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  John Sparkman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Jackson Sparkman (December 20, 1899 – November 16, 1985) was a United States politician from Alabama.
Sparkman was born on a farm near Hartselle, Alabama.
Sparkman was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1937 to November 5, 1946, when he resigned.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Sparkman   (297 words)

  
 History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Senator John J. Sparkman was born on a farm near Hartselle, Morgan County, Alabama on December 20, 1899.
Senator Sparkman was elected to represent the Alabama’s 8th Congressional District in the
John J. Sparkman Center for International Public Health Education is a fitting tribute to a man with a global vision of health and its impact on human well being and the role of the United States in assisting other countries in a dealing with the health problems.
main.uab.edu /show.asp?durki=37939   (320 words)

  
 Alabama Academy of Honor: John Sparkman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
John Sparkman, Junior Senator from Alabama, was born on a farm near Hartselle in Morgan County, Alabama in 1899, the son of a deputy sheriff.
Sparkman was a Methodist, a Mason, a Kiwanian, a World War I veteran, an American Legion members, and an Army Reserve Colonel.
Sparkman is married to the former Ivo Hall of Albertville.
www.archives.state.al.us /famous/Academy/j_spark.html   (389 words)

  
 Sparkman Center for Global Health   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The UAB Sparkman Center for Global Health was established in 1979 with a congressional appro-priation through the United States Agency for International Develop-ment (USAID) to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
The primary mission of the Sparkman Center is to contribute to solutions of health problems in developing countries by implementing graduate level public health educational, research and training programs.
The Sparkman Center collaborates with institutions and government agencies in developing countries as well as with other international organizations in a variety of public health education, research and service activities.
www.soph.uab.edu /sparkman.asp?ID=32   (121 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
From the left: Rep. John M. Costello; Rep. Thomas E. Martin; Rep. John J. Sparkman; Brigadier General Roger Brooke; and Rep. Charles W. Brooks.
Included are Rep. John M. Costello; Sen. Chan Gurney; Sen. Harry S. Truman; Lieutenant Colonel Edward C. Mcguire; Colonel Thomas A. Terry; Sen. Elmer Thomas; Rep. Charles R. Clason; Sen. Sherman Minton; Rep. John J. Sparkman; Rep. Thomas E. Martin; Rep. Charles W. Brooks; and Major Arthur R. Wilson.
From the left: Rep. John J. Sparkman; Rep. Paul W. Shafer; Sen. Elmer Thomas; Sen. Henry H. Schwartz; Rep. Thomas E. Martin; Rep. Charles R. Clason; and Colonel Fisher, Air Corps commander of Scott Field.
www.ou.edu /special/albertctr/archives/PhotoInventory/Thomasph1.htm   (4810 words)

  
 Sparkman Center for Global Health   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Sparkman Center established by the congressional appropriation to UAB in order to honor Senator John J. Sparkman from Alabama upon his retirement.
The Sparkman Center and the Department of Social and Preventative Medicine at UWI have collaborated on several public health manpower development and training activities in the Caribbean.
The Sparkman Center was named a WHO Collaborating Center for Manpower Development with emphasis in public health, administration, and epidemiology.
www.soph.uab.edu /sparkmancontent.asp?id=958&pid=33   (1730 words)

  
 Sisyphus Shrugged - from the Times, of all places
The Democratic opponent was Senator John J. Sparkman, chairman of the Senate banking committee, a legendary power in what was still a solidly Democratic South.
Sparkman that made him appear to support forced busing of schoolchildren, which he opposed.
Bush as third in command, people who worked in the race said he was not involved in those tactics or with the overall agenda.
www.livejournal.com /users/jmhm/998659.html   (551 words)

  
 Biography of Senator John J. Sparkman
Senator John Jackson Sparkman was born near Hartselle, Alabama, on December 20, 1899.
Senator Sparkman began his career as a lawyer in Huntsville from 1925 to 1937.
Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1948, Sparkman once again played an influential role in convincing the Army to consolidate its new missile and rocket research efforts at Redstone Arsenal.
www.redstone.army.mil /history/sparkman/sparkbio.htm   (358 words)

  
 History of the Sparkman Center
Strategically located at the intersection of Martin and Patton Roads, the John J. Sparkman Center is the headquarters for the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) and the Logistics Support Activity (LOGSA).
The open office layout of the Sparkman complex features systems furniture and demountable walls with window panels forming enclosed offices around the core of the buildings.
In 1987, Congress approved legislation authorizing third-party ventures, and the Sparkman Center was pursued on that basis until 1990, when the Secretary of Defense decided it should be funded by the Army.
www.redstone.army.mil /history/sparkman/welcome.html   (791 words)

  
 Finding Aid to the Personal Papers of John E. Horne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
John E. Horne was born March 4, 1908 in Clayton, Alabama.
John E. Horne died in 1985 at the age of seventy-seven.
The papers of John E. Horne cover the years 1951 -1968, and consist of some of John Horne's papers from his tenure as Administrator, Small Defense Plants Administration, Administrative Assistant to Senator Sparkman, Administrator, Small Business Administration and Chairman, Federal Home Loan Bank Board.
www.jfklibrary.org /fa_horne.html   (1612 words)

  
 Democrats Vote Today; Southerners Seated; Truman Puts His Support Behind Stevenson
It was the plan to try to select a Vice Presidential candidate, probably Senator John J. Sparkman of Alabama or Vice President Alben W. Barkley, tonight.
Senator Kerr, an outside possibility from the beginning, simply was hoping for some sort of break in the position that might put him forward as a compromise.
Barkley as an important convention figure Senator John J. Sparkman of Alabama, a liberal Southerner, had been out in front for the Vice Presidential nomination which, if all goes well, will be made here sometime tonight or tomorrow morning.
partners.nytimes.com /library/politics/camp/520725convention-dem-ra.html   (1237 words)

  
 CNN/AllPolitics.com - Election 2000 - The Democratic National Convention
As anticipation mounts during the lull between the primaries and the general election, names of potential running mates are routinely floated out among media outlets across the United States, where they are promptly examined, debated and discussed before the conventions roll around.
Known to friends and foes alike as "Cactus Jack," John Nance Garner of Texas spent 30 years in Congress, working his way up to Speaker of the House after the 1930 mid-term elections.
Kennedy led the crowded field during the second round of balloting and was within 40 votes of securing the nomination when Gore withdrew from the contest and threw his support behind his Tennessee colleague.
www.cnn.com /ELECTION/2000/conventions/democratic/features/running.mates   (1192 words)

  
 Hartselle Area Chamber Of Commerce: Hartselle, Alabama
This years banquet is set for March 11, 2004 and will be held at the Sparkman Civic Center.
The agenda will be similar to those in the past in that we will recognize the outgoing Board members and welcome their replacements.
John J. Sparkman Citizenship Award - The person who receives this award has gone beyond the call of duty and has dedicated time and effort for the Hartselle area and Morgan County.
www.hartsellechamber.com /february19_chatter.html   (278 words)

  
 Global Health Council - Global Health News from around the World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) through the Sparkman Center for International Public Health Education offers a unique opportunity for qualified public health professionals to enhance their public health skills as summer institute scholars.
The Summer Institute is designed to enhance basic public health training with concrete skill-building in leadership, management, computing, research design and topic-area expertise, especially on HIV/STD/TB control and prevention in resource-limited settings.
To provide access to scholars from abroad, all course activities will be simultaneously translated into Russian through the use of personal headsets.
www.globalhealth.org /news/printview-news.php3?id=1470   (165 words)

  
 Global Health Council - Global Health News from around the World
Please contact the UAB John J. Sparkman Center for International Public Health Education for more information or application.
UAB is one of America?s premier medical research institutions comprised of 12 schools with an enrollment of nearly 16,000 students in 139 degree and certificate awarding programs.
The Sparkman Center in the UAB School of Public Health is an endowed Center with a mission of fostering global public health education, research and service.
www.globalhealth.org /news/printview-news.php3?id=2501   (292 words)

  
 TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Senator's Sunday -- Jan. 20, 1947   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
For ten years John J. Sparkman had taught Sunday school in his home town of Huntsville, Ala.
Last week, with Congress once more in session, Methodist Senator Sparkman was back in his Sunday-school job.
The topic for study: the Gospel according to St. John.
www.time.com /time/archive/printout/0,23657,854322,00.html   (152 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Spalletta to Sparkman
Westchester County, N.Y. Brother of Michael J. Spano.
Sparkman, John Jackson (1899-1985) — also known as John J. Sparkman — of Huntsville,
Sparkman, Stephen Milancthon (1849-1929) — also known as Stephen M. Sparkman — of Tampa,
politicalgraveyard.com /bio/spalletta-sparkman.html   (684 words)

  
 Program Executive Office Air and Missile Defense transition ceremony recognizes name change, addition of Army  ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
John M. Urias, Program Executive Officer, Air and Missile Defense and SMDC’s deputy commanding general for Research, Development and Acquisition, presided at the ceremony.
John M. Urias, the PEO ASMD and deputy commanding general for Research, Development and Acquisition, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC).
John M. Urias (left), Program Executive Officer for Air, Space and Missile Defense (PEO ASMD) furls the former banner for his organization as Ms.
www.smdc.army.mil /pubaff/03Press/PEO_namechange.html   (578 words)

  
 Hartselle Area Chamber Of Commerce: Hartselle, Alabama
The week began on Tuesday, March 9th when we co-hosted the State of the County Breakfast at Sparkman Civic Center.
If you are interested in going to Washington this May please call the Chamber for more details.
On Thursday the March 11th we hosted the Chamber Annual Meeting, also at Sparkman Civic Center.
www.hartsellechamber.com /march18_chatter.html   (398 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
On this day in 1908, US Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte issued an order creating an investigative agency that was a forerunner of the FBI.
On this day in 1945, Winston Churchill resigned as Britain's prime minister after his Conservatives were soundly defeated by the Labor Party.
On this day in 1952, Adlai E. Stevenson was nominated for president by the Democratic national convention in Chicago; John J. Sparkman was nominated for vice president.
www.lava.net /~ac/date/07/26.htm   (329 words)

  
 Details: EsqwireCentral   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
She is a co-author of the textbook "Federal Income Tax: Doctrine, Structure, & Policy" and an author of numerous academic articles.
She has been a Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and the University of Florida in Gainesville and was the John J. Sparkman Chairholder of Law (Visiting) at the University of Alabama.
She is a member of the American Law Institute, has served as Chair of the Association of American Law Schools Tax Section, and is active in the Teaching Taxation Committee of the ABA Tax Section.
www.law.northwestern.edu /ewc/details_printable.cfm?EventID=5390   (177 words)

  
 John J. Sparkman Center for International Public Health Education (SCIPHE)
John J. Sparkman Center for International Public Health Education (SCIPHE)
To contribute to solutions of health problems in developing countries by implementing graduate-level training and educational programs that are organized collaboratively with academic institutions, international agencies and health ministries within the host country.
Created in 1980 by the U.S. Congress as an endowed center in honor of Senator John J. Sparkman.
main.uab.edu /show.asp?durki=34768   (126 words)

  
 Hartselle chamber honors 5   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Sittason, who retired in 1993, was one of five citizens the Hartselle Area Chamber of Commerce honored during its annual banquet Tuesday at West Hartselle Baptist Church.
The chamber selected Nancy Busby the Ambassador of the Year; Bob Francis the E.R. Roberts Business and Civic Award winner; and Billy and Catherine Sims the John J. Sparkman Citizenship Award winners.
Cain said Sittason moved to Hartselle in 1957 and was immediately involved with the community.
www.decaturdaily.com /decaturdaily/news/050420/honor.shtml   (469 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / This Day in History / Today in history - July 26   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In 1788, New York became the 11th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
In 1908, U.S. Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte issued an order creating an investigative agency that was a forerunner of the FBI.
In 1952, Adlai E. Stevenson was nominated for president by the Democratic national convention in Chicago; John J. Sparkman was nominated for vice president.
www.boston.com /news/history/articles/2004/07/25/today_in_history___july_26?mode=PF   (451 words)

  
 U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The select committee was terminated on March 25, 1981, when it became the Committee on Small Business, a standing committee.
On June 29, 2001, Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) changed the name of the committee to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
20, 1950 - Jan. 3, 1951 John J. Sparkman (D-Ala.)
sbc.senate.gov /democrat/history.cfm   (520 words)

  
 JAvoice.com: Mike Masaoka documents   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Masaoka is answering questions by Rep. John J. Sparkman, an Alabama Republican.
REP. SPARKMAN: But in the event the evacuation is deemed necessary by those having charge of the defenses, as loyal Americans you are willing to prove your loyalty by cooperating?
MASAOKA: Provided that the military or the people charged with the responsibility are cognizant of all the facts.
www.javoice.com /masaoka.html   (387 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
4035: "To extend and amend laws relating to the provision and improvement of housing and the renewal of urban communities, and for other purposes" (John J. Sparkman - Alabama).
171: "To amend section 217 of the National Housing Act" (John J. Sparkman - Alabama; Homer Capehart - Indiana).
Correspondence re H. 2392 ["To amend Public Law 874, Eighty-first Congress, relating to grants for maintenance and operation of schools in federally impacted areas, to correct an inequity" (John F. Baldwin, Jr.
www.ou.edu /special/albertctr/archives/albertinventory/Cal029.htm   (3668 words)

  
 Sparkman, Shepard & Morris Home Page
Sparkman, Shepard and Morris, P.C. Attorneys and Counselors at Law
Sparkman, Shepard and Morris, P.C. serves individual and business clients throughout Alabama and the South with professional legal services from Contract and Fraud Litigation to Complex Bankruptcy Cases.
The law firm traces its roots to deceased partner and former United States Senator John J. Sparkman, who opened his law offices in 1924.
www.tshepard.com   (909 words)

  
 Gorgas Course Faculty Biosketches
Behavioral and demographic risk factors for transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in heterosexual couples: report from the Heterosexual HIV Transmissio Study.
Stringer JS, Sinkala M, Chapman V, Acosta EP, Aldrovandi GM, Mudenda V, Stout JP, Goldenberg RL, Kumwenda R, Vermund SH.
Timing of the maternal drug dose and risk of perinatal HIV transmission in the setting of intrapartum and neonatal single-dose nevirapine.
info.dom.uab.edu /gorgas/faculty/vermund.html   (604 words)

  
 CNN - Almanac - July 26, 1996
In 1894, English novelist Aldous Huxley, author of "Brave New World," was born in Godalming, England.
In 1945, Winston Churchill resigned as Britain's prime minister after his Conservatives were soundly defeated by the Labor Party.
In 1952, Adlai E. Stevenson was nominated for president by the Democratic national convention in Chicago; later that day, John J. Sparkman was nominated for vice president.
edition.cnn.com /almanac/9607/26   (585 words)

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