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In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, S.H.I.E.L.D. was founded by Strategic Scientific Reserve agent Peggy Carter, along with Chester Phillips and Howard Stark in the 1950s. It was later revealed in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, that S.H.I.E.L.D. was infiltrated by Hydra since its formation. When Hydra emerges in 2014, S.H.I.E.L.D. is ...
S.H.I.E.L.D.'s introduction in the Strange Tales featuring "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." occurred during a trend for action series about secret international intelligence agencies with catchy acronyms, such as television's The Man from U.N.C.L.E., which Stan Lee stated in a 2014 interview, was the basis for him to create the organization. [4]
His retirement from Mervyn's in 1987 lasted for five weeks. John was approached by an old friend from Stanford days who had founded the Trader Joe's grocery stores, Joe Coulombe. What was started out a consulting assignment led to Shields becoming CEO of Trader Joe's a year later, when Coulombe decided to retire. During Shield's tenure TJ's ...
James Shields (May 10, 1806 [b] – June 1, 1879) was an Irish American politician and United States Army officer, who is the only person in U.S. history to serve as a Senator for three different states, and one of only two to represent multiple states in the U.S. Senate.
Flashbacks reveal that the Shield was founded by Imhotep following a battle (alongside Apocalypse and the original Moon Knight) against the Brood, and that previous agents include Zhang Heng (who tricked a Celestial into using the sun to give birth to its child instead of destroying the Earth or the Moon to do so), Galileo Galilei (who fought ...
In 1980, Shields founded the Power Ten, a New York nonprofit organization supporting youth rowing and making contributions to the U.S. National rowing team and U.S. Olympic rowing team through the National Rowing Foundation and Row New York. [5] [9] In 2003, Shields died in Palm Beach, of a "protracted illness" at the age of 61. [1]
Fink co-founded BlackRock in 1988 after his departure from investment bank First Boston. He and his fellow co-founders focused on the buy-side of trading, and integrated investing with risk ...
Shields was also a founding officer and director of ITS America. He was a founder of the World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems and is a member of its board of directors. Shields sat on or chaired multiple committees of SAE International. He received the 1998 SAE‑Delco Electronics Intelligent Transportation Systems Award for ...