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Jacqueline Cochran (May 11, 1906 – August 9, 1980) was an American pilot and business executive. She pioneered women's aviation as one of the most prominent racing pilots of her generation. She pioneered women's aviation as one of the most prominent racing pilots of her generation.
The Women's Flying Training Detachment was a group of women pilots during World War II.Their main job was to take over male pilot's jobs, such as ferrying planes from factories to United States Army Air Force installations, in order to free male pilots to fight overseas.
Jackie Cochran may refer to: Jacqueline Cochran (1906–1980), female pioneer American aviator Jackie Lee Cochran (1934–1998), male American rockabilly musician
Illinois College – Barbara Farley, President; Illinois Institute of Art - Chicago – Josh Pond, President; Illinois Institute of Technology – Alan Cramb, President; Illinois State University – Larry Dietz, President; Indiana Institute of Technology – Karl Einolf, President; Indiana University – Michael McRobbie, President
Jacqueline Cochran (pictured in 1943) coordinated the advertisement with the Walt Disney Company. On September 30, 1952, Jacqueline Cochran , [ 24 ] a pilot, cosmetic business executive, and one of Eisenhower's campaign aides, [ 25 ] wrote to Roy O. Disney , co-founder of The Walt Disney Company , about a proposed advertisement which she had ...
Maryly Van Leer Peck (June 29, 1930 – November 3, 2011) was an American academic and college administrator. She founded numerous programs in Guam, one of them being the Community Career College at the University of Guam [1] (which merged into Guam Community College in November 1977).
Bouwsma taught at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign until 1957 when he accepted a position in the History Department at U.C. Berkeley. After teaching for two years at Harvard (1969–1971), he returned to U.C. Berkeley as Chairman of the History Department, serving in this capacity from 1966 to 1967, and from 1981 to 1983.
According to biographer Allen A. Upton, Lydia Moss Bradley "was confined to her home with illness" in December 1907. Initially diagnosed with internal inflammation, she briefly improved under the care of her physician, but her health then declined once again following a revised diagnosis of "la grippe" in early January 1908.