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| Andrew Beal |
Andrew Beal (born 1952) is a businessman from Lansing, Michigan who has made over 7 billion dollars in profits. Beal is a banker; owning Beal Financial, a bank with branches in California, Nevada and Beal's current residence state, Texas. (references) |
| Beal Aerospace |
Beal Aerospace was founded by Andrew Beal, president of Beal Bank in Dallas, Texas. The goal of the company was to build and operate a privately developed orbital launch vehicle. (references) |
| Beal College |
Beal College is a small college located in Bangor, Maine, USA. Founded in 1891, it specializes in associate-level degree programs in business, medical, legal and other high-demand service fields. The College was originally named Bangor Business College (until later posthumously named after its primary founder, Mary Beal) and was located in downtown Bangor, before later moving to a larger facility in the 1970's. Beal moved to a new modern campus in 2004. (references) |
| Dana Beal |
Dana Beal is a long-time NYC-based activist who created the Rock Against Racism concerts and organizes the Million Marijuana March on the first Saturday of May every year in New York City. This event now takes place in hundreds of cities around the world in addition to NYC, where it began about 30 years ago. Dana has been working for the legalization of marijuana and other issues since at least the mid 60s, and is particularly known for his association with the Yippies. (references) |
| Ernest Frederick Beal |
Ernest Frederick Beal was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. (references) |
| Jeff Beal |
Jeff Beal (born 1963 in Hayward, CA) is a composer of film music and concertos. He was influenced by the music of Miles Davis and Gil Evans. He was educated at the 'Eastman School of Music' in Rochester, NY. Beal moved to New York City as he was finishing up his graduate work, and released his first solo album called Liberation in 1987. He and his wife, Joan, moved to the San Francisco area, where Jeff became involved with film scoring. He has won two Emmy Awards, one for his main theme to the USA Network detective series Monk, and the other for a documentary based on the 2002 Winter Olympics called Peggy & Dorothy. In addition to his film and TV work, he has composed classical pieces for John Patitucci, Dave Samuels, Eddie Daniels, The Turtle Island String Quartet. (references) |
| John Beal (actor) |
Devoutly Roman Catholic Joplin, Missouri-born actor (of German extraction) who began acting in the 1930s, opposite Katharine Hepburn, among others; he continued appearing in films during the war years while serving in Special Services as actor and director of Army Air Force camp shows and training films. (references) |
| Nick Beal |
Nicholas David Beal (born 2 December 1970 in Howden) is a rugby union player who played at full back for Northampton Saints, England and the Lions. He attended the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe. (references) |
| W. J. Beal Botanical Garden |
The W. J. Beal Botanical Garden (5 acres) is a botanical garden located on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. It is claimed to be the oldest continually-maintained university botanical garden in the United States, and is open to the public without charge year round during daylight hours. (references) |
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