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John Shalam

John J. Shalam (born 1933) is an American businessman and entrepreneur, known for his contributions to the consumer electronics industry. He is the founder of Audiovox Corporation, a prominent company in the field.
==Early Life and Education==
John Shalam was born in 1933, in Alexandria, Egypt. In 1948, at the age of 15, he immigrated to the United States. Shalam attended the Peekskill Military Academy in Peekskill, New York. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
==Career==
In 1965, John Shalam founded Audiovox Corporation, focusing initially on manufacturing car radios and stereo systems. Under his leadership, the company expanded its product line and diversified into various areas of consumer electronics. Today, Audiovox Corporation is a renowned international leader in marketing auto sound, vehicle security, mobile video systems, and related accessories.
Shalam's strategic vision and business acumen have been instrumental in Audiovox Corporation's success. He fostered partnerships with renowned companies, acquired smaller businesses, and expanded the company's global reach. The company's product portfolio grew to encompass a wide range of consumer electronics, including car entertainment systems, home audio and video equipment, mobile devices, and accessories.
Outside of his professional endeavors, John Shalam is actively involved in various philanthropic and community activities. He has made contributions to charitable causes, focusing on education, healthcare, and community development.
==Personal Life==
John Shalam leads an active life outside of Audiovox Corporation. He is a member of the Wharton School Club of NY and the Ben Franklin Society at the University of Pennsylvania. Shalam is associated with organizations such as the JP Morgan/Chase Bank Metropolitan Advisory Board, Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity, La Chaine Des Rotisseurs (NY Chapter), Ordre Mondial Du Vin, and Fondateur de L' Academie Brillat-Savarin.
He is married to Jane Shalam, and they have three sons: Ari, David, and Marc. The Shalam family's primary residence is in Palm Beach, Florida, with a secondary residence is in Old Westbury, New York.
==Legacy==
John Shalam's entrepreneurial journey and leadership have left a lasting impact on the consumer electronics industry. Through his founding of Audiovox Corporation and his commitment to innovation and customer satisfaction, he has shaped the company into a global powerhouse. Today, Audiovox Corporation continues to be recognized for its quality products and its ability to adapt to the ever-changing consumer electronics market.
Category:1933 births
Category:People from Alexandria
[Category:University of Pennsylvania alumni]]
Category:American businesspeople
Category:Entrepreneurs
John Sigismund Maguire

John Sigismund Maguire of Enniskillen (1710–12 January, 1767) was an Irish-Habsburg general. He is most known for his defense of Dresden in 1760.
==Life==
John Maguire was born in the parish of
Ballymacelligot, County Kerry in 1710. Maguire came from the Maguire Clan of County Fermanagh, which left during the time of the Irish Confederate Wars and settled in Kerry.
He left Ireland and joined the
Austrian army; in 1729 he was documented as an ensign in Temesvár and fought in the War of the Polish Succession, and the Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739) and in the War of the Austrian Succession under the command of the renowned Austrian
commanders of Irish origin, Field-Marshal Maximilian Ulysses Browne and Lieutenant-General Franz Moritz von Lacy. Brňovják, Jiří. "The Integration of Irish Aristocratic Émigré Families in the Czech Lands, c. 1650-1945. Available at.
In the Seven Years' War he was a Lieutenant Field Marshal and took part in the battles of Lobositz and Prague
He captured the fortress of Sonnenstein in September 1758 after a 3 day siege. He was second in command at the capture of Dresden in 1759 and as as military governor successfully defended it in the Siege of Dresden by Frederick the Great in 1760. Maguire refused the King's request to surrender with the words "that having the honour to have charge of the defences of this city I will defend it to the last man" Carlyle, Thomas. "History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great" 1858 to 1865. He received the Grand Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresa for his defence of Dresden and was given command of Olomouc.
He died on the 12th January 1767 in Troppau, the capital of Austrian Silesia.
==Family==
He had been married to Elisabeth Louise since 1743. On 24 September 1763 he married Maria Antonia von Blümegen (* 3 June 1742; † 1785). Both marriages were without issue.
==Bibliography==
* Faulkner, Anselm. "General John Sigismund Maguire and the Kerry connection." Journal of the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society, vol. 15–16, 1982–83, pp. 61–69.
*Brňovják, Jiří. "The Integration of Irish Aristocratic Émigré Families in the Czech Lands, c. 1650-1945." Academia.edu, 2014. Available at: .
*Hirtenfeld, Jaromir. Der Militär-Maria-Theresien-Orden und seine Mitglieder. Vol. 1, 1857, p. 85. Available at: Digitalisat.
* Stanard G. William. "The McGuire Family in Virginia". Old Dominion Press (1926) Available at: 
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Category:1767 deaths
Category:People from County Kerry
Category:Czech people
John Sinclair Wallace Jr.

John S. Wallace Jr. was an American vignette engraver known for his work creating steel plate engravings for the American Banknote Company and later the Bureau of Printing and Engraving|U.S. Bureau of Printing and Engraving.https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1982/10/25/money-makers/c236ab8b-d4c5-42dd-9086-312c92f98983/?utm_term=.4747dde81130
Notable work includes the Federal Duck Stamp series completed for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service https://www.fws.gov/birds/get-involved/duck-stamp/federal-duck-stamp-gallery-1981-1982.php as well as the official presidential portrait engravings for both Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter.
Category:American engravers
John Skinner (professor)

John Skinner, M.A., D.D., (1851-1925) was a Scottish Anglican divine and academic, and Principal and Professor of Old Testament literature, Westminster College, Cambridge.https://lccn.loc.gov/n86120206
His 1910 commentary on the Book of Genesis for the International Critical Commentary series (T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh) was for many years the standard English-language text, and he died in 1925 while revising it.https://www.logos.com/product/4102/a-critical-and-exegetical-commentary-on-genesis?srsltid=AfmBOoow3C0yTGuuZSjJ3tS-BdD4oXTK80wJmTRNcO8JJnPpapiWX5kP His other books include The Divine Names in Genesis (Hodder & Stoughton, 1914), two volumes of commentary on the Book of Isaiah for the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (1896 & 1898, the first volume also revised in 1915), and Prophecy & Religion. Studies in the Life of Jeremiah (Cambridge, 1926). 
Skinner's correspondence with James George Frazer, author of The Golden Bough is held at Trinity College, Cambridge.https://archives.trin.cam.ac.uk/index.php/skinner-john-1851-1925-biblical-scholar
Category:1851 births
Category:1925 deaths
Category:Anglicanism
Category:Scottish people
John Stamatoyannopoulos

John Stamatoyannopoulos a Greek-American a physician-scientist in molecular biology and epigenomics. He is a professor of genome sciences and medicine at the University of Washington where he heads the Stam Lab. 
Stamatoyannopoulous attended Stanford University. He received an M.D. from the University of Washington School of Medicine before completing his medical studies at Harvard Medical School. He is a member of the ENCODE project, and in 2012 led the international ENCODE consortium in publishing a series of papers in Nature which promoted the significance of regulatory regions within the genome. 
John is the son of Greek geneticist George Stamatoyannopoulos.
==In the media==
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== References ==
==External links==
* John Stamatoyannopoulos - UW Genome Sciences
* John Stamatoyannopoulos, MD - StamLab
* John A. Stamatoyannopoulos | Science | AAAS
* John Stamatoyannopoulos - The researcher who discovered double meaning in DNA
* John A Stamatoyannopoulos's research works | Trinity
* Stamatoyannopoulos, John - The American Society
* Center for Photogenomics - John Stamatoyannopoulos
* John Stamatoyannopoulos, UW – ENCODE
* John Stamatoyannopoulos
Category:University of Washington faculty
Category:Stanford University alumni
Category:Greek American
Category:Physicians
Category:Scientists
Category:Molecular biology
Category:Epigenetics
Category:Washington University School of Medicine alumni
Category:Harvard Medical School alumni
John Stephen Lazo

John Stephen Lazo (born 15 December 1948) is an American pharmacologist noted for his work discovering the fundamental mechanisms of action of small molecule therapeutics and the factors that confer drug resistance. The goal of his research has been to improve treatments for cancer, respiratory diseases, neurodegeneration, and parasitic infections. 
 
==Education and early life==
Lazo was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and spent his childhood growing up outside of Camden, New Jersey. In high school, he ran cross-country and track and was a member of the school’s debating team. He earned his bachelor’s degree in chemistry at Johns Hopkins University and was awarded a PhD in pharmacology under the mentorship of Raymond W. Ruddon at the University of Michigan. Lazo completed postdoctoral training in cancer pharmacology with Alan C. Sartorelli at Yale University. 
==Career and research==
Lazo joined the faculty at Yale and achieved the rank of Associate Professor of Pharmacology before moving to the University of Pittsburgh as the Allegheny Foundation Professor and Chair of Pharmacology, a position he held for seventeen years. Lazo subsequently became the founding director of the University of Pittsburgh Drug Discovery Institute and the Fiske Drug Discovery Laboratory. In 2011 Lazo moved to the University of Virginia as the associate dean for basic research and the Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of Pharmacology. He held a secondary appointment in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Virginia and an adjunct professorship at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute. He is now an emeritus professor at both the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Virginia. Lazo’s current primary research interests are in molecular pharmacology and drug discovery with a particular focus on anticancer drugs and protein tyrosine phosphatases. He has authored or coauthored over 380 publications, holds 12 issued patents, and has co-founded several biotechnology companies. Currently, Lazo is the Chief Scientific Officer at KeViRx, Inc..
==Selected awards and honors==
Lazo has been the recipient of a number of awards and honors including: elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET); NIH Research Career Development Award; ASPET-Astellas Award in Translational Pharmacology; chair of a Gordon Research Conference; member of the Board of Directors of the American Association for Cancer Research; member of the Board of Publication Trustees and President of ASPET; member of the International Advisory Board of the Cancer Research & Therapeutic Innovation (Toulouse, France); board member of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History; and Chairman of the Council for Extramural Grants of the American Cancer Society. 
==Personal life==
Lazo is married to Jacqui Fiske Lazo and has one daughter, Jacquelyn Lazo Fernstrom, and a granddaughter, Emma. He is an avid fossil collector, gardener, chef, traveler and pinball player.
Category:American pharmacologists
Category:1948 births
Category:People from Philadelphia
John Steven Novak

John Steven Novak (born 2nd April 1962) is a sports mind coach, author, speaker, radio host, fitness instructor and television presenter known for producing Australia's first television and video fitness program 'Aussie Fit' and co-host of the Aerobics Oz Style television series.
He is known for individually working with the NRL Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, NRL Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, James Magnussen, David Warner, Melissa Wu
Novak attended De La Salle College in Western Sydney before completing high school at St. Patrick's college in Strathfield, Sydney Australia.
From age 11, Novak trained in martial arts. He played representative rugby league for Western Suburbs Rugby Leagues Club and soccer for Sydney Croatia at age 15.
Novak retired from both sports to pursue Karate.
He is a Karate 3rd dan black belt holder and is known for beating Dolph Lundgren in a NSW heavyweight Karate championship.
Novak retired from competition Karate in 1986 and re-entered competitive Karate in 1995. He represented New South Wales at the National Karate Championships.
Novak started his career as an Aerobics instructor for Healthlands (now Fitness First) gyms across Eastern Sydney and delivered approximately 5000 classes across Australia of up to 240 people.
Between 1986-1990 he co-hosted nationwide television program Aerobics Oz Style that aired for 24 seasons.
He demonstrated at-home fitness workouts and product endorsements in Fitness Segments on the television show Good Morning Australia alongside Kerri-Anne Kennerley and Bert Newton.
Novak produced the at-home workout video series called Aussie Fit in 1994 which sold in excess of 400,000 copies.
In early 2000, Novak and wife Theresa Novak began formally researching and implementing the impact of positive psychology on sports performance they titled 'The Boomerang Effect'.
He worked one-on-one with professional golfers and published a golfing mind game before working individually with Olympians such as James Magnussen and Melissa Wu, NRL teams Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, and cricketer David Warner.
Novak ceased working with Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs after the club finalised his contract in October 2016.
Novak completed undergraduate studies at the University of NSW receiving a Bachelor of Arts in 1982 and then a Master's degree in Political Science at George Washington University in 1987. He then qualified as a practicing Lawyer from The University of Sydney in 1989.
In 2009 he completed a Diploma of Health Counselling.
Category:1962 births
Category:Australian writers
Category:Australian motivational speakers
John Summit

John Schuster, (born July 29, 1994) known professionally as John Summit, is an American electronic dance music producer and DJ from Chicago. John has played festivals such as Coachella, Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas, Lollapalooza, Tomorrowland and Movement in Detroit. His Song "Sun Came Up" with Sofi Tukker reached the top 40 charts. John Started his own label "Off The Grid Records" in 2022. John's Song "Human" hit number 1 on US Dance Radio.
==Discography==
===EPS===
*Touch Me EP (2018)
*Trompetas EP (2018)
*Afterhours/Addiction EP (2019)
*Stimulate EP (2019)
*Connected EP (2020)
===Singles===
*Girl (2017)
*Disorientated (2018)
*I See You- MKJAY (2018)
*You Know (2019)
*Kudu (2019)
*Guest List(2019)
*Dimension(2019)
*Going Back (2019)
*Seen It All (2019)
*Bass Go (2019)
*Impactor (2020)
*Deep End (2020)
*Forgotten One (2020)
*Summertime Chi (2020)
*Thin Line (2020)
*Beauty Sleep (2021)
*Make Me Feel (2021)
*Better Than This (feat. Parachute Youth) (2021)
*Witch Doctor (2021)
*Sun Came Up (feat. Sofi Tukker) (2021) 
*Human (2021)
*La Danza (2022)
*In Chicago (2022) 
*What A Life (2022) 
Category:1994 births
Category:People from Chicago
Category:American electronic musicians
Category:Music producers
Category:American DJs
John T. Christian

John T. Christian ( Brooklyn , November 2, 1936 – Alexandria , Virginia , June 5, 2022 ) was an American civil ( geotechnical ) engineer.He received his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.)
== Career ==
From 1966 to 1973, Christian taught Civil Engineering at MIT. He then left academia and moved to Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation of Boston. He retired as Executive Vice President in 1994. 
In 2015, Christian went back to academia and served as Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell until 2022.
Christian researched the use of computer analytic and statistical methods in geotechnical engineering. 
Christian wrote more than 100 juried papers on geotechnical engineering. In addition, in 1977, he co-authored a book on the subject, Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering. In 1996, he co-authored a book on Productivity Tools for Geotechnical Engineers. In 2003, he co-authored a book on Reliability and Statistics in Geotechnical Engineering.
He worked on earth dam evaluation and design. He was also involved in the evaluation of flow through porous media, as well as solid waste landfills, foundation engineering, nuclear power plants, pipelines, offshore facilities, dykes, and mooring facilities. 
He also performed geotechnical analyses for on-site nuclear spent fuel storage facilities and for the stability of mining waste embankments. This experience led him to testify before Congress on the viability of nuclear waste storage facilities. 
In 1999, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). At the NAE, he served as Section 4 (civil engineering) Chairman. 
In 2001, he became a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. In addition, he was the recipient of many professional honors and awards from ASCE, the Boston Society of Civil Engineers, and other organizations. Awards included the including the Geo-Institute Cross USA Lectureship in 2012-2013, and the prestigious Terzaghi Lecture Award of ASCE in 2003.
Christian was the Chairman of the NAE committee reviewing the status of the Boston Central Artery/Tunnel Project. Under his auspices, the committee proposed management and contractual changes to expedite the project’s completion. 
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Dr. Christian served as a member of the NAE Committee on the New Orleans Regional Hurricane Projects and the NAE Committee to review the Louisiana Coastal Restoration Project. He also chaired the NAE Committee on the Bureau of Reclamation’s processes for ensuring dam and levee security. 
Christian was widely recognized for his passion for diversified engineering education. For this reason, he was invited to be Chairman of the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), the body that accredits undergraduate educational programs in engineering and technology across the United States. 
Category:American people
Category:2022 deaths
Category:1936 births
John T. Gunnell

John T. Gunnell was a state legislator in Colorado Territory. He served in the Colorado House of Representatives in 1881. He chaired the committee on federal relations. He represented Arapahoe County, Colorado.
He is listed in an 1876 Arapahoe County city directory.http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/denver/directories/den76fh.txt
Category:State legislatures
Category:Members of the Colorado Territorial Legislature
John T. Irick Jr.

John Irick was born on May 20th, 1967. He was born in Massachusetts and then moved to Texas when he was 8 months old. He eventually moved to Seattle. In Seattle, he founded his company, Five Forces. Five Forces is a natural disaster response company. Their main product is the Airwing. The Airwing is based on the Silver Maple Seed.
Category:1967 births
Category:People from Massachusetts
Category:American people
John T. Woods

John T. Woods is an American television and film actor known for his portrayal of Paul Boxer in the feature film Down and Dangerous. He also played Jason Crosby on “NCIS and Stephen Caldwell on Criminal Minds on CBS, as well as Tony Wright on House and James Bellow on 24 on FOX.
== Early life ==
Woods was born in Portland, Oregon and grew up in the suburb of Aloha, Oregon. After graduating from Westview High School in 1997 he studied Archaeology and Computer Science at Portland State University. In 1999 he transferred to UNLV in Las Vegas and switched majors to focus solely on acting. He moved to Los Angeles in 2002 after receiving a BFA in Theatre Arts.
== Career ==
Woods landed his first film in 2005 role opposite Chuck Norris in The Cutter. After that, he starred in Syfy Mega Snake and Zombie Strippers for Sony Pictures. He would go on to appear on such TV shows as Dark Blue on TNT, on iCarly for Nickelodeon, andThe Forgotten for ABC.
In 2013 he played the lead role of Paul Boxer in Down and Dangerous and was featured in the horror anthology V/H/S/2.
Woods is known for his on-screen deaths, having died close to 20 times on television and film.
His latest project is the role of Barry Vertree in the satirical psychological horror film 'The Onania Club' from director Tom Six.
== Filmography ==
=== Television ===
Year	Name 	Role 	Ref
2012	Criminal Minds 	Stephen Caldwell 	
2011	House (TV series) 	Tony Wright 	
2010	NCIS (TV series) 	Jason Crosby 	
2010	24 (TV series) 	James Bellow 	
2009	The Forgotten (TV series)	Henry Morse 	
2009	The Ex List 	Guy at Flower Shop	
2009	Dark Blue (TV series) 	Noyce 	
2009	iCarly (TV series) 	Newberg 	
=== Film ===
Year	Name 	Role 	Ref
2020	The Onania Club 	Barry Vertree 	
2019	Crossbreed 	Alfonso 'Four-Eyes' Sihft	
2016	Dead Bullet 	Bill Holden 	
2016	West Virginia Stories	Doug 	
2013	Down and Dangerous 	Paul Boxer 	
2013	V/H/S/2 	Dr. Fleischer 	
2008	Zombie Strippers 	Jock 	
2007	Mega Snake 	Duff Daniels 	
2006	Honor 	Jason Tyrell 	
2005	The Cutter 	Sergeant 	
Category:1979 births
Category:American male television actors
Category:Male actors from Portland, Oregon
Category:Male actors from Hollywood, Los Angeles
Category:American male film actors
John Thomas Rivers

John Thomas Rivers (born November 1st, 1964) is an American Entrepreneur and Businessman. He is the founder and CEO of 4R Restaurant Group and his nonprofit, The 4R Foundation which established 4 Roots.
 
==Early Life and Career==
Rivers grew up in Jacksonville Florida. He attended Bishop Kenny High School. He graduated from Florida State University’s Business School in 1989.
 
Rivers was President of Priority Health Care until he retired in 2004. He began smoking and creating his signature BBQ in the garage of his house in 2005 and opened the first of his restaurants, 4 Rivers Smokehouse in 2009. He currently has over 15 BBQ Smokehouse restaurants in Florida.
 
Rivers founded his nonprofit The 4R Foundation in 2015. The 4R Foundation was created to give back to the communities where the brands are located, a culture dubbed as the BBQ Ministry. In addition to supporting various charitable organizations, the Foundation also established 4Roots whose mission is "unearth the power of food to build healthy communities".The main focus of 4Roots is the 4Roots Farm campus in the heart of Orlando which began development in 2021.
 
==Accomplishments==
Rivers was invited to cook at the prestigious James Beard House in 2013. He is the author of his cookbook, The Southern Cowboy Cookbook originally published in 2013. He participated in Food Networks’ South Beach Food and Wine Festival in 20, 200, and 2000. His restaurant 4 Rivers was voted, “The South’s Best BBQ Joint” in Southern Livings 2020 “Best Of” edition . In November 2022, Rivers was inducted into Florida State University's Business School Hall of Fame. 
 
==Personal Life==
Rivers is married with two children. He currently resides in Winter Park, Florida.
Category:1964 births
Category:American people
Category:Entrepreneurs
Category:Businesspeople
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Category:Chief executive officers