Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Farish was an only child. His father, Army Lt. William Stamps Farish Jr., died in a training flight near Waxahachie, Texas, when he was 4 years old.His grandfather is William Stamps Farish II, the founder of Humble Oil and Refining Company, which struck oil in the Houston suburb Humble, part of what was later to become the Exxon behemoth.
William Stamps Farish II (February 23, 1881 – November 29, 1942) was a pioneer in East Texas oilfield development, president of Standard Oil and a founding member and president of the American Petroleum Institute. He was a member of the influential Farish family.
On July 9th, 2024, it was reported that the body of William Stampfl, an American mountaineer, had been found 22 years after he disappeared in an avalanche in June 2002. [13] The body of one of Stampfl's climbing companions had previously been recovered. A third member of the group is still unaccounted for. [14]
The body of an American mountaineer has been discovered by a pair of fellow US climbers 22 years after he went missing following an avalanche in the Peruvian Andes.
Stampfl was a great proponent of the interval style of training where athletes run high-intensity distance trials followed by short recovery periods. An example could be 12 repetitions of 400 metres with a 200-metre jog between each. Stampfl had a great rivalry with Percy Cerutty who coached the middle-distance running champion Herb Elliott.
Stampfl is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Notable people with the surname include: Catherine Stampfl ( fl. 1990 ), Australian condensed matter physicist
In 1942, the family purchased a farm in Stowe, Vt., and named it Cor Unum, a Latin phrase that translates to "one heart." It later became known as the Trapp Family Lodge where they held music camps.
Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister (23 March 1929 – 3 March 2018) was an English neurologist and middle-distance athlete who ran the first sub-4-minute mile.. At the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Bannister set a British record in the 1500 metres and finished in fourth place.