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Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. traces its origins to 1934 when husband and wife Earl Congdon Sr. and Lillian Congdon (née Herbert) founded the company with a single straight truck running between Richmond and Norfolk, Virginia. [7][8] The name is a reference to a common nickname for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the "Old Dominion." [9]
Old Dominion University (ODU) is a public research university in Norfolk, Virginia.Established in 1930 as the Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary, an extension school of the College of William & Mary for people with fewer financial assets, members of the military, and non-traditional students in Norfolk-Virginia Beach area of the Hampton Roads region.
John R. Broderick is an American academic administrator who served as the eighth president of Old Dominion University from 2008 to 2021. As president, he guided the University's six colleges, more than 10 economic development and research centers, and numerous partnerships with government, military and business organizations and agencies.
Length. 72 miles (116 kilometres) The Washington and Old Dominion Railroad (colloquially referred to as the W&OD and sometimes the "Virginia Creeper") was an intrastate short-line railroad located in Northern Virginia, United States. The railroad was a successor to the bankrupt Washington and Old Dominion Railway and to several earlier ...
Website. www.evms.edu. Macon and Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University, commonly known as Virginia Health Sciences and formerly Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS), is a public medical school in Norfolk, Virginia operated by Old Dominion University. Founded by grassroots efforts in the Southeastern part of Virginia ...
Website. odec.com. Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC) is an electric generation and transmission cooperative headquartered in Glen Allen, Virginia. ODEC provides wholesale power to its 11 member electric cooperatives in the states of Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware in the United States. ODEC generates its electricity from coal, fuel oil ...
In 1961, the company changed its name to Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP), and began using punched card machines, check printing machines, and mainframe computers. ADP went public in 1961 with 300 clients, 125 employees, and revenues of approximately US$400,000. [3] The company established a subsidiary in the United Kingdom in 1965.
The final record for Old Dominion's 2009 football program was 9–2, at the time the best winning record ever for a first-year collegiate football program. This record is now held by Mercer University who finished 10–2 in 2013. [9] Old Dominion's football program had continued success in 2010 finishing 8–3.