban landscape.
		Kaiser is also noted for advancing medicine with the development and construction of several hospitals, medical centers and medical schools.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_J._Kaiser (368 words)

	Henry J. Kaiser: Think Big -- Exhibitions -- Oakland Museum of California
		Henry J. Kaiser launched more ships than any other builder during World War II, headed the first company to manufacture steel on the West Coast, completed massive construction projects like the Hoover and Grand Coulee dams, and developed a health care organization, headquartered in Oakland, that became a model for HMOs nationwide.
		Peter Bedford; Jane G. Logan; S. Cowell Foundation; Edgar Kaiser, Jr.; The Henry J. Kaiser Foundation; Oakland Museum Women's Board; William G. Gilmore Foundation; Elizabeth and Stephen Bechtel, Jr.
		A long-overdue exhibition on the life of Henry J. Kaiser and his impact on the modern economic and cultural landscape, Henry J. Kaiser: Think Big, opens Jan. 24, 2004 at the Oakland Museum of California, to run through August 29.
	www.museumca.org /exhibit/exhi_kaiser.html (702 words)

	Henry Kaiser (musician) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Henry Kaiser, born in (Click link for more info and facts about Oakland, California) Oakland, California, on 19 September 1952, is a widely-recorded experimental (A musician who plays the guitar) guitarist.
		Kaiser was a member of the aggregation French Frith Kaiser Thompson, together with fellow experimental musicians (Click link for more info and facts about John French) John French, (Click link for more info and facts about Fred Frith) Fred Frith, and English folk-rocker (Click link for more info and facts about Richard Thompson) Richard Thompson.
		Since 1998, Kaiser has been collaborating with trumpeter (Click link for more info and facts about Wadada Leo Smith) Wadada Leo Smith in the "Yo Miles!" project, releasing a series of tributes to (United States jazz musician; noted for his trumpet style (1926-1991)) Miles Davis's 1970s electric music.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/he/henry_kaiser_(musician).htm (228 words)

	Encyclopedia: Henry Kaiser (musician)
		Henry Kaiser, born in Oakland, California, on 19 September 1952, is a widely-recorded experimental guitarist.
		Kaiser was a member of the aggregation French Frith Kaiser Thompson, together with fellow experimental musicians John French, Fred Frith, and English folk-rocker Richard Thompson.
		Since 1998, Kaiser has been collaborating with trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith in the "Yo Miles!" project, releasing a series of tributes to Miles Davis's 1970s electric music.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Henry-Kaiser-(musician) (583 words)

	Book Review
		Henry J. Kaiser: Builder in the Modern American West.
		Kaiser was a visionary, not a details man. Although he was an active participant in major corporate decisions, he despised desk work and committee reports.
		Kaiser was a builder of dreams as well as ships and dams, who envisioned a nation of material abundance and comfort.
	www.sandiegohistory.org /journal/91fall/foster.htm (1237 words)

	Oregon History ProjectOHP Oregon Biographies Henry Kaiser
		When Henry J. Kaiser died in Hawaii on August 24, 1967 he left most of his enormous fortune to the Kaiser Family Foundation for health-related research.
		Kaiser was born in Sprout Brook, New York in 1882, and moved to Spokane, Washington in 1906.
		Of the industries and causes with which Kaiser was involved, he is probably most remembered for his work in healthcare.
	www.ohs.org /education/oregonhistory/Oregon-Biographies-Henry-Kaiser.cfm (322 words)

	Henry J. Kaiser
		Henry J. Kaiser was a prominent American industrialist known as the father of modern shipbuilding.
		USNS Henry J. Kaiser is one of three tankers assigned to Military Sealift Command's Prepositioning Program in support of the Defense Logistics Agency's requirement to preposition fuel afloat.
		Kaiser was an underway replenishment oiler supporting the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet until 1995, when, as a cost-saving measure, it was decided Kaiser should be deactivated.
	www.msc.navy.mil /mpstwo/kaiser.htm (288 words)

	henry kaiser : bio
		Kaiser not only produces and contributes to a staggering number of recorded projects, he performs frequently throughout the USA, Europe and Japan, with several regular groupings as well as solo guitar concerts and concerts of freely improvised music with a host of diverse instrumentalists.
		Richard Thompson and Henry are presently considering preparation of a similar type of collaborative project for the Islands of Fiji.
		Kaiser has helped unfetter the guitar from the conventions of genre-bound techniques, but his instrumental virtuosity and technological breakthroughs are always deployed in the service of deep and immediate personal expression.
	www.henrykaiser.net /biography.html (674 words)

	PEOPLE / HMO pioneer Henry J. Kaiser was a giant of industry
		Kaiser showed a flair for working the halls of government power, both locally and in Washington, D.C., and he was elected chairman of the consortium's executive committee.
		Kaiser was born May 9, 1882, in a small town in upstate New York to a family of poor German immigrants.
		Kaiser's concern for workers increased, however, with the rise of the New Deal administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt, with whom Kaiser became close, said Mark Foster, a history professor at the University of Colorado at Denver.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/03/19/EBG1A5LMBG1.DTL (2092 words)

	Henry Kaiser : Lemon Fish Tweezer: A History of Henry Kaiser's Solo Guitar Improvisations (1973-1991) - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
		Henry Kaiser is responsible, along with his new music co-patriots Derek Bailey, Fred Frith, Eugene Chadbourne, and Glenn Phillips, for expanding the boundaries of guitar playing to a point almost past recognition; it's not at all unusual to hear an entire Henry Kaiser performance that is only vaguely recognizable as coming from a guitar.
		Henry Kaiser : Lemon Fish Tweezer: A History of Henry Kaiser's Solo Guitar Improvisations (1973-1991)
		Lemon Fish Tweezer: A History of Henry Kaiser's Solo Guitar Improvisations (1973-1991)
	www.faxtion.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,112881,00.html (389 words)

	The Music Box: Sketches of Miles with Henry Kaiser (Interview)
		Kaiser first discovered Davis’ music in college when he stumbled into the strange machinations of Bitches’ Brew and A Tribute to Jack Johnson, but the albums that had the biggest impact upon him were the concert performances showcased on Pangaea and Agharta.
		Then again, most people aren’t Henry Kaiser, a well-respected ethno-musicologist, an eminently talented composer, and a stylishly enterprising improvisational guitarist, who since the early ’90s wanted to turn his attention to Davis’ pioneering explorations.
		But if anyone could pull it off, it would be Henry Kaiser.
	www.musicbox-online.com /hk-int.html (1137 words)

	Henry Kaiser Reviews and Interviews
		Henry Kaiser is an experimental-guitar star equally schooled in Derek Bailey and Jerry Garcia.
		In January 1990, Glenn Phillips traveled from his home in Atlanta to San Francisco to record a duet with Henry Kaiser on "If 6 Was 9" for a Jimi Hendrix tribute album.
		It has taken more than 13 years, but those recordings finally have been released in the form of Guitar Party, which thus ends up being not just Kaiser and Phillips' tribute to Hendrix, but also to such guitarists as Young, John Cipollina, and Jorma Kaukonen, along with versions of some of Phillips' own guitar showcases.
	www.gaffmusic.com /kaiser_review1a.html (351 words)

	Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center
		Auditorium was reborn as the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center.
		With functional lighting/sound equipment and classic, sophisticated, decor, the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center is a veritable gem of a presenting facility.
		The Center's Staff and Management are eager to assist you in your planning requirements for the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center.
	www.hjkevents.com (258 words)

	Kaiser, Henry J -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
		Kaiser, Henry J. One of the first small economy cars produced in the United States was the Henry J. It was named for one of the most prominent industrialists of the time, Henry J. Kaiser.
		He established the first health maintenance organization, the Kaiser plan, for his shipyard employees; it served more than a million people and became a model for later federal programs.
		Henry Wriothesley, to whom Shakespeare dedicated two poems, was one of the writer's first patrons.
	concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-9368840 (866 words)

	T-AO 187 Henry J. Kaiser
		The Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO 187), the first of an 18-ship series of new oilers, was delivered in September 1986.
		USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO 187) has become part of the MSC Prepositioning Program at Diego Garcia, carrying aviation fuel.
		Fleet oilers USNS Benjamin Isherwood (T-AO-191) and Henry Eckford (T-AO-192) were both lay-berthed incomplete at Unit 7 of the Reserve Fleet moored near Fort Eustis.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/tao-187.htm (1165 words)

	Henry Kaiser & Glenn Phillips
		Henry Kaiser is widely recognized as one of the most creative and innovative guitarists, improvisers, and producers in the fields of rock, jazz, and experimental music - Otherminds.org
		Henry was familiar with me from my solo releases, and we had recorded together before, most notably on a remake of the Dead's "Dark Star/The Other One," for Those Who Know History Are Doomed to Repeat It, his 1988 Bammy (Bay Area Music Award) winner.
		Along with Henry's friends Greg Gumbel, Gary Lambert and Mark McQuade Crawford, we played a date at the Great American Music Hall with Steve Kimock sitting in.
	www.gaffmusic.com /kaiser_new.html (297 words)

	AllRefer.com - Henry John Kaiser, (Business Leaders, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		More articles from AllRefer Reference on Henry John Kaiser
		You are here : AllRefer.com > Reference > Encyclopedia > Business Leaders > Henry John Kaiser
		From 1945 until his death he served as chairman of Kaiser Industries, an enterprise involving steel, aluminum, and home building.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/K/Kaiser-H.html (313 words)

	The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Health Policy, Media Resources, Public Health Education & South Africa - Kaiser Family Foundation
		The meeting was jointly organized by the Kaiser Family Foundation, the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the South African Broadcasting Corporation, in association with the Southern African Broadcasting Association.
		The Kaiser Family Foundation has extensive resources on the new Medicare prescription drug benefit, including fact sheets that summarize the benefit's structure and the additional low-income assistance, survey data on seniors' views of the new program, and various consumer resources to help make decisions about the benefit.
		Three Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured state surveys indicate state budgetary pressures are easing as the gap between Medicaid spending growth and state tax revenue growth narrows, but states still face long-term budgetary challenges.
	www.kff.org (1250 words)

	HENRY KAISER / CUNEIFORM RECORDS
		Friends and Enemies is the complete recordings (1979-1999) by Henry and Fred Frith, who, separately and together, have both pushed the boundaries of what can be done in music and with their instruments for many decades now.
		We gave Henry carte blanche to make what he felt represented his best work, and the result is this 75' disc of incredible guitar work.
		Some tracks are from (long out of print) lps, many tracks are previously unreleased, and two were recorded especially for this set.
	www.cuneiformrecords.com /bandshtml/kaiser.html (173 words)

	TrouserPress.com :: Henry Kaiser
		Wailing in a power-trio format on Re-Marrying for Money (an expanded reissue of the German Marrying for Money), Kaiser is supported by brothers Hilary and John Hanes (the bassist and drummer, respectively, were once the rhythm section in Pearl Harbor and the Explosions), both subsequently of the Henry Kaiser Band.
		If you're in the market for a brilliant postmodern guitar hero, you could do a whole lot worse than Henry Kaiser.
		Kaiser gooses the Synclavier himself on this disc, which is divided pretty equally into duets and solo excursions.
	www.trouserpress.com /entry.php?a=henry_kaiser (597 words)

	A Picture Review of the Kaiser/Frazer
		The pictures of the Henry J that were on this page now have a home of their own.
		Kaiser and Frazer automobiles were manufactured at Kaiser's Willow Run, Michigan, factory from 1946 to 1955, when declining sales forced the closing of Kaiser's domestic operations.
		I have a Kaiser K5325 which is a Traveler built as a 1954 and the only known example.
	oldcarandtruckpictures.com /Kaiser (2033 words)

	E351- Henry Kaiser
		Kaiser was a private in the band of the 12th Infantry Regiment.
		The 12th Infantry's regimental band was stationed on Angel Island at the time of Kaiser's death.
		The 12th Infantry was created early in the Civil War and sent out west in 1869.
	www.eclectichistorian.net /AI_Cemetery/E351.html (54 words)

	Henry Kaiser Journal - Kaiser Family Foundation
		Read the first journal entry from Henry Kaiser's two and a half month National Science Foundation Antarctic Artists & Writers Program visit to Antarctica and view photos of his first week.
		Read the journal entry from Henry's final night in Antarctica and see pictures of his contribution to the in-town collective art project.
		Read the tenth journal entry and view photos of Henry's ascent on a snowmobile and the view of the volcano's crater.
	www.kff.org /about/henrykaiser.cfm (464 words)

	156 Strings (compiled by Henry Kaiser)
		Mastered by Paul Stubblebine at Paul's Gourmet Mastering, San Francisco, CA Curated by guitarist and producer Henry Kaiser, 156 Strings is a
		Kaiser is widely recognized as one of the most creative and innovative
		Kaiser brings 19 of the most innovative voices on acoustic guitar into the
	www.rattaymusic.de /releases/Cuneiform/156Strings.html (585 words)

	ClassicCar.com Forums - Henry Kaiser and Joe Frazer
		When Henry Kaiser and Joe Frazer teamed up after World War II to form a car-building enterprise called the Kaiser-Frazer Corporation, both were already successful entrepreneurs.
		After a disagreement with Henry Kaiser, Joe Frazer had left the company and the Frazer nameplate would soon disappear.
		ClassicCar.com Forums - Henry Kaiser and Joe Frazer
	www.classiccar.com /forums/showthread.php?t=954 (880 words)

	Henry Kaiser AOL Live Interview 10/29/96
		On Tuesday night, 10/29/96 at 7 PM PST, Henry Kaiser and I sat down for a chat in cyberspace, hosted by the AOL Live crew.
		I'm on one of his solo CD's - he's on one of mine and he was in The Henry Kaiser Band for a while - that made one live CD.
		Tonight we have with us Henry Kaiser, noted guitarist.
	www.gdforum.com /hklog.html (2049 words)

	Enternity Blue by Henry Kaiser
		On Eternity Blue, award-winning, experimental guitarist Henry Kaiser and his friends celebrate Garcia's visionary music with beautiful and unusual versions of Grateful Dead classics and more.
		Various Artists, along with Henry Kaiser, perform several GD tunes.
		An impromptu teaming of the Henry Kaiser Quartet with Marilyn Crispell.
	www.gdforum.com /store/music/gdhkblue.html (505 words)

	Henry J. Kaiser: Labor Hall of Fame
		Henry J. Kaiser was a builder of roads, dams, ships and housing.
		He established giant businesses in cement, aluminium, chemicals, steel, tourism and health care.
	www.dol.gov /oasam/programs/laborhall/hjk.htm (140 words)

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