Lawrence Kapiloff | |
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Member of the California State Assembly from the 78th district | |
In office January 8, 1973 – September 3, 1982 | |
Preceded by | E. Richard Barnes |
Succeeded by | Lucy Killea |
Personal details | |
Born | Brooklyn,New York,U.S. | September 22,1929
Died | January 12,2019 89) San Diego,California,U.S. | (aged
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Elizabeth Cowan |
Children | 7 |
Occupation | Lawyer,Judge |
Military service | |
Branch/service | United States Air Force |
Lawrence Kapiloff (September 22,1929 - January 12,2019) [1] was an American politician. He served in the California State Assembly from 1973 to 1982,as a Democrat for the 78th district. He was born in Brooklyn,New York. [2]
Glenn Theodore Seaborg was an American chemist whose involvement in the synthesis,discovery and investigation of ten transuranium elements earned him a share of the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. His work in this area also led to his development of the actinide concept and the arrangement of the actinide series in the periodic table of the elements.
Jacob Armstead Lawrence was an American painter known for his portrayal of African-American historical subjects and contemporary life. Lawrence referred to his style as "dynamic cubism," an art form popularized in Europe which drew great inspiration from West African and Meso-American art. For his compositions,Lawrence found inspiration in everyday life in Harlem. He brought the African-American experience to life using blacks and browns juxtaposed with vivid colors. He also taught and spent 16 years as a professor at the University of Washington.
The University of California,Berkeley,is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley,California. It was established in 1868 and is the state's first land-grant university. It is a founding member of the Association of American Universities and is the founding campus of the University of California system. Berkeley has the most top-ranked departments nationally and is one of the highest-ranked universities worldwide. It also has a startup incubator which promotes high-tech entrepreneurship and produces multiple venture capital-backed entrepreneurs with more startup companies being founded than any other university.
Ernest Orlando Lawrence was an American nuclear physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1939 for his invention of the cyclotron. He is known for his work on uranium-isotope separation for the Manhattan Project,as well as for founding the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Lawrence of Arabia is a 1962 epic biographical adventure drama film based on the life of T. E. Lawrence and his 1926 book Seven Pillars of Wisdom. It was directed by David Lean and produced by Sam Spiegel through his British company Horizon Pictures and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The film stars Peter O'Toole as Lawrence with Alec Guinness playing Prince Faisal. The film also stars Jack Hawkins,Anthony Quinn,Omar Sharif,Anthony Quayle,Claude Rains and Arthur Kennedy. The screenplay was written by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) is a federally funded research and development center in the hills of Berkeley,California,United States. Established in 1931 by the University of California (UC),the laboratory is sponsored by the United States Department of Energy and administered by the UC system. Ernest Lawrence,who won the Nobel prize for inventing the cyclotron,founded the Lab and served as its Director until his death in 1958. Located in the Berkeley Hills,the lab overlooks the campus of the University of California,Berkeley.
Lawrence Joseph Ellison is an American businessman and entrepreneur who co-founded software company Oracle Corporation. He was Oracle's chief executive officer from 1977 to 2014 and is now its chief technology officer and executive chairman.
Yuan Tseh Lee is a Taiwanese chemist. He is a Professor Emeritus at the University of California,Berkeley. He was the first Taiwanese Nobel Prize laureate who,along with the Hungarian-Canadian John C. Polanyi and American Dudley R. Herschbach,won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1986 "for their contributions to the dynamics of chemical elementary processes".
Owen Chamberlain was an American physicist who shared with Emilio Segrèthe Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the antiproton,a sub-atomic antiparticle.
James Stephen Peace is an American writer,actor,and producer,best known for the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! film series. A politician belonging to the Democratic Party,Peace served in the California State Assembly from 1982–1992 and in the California State Senate from 1993–2002.
James Newton Howard is an American film composer,music producer and keyboardist. He has scored over 100 films and is the recipient of a Grammy Award,an Emmy Award,and nine nominations for Academy Awards. His film scores include Pretty Woman (1990),The Fugitive (1993),Space Jam (1996),Dinosaur (2000),Peter Pan (2003),King Kong (2005),Batman Begins (2005) and its sequel The Dark Knight (2008) which he composed with Hans Zimmer,The Hunger Games franchise (2012–2023),Fantastic Beasts trilogy (2016–2022),and Jungle Cruise (2021). He has collaborated extensively with directors M. Night Shyamalan and Francis Lawrence,having scored eight of Shyamalan's films since The Sixth Sense (1999) and all of Lawrence's films since I Am Legend (2007). He has also worked with such other directors as Edward Zwick,Michael Hoffman,P.J. Hogan,Andrew Davis,Lawrence Kasdan,Joe Johnston,Taylor Hackford,Ivan Reitman,Joel Schumacher,and David Yates.
Joseph Lawrence Mignogna III is an American actor,musician,singer-songwriter,record producer,podcaster and game show host. He got his start as a child star in the early 1980s and is best known for his role as Joey Russo in Blossom and Joe Longo in Melissa &Joey. Lawrence also starred in Gimme a Break! (1983–1987),and the series Brotherly Love with his real-life brothers Matthew and Andrew,and for his film roles in Summer Rental (1985) and Oliver &Company (1988).
Matthew William Lawrence is an American actor,podcaster and singer,known for his roles in Mrs. Doubtfire and Boy Meets World. Lawrence also starred in the series Brotherly Love with his real-life brothers Joey and Andrew.
John Lawrence LeConte MD was an American entomologist,responsible for naming and describing approximately half of the insect taxa known in the United States during his lifetime,including some 5,000 species of beetles. He was recognized as the foremost authority on North American beetles during his career,and has been described as "the father of American beetle study".
Lawrence Halprin was an American landscape architect,designer and teacher.
The Montgomery County Sentinel was the oldest continuously published newspaper in Montgomery County,Maryland. As one of the smallest local newspapers,in terms of circulation,it was based in Rockville from its first print in 1855 until its closure in 2020.
Mark Christopher Lawrence is an American character actor,stand-up comedian and voice-over artist. He is known for his role as esoteric D.J. Tone Def in the 1994 satirical rap mockumentary Fear of a Black Hat. He has appeared in popular films such as Terminator 2:Judgment Day,Tales From the Hood,Planet of the Apes,Lost Treasure and The Pursuit of Happyness.
Lawrence Joseph O'Neill is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.
California Conquest is a 1952 American Western film directed by Lew Landers and starring Cornel Wilde and Teresa Wright. The film is set in the early 1840s,and deals with a conspiracy by native Hidalgo Californios to deliver the then-Mexican territory of California to the Russian Empire.
Lawrence James Christopher VanDyke is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He is a former solicitor general of Nevada and Montana.