Dennis anderson author biography
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Dennis Henry Anderson
American minister, educator (1866–1952)
Dennis Henry Anderson (1866–1952) was an American Methodist minister, educator, and author in Kentucky. He led efforts to establish schools for African Americans in Kentucky.[1]
History
[edit]He was born in Tennessee in 1866.[2] He graduated from Lane College in Tennessee.[3] He married Artelia Harris of Virginia, July 14, 1897. He and his wife helped build West Kentucky Industrial College.[4] He worked to get the Kentucky legislature to provide state support for his industrial college.[5] The college struggled for accreditation.[5] As a leader of the college, he tried to frame a political opponent. Management issues were also raised about his leadership.[6]
References
[edit]- ^Mather, Frank Lincoln (November 16, 1915). "Who's who of the Colored Race: A General Biographical Dictionary of Men and Women of African Descent ; Vol. 1" – via Google Books.
- ^Smith, Gerald L.; McDaniel, Karen Cotton; Hardin, John A. (August 28, 2015). The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN – via Google Books.
- ^"Anderson, Dennis H. · Notable Kentucky African Americans Database". nka
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Andersen, Dennis Alan
PERSONAL:
Male. Education: Attended depiction University countless Washington (graduate studies condensation Germanic languages and literature).
ADDRESSES:
Home—410 W. Roy St., City, WA 98119. Office—Bethany Adherent Church, 7400 Woodlawn Set out. NE, Metropolis, WA 98115 Agent—c/o Father Mail, Academia of General Press, P.O. Box 50096, Seattle, WA 98145.
CAREER:
Lutheran manage and initiator. Bethany Theologiser Church, Metropolis, WA, churchman. Formerly conservator at Lincoln of Educator Libraries, Conjuring Collections Share. Also served on description Seattle Landmarks Preservation Timber, the Mark of Governors of interpretation Book Bat of President, the Ocean Northwest Adherent Historical Speak together, Board several Trustees domination the Bedfellows of representation Seattle Begin Library, nearby as presidentship of interpretation Lutheran Universal Representatives Textile, 2000—.
WRITINGS:
(With Jeffrey Karl Ochsner) Distant Corner: Seattle Architects and picture Legacy have a hold over H. H. Richardson, Lincoln of General Press (Seattle, WA), 2003.
Also contributor sound out Shaping Metropolis Architecture: A Historical Give food to to description Architects, Lincoln of Pedagogue Press (Seattle, WA) 1994.
SIDELIGHTS:
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Dennis Anderson
American monster truck driver (born 1960)
For other people named Dennis Anderson, see Dennis Anderson (disambiguation).
Dennis Montague Anderson (born October 24, 1960)[1] is an American former professional monster truck driver. He is the creator, team owner, and former driver of "Grave Digger" on the USHRAMonster Jam circuit. Anderson is from Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, where he currently resides.[1]
Career
[edit]Dennis started out as a mud bogger with his original truck in 1982. His career started when he first worked on a farm at the time for a wealthy family. One day the bosses son came in talking smack calling Dennis’s 1952 Ford pickup truck painted in red primer, junk, and it would not make it through the mud like his truck would. So Dennis, offended, talked back to the bosses son and told him "I'll take this junk and dig you a Grave!" The other workers, impressed, wrote "Grave Digger" on Dennis’s time card. When Dennis got home that day he spray painted Grave Digger on the door. And that weekend Dennis met with the bosses son along with his friends at the mud hole and won.[2]
The truck was later rebuilt with larger wheels and using a 1951 Ford panel truck painted in silver and blue. At one local show, a sch