• Grover Aloysius Whalen (1886–1962) was a prominent politician, businessman, and public relations guru in New York City during the 1930s and 1940s. Whalen...
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  • made many contemporary references to topical personalities such as Grover Whalen, who opened the 1939 New York World's Fair. Among the items, persons...
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    Todd visited Grover Whalen, president of the 1939 New York World's Fair, with a proposal to bring the Broadway show to the Fair. Whalen, eager to have...
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  • York Grover Ramstack (1886–1948), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly Grover Whalen (1886–1962), commissioner of the New York City Police Grover C. Winn...
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    Perfect Gift / Bravo, James Bravo" (S 1:Ep 10) Pinky and the Brain Grover Whalen Voice, episode: "Mice Don't Dance" (S 3:Ep 11) 1998–1999 The New Addams...
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  • personality Grover Whalen, American politician and businessman Jack Whalen, American hitman James Henry Whalen, Canadian pilot James J. Whalen, American...
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    Charter. The post was created by Fiorello La Guardia (who appointed Grover Whalen as deputy mayor) to handle ceremonial events that the mayor was too...
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    preceded by his friend Rodman Wanamaker and eventually succeeded by Grover Whalen. Major Deegan died of complications following surgery for an appendectomy...
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    April to allow the city to lease out Flushing Meadows. In April 1936, Grover Whalen replaced McAneny as the WFC's chairman; he was later elected as the...
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    Ostensibly in an attempt to reduce traffic on nearby city streets, Grover Whalen, the commissioner of Plant and Structures, banned motor vehicles from...
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    Lady", in the Marx Brothers' 1939 film, At The Circus, reads "Here is Grover Whalen unveilin' the Trylon/Over on the West Coast we have Treasure Island"...
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    advertising department. He left Schenley in 1939 to ghostwrite for Grover Whalen, the head of the 1939 World's Fair and the following year he entered...
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    areas, but the determined group of New York City boosters that included Grover Whalen, Thomas J. Watson, and Nelson Rockefeller, coordinated efforts with...
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    1931. United States Congress. "Continental Baking Co. - Building - Grover Whalen, M. Lee Marshall (President, Continental Baking Co.) signing contract...
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  • with Anand Grover—Fighting AIDS in Court". amfAR. Archived from the original on 6 April 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2011. Krishna, R. Jai; Whalen, Jeanne (2013-04-01)...
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  • founding member of the Coty American Fashion Critics' Awards, along with Grover Whalen, created to encourage and honor American talent and American fashion...
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    China expert[citation needed] Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer Grover Whalen, politician and public relations professional known as "Mr. New York"...
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  • organized by Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia as honorary chairman, his deputy Grover Whalen as chairman, and General Hugh Aloysius Drum as grand marshal. Other...
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    between 7 am and 7 pm each day; this restriction caused heavy congestion. Grover Whalen, the commissioner of Plant and Structures, announced that September...
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    Tiffany, designer Frank Vanderlip, banker Thomas J. Watson, businessman Grover Whalen, politician Stanford White, architect William Payne Whitney, businessman...
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    concerning Floyd Bennett Field's suitability as an airmail terminal. Grover Whalen, chairman of La Guardia's Committee on Airport Development, argued that...
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    Recipients included: Clarence Ransom Edwards Laurence Hawley Watres Grover Whalen The Blue Army Poland's Wedding to the Sea Stanisław Haller de Hallenburg...
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    Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne in Paris in 1937. Grover Whalen, the president of the New York World's Fair Corporation (WFC), selected...
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    relations man and politician Grover Whalen. Shortly after Franklin Roosevelt's 1936 re-election, Hickok was hired by Whalen to do publicity for the 1939...
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    1930) Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States (class of 1954) Grover Whalen, "Mr. New York", WNYC founder, President of World's Fair Corporation...
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  • first published in March 1930, at the direction of Police Commissioner Grover Whalen. The name comes from the six-digit telephone number for Police Headquarters...
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  • 1911) April 17 – Louise Fazenda, American actress (b. 1895) April 20 – Grover Whalen, American politician (b. 1886) April 21 – Sir Frederick Handley Page...
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  • singer (died 1939) May 26 – Al Jolson, entertainer (died 1950) June 2 – Grover Whalen, politician (died 1962) June 3 – Benjamin McCandlish, Governor of Guam...
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  • Jean Despres, founder of The Fragrance Foundation and FiFi Awards, and Grover Whalen (a member of the New York City Mayor's Committee, and president of the...
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  • aboard the America. A short film of Acosta, Byrd, George Noville, and Grover Whalen giving a farewell speech was filmed in the Phonofilm sound-on-film process...
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