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  John Sperling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Sperling (born 1921) is a US billionaire who is credited with leading the contemporary for-profit education movement in the United States.
Sperling has gained additional notoriety recently for his funding the project to clone a dog named Missy in a project called Missyplicity.
John Sperling is also an opponent of drug prohibition and is actively financing initiatives to decriminalize medical marijuana in the United States.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Sperling   (377 words)

  
 Sperling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sperling is a name common among Jewish surname.
Edward Sperling, an official in the British Mandate of Palestine and zionist
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sperling   (97 words)

  
 CNN.com - Transcripts
SPERLING: We took the company public and the IPO, the stock increased by 20 times and I was holding, my son and I were holding a third of the company or nearly 40 percent of the company.
SPERLING: Well, I was in a neighbor's cherry orchard eating, unfortunately, not quite ripe cherries and got a terrible case of dysentery and stomach upset and for some reason I guess it lowered my resistance and I got pneumonia and the pneumonia did not go away.
SPERLING: The sea water farms are going to be an essential element in, you might call, the economic recovery of both Eritrea and Ethiopia.
transcripts.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0105/19/pin.00.html   (2842 words)

  
 John G. Sperling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Sperling is the founder of Apollo Group, Inc. Dr. Sperling was appointed Acting Executive Chairman of the Board in January of 2006.
Sperling was the Chairman of the Board of Directors from its inception until June 2004, was President of Apollo Group, Inc. until February 1998 and Chief Executive Officer of Apollo Group, Inc. until August 2001.
Sperling is the father of Peter V. Sperling.
www.apollogrp.edu /Management/JSperling.htm   (171 words)

  
 FP
Peter Sperling is a founding member of Frilot Partridge.
Sperling understands the complexity of medicine and the ever-changing, highly- regulated healthcare industry.
Sperling is a member of the Louisiana, American and New Orleans Bar Associations, the Defense Research Institute and the International Association of Defense Counsel.
www.fpkc.com /attorneyTemplate.asp?lawyerid=53   (295 words)

  
 CNN Transcript - Pinnacle: Apollo Group CEO John Sperling Looks to Broaden Boundaries of Higher Education - July 16, ...
JOHN SPERLING: We took the company public and the IPO, the stock increased by 20 times and I was holding, my son and I were holding a third of the company or nearly 40 percent of the company.
JOHN SPERLING: Well, I was in a neighbor's cherry orchard eating, unfortunately, not quite ripe cherries and got a terrible case of dysentery and stomach upset and for some reason I guess it lowered my resistance and I got pneumonia and the pneumonia did not go away.
JOHN SPERLING: The sea water farms are going to be an essential element in, you might call, the economic recovery of both Eritrea and Ethiopia.
edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0007/16/pin.00.html   (2962 words)

  
 POLITICS / Treating Drug Offenders / Huge coffers fund effort to replicate Prop. 36 in other states
A trio of megamillionaires -- George Soros, the financier whose wealth is estimated at $5 billion, John Sperling, worth around $550 million and Peter Lewis, worth $1.1 billion -- are spending their own money to replicate Proposition 36, the state law that mandates treatment rather than jail terms for nonviolent narcotics offenders.
Sperling says his sympathy for medical use of marijuana comes partly from his experience in the late 1970s, when he smoked it after he was given radioactive implants to treat his prostate cancer.
Measures funded by George Soros, Peter Lewis and John Sperling are marked with an asterisk(x).
sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/07/01/MN173490.DTL   (1061 words)

  
 Sperling Family Crest
Sperling is an ancient Anglo-Saxon name that is derived from the baptismal name for the son of Spirling, which was an ancient Old English personal name.
In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...
In the Sperling coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement.
houseofnames.com /xq/asp.fc/qx/sperling-family-crest.htm?a=54323-224   (571 words)

  
 Pacific Coast Business Times | Financial Markets | CallWave’s IPO rings up gains for Sperling
Peter Sperling, son of the founder of the University of Phoenix, part-time Montecito resident and one of the nation’s richest people, will add millions more to his net worth when CallWave goes public this year.
Sperling, whose personal fortune is estimated at $1.5 billion, helped found Santa Barbara-based CallWave and serves as the company’s chairman.
The 44-year-old Sperling is the largest holder of CallWave shares, with a stake of 6.5 million or 25 percent of the common stock.
www.pacbiztimes.com /articles/wk_052404a.cfm   (877 words)

  
 Genes Can Increase Heart Risk Even In Those Who Are Fit
Peter says his father was a longtime smoker and his mother had high blood pressure.
Peter's overall cholesterol was 250 -- a reading of 240 or over immediately raises a red flag for doctors, who usually order more tests.
But Peter says he didn't know his cholesterol was so high.
www.personalmd.com /news/n1118052215.shtml   (1601 words)

  
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A large part of the open space on the Ellwood Mesa will soon be called the Sperling Preserve, as a resolution passed unanimously by the Goleta City Council this week acknowledged a forthcoming $5 million gift from Peter and Stephanie Sperling.
The Sperling family operates several businesses, the best known of which is the University of Phoenix.
Peter Sperling, UCSB graduate, is the founder and president of CallWave, a local software and telecommunications company.
goletavalleyvoice.com /cgi-bin/frontpage/readarticle.cgi?article=686   (574 words)

  
 Arizonan's mansion in San Francisco listed for $65 million   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
10, 2006 12:00 AM Peter Sperling, one of a handful of Arizonans among the rarified ranks of the world's richest people, has put his San Francisco mansion on the market.
Sperling, senior vice president and board member of University of Phoenix parent Apollo Group Inc., has listed it for $65 million.
Sperling paid $32 million for the house in early 2003, a record in the city.
www.azcentral.com /rsslinks/180246   (192 words)

  
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On Saturday the 18 November 2000 Master Sperling participated in an orienteering exercise and as part of the exercise formed into a group of 6 to 8 youths to work as a team.
Master Sperling’s group were to arrive at the dam edge and wade out to where a small boat was anchored and retrieve a clue to continue the orienteering exercise.
A Military Board of Enquiry was held in relation to the death of Karl Peter Sperling.
www.justice.qld.gov.au /courts/coroner/findings/sperling0206.doc   (1736 words)

  
 Portland NORML News - Monday, January 5, 1998
Sperling finds nothing poignant in his return to a place he moved to as a teen-ager with his mother after his father died, a place where they were so poor, said his son, Peter, he had to steal chickens to eat.
Sperling was born in Freedom Schoolhouse, a hamlet in rural Missouri, the youngest of six children.
Sperling thinks his school's success has influenced more traditional universities that are adopting practical, hands-on approaches to teaching and tapping the market of adult learners.
www.pdxnorml.org /980105.html   (15992 words)

  
 HippoPress -- The Hippo -- Guide to Manchester NH
Peter Sperling has worked at M.O.M., or Motorcycles of Manchester, for the past 15 years.
He started out part time, in sales, but these days he’s in charge of inventory, buying good bikes that M.O.M. can sell as is or fix up for resale.
His father rode well into his 80s and left Sperling his prized possession, a 1941 Indian.
www.hippopress.com /050407/sperling05407.html   (1435 words)

  
 Peter Sperling, The World's Richest People - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Announcement last month that enrollment is slowing triggered massive selloff; shares down 15.5% in one day, wiping out $1.6 billion in value (market cap, at $17 billion two years ago, now hovering at $8.7 billion).
John resigned as chairman in 2004; son Peter serves as Apollo senior vice president.
U.S. indexes are delayed at least 15 minutes with the exception of Nasdaq, Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 which are 2 minutes delayed.
www.forbes.com /lists/2006/10/RQWL.html   (210 words)

  
 RTL Television   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
All creatures great and clawed: When city vet Peter Sperling and his son decided to take a vacation at Grandma Erika's veterinary practice at the foot of the Alps, they didn't expect a bear to be running wild in the forest.
Neither did the villagers, who blame a poor Rottweiler for the series of dead cattle and laugh at Dr. Sperling's tales of a bear tracks.
And when Carola tells Wulpringer to take a hike, the bear is suddenly not the only furious beast on a rampage.
www.rtl-television.de /4349.html   (103 words)

  
 Peter Sperling, The 400 Richest Americans - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Peter Sperling, The 400 Richest Americans - Forbes.com
U.S. Home > Lists > Forbes 400 > Peter Sperling
Father John resigned as chairman last year; Peter serves as Apollo senior vice president.
www.forbes.com /lists/2005/54/RQWL.html   (183 words)

  
 Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation
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Peter is the Chairman of CallWave, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA.
He has also been with Apollo Group, Inc. since 1983, serving as a Senior Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer since June 1998.
www.eclipticenterprises.com /bio_sperling.php   (132 words)

  
 Cities Ranked and Rated by Bert Sperling and Peter Sander   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Cities Ranked and Rated by Bert Sperling and Peter Sander
Cities Ranked and Rated: More than 400 Metropolitan Areas Evaluated in the U.S. and Canada, 1st Edition
The Top Ten metropolitan areas in the United States and Canada, according to Bert Sperling and Peter Sander are
www.retire2enjoy.com /best-places-retire/cities-ranked.html   (179 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Cities Ranked and Rated: More than 400 Metropolitan Areas Evaluated in the U.S. and Canada, 1st Edition: ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
by Bert Sperling, Peter Sander "In an ideal world, Cities Ranked and Rated would examine every place to live in North America, from giant New York City to bucolic burghs..." (more)
Cities Ranked and Rated: Your Guide to the Best Places to Live in the U.S. and Canada provides timely facts and unbiased information on over 400 U.S. and 30 Canadian cities in an easy-to-access format.
Peter Sander and Bert Sperling, the authors have a great background and created a very flowing publication.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/076452562X?v=glance   (2076 words)

  
 Mueller named to Apollo Group board - The Business Journal of Phoenix:
Mueller, formerly chief executive of Apollo's University of Phoenix Online campus and a 19-year company veteran, was named president of Apollo Group (NASDAQ: APOL) Jan. 11 in the wake of the resignation of former Chief Executive Todd Nelson.
Other members of the current board are company founder John Sperling -- who was named executive chairman in the wake of the Nelson resignation -- Peter Sperling, John Norton, John Blair, Hedy Grovenar and Dino DeConcini.
Phoenix-based Apollo Group provides higher education programs to working adults through its subsidiaries, which include The University of Phoenix Inc., Institute for Professional Development, The College for Financial Planning Institutes Corp., and Western International University.
phoenix.bizjournals.com /phoenix/stories/2006/03/27/daily34.html?...   (480 words)

  
 Circulation -- Subspecialty Collections : Hypertrophy
Bogac Kaynak, Anja von Heydebreck, Siegrun Mebus, Dominik Seelow, Steffen Hennig, Jan Vogel, Hans-Peter Sperling, Reinhard Pregla, Vladimir Alexi-Meskishvili, Roland Hetzer, Peter E. Lange, Martin Vingron, Hans Lehrach, and Silke Sperling
Peter E. Light, Catriona H.R. Wallace, and Jason R.B. Dyck
Christian Geier, Andreas Perrot, Cemil Özcelik, Priska Binner, Damian Counsell, Katrin Hoffmann, Bernhard Pilz, Yvonne Martiniak, Katja Gehmlich, Peter F.M. van der Ven, Dieter O. Fürst, Arnold Vornwald, Eberhard von Hodenberg, Peter Nürnberg, Thomas Scheffold, Rainer Dietz, and Karl Josef Osterziel
www.circ.ahajournals.org /cgi/collection/hypertrophy?page=20   (370 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Cities RankedĀ & Rated: More than 400 Metropolitan Areas Evaluated in the U.S. and Canada, 1st Edition: ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
For anyone thinking about relocating–or interested in the demographics of American life–Cities Ranked and Rated offers unbeatable insights into more than 400 metropolitan areas in the United States and Canada.
Data is provided by Bert Sperling, creator of Money magazine’s original "Best Places to Live" list.
This unique guide combines honest opinions and objective facts to help readers...
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/076452562X   (1402 words)

  
 (Harry SPERLING - Henry H. SPIES )   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
(Harry SPERLING - Henry H. Index of Persons
James B. (29 Apr 1827 - 26 Mar 1886)
Peter C. Rebecca E. Samuel F. (30 Mar 1830 - 1 Dec 1906)
www.public.asu.edu /~bgertz/family/index/ind1101.html   (129 words)

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