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The Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust is a philanthropic group dedicated to the state of Iowa and, to a lesser extent, Illinois. It disperses about $15M annually. Most of the funding is directed to education and to biomedical research. [1] The Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine is supported by this foundation.
George Washington Carver was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. He was the most prominent black scientist of the early 20th century.
James Timothy McCarver is an American sportscaster and former professional baseball catcher.
The Carver–Hawkeye Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Iowa City, Iowa. Opened in 1983, it is the home court for The University of Iowa Hawkeyes men's and women's basketball teams, as well as the university's wrestling, and gymnastics teams. It was named for the late industrialist Roy J. Carver of Muscatine, Iowa, a prominent statewide booster, who donated $9.2 million to The University of Iowa before his death in 1981. Prior to the arena's opening, Iowa's athletic teams played at the Iowa Field House.
"Woodentop" is an episode of the Thames Television series Storyboard, which comprises a series of one-off plays on different themes. The episode was originally broadcast on 16 August 1983. Woodentop became the first-ever episode to long-running British police television series The Bill. The name woodentop is a colloquialism for beat policemen who traditionally wear helmets; the nickname is itself an allusion to the Children's TV series The Woodentops.
Kevin P. Campbell is an Investigator for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, UI Foundation Distinguished Professor, the Roy J. Carver Chair of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, and head of the department; he is also professor of neurology and internal medicine at the University of Iowa.
Gitxsan are an Indigenous people in Canada whose home territory comprises most of the area known as the Skeena Country in English. Gitksan territory encompasses approximately 53,000 km2 (20,000 sq mi) of land, from the basin of the upper Skeena River from about Legate Creek to the Skeena's headwaters and its surrounding tributaries. Part of the Tsimshianic language group, their culture is considered to be part of the civilization of the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, although their territory lies in the Interior rather than on the Coast. They were at one time also known as the Interior Tsimshian, a term which also included the Nisga'a, the Gitxsan's neighbours to the north. Their neighbours to the west are the Tsimshian while to the east the Wetʼsuwetʼen, an Athapaskan people, with whom they have a long and deep relationship and shared political and cultural community.
Wuffa is recorded in the Anglo-Saxon genealogies as an early king of East Anglia. If historical, he would have flourished in the 6th century.
Robert of Holy Island was a medieval Bishop of Durham.
Richard Kellaw was Bishop of Durham. He was elected on 31 March 1311, and was consecrated on 30 May 1311. He died on 9 October 1316. In the 19th century, a grave identified as his was excavated in the Durham Cathedral Chapter House.
The Battle of Tarbat was a Scottish clan battle fought in the 1480s on the Tarbat peninsula, in Easter Ross. The Clan Ross cornered a raiding party of Clan Mackay near the village of Portmahomack and put many of them to the sword. The survivors sought sanctuary in the nearby church but the Rosses set fire to it, killing all inside. The Mackays took revenge for this outrage in the subsequent Battle of Aldy Charrish.
Michael Allan Wells is a former American football defensive lineman. He was drafted out of Iowa in the 4th round of the 1994 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings.
Three Men on a Horse is a 1936 comedy film directed and produced by Mervyn LeRoy, adapted from the Broadway play of the same name written by George Abbott and John Cecil Holm. A mild-mannered greeting card poet has the uncanny ability to pick winners in horse races.
Under California Stars is a 1948 American Trucolor Western film directed by William Witney and starring Roy Rogers, Jane Frazee and Andy Devine. The film was shot in Trucolor. After returning from Hollywood after his tenth anniversary in films to his ranch, Rogers tackles a gang who kidnap his horse Trigger and hold it to ransom.
Preemption is an unincorporated community in Preemption Township, Mercer County, Illinois, United States. Preemption is 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Sherrard. Preemption has a post office with ZIP code 61276.
The Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine is the medical school of the University of Iowa, located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. The first medical college associated with the University of Iowa was founded in 1850, in the small town of Keokuk, Iowa, but the current Iowa City program can trace its roots to 1870. The program became notable as the first co-educational medical school in the United States, and was one of 22 original members of the Association of American Medical Colleges in 1876.
"General" Morton Matthew McCarver was an American politician and pioneer in the West. A native of Kentucky, he helped found cities in Iowa, Oregon, and Washington while also involved in the early government of California. He served in the Provisional Legislature of Oregon, including as the first speaker of that body, and also fought in the Rogue River Wars.
The Carver Wolverhampton Marathon is an annual marathon that is part of a series of events which constitute the Carver Marathon City Marathon Events. The other events occurring at the same time as the marathon include the Carver Wolverhampton Half Marathon, Banks's Run, Children's Run and a cycling event. The marathon is held in Wolverhampton, England in September each year. The main purpose of these events is to raise money for charity.
Jean Robillard is a Canadian doctor and academic administrator, currently serving as the Vice President for Medical Affairs at the University of Iowa. He is also the dean of the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. Following the retirement of Sally Mason, he served as the interim president from August to November 2015 before Bruce Harreld took over.
Code 404 is a British police procedural comedy-drama television series created by Tom Miller, Sam Myer and Daniel Peak, and produced by Kudos. The first series premiered on 29 April 2020 on Sky One, before later moving to Sky Comedy, where the second series premiered on 1 September 2021, also broadcasting simultaneously on Sky Showcase. It stars Stephen Graham and Daniel Mays and co-stars Anna Maxwell Martin, Rosie Cavaliero and Tracy Ann Oberman.
Roy James Carver was an American industrialist and philanthropist. Carver started the Carver Pump Factory with his brother and then later owned the company Bandag, which gained the 909th spot on Fortune's top 1,000 companies. He donated to multiple Iowa causes. He started the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust, which provided millions of dollars to the University of Iowa, Augustana College, and St. Ambrose University.