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  William Leahy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
William Daniel Leahy (May 6, 1875 - July 20, 1959) was an American naval officer and the first such officer ever to hold the rank of Fleet Admiral and the first ever to hold five-star rank in the U.S. armed forces.
Leahy was born in Hampshire, Iowa and educated at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, from which he graduated in 1897.
Leahy's name resurfaced in early April 2004 when it was discussed in the media whether or not National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice should testify in front of a congressional panel investigating the September 11, 2001 attacks.
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 DesMoinesRegister.com | Famous Iowans
William Daniel Leahy was born amid cornfields but achieved distinction on the ocean.
Leahy was born in Hampton, the son of Rose and Michael Leahy.
Leahy, whose longtime residence was in Washington, D.C., was survived by two daughters and a son.
desmoinesregister.com /extras/iowans/leahy.html   (324 words)

  
 On Campus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Leahy is a tough administrator; in his previous post, as executive vice president of Marquette University, he demanded resignations with little warning or explanation.
Leahy and Neenan have committed themselves to having a new dean in place by next fall, but many wonder whether that is feasible.
Leahy was a history professor at Marquette University when, in 1991, he was chosen by the then-new president of Marquette, Father Albert DiUlio, to be his executive vice-president and chief operating officer.
www.bostonphoenix.com /archive/features/97/12/11/ON_CAMPUS.html   (2510 words)

  
 William Leahy, SJ, Named President
Leahy, 47, brings to Boston College a broad background in scholarship and administration at Marquette, a Jesuit co-educational institution in Milwaukee with a student enrollment of 10,651.
Leahy has devoted considerable energy to the strengthening of the university's undergraduate liberal arts programs, to integrating intellectual excellence, religious commitment and service, and to helping to identify and strengthen graduate level programs targeted by the university for distinction.
Leahy will join an institution that draws students from all 50 states and 91 foreign countries, has annual operating revenues of $350 million, assets of more than $1 billion and an endowment of more than $500 million, among the largest of any college or university in the nation.
www.bc.edu /bc_org/rvp/pubaf/chronicle/v4/O19/LEAHY.html   (1322 words)

  
 William Daniel Leahy, Fleet Admiral, United States Navy
William Daniel Leahy was born in Hampton, Iowa, on May 6, 1875.
But in the ceremonies for Admiral Leahy, as in the funeral for Secretary Quarles, a motorized cortege was to take the body of the admiral from the Washington National Cathedral to the Memorial Gate of the cemetery.
According to protocol, announcements of the funeral service for Admiral Leahy, which in effect were invitations to attend, were sent to all branches and principal agencies of the federal government and to the diplomatic corps.
www.arlingtoncemetery.net /wdleahy.htm   (2333 words)

  
 William Leahy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
William Leahy was born in Hampshire, Iowa, on 6th May, 1875.
Leahy did well in this post and in January 1941, Roosevelt decided to give him the much more difficult task of making him ambassador to the recently formed Vichy government in France.
On 6th July, 1942, Leahy was appointed chief of staff to the commander in chief of the United States.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWleahy.htm   (4526 words)

  
 Fr. Leahy Installed As President
Leahy was principal celebrant, and continued that afternoon with a symposium "Remembering a Past - Imagining a Future: Catholic Higher Education" in Robsham Theater.
Leahy from student performance groups; a pre-ceremony luncheon attended by college and university representatives from across the country, Boston College trustees and trustee associates, and special guests; and an inaugural ball at the Copley Plaza Hotel.
Leahy, flanked by Jesuit Institute Director and Canisius Professor of Theology Michael Buckley, SJ (left), and University Chaplain Richard Cleary, SJ, celebrates the Mass of the Holy Spirit on O'Neill Plaza Oct. 17.
www.bc.edu /bc_org/rvp/pubaf/chronicle/v5/O31/inauguration.html   (1208 words)

  
 Miriam & William Leahy Book Fund
The Miriam and William Leahy Book Fund was established in 1987 with a bequest to Lauinger Library in Mrs.
Leahy's will in honor of her husband, William.
Miriam Leahy received an Honorary Degree from Georgetown in Law in 1975, and William was a member of the College Class of 1912 and a John Carroll Awardee.
www.library.georgetown.edu /advancement/endowments/leahy.htm   (73 words)

  
 LEAHY
Leahy departs Genoa on 13 August, and participates in a coordinated fleet exercise,"MEDLANDEX-64," between the Balearic Islands (Mallorca and Menorca) and Sardinia; Leahy roams the Tyrrenian Sea, passing through the Strait Of Bonifacio between Sardinia and Corsica.
Leahy's next port is Naples on 26 October, and she ties up alongside USS Shenandoah (AD-44) for a routine upkeep period.
In September Leahy is on station in the Arabian Sea as FAAWC for USS Midway (CV-41) and USS Eisenhower (CVN-69) Carrier Battle Groups, where she serves as flagship for Commander U.S. Middle East Force.
www.ussleahy.com /LeahyLog.html   (3560 words)

  
 Leahy, William Daniel - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
LEAHY, WILLIAM DANIEL [Leahy, William Daniel] 1875-1959, American naval officer and diplomat, b.
He served in the Spanish-American War, in the Philippines, then in Nicaragua (1912), in Haiti (1916), in the Mexican expedition (1916), and in World War I. He later became chief of naval operations (1937) and governor of Puerto Rico (1939), and he served (1940-42) as ambassador to Vichy France.
A bicentennial toast to the Delaware Court of Chancery 1792-1992.
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 The McCann Family History
The oldest child was William Bernard (also known as James as his birth certificate issued by the hospital lists his name as James, named after his father…but his baptismal certificate lists his name as William Bernard, probably named after his grandparents).
William died in Brooklyn at the age of 32.
William Leahy and Rosanna Carroll were married on January 12, 1835.
www.themccannfamily.com /mccannhis.htm   (1637 words)

  
 WW2DB: William Leahy
William Daniel Leahy was born in Hampton, Iowa, United States.
On 6 Jul 1942, with George Marshall and Ernest King's approval, Leahy was reactivated by Roosevelt and was named the President's Chief of Staff (or, officially, Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy).
Leahy resigned from the Navy in Mar 1949.
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 AllRefer.com - Frank William Leahy (Sports, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Frank William Leahy[lA´hE] Pronunciation Key, 1908–73, American football coach, b.
Under Leahy, one of the leading exponents of the T formation in college football, Notre Dame regained the dominant position it had enjoyed in the days of his old coach, Knute Rockne.
Leahy retired from coaching after 1953; in the 13 years that he coached Notre Dame, his teams won 107 games, lost 13, and tied 9.
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 Georgetown Law - William E. Leahy Moot Court Competition (Barristers' Council)
The 2007 Leahy Competition was held in October and the 2008 Leahy Competition will again be held in the fall semester.
     The preliminary rounds of the Leahy Competition, which are judged by three- to five-person panels of Barristers' Council members, are scored using both the brief scores and the oral argument scores of each competitor.
     The Leahy Competition and its first-year counterpart, the Beaudry Cup, are well-suited to students who enjoy the challenge of writing an appellate brief and prefer the conversational and deferential tone that is generally employed when answering judges' questions.
www.law.georgetown.edu /barristers/leahy.html   (315 words)

  
 William D. Leahy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leahy was born in Hampton, Iowa before moving to Ashland, Wisconsin.
His son, Willaim H. Leahy graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1927 and was engaged in pre-WW II naval intelligence operations.
Before retiring as CNO, Leahy joined his wife Louise Harrington Leahy when she sponsored the USS Cimarron (AO-22) commissioning on March 20, 1939.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_D._Leahy   (1343 words)

  
 US People--Leahy, William D., Fleet Admiral, USN.
In 1899, Ensign Leahy was sent to the Asiatic Station, where he participated in the supression of the Philippine Insurrection and of the Boxer Rebellion in China.
In the decade following his return to the United States in 1904, he served in the cruisers Boston and California, was an instructor at the Naval Academy and chief of staff to the commander of U.S. forces in Nicaragua.
In January 1937, Admiral Leahy became Chief of Naval Operations, serving for more than two years during a period marked by increasing tensions in the Far East and Europe and by a gradual expansion of the Navy.
www.history.navy.mil /photos/pers-us/uspers-l/wd-leahy.htm   (955 words)

  
 William Leahy Appointed Vice President of Legislative and Regulatory Affairs for AT&T's Atlantic Region
BOSTON, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) today announced the appointment of William Leahy as vice president-Atlantic Region Legislative and Regulatory Affairs for a subsidiary of AT&T Inc. The Atlantic Region comprises 12 states, from Maine to Virginia, except Connecticut, as well as the District of Columbia.
Leahy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Merrimack College and a Master of Business Administration from University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Leahy is also a senior lecturer of mathematics at Boston University.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-31-2006/0004271543&EDATE=   (313 words)

  
 USS Leahy (CG 16)
USS LEAHY was the lead ship of the LEAHY-class of guided missile cruisers and the first ship in the Navy named after Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy.
Stricken from the Navy list on October 1, 1993, LEAHY was subsequently laid up at Benecia, CA, as part of the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet.
LEAHY was later sold to International Shipbreaking Corp., Brownsville, Tx., for scrapping.
navysite.de /cg/cg16.htm   (150 words)

  
 Alsos: I Was There: The Personal Story of the Chief of Staff to Presidents Roosevelt and Truman Based on His Notes and ...
In this 450 page narrative, Fleet Admiral William Leahy recalls his experiences in high command during World War II, and the discussions of war council meetings such as Potsdam, Yalta, Teheran, and Cairo.
Leahy was Ambassador to France in 1941, where he tried diplomatic means to keep parts of France and her colonies out of German hands.
The appendix includes correspondence between Roosevelt and Leahy as well as a list of attendees at the Allies' major World War II conferences.
alsos.wlu.edu /information.aspx?id=1713   (163 words)

  
 Message from William P. Leahy, SJ, Boston College Magazine: Fall 2001
I know that all of us at Boston College remain shocked and horrified by the airline hijackings and related attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
I pray that we emerge from this overwhelming tragedy with a new commitment to work for lasting peace and justice.
Leahy e-mailed this message to the 30,000 members of BC's on-line community on September 14.
bcm.bc.edu /issues/fall_2001/ll_leahy.html   (433 words)

  
 William Leahy and the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
William Leahy and the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
ADMIRAL WILLIAM D. Admiral Leahy was the Chief of Staff to Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman and the unofficial coordinator of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
A close advisor to both presidents, he thought a Japanese surrender could be arranged without use of the atomic bomb and without an invasion of the Japanese mainland.
www.doug-long.com /leahy.htm   (296 words)

  
 Neurological Medicine P.A. - Neurologist - Greenbelt, MD - Our Physicians   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Dr. Leahy is board-certified in Pediatrics and Neurology with special competence in Child Neurology.
He is at present Chairman of the Division of Neurology at the Prince George's Hospital Center, and has served as Chairman of the Division of Quality Assurance at Doctors' Community Hospital.
Many of the primary medical conditions that Dr. Leahy treats are epilepsy, stroke, headaches, and attention deficit in children.
www.neurologychannel.com /neuromedpa/physicians.shtml   (703 words)

  
 Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Nomination Of William Pryor Second Cloture Vote
There is an abundance of substantive and compelling reasons why William Pryor should not be a judge on the Eleventh Circuit.
Since the enactment of the statute in 1965, every Supreme Court case to address the question has rejected the claim that Section 5 is an “affront” to our system of federalism.
He would deny certain Americans the equal protection of the laws, and would subject the most private of their behaviors to public regulation.
leahy.senate.gov /press/200311/110603e.html   (3414 words)

  
 TIME.com: Leahy for Standley -- Nov. 23, 1936 -- Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Perhaps William Daniel Leahy would today be a corn-hog farmer if his Iowan parents had not moved when he was still young to Ashland, Wis., on the shore of Lake Superior.
William Daniel Leahy has served as chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and the Bureau of Navigation, had a hand in framing many a present-day naval policy.
Spry and trim, he belies his 61 years, but the seams in his face are eloquent of years at sea.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,756942,00.html   (639 words)

  
 Fleet Admiral William Daniel Leahy, USN
Born in Hampton, Iowa, 6 May 1875, William Daniel Leahy entered the Naval Academy in 1893 from Wisconsin.
After command of NEW MEXICO in 1926, he returned to the Navy Department as Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance October 1927.
In June 1931 Admiral Leahy became Commander, Destroyers, U.S. Fleet, and May 1933 was appointed to the board then reorganizing the Navy Department.
navysite.de /people/wdleahy.htm   (433 words)

  
 Amazon.fr : The Home Health Aide Handbook: Livres en anglais: Jetta Fuzy,William Leahy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
William Leahy, MD, practices neurology outside Washington, DC.
He became involved with home health aide education both out of an interest in the care his patients received and to give direction and meaning to the lives of young people in his community.
Leahy speaks to groups about enriching our communities and volunteers his spare time to teach.
www.amazon.fr /Home-Health-Aide-Handbook/dp/1888343761   (383 words)

  
 A:\Leahy.htm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Upon retirement, Admiral Leahy was appointed Governor of Puerto Rico.
He was retained as Chief of Staff by President Truman from 1945 until 1949, when he resigned as Chief Of Staff, but continued on duty as advisor to the Secretary Of The Navy, until his death on July 20, 1959.
The USS Leahy was commissioned on August 4, 1962 in honor of this great naval officer and outstanding American.
www.ussleahy.com /FADMLeahy.htm   (571 words)

  
 Condoleezza Rice at Boston College? I quit - The Boston Globe (via CobWeb/3.1 planet2.scs.cs.nyu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
An open letter to William P. Leahy, SJ, president of Boston College.
Whatever inspiring rhetoric she might present to the graduating class, her actions as a citizen and politician tell a different story.
Honestly, Father Leahy, what lessons do you expect her to impart to impressionable seniors?
www.boston.com.cob-web.org:8888 /news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/05/12/condoleezza_rice_at_boston_college_i_quit   (721 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - William Daniel Leahy (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - William Daniel Leahy (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
William Daniel Leahy 1875–1959, American naval officer and diplomat, b.
He served in the Spanish-American War, in the Philippines, then in Nicaragua (1912), in Haiti (1916), in the Mexican expedition (1916), and in World War I. He later became chief of naval operations (1937) and governor of Puerto Rico (1939), and he served (1940–42) as ambassador to Vichy France.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/L/Leahy-Wi.html   (198 words)

  
 In Memoriam Bill Leahy
Let us celebrate the life of Bill Leahy, who was a good man, a good friend and brother, a good father and loving grandfather, and a good priest of Jesus Christ.
Let us celebrate him who was both an image of Christ, especially in his compassionate ministry to the poor and outcast, and an image of Job, to whom much was given, from whom much was taken away, and to whom much was restored.
He went to work for a hospital, and being Bill Leahy, he was soon promoted to a high administrative position.
astro.temple.edu /~arcc/leahy.htm   (2552 words)

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