Eleanor Rosalynn Carter is an American writer and activist who served as the first lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981 as the wife of President Jimmy Carter. For decades,Carter has been a leading advocate for numerous causes,including mental health.
George William Miller was an American businessman and investment banker who served as the 65th United States secretary of the treasury from 1979 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party,he also served as the 11th chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1978 to 1979. Miller was the first person to hold both of those posts.
Evan Samuel Dobelle is a former public official and higher-education administrator,is known for promoting higher-education investment in the Creative Economy,public-private partnerships and the "College Ready" model that helps students graduate from high school and college.
National Cathedral School (NCS) is an independent Episcopal private day school for girls in grades 4–12 located on the grounds of the Washington National Cathedral in Washington,D.C.,United States. Founded by philanthropist and suffragist Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Bishop Henry Yates Satterlee in 1900,NCS is the oldest of the institutions constituting the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation.
The Lone Star was an Amtrak passenger train that ran between Chicago and Houston,or Dallas via Kansas City,Wichita,Oklahoma City,and Fort Worth. The train was renamed from the Texas Chief,which the Atchison,Topeka and Santa Fe Railway had introduced in 1948. Amtrak discontinued the Lone Star in 1979.
Ethel Carow Derby was the youngest daughter and fourth child of the President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt. Known as "The Queen" or "The First Lady of Oyster Bay" by its Long Island residents,Ethel was instrumental in preserving both the legacy of her father as well as the family home,"Sagamore Hill" for future generations,especially after the death of her mother,Edith,in 1948.
Donald Scott Jones Jr. is a former American football punter. He played college football for Louisiana State University and was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the seventh round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He also played for the Miami Dolphins,St. Louis Rams,Houston Texans,Philadelphia Eagles,and Los Angeles Chargers. With the Eagles,he won Super Bowl LII over the New England Patriots.
The White House social secretary is responsible for the planning,coordination,and execution of official social events at the White House,the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States.
The New York Clippers were a professional softball team based in Mount Vernon,New York who played in the American Professional Slo-Pitch League (APSPL) in 1977. The Clippers played for only one year and disbanded after the 1977 season.
Martin Dobelle was an American surgeon.
The Pittsburgh Hardhats were a professional softball team that played in two men's professional softball leagues from 1977 through 1982. The Hardhats,Cincinnati Suds and the Kentucky Bourbons were the only franchises to play all 6 seasons of professional softball.
The South Carolina State Bulldogs football team represents South Carolina State University in college football. The Bulldogs play in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). A historically dominant football program,the Bulldogs lead the MEAC in conference championships. The school has produced four players enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame including Harry Carson,Deacon Jones,Marion Motley,and Donnie Shell. Other legendary Bulldog players include Robert Porcher,Shaquille Leonard,Charlie Brown and Orlando Brown Sr. among others. Legendary former SC State Coach Willie Jeffries became the first African American Head Coach of a predominantly white Division I-A football program,when he was hired to coach the Wichita State football program in 1979. Jeffries is enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame.
Judith Emlyn Johnson is an American poet.
During the late 1970s and early 1980s,several men's professional slow-pitch softball leagues were formed in the United States to build on the growth and talent in the booming men's amateur game during this period. The American Professional Slo-Pitch League (APSPL) was the first such league,launching in an era of experimentation in professional sports leagues. The APSPL was formed in 1977 by former World Football League executive Bill Byrne,who would go on to found the Women's Professional Basketball League. Former New York Yankees star Whitey Ford was the first APSPL commissioner.
The Minnesota Norsemen were a professional softball team that played in the American Professional Slo-Pitch League (APSPL) during the 1978 and 1979 seasons. The team had played as the Minnesota Goofy's in the 1977 season,changing names for 1978. They played their home games at Midway Stadium in St. Paul,Minnesota.
The Cleveland Jaybirds (1977–78),later named the Cleveland Stepien's Competitors (1979–80) and finally the Cleveland Competitors (1982),were a professional softball team that played in three professional softball leagues between 1978 and 1982 at two different locations in the Cleveland,Ohio area.
The Columbus All-Americans were a professional softball team that played in the American Professional Slo-Pitch League (APSPL) during the 1977 season. They played their home games at Franklin County Stadium in Columbus,Ohio.
Bill Byrne was a sports entrepreneur who founded the first women's professional basketball league in the United States. Byrne was born in Stoutsville,Ohio and founded the National Scouting Association (NSA) which represented student-athletes from the collegiate and amateur ranks to seek professional football opportunities. He then founded the Columbus Bucks,a semi-professional football team,playing in the Midwest Football League (MFL) and served as commissioner. Byrne was hired by the Chicago Fire of the start-up World Football League in 1974 as the Player Personnel Director. When that team folded toward the end of the season,Byrne then went to the Shreveport Steamer for the 1975 WFL season in a similar role. The World Football League folded toward the end of the season.
The New Jersey Statesmen,sometimes seen as Trenton's New Jersey Statesmen,later named the Trenton Statesmen and the Trenton Champales,were a professional softball team that played in the American Professional Slo-Pitch League (APSPL) from 1977 through 1979 at Mercer County Park in West Windsor,New Jersey (1977–78) and Wetzel Field in Chambersburg,New Jersey (1979).
