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  Robert Kraft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert K. Kraft, (born June 5, 1941 in Brookline, Massachusetts) is the owner of National Football League's New England Patriots and Major League Soccer's New England Revolution, as well as the stadium where they play, Gillette Stadium.
Kraft is a 1963 graduate of Columbia University and received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1965.
Robert’s wife Myra is also Jewish and is involved in charity to the Jews that are needy and is very involved in Hadassah Hospital.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Kraft   (1089 words)

  
 Awards and Honors-Robert Kraft receives highest honor form Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Kraft is the sixth astronomer associated with the Lick Observatory to receive this award, and the fourth associated with UCSC.
Kraft also established an important rung on the ladder of celestial distances by assessing the contribution of interstellar dust to the dimming of Cepheid variables in the disk of our galaxy.
Kraft became interested in the chemical composition of stars after observing an unusual star named FG Sagittae, which underwent rapid changes in composition and later nearly disappeared behind a cloud of its own soot.
currents.ucsc.edu /04-05/05-16/awards-kraft.asp   (823 words)

  
 The Trustees: Robert Kraft   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Robert Kraft is Founder and Chairman of the Kraft Group of Companies based in Boston, Mass.
The Kraft Group is a holding company with interests concentrated on three specific areas: paper and packaging; sports and entertainment; and venture investing.
Kraft is a trustee of Columbia University and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute as well as many other civic and philanthropic organizations.
www.columbia.edu /cu/secretary/trustees/bios/Kraft.html   (331 words)

  
 Robert Kraft
Kraft is the owner of the NFL's New England Patriots and of the Gillette Stadium as well as the head of the soccer team New England Revolution.
Robert Kraft eventually bought the company, Rand-Whitney, in 1972 and in the same year he founded International Forest Products.
Robert Kraft was 320th in the Forbes Richest Americans List with an estimated net worth of $1.1 billion.
www.biogs.com /business/kraft.html   (378 words)

  
 Columbia News ::: CU Establishes Kraft Family Fund for Interfaith and Intercultural Awareness
Robert Kraft said, " Myra and I know that issues that invoke passionate debate, especially those surrounding religion, culture, ethnicity and politics, for example, are often the issues that matter most.
Kraft is also a principal benefactor of the Robert K. Kraft Family Center for Jewish Student Life, which was dedicated in 2000 and is one of his many contributions to the University.
In November 2004, Kraft was awarded the Alexander Hamilton Medal, the highest tribute that can be paid to a member of the Columbia College community, in honor of his lifetime of service to Columbia.
www.columbia.edu /cu/news/05/04/kraft_announcement.html   (874 words)

  
 Robert Kraft: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Robert K. Kraft (born 1942) is an owner of Gillette Stadium Gillette Stadium quick summary:
The new england revolution (also known as the revs) is the major league soccer (mls) franchise of boston, massachusetts....
Kraft is a 1963 graduate of Columbia University Columbia University quick summary:
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/robert_kraft.htm   (372 words)

  
 Failed redistrict map foils 2 ex-legislators
Kraft, a former House member in District 11, had also been thinking sequel and shied away from the same traffic jam.
The tallest being that Kraft is related to New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and was a guest in the owner's box at the 2002 Super Bowl.
James Kraft is a relative of the cheese company founders, but Robert Kraft is not, nor had he ever heard of the high-strung Arizona House member.
www.azcentral.com /specials/special12/articles/0613polinsider13.html   (699 words)

  
 Robert P. Kraft Bibliography
Kraft, Robert P., “On the Nonhomogeneity of Metal Abundances in Stars of Globular Clusters and Satellite Subsystems of the Galaxy,” Ann.
Kraft, Robert, “A Comparison of Globular Cluster and Halo Field Stars, in” in Astrophysical Impact of Abundances in Globular Cluster Stars, 25th meeting of the IAU, Joint Discussion 4, 16-17 July 2003, Sydney, Australia [abstract].
Kraft, Robert P., “Are all Novae Binary Stars?” Leaflets of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 9, 137-44 (1964) [Leaflet #418].
www.sonoma.edu /hosts/physastro/BruceMedalists/Kraft/KraftRefs.html   (1597 words)

  
 Boston.com / Sports / Patriots stadium deal
Jonathan Kraft, son of Patriots owner Robert Kraft, unveils plans for the team's new Foxboro stadium during a press conference today.
Jonathan Kraft assured that the team has no plans to ask the state for any additional money beyond the $70 million committed for infrastructure.
In the early 70s, Robert Kraft and his sons sat on the same uncomfortable aluminum benches where today's fans squirm.
www.boston.com /news/packages/patriots/stories/stadium_plans_041800.htm   (982 words)

  
 Boston.com / Sports / Football / Patriots / A great view from the top
Owner Robert Kraft, who has eight grandchildren, was struck by the thought while talking to Harry Kraft, vice chairman Jonathan Kraft's son.
The Krafts had a busy day, taking part in the fan rally at Gillette Stadium before the team departed for Logan Airport and their flight to St. Augustine.
Robert Kraft harkened back to how much he's learned over the years about being an owner, and how difficult it is to achieve the success his franchise has had.
www.boston.com /sports/football/patriots/articles/2005/01/31/a_great_view_from_the_top   (558 words)

  
 Pats owner Kraft will release Parcells, but at a price   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Kraft said that he had a preliminary discussion with the Jets on Thursday, and that it was up to them to initiate further talks.
Kraft suggested that Parcells, who took the Patriots from last place to the Super Bowl, was more valuable than that pick by pointing out that the last three top choices were Dan Wilkinson, Ki-Jana Carter and Keyshawn Johnson.
Kraft said he doesn't know if the Jets tampered with Parcells, which would violate NFL rules, but suggested that ''it's just strange'' that they haven't interviewed any potential coaches since Rich Kotite announced Dec. 20 he wouldn't return.
www.lubbockonline.com /news/020197/pats.htm   (956 words)

  
 Kraft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kraft, a character in Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22.
Randy Steven Kraft (born 1945), American serial killer
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kraft   (115 words)

  
 Robert Kraft & The Ivory Coast!
Robert Kraft -- Monday, 22 September 2003, at 11:59 a.m.
Robert Kraft -- Tuesday, 15 March 2005, at 10:47 p.m.
Robert Kraft -- Sunday, 23 April 2006, at 8:08 p.m.
www.savethebottomline.com /forum/index.pl/noframes/read/86   (285 words)

  
 Local: Pats staying in Mass.
Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland, left, and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, walk through the halls of the state Capitol in Hartford, Conn., on Thursday.
Kraft signed a tentative deal with Rowland in November to move the team to Connecticut, after the state offered him a deal he seemingly couldn't refuse: a $374 million stadium on the Hartford waterfront.
But Kraft would have to pay for the stadium, though it would be funded in part by favorable loans from the NFL.
www.seacoastonline.com /1999news/5_1a.htm   (664 words)

  
 Rhode Island news | projo.com | The Providence Journal | Local News
Robert Kraft, center, chariman and owner of the New England Patriots, greets Willie Turner and Mount Pleasant High School football players during a news conference at the school yesterday to announce the team's donation.
Kraft made the donation on behalf of the Kraft family and New England Patriots Charitable Foundation to further the development of youth sports in the city.
Kraft said he was touched by Cicilline's story of the Central High School football team, which made it to the state division championship game in November and fell just short of victory, while playing in an outdated Conley Stadium with inadequate goal posts.
www.projo.com /news/content/projo_20050106_ppats6.161ce3.html   (1134 words)

  
 Professor Robert P. Kraft   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Robert Kraft's current research interest is the chemical composition, kinematics, and spatial distribution of stars in the halo of our galaxy and other galaxies.
A second problem has to do with the chemical composition of evolved stars in globular clusters.
The spectroscopy of globular cluster stars gives puzzling results, which suggest that mixing and dredgeup in late evolutionary stages is not well understood.
astro.ucsc.edu /~dept/faculty/kraft.html   (124 words)

  
 Judge Robert Kraft was orderly, concise
Judge Kraft favored an orderly and decorous courtroom, according to Daniel Feldhaus of Delhi Township, who was chief deputy clerk in the Civil Municipal Court for 20 years.
Judge Kraft served as attorney for the village of Addyston, as chief trial counsel for the Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati and as chief referee of Hamilton County Juvenile Court.
Judge Kraft was on the boards of Girls Town of America, the Public Dental Service Society of Cincinnati, the Cincinnati Chapter of the American Red Cross, the Jewish Community Relations Committee of Cincinnati and the Bonds for Israel Committee of Cincinnati.
www.enquirer.com /editions/2004/09/08/loc_loc5a.html   (597 words)

  
 Passion for success / Kraft knows how to turn around an NFL franchise
The similarities of the operation that Kraft took over with the Patriots and the one that York took over with the 49ers are striking.
He wasn't speaking about York, but he might as well have been speaking to him, when Kraft explained how he willingly lost money the first five years of his ownership, to build up the roster and the organization in an attempt to win support from fans for a new stadium.
Kraft couldn't make long-range plans with Bill Parcells as his coach because Kraft never knew how long Parcells would remain, but the second coach he hired, Bill Belichick, brought stability and is the best coach in the league today.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/01/19/SPG49ASJ6D1.DTL   (1135 words)

  
 NewStandard: 8/28/96   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Kraft told The Associated Press he was offended by the remark and let his feelings be known to Parcells.
Robert Kraft said he contacted Parcells about the comment.
Kraft would not identify the player, although former Pats' safety Myron Guyton fills the bill.
www.s-t.com /daily/08-96/08-28-96/d01sp123.htm   (347 words)

  
 Robert Kraft - Sportsrant Community
Though Kraft isn't the villain Peter Karmanos of the now Carolina Hurricanes is, he's still one of the most unwelcomed people to enter Connecticut.
Kraft knows that the Boston area is much more lucrative for football teams because more fans live there, it's all a business.
What chaps my a** is that Kraft agreed to move here (was in all the papers, huge news) and he backed out like a little sissy.
www.sportsrant.com /forums/t901-robert-kraft.html   (400 words)

  
 Columbia News ::: CU Congratulates Trustee Emeritus Kraft’s Super Bowl Victory
Columbia University congratulates Trustee Emeritus Robert Kraft, CC ’63, owner of the Super Bowl XXXIX champion New England Patriots.
Kraft received the Columbia College Alexander Hamilton Award—its highest honor for alumni—at a special dinner Nov. 18 that raised more than $1.2 million in his honor to support College scholarships.
Kraft is also founder and chair of The Kraft Group, a Boston-based holding company.
www.columbia.edu /cu/news/05/02/robertKraft.html   (159 words)

  
 Kraft's faith in Belichick never wavered   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
After the 1999 season, when Robert Kraft, the Patriots' owner, was negotiating a complicated deal to get Belichick from the New York Jets -- a move that cost New England a first-round draft choice -- even officials from the league office phoned Kraft to warn him against it.
And Kraft, who has business interests in 80 countries, understands there is more than one way of doing things.
Kraft needed time to get away from the Parcells influence, which he felt was disruptive to the Patriots' way of long-term planning.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2004/01/18/SPGQO4CHMC1.DTL   (899 words)

  
 ActiveAnime.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The cast on hand that evening was Robert Kraft (Kenshiro), Adam Dudley (Seiji), and Director Charles Campbell.
The New Fist of the North Star was recorded at ADV’s former recording facility in Austin, Monster Island, so it means that Robert Kraft and Adam Dudley had to drive three hours to Houston just to be with the fans.
Once again and as always, the event was a success, and I have to give thanks to Robert Kraft and Adam Dudley for making the trip just to be there.
www.activeanime.com /html/print.php?sid=2175&POSTNUKESID=9a340e3103abf0db4c42479eafeff1a2   (416 words)

  
 NFL.com - NFL News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Kraft's first head-coaching hire in New England was Pete Carroll, winner of two straight national championships and now the most successful coach at the college level.
Kraft's next coaching hire in New England was Bill Belichick, winner of two of the past three Super Bowls and now the most successful coach at the professional level, the man prepping his team for the divisional playoff game versus the Indianapolis Colts.
Kraft's past two hires have coached their teams to four championships in the past three seasons.
www.nfl.com /nflnetwork/story/8087543   (398 words)

  
 Cancer research,treatment - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute: News & Publications: Press Releases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Kraft, a trustee of Dana-Farber, and his family are longtime supporters of patients care services and research at Dana-Farber.
In 1983, the Krafts endowed the Robert K. Kraft Family Blood Donor Center, and members of the Kraft family regularly donate platelets at the center.
The Kraft Family Blood Donor Center is a part of the Joint Program in Transfusion Medicine.
www.dfci.harvard.edu /abo/news/press/102301.asp   (737 words)

  
 The NFL Directory: new england patriots owner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
New England Patriot's owner Robert Kraft is in the hospital, while running...
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is only the third NFL owner to privately finance his new stadium (the...
Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, has been a long time supporter of the Boston Symphony...
www.thenfldirectory.com /14/new-england-patriots-owner-.html   (793 words)

  
 NFL.com - NFL Insider   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Kraft chose the song primarily as a reminder of the Patriots' stirring 20-17 upset of the St. Louis Rams that day.
Robert Kraft invested $325 million of his own money to build the Patriots' new home.
As a young businessman in the 1970s, Kraft had season tickets down around the 10-yard line for his family at Foxboro Stadium.
www.nfl.com /insider/story/5691199   (914 words)

  
 wcco.com - Putin Pockets Super Bowl Ring
Patriots spokesman Stacey James said Wednesday that Kraft was traveling and he hadn’t talked to him in four or five days, despite e-mails and calls.
However, a Kremlin official who spoke on condition of anonymity out of fear of compromising his position told the AP the ring was a present.
Kraft handed out Super Bowl rings to players and coaches at his home two weeks ago.
www.wcco.com /topstories/topstories_story_180104202.html   (285 words)

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