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  2. List of university and college name changes in the United ...

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    Current Name Former Name(s) Year of Change Adams State University: Adams State College 2012 [1]: University of Advancing Technology: CAD Institute; University of Advancing Computer Technology

  3. Emily Ryerson - Wikipedia

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    Emily married Arthur Larned Ryerson on January 31, 1889. Born on 12 January 1851 in Chicago, Arthur was the son of Joseph Turner Ryerson, founder of the iron and steel company Joseph T. Ryerson & Co.

  4. University of Louisiana at Monroe - Wikipedia

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    Its name changed again in 1949, to Northeast Junior College of Louisiana State University. A year later, it became an autonomous four-year institution as Northeast Louisiana State College. In 1969, it granted doctoral degrees for the first time and was elevated to university status as Northeast Louisiana University (NLU).

  5. Enrico Fermi - Wikipedia

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    Fermi was born in Rome at Via Gaeta 19. Plaque at Fermi's birthplace. Enrico Fermi was born in Rome, Italy, on 29 September 1901. [3] He was the third child of Alberto Fermi, a division head in the Ministry of Railways, and Ida de Gattis, an elementary school teacher.

  6. Jewish name - Wikipedia

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    The chosen Hebrew name can be related to the child's secular given name, but it does not have to be. The name is typically Biblical or based in Modern Hebrew . For those who convert to Judaism and thus lack parents with Hebrew names, their parents are given as Abraham and Sarah , the first Jewish people of the Hebrew Bible.

  7. Nina Dobrev - Wikipedia

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    Nina Kamenova Dobreva was born on January 9, 1989, in Sofia, Bulgaria, to Kamen Dobrev, a computer specialist, and Michaela Dobreva (née Radeva), an artist. [2] [4] She has an older brother.

  8. Ryerson Press - Wikipedia

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    Ryerson Press was a Canadian book publishing company, active from 1919 to 1970. First established by the Methodist Book Room, a division of the Methodist Church of Canada, and operated by the United Church Publishing House after the Methodist Church's merger into the United Church of Canada in 1925, the imprint specialized in historical, educational and literary titles.

  9. Statue of Egerton Ryerson - Wikipedia

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    The statue in 1890, as photographed by Josiah Bruce. The novelist Graeme Gibson draped the flag of the United States around the statue in a 1970 protest against the sale of Ryerson Press to the American publishers McGraw Hill Education for $2 million (equivalent to $15,691,517 in 2023). [5]