Pandolfi was a member of the Christian Democracy party. He was elected to the Italian parliament in 1968, heading the list in electoral district of Brescia–Bergamo in 1976, 1979, 1983, and 1987.
Pandolfi was finance undersecretary in the Aldo Moro government from 1974 to 1976. In 1976 he became Minister of Finance, in 1978 Minister of the Treasury, then from 1980 to 1983 Minister for Industry and Trade, and finally from 1983 to 1988 Minister of Agriculture and Forestry.
From 6 January 1989 to 5 January 1993 he was the European Commissioner in the Delors Commission, having portfolio for Research and Development.
Martin Bangemann
Martin Bangemann (born 15 November 1934) is a former German politician. He was leader of the FDP (1985–1988).
Bangemann was the German Federal Minister of Economics from 1984 to 1988.
In 1988, Bangemann joined the European Commission. He was Commissioner for the internal market and industrial affairs in the Delors Commission from 1989 to 1995. He was then Commissioner for Industrial affairs, Information & Telecommunications Technologies in the Santer Commission from 1995 to 1999.
Bangeman studied Law in Tübingen and Munich, earned a Dr. jur. (equivalent to J.S.D.) in 1962, and qualified as an attorney in 1964.
Gloria Whelan
Gloria Whelan (born November 23, 1923) is an American poet, short story writer, and novelist. She is known for children's and young adult fiction. Her book "Homeless Bird" won the National Book Award for Young People's Fiction in 2000.
Whelan was born in Detroit, Michigan. She studied at the University of Michigan. In 1948, she married Joseph Whelan.
Whelan's books include many historical fiction novels, including a trilogy set on Mackinac Island and a quartet series set in communist Russia. Whelan is also the author of short stories which have appeared in "The Ontario Review, The Virginia Quarterly Review, The Gettysburg Review", and other literary quarterlies.
Her collection of short stories, "Playing with Shadows", was published by the Illinois Press. Her stories have appeared in several anthologies and in "Prize Stories: the O. Henry Awards". Whelan is, according to Liz Rosenberg in the "Chicago Tribune", "an accomplished, graceful, and intelligent writer."
Whelan won the annual National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2000 for the novel "Homeless Bird". She also won the 2013 Tuscany Prize for Catholic Fiction with her short story "What World Is This?" and the work became the title for the independent publisher's 2013 collection of short stories.
Denny Crum
Denzel Edwin "Denny" Crum (born March 2, 1937) is an American men's college basketball coach at the University of Louisville in Kentucky from 1971 to 2001 with a 675–295 record.
Crum guided the Cardinals to two NCAA championships (1980, 1986) and six Final Fours. Honored in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame since 1994, Crum is one of the major figures in the history of sports in Kentucky and in college basketball in general.
Crum was born in San Fernando, California. He studied at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Sam Pivnik
Szmuel "Sam" Pivnik (1 September 1926 – 30 August 2017) was a Polish Holocaust survivor, author and memoirist. He was the second son of Lajb Pivnik, a tailor, and Feigel Pivnik. He was born in Będzin, Poland.
Pivnik was registered in Auschwitz and tattooed with prisoner number 135913. On 27 December 1943, Pivnik was admitted to the prisoner infirmary in the Quarantine area KL Auschwitz II-Birkenau, B IIa, Block 9, with suspected typhus. On 19 January 1945 the camp at Fürstengrube was evacuated in the face of the advancing Red Army and prisoners who were fit enough to move were, initially, marched to a railhead at Gleiwitz.
Pivnik spent the next three months on construction work before he – together with approximately 200 other former Fürstengrube prisoners – were evacuated by barge along the River Elbe to Holstein in northern Germany.
Pivnik was liberated by the British Army in Neustadt on 4 May 1945. His memoir "Survivor – Auschwitz, The Death March and My Fight for Freedom" was published on 30 August 2012.
Pivnik died in London on 30 August 2017, two days before his 91st birthday of pneumonia-related complications.
Marion Marshall
Marion Marshall (born Marian Lepriel Tanner; June 8, 1929) is a American actress. She was born in Los Angeles, California.
From 1963 to 1971, she was married to Robert Wagner. From 1952 to 1959, she was married to director Stanley Donen.
Marshall's first movie appearances were in the 20th Century Fox movies "Gentleman's Agreement" and "Daisy Kenyon" in 1947 (although they were both uncredited). She went on to play roles (many minor) in over 25 more movies until 1967.
Marshall had a small but significant role in his "I Was a Male War Bride" (1949). She was featured in three Martin and Lewis comedy movies, "The Stooge", "Sailor Beware" and "That's My Boy", with stars Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
Xiang Shouzhi
Xiang Shouzhi (; November 28, 1917 – September 2, 2017) was a Chinese general and revolutionist. He was born in Xuanhan County, Sichuan.
Xiang was promoted to the rank of major general (shao jiang) in 1955 and general (Shang jiang) in 1988. He was a member of the 11st National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the 12nd CPC Central Committee.
Xiang died on September 2, 2017 in Nanjing, China of heart failure at the age of 99.
María Luisa Dehesa Gómez Farías
María Luisa Dehesa Gómez Farías (30 June 1912 – 11 March 2009) was a Mexican architect. She was born in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. Dehesa worked for close to 50 years in the Federal District of Mexico City, primarily designing single-family homes and apartment buildings. She was the first Mexican woman to graduate with a degree in architecture.
She graduated in 1937, the first Mexican woman to graduate with a degree in architecture. Her thesis, which won honorable mention from the jurors, was entitled "Artillery Barracks Type". It was accepted in 1939 and she attained her professional designation.
In 1974, she was announced as a joint winner of the Ruth Rivera Prize, together with the first Mexican female civil engineer, Concepción Mendizábal Mendoza. In 2006, the College of Architects of Mexico City, honored her for her contributions.
Frantz Yvelin
Frantz Yvelin is the current managing director of French airline Aigle Azur, since 2017.
Yvelin started his career in Information technology as consultant. Then, he founded two French airlines : "L'Avion" in 2006 and "La Compagnie" in 2013.
Also, he is a teacher in air transport at the French Civil Aviation University ("Mastère Spécialisé" degrees).
Jacques Maillot
Jacques Maillot (born 12 April 1962) is a French movie director and screenwriter. He has directed nine movies since 1993. His movie "Nos vies heureuses" was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.
Kleinbösingen
Kleinbösingen is a municipality of the district See in the Swiss canton of Fribourg.
Galmiz
Galmiz is a municipality in See in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.
Oeste Futebol Clube
Oeste Futebol Clube is a football club which plays in Brazil.
FC Sion
FC Sion is a football club which plays in Switzerland.
Haldenstein
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Zhao Wei
Zhao Wei (born 12 March 1976), also known as Vicky Zhao or Vicki Zhao, is a Chinese actress, film director, producer and pop singer. She is considered one of the most popular actresses in China and Chinese-speaking regions, and one of the highest paid actresses.