Translation examples
noun
Renkaiden kaltevuus vaihtelee tapaus tapaukselta.
The relative proportions of cells vary case by case.
noun
Tapaus käynnisti ennennäkemättömän ajojahdin Suomessa.
The incident caused an unprecedented manhunt in Finland.
Tapaus saatiin taltioiduksi osittain videolle ja valokuviin.
The incident was partially caught on video.
noun
Tapaus tuli tunnetuksi Port Arthurin verilöylynä.
The event came to be known as the Port Arthur massacre.
Tapaus on houkuttanut paikalle myös median edustajia.
The event has even attracted some representatives of local media.
Tapaus oli yksittäinen murhenäytelmä, joka ei liittynyt terrorismiin.
The event was an individual tragedy, not related to terrorism.
Tämä tapaus on usein saanut minut ihmettelemään ja mietiskelemään.
This event has often caused me to wonder and speculate.
Tämä tapaus herätti paljon huomiota ja vauhditti työtä Santo Domingossa.
This dramatic event gave impetus to the work in Santo Domingo.
Tapaus leimattiin valtiolliseksi mielenosoitukseksi.
The event was declared a national-level disaster.
Tapaus herätti valtiopäivien yleisössä suurta huomiota.
These events caused great consternation at the English court.
Tapaus paljastui ja siitä syntyi skandaali.
After the publicity of these events there was a scandal.
Yksittäinen tapaus voi kuulua useaan eri tapahtumaan.
A single outcome can be a part of many different events.
noun
Tämä on erillinen, itsenäinen ja itsenäinen tapaus.
This is a separate, independent and independent instance.
Kuitenkin, tässä yksi harvinainen tapaus, on oikeudellinen porsaanreikä.
Fortunately, in this one uncommon instance, there is a legal loophole.
Kuitenkin, tässä yksi epätavallinen tapaus, on laillinen porsaanreikä.
Fortunately, in this one unusual instance, there is a lawful loophole.
Tapaus sai laajaa mediahuomiota eri puolilla maailmaa.
These instances received media coverage worldwide.
Kyseessä oli kuitenkin harvinainen tapaus, jolloin molemmat puolueet menettivät ääniä kolmansille osapuolille kuten Libertaaripuolueelle sekä sitoutumattomille ehdokkaille.
It was a rare instance, however, in which both major parties lost votes to third parties such as the Libertarian Party as well as independent candidates.
Eräs merkittävimmistä tapauksista sattui maaliskuussa 2002, kun muutama harjoittaja Changchunin kaupungissa, Jilinin maakunnassa sai vaihdettua kahdeksan kaapelitelevisiokanavan lähettämän signaalin ja korvattua sen ohjelmalla ”Polttoitsemurha vai lavastettu tapaus?”, jota näytettiin lähes tunnin ajan.
One of the more notable instances occurred in March 2002, when Falun Gong practitioners in Changchun intercepted eight cable television networks in Jilin Province, and for nearly an hour, televised a program titled "Self-Immolation or a Staged Act?".
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Joidenkin huonolaatuisten tai vanhentuneiden tuotteiden myrkytys on yleinen tapaus.
Poisoning by some low-quality or expired products is a common occurrence.
Intiassa nälänhädästä tuli säännöllinen tapaus ja Britannian talouspolitiikka johti vakavaan köyhyyteen.
In India, famine became a regular occurrence, and the economic policies of Britain led to severe poverty.
Pyydit "nolla tai enemmän" ja tällainen tapaus on heti rivin alussa!
You requested "zero or more" and the first occurrence of that is the beginning of the line!
Tämä ei ole yleinen tapaus, mutta koska tällainen todennäköisyys on olemassa, nykyaikaiset lääkärit haluavat mä
This is not a frequent occurrence, but since such a probability exists, modern doctors prefer to prescribe more harmless means.
Kolikkopelien luokka on suurin House of Pokies Casinon peliaulassa, mikä on melko yleinen tapaus.
The slots category is the largest one in the game lobby at House of Pokies Casino, which is a fairly common occurrence.
Myöhemmin, kun arabien kauppiaat pääsivät Kerala hän kertoi heille kummallinen tapaus jolloin he kertoivat hänelle, ettäkuu oli jaettu Mekassa on ratkaissut anomisella uusi profeetta, joka oli lähetetty.
Later, when Arab traders reached Kerala he told them of the strange occurrence whereupon they told him that the moon had split in Mecca in answer to the supplication of a new prophet who had been sent.
Kun arabien kauppiaat pääsivät Kerala kuningas kertoi heille kummallinen tapaus jolloin kauppiaat kertoivat kuninkaalle, että kuu oli jaettu Mekassa on ratkaissut anomisella uusi profeetta, joka oli lähetetty.
When Arab traders reached Kerala the King told them of the strange occurrence whereupon the traders told the king that the moon had split in Mecca in answer to the supplication of a new prophet who had been sent.
Sen faktan mainitsematta jättäminen, että WTC 7 (johon ei iskenyt yksikään lentokone ja jossa oli vain pieniä, eristäytyneitä paloja) sortui myös – ja että tämä on tapaus josta FEMA myönsi, ettei se pystynyt selittämään tapahtunutta.
The omission of the fact that WTC 7 (which was not hit by an airplane and which had only small, localized fires) also collapsed—an occurrence that FEMA admitted it could not explain.
Onko kyseessä yliluonnollinen tapaus vai harkittu murha?
Was this just coincidence, or a planned occurrence?
noun
Oli myös se tapaus,
There was also the occasion when Gay and some of the other ladies said the Lord had laid it on their hearts to prepare a special cold meal for the students on the Saturday.
), mutta on muutama tapaus, joissa kokit ovat auliisti kertoneet tietonsa.
), but there are few occasions on which they've generously spilled the beans.
Toinen tapaus sattui, kun olin muutamien ystävien luona ja keskustelimme lapsuuskokemuksistamme.
At another occasion I visited some friends, and we discussed about our childhood experiences.
– Porukka on ollut meillä kyllä aivan tohkeissaan tekemässä tätä, on tämä sen verran merkittävä tapaus, Karjaluoto sanoo.
“The people here have been really thrilled to work on this, as it is such an important occasion,” says Karjaluoto.
Tämä tapaus sai Lordi Byronin julkistamaan kuuluisan syytekirjelmänsä hallitukselle ja ironisesti vaatimaan, että mikäli verinen laki astuu voimaan, on talon puolesta huolehdittava siitä, että valamiehistö koostuu aina kahdestatoista teurastajasta.
It was on this occasion that Lord Byron delivered his ce
Justin Bieber - Justin Bieber on ollut töykeä faneilleen useammin kuin yhdesti, mutta kenties kaikista karmivin tapaus sattui vuonna 2013.
Justin Bieber - Justin Bieber has been rude to fans in more than one occasion, but probably the worst one dates back to 2013.
Jukka Tiensuu tervehti ohjelmakirjassa Derek Baileyn esiintymistä: ”Se, että Derek Bailey saapuu Suomeen, on yhtä lailla tärkeä tapaus kuin jos Gustav Leonhardt tulisi tänne soittamaan cembaloa”.
Jukka Tiensuu acclaimed the arrival of Derek Bailey in the programme book: “Having Derek Bailey come to Finland is as much of an occasion as if Gustav Leonhardt were to come here to play the harpsichord.”
Tapaus sattui samoihin aikoihin kruununprinssin häiden kanssa ja vertautui Bismarckin ylentämiseen ruhtinaaksi Versaillesin peilihuoneessa.
The occasion coincided with the marriage of the crown prince and echoed the elevation of Bismarck to prince in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles.
noun
Meidän app voi tarjota apua, jos olet ollut mukana rikollinen tapaus.
1 Free Our app can provide assistance if you've been involved in an accident.
Vuonna 2016 henkilövahinkoon johtaneita alkoholionnettomuuksia tapahtui 508 kappaletta, joka on yksi tapaus edellisvuotta enemmän.
In 2016, the number of alcohol-related accidents involving personal injury was 508, which is one more than in the year before.
Natalia Gruber löysi ensimmäisen lukemansa fanifiktion vahingossa, kun hän odotteli viimeisen Harry Potter -kirjan ilmestymistä, ja uskoi pitkään, että kyseinen fikki oli upea mutta yksittäinen tapaus.
Natalia Gruber discovered her first fanfiction by accident while waiting for the last Harry Potter book to come out, and thought for the longest time that it was a wonderful, but isolated idea.
Kuolinsyyntutkimuksen mukaan tapaus oli onnettomuus.
The opposing argument was that the murder was an accident.
Tapaus oli vakavin Yhdysvalloissa tuohon asti tapahtunut terrori-isku.
This was the costliest industrial accident ever to occur in the United States up to that time.
Onnettomuushetkellä vaunussa ei ollut matkustajia, joten tapaus ei vaatinut loukkaantuneita tai kuolonuhreja.
The accident resulted in the death of the car's driver but no fatalities or reported injuries to the passenger and driver of the train.
Tämän jälkeen ruumiit laitettiin autoon ja työnnettiin rotkoon, jotta tapaus saataisiin näyttämään onnettomuudelta.
The bodies were then gathered and put in their Jeep, which was run off the mountain road in an attempt to make their deaths look like an accident.
Angoulêmessa sattunut tapaus, jossa kuoli sotilas ja katsoja, johtui osittain huolimattomuudesta, sillä tietä ylittämässä ollut lapsi, jonka sotilas oman henkensä uhraten pelasti, oli livahtanut vanhemmiltaan.
In the Angoulême accident killing the soldier and a spectator, it was discovered that the child was at fault, having crossed the road after escaping his parents.
Paras romaani (vuodesta 1954) Paras amerikkalaisen kirjailijan esikoisromaani (vuodesta 1946) Paras alkuperäinen taskukirja (vuodesta 1970) Paras novelli (vuodesta 1951) Paras tosipohjainen rikosromaani (vuodesta 1948) Paras elämäkerta (vuodesta 1977) Paras nuorten aikuisten romaani (vuodesta 1989) Paras nuortenkirja (vuodesta 1961) Paras televisiosarjan jakso (vuodesta 1952) Paras televisio-ohjelma tai minisarja (vuodesta 1972) Paras elokuvakäsikirjoitus (vuodesta 1946) Paras näytelmä (vuodesta 1950, epäsäännöllisesti) Erikois-Edgars (vuodesta 1949, epäsäännöllisesti) Robert L. Fishin muistopalkinto (vuodesta 1984) Raven Award (vuodesta 1953) Grand Master Award (vuodesta 1955) Ellery Queen Award (vuodesta 1983) Mary Higgins Clarkin palkinto (vuodesta 2001) Paras kuunnelma (1946–1960) Merkittävä jännityskirjan arvostelu (1946–1967) Paras ulkomainen elokuva (1949–1966) Paras kirjan kansi (1955–1975) Palkitut ja tiedossa olevat ehdokkaat: 1954 Charlotte Jay, Beat Not the Bones 1955 Raymond Chandler, Pitkät jäähyväiset 1956 Margaret Millar, Saalis näkyvissä The Gordons, The Case of the Talking Bug Patricia Highsmith, Lahjakas Herra Ripley 1957 Charlotte Armstrong, Pisara myrkkyä Margot Bennett, The Man Who Didn't Fly 1958 Ed Lacy, Room to Swing Arthur Upfield, The Bushman Who Came Back Bill Ballinger, The Longest Second Marjorie Carleton, The Night of the Good Children 1959 Stanley Ellin, The Eighth Circle Dorothy Salisbury Davis, A Gentleman Called David Alexander, The Madhouse in Washington Square Lee Blackstock, The Woman in the Woods 1960 Celia Fremlin, Hetket ennen aamunkoittoa Philip MacDonald, Kymmenen kuollutta miestä 1961 Julian Symons, Nahkatakkien veitset Peter Curtis, The Devil's Own Herbert Brean, The Traces of Brillhart Geoffrey Household, Varjoissa vaanija 1962 J. J. Marric, Gideon's Fire Lionel Davidson, The Night of Wenceslas Anne Blaisdell, Nightmare Suzanne Blanc, Vihreä kivi Ross Macdonald, Rikas tyttöparka 1963 Ellis Peters, Death and the Joyful Woman Dell Shannon, Knave of Hearts Mark McShane, Seance Shelley Smith, Mies joka katosi Jean Potts, The Evil Wish Ross Macdonald, The Zebra-Striped Hearse 1964 Eric Ambler, Topkapi Stanton Forbes, Grieve for the Past Dorothy B. Hughes, Loppuunajettu Elizabeth Fenwick, The Make-Believe Man Ellery Queen, Vastapeluri 1965 John le Carré, Mies kylmästä Margaret Millar, The Fiend Hans Hellmut Kirst, Kenraalien yö Mary Stewart, This Rough Magic 1966 Adam Hall, The Quiller Memorandum Mary Stewart, Tyttö ja valkoinen hevonen Len Deighton, Hautajaiset Berliinissä Ross Macdonald, Dollarin nurja puoli Dorothy Salisbury Davis, The Pale Betrayer H. R. F. Keating, The Perfect Murder 1967 Nicolas Freeling, Sateisen maan kuningas Ngaio Marsh, Killer Dolphin Dick Francis, Odds Against Donald E. Westlake, Ruumis kuin ruumis hauta kuin hauta 1968 Donald E. Westlake, God Save the Mark George Baxt, A Parade of Cockeyed Creatures Dick Francis, Flying Finish Charlotte Armstrong, Lemon in the Basket Ira Levin, Rosemaryn painajainen Charlotte Armstrong, The Gift Shop 1969 Jeffery Hudson (Michael Crichton's nom-de-plume), Pakkotila Peter Dickinson, A Glass-Sided Ants' Nest Dick Francis, Blood Sport Dorothy Salisbury Davis ja Jerome Ross, God Speed the Night Heron Carvic, Picture Miss Seeton Stanley Ellin, The Valentine Estate 1970 Dick Francis, Murha auttaa vedonlyönnissä Chester Himes, Hetki vain, olet vainaa Shaun Herron, Miro Peter Dickinson, The Old English Peep Show Emma Lathen, When in Greece Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Where the Dark Streets Go 1971 Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö, Bussimurha Pat Stadley, Autumn of a Hunter Margaret Millar, Beyond this Point Are Monsters Patricia Moyes, Many Deadly Returns Donald E. Westlake, Kuuma kivi Shaun Herron, The Hound and the Fox and the Harper 1972 Frederick Forsyth, Shakaali P. D. James, Shroud for a Nightingale G. F. Newman, Sir, You Bastard Tony Hillerman, The Fly on the Wall Arthur Wise, Who Killed Enoch Powell? 1973 Warren Kiefer, The Lingala Code Martin Cruz Smith, Canto for a Gypsy John Ball, Five Pieces of Jade Hugh C. Rae, The Shooting Gallery Ngaio Marsh, Tied Up in Tinsel 1974 Tony Hillerman, Dance Hall of the Dead Francis Clifford, Amigo, Amigo P. D. James, Murha ei sovi naiselle Jean Stubbs, Dear Laura Victor Canning, The Rainbird Pattern 1975 Jon Cleary, Ryöstö Vatikaanissa Francis Clifford, Goodbye and Amen Andrew Garve, The Lester Affair Malcolm Bosse, The Man Who Loved Zoos Paul Erdman, Hopean hohto 1976 Brian Garfield, Ihmismetsästys Gerald Seymour, Ministeri tappolistalla Maggie Rennert, Operation Alcestic Marvin Albert, Takaa-ajo Rivieralla Ross Thomas, The Money Harvest 1977 Robert B. Parker, Promised Land Richard Neely, A Madness of the Heart Thomas Gifford, The Cavanaugh Quest Gerald Seymour, Murha tuottaa kunniaa Trevanian, The Main 1978 William Hallahan, Catch Me: Kill Me William McIlvanney, Laidlaw Martin Cruz Smith, Yön siivet 1979 Ken Follett, Neulansilmä Ruth Rendell, Kuin pahaa unta Tony Hillerman, Listening Woman Jack S. Scott, The Shallow Grave John Godey, The Snake 1980 Arthur Maling, The Rheingold Route C. P. Snow, A Coat of Varnish Robert Barnard, Death of a Mystery Writer Frank Parrish, Fire in the Barley Ruth Rendell, Make Death Love Me 1981 Dick Francis, Whip Hand B. M. Gill, Death Drop Robert Barnard, Death of a Literary Widow A. J. Quinnell, Man on Fire Reginald Hill, The Spy's Wife 1982 William Bayer, Peregrine 1983 Rick Boyer, Billinsgate Shoal 1984 Elmore Leonard, La Brava 1985 Ross Thomas, Briarpatch 1986 L. R. Wright, The Suspect 1987 Barbara Vine, A Dark-Adapted Eye 1988 Aaron Elkins, Luihin ja ytimiin 1989 Stuart M. Kaminsky, A Cold Red Sunrise 1990 James Lee Burke, Black Cherry Blues 1991 Julie Smith, New Orleans Mourning 1992 Lawrence Block, Tanssi teurastamolla 1993 Margaret Maron, Bootlegger's Daughter 1994 Minette Walters, Kuvanveistäjä 1995 Mary Willis Walker, The Red Scream 1996 Dick Francis, Varjo yössä 1997 Thomas H. Cook, Chathamin koulun tapaus 1998 James Lee Burke, Cimarron Rose 1999 Robert Clark, Mr. White's Confession 2000 Jan Burke, Bones 2001 Joe R. Lansdale, The Bottoms 2002 T. Jefferson Parker, Vaitelias Joe 2003 S. J. Rozan, Winter and Night 2004 Ian Rankin, Henkiin herätettävät 2005 T. Jefferson Parker, California Girl 2006 Jess Walter, Citizen Vince 2007 Jason Goodwin, Janitsaaripuu 2008 John Hart, Down River 2009 C. J. Box, Blue Heaven 2010 John Hart, The Last Child 2011 Steve Hamilton, The Lock Artist 2012 Mo Hayder, Gone 2013 Dennis Lehane, Live by Night 2014 William Kent Krueger, Ordinary Grace 2015 Stephen King, Mersumies 2016 Lori Roy, Let Me Die in His Footsteps 2017 Noah Hawley, Before the Fall 2018 Attica Locke, Bluebird, Bluebird Vuonna 2009 julkaistuista kirjoista palkitut: Paras romaani: The Last Child – John Hart Paras amerikkalaisen kirjailijan esikoisromaani: In the Shadow of Gotham – Stefanie Pintoff Paras alkuperäinen taskukirja: Body Blows – Marc Strange Paras tosipohjainen rikosromaani: Columbine – Dave Cullen Paras elämäkerta: The Lineup: The World’s Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives – toim. Otto Penzler Paras novelli: Amapola – Phoenix Noir – Luis Alberto Urrea Paras nuortenkirja: Closed for the Season – Mary Downing Hahn Paras nuorten aikuisten romaani: Reality Check – Peter Abrahams Paras televisiosarjan jakso: "Place of Execution" – Patrick Harbinson The Robert L. Fishin muistopalkinto "A Dreadful Day" – Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine – Dan Warthman (Dell Magazines).
Spanish Academy of Engineering Alvan Wentworth Chapman 1830, botanist and physician, wrote the first comprehensive description of U.S flora beyond the northeast Amiel Weeks Whipple ex 1840, military engineer, surveyor of the First Transcontinental Railroad William Rutherford Mead 1867, engineer Arthur Sherburne Hardy ex 1869, engineer, professor of civil engineering and mathematics John Mason Clarke 1877, New York state paleontologist and geologist L. Hamilton McCormick 1881, inventor, scientist, and author Frank Lewis Nason 1882 A.B., 1885 M.A., mining engineer and writer; the mineral nasonite is named after him Hubert Lyman Clark 1892, zoologist, curator of echinoderms at Harvard, awarded Clark Medal Robert Stanley Breed 1898, biologist Clarence Birdseye ex 1910, father of frozen food, businessperson, National Inventors Hall of Fame Preston Bassett 1913, charter member of NASA; pioneer in instruments for aviation; inventor, engineer Alfred Romer 1917, paleontologist, a key figure in evolutionary research, Prof. at Chicago and Harvard Charles Drew 1926, M.D., developed system of separating liquid blood cells from solid plasma and storing and reconstituting them William L. Russell 1936, genetic scientist, studied effects of radiation on organisms, winner of the Enrico Fermi Award Melvin Kranzberg 1938, creator of Kranzberg's laws of technology; co-founder of Society for the History of Technology Lloyd Conover 1947, chemist and inventor of tetracycline; National Inventors Hall of Fame Craig Call Black 1954, paleontologist Lewis Joel Greene 1955, American-Brazilian biochemist, Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit Steve Baer ex 1960 (studied physics and mathematics at Amherst), inventor of the postgeodesic system called the zome Curt I. Civin 1966, M.D., National Inventors Hall of Fame (appears below) Jonathan Borden 1984, application of computer science to neurobiology; professor of neurosurgery Julie Segre 1987, epithelial biologist, Chief of the Human Genome Research Institute Dr. Walter Wyman 1870, Surgeon General of the United States from 1891-1911 (appears above) Dr. James Ewing 1888, namesake of Ewing's Sarcoma; eminent experimental oncologist; helped found progenitor of the American Cancer Society; responsible for the creation of present-day Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City Dr. Warren Fales Draper 1906, Deputy Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service and member of General Dwight Eisenhower's staff in Europe during World War II; his medical care program for miners won the Lasker Group Award in 1956 Dr. Charles R. Drew 1926, inventor of blood plasma preservation system, established first Red Cross blood bank, Spingarn Medal Dr. Lloyd Saxon Graham 1943, epidemiologist Dr. Harold E. Varmus 1961, Nobel Prize for his studies of the nature and control of oncogenes; former Director of the National Institutes of Health Dr. David D. Burns 1964, influential psychotherapist, central role in the development of Cognitive Therapy Dr. James Kocsis 1964, professor of psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College and Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic Dr. Robert Yarchoan 1971, played a significant role in discovering and developing the first effective drugs for the treatment of AIDS Dr. David Kessler 1973 former Head of the Food and Drug Administration, former Dean of Yale School of Medicine, and former Dean and Vice Chancellor University of California, San Francisco Dr. Bruce D. Perry 1977, psychiatrist, internationally recognized authority on children in crisis Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel 1979, Diane and Robert Levy University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania; former Chair of the Department of Bioethics at NIH Dr. D. Drew Pinsky 1980, talk-show host Playwright Clyde Fitch 1886, distinguished dramatist, wrote over 60 plays Actor Emery B. Pottle 1899 (actor in 88 silent films and motion pictures) Actor Burgess Meredith 1931, Academy Award-nominated Actor Douglas Kennedy 1936, television and film actor, star of Steve Donovan, Western Marshal (1955–1956) Playwright Tad Mosel 1947 (New York Drama Critics Award) (appears above) Theater critic, director, playwright, author Robert Brustein 1947, founding director of Yale Repertory Theatre and American Repertory Theater; The New Republic, drama critic; Polk Award (1964) Oscar and Emmy Award-winning composer Fred Karlin 1958 Musician and Grammy Award-winning music producer Jim Rooney 1960 Actor Ken Howard 1966, a Tony Award- and Emmy Award-winning actor Actor Stephen Collins 1969, award-winning theater, television, and film actor Composer Jim Steinman 1969, songwriter and producer for Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler, and Celine Dion Magician Raymond J. Teller 1969, of Penn and Teller Writer and director Henry Bromell 1970, wrote, produced Chicago Hope, Northern Exposure Writer Robert Stuart Nathan 1970, wrote, produced ER, Law & Order Composer Mason Daring 1971 Comedian and actor Lawrence J. Miller 1975, Max Keeble's Big Move, The Nutty Professor, 10 Things I Hate About You Writer and director Caroline Thompson 1978, screenplays for Edward Scissorhands, The Addams Family, The Secret Garden Director David O. Russell 1981E John Cerutti 1982, major-league baseball pitcher and broadcaster Writer and director Susannah Grant 1984, screenplays, Pocahontas, Ever After, Erin Brockovich Actor John Michael Higgins 1985 Musician Jonatha Brooke Mallet 1985, singer-songwriter Musician Jennifer Kimball 1986, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist Composer Harold Meltzer 1988, 2004 Rome Prize, 2004 Charles Ives Fellowship Actor Jeffrey Wright 1987, Tony Award-, Emmy Award-, and Golden Globe Award-winning actor Actor/Comedian Matt Besser 1989, founder of the Upright Citizens Brigade Actor John Cariani 1991, on Law & Order and in the musicals Something Rotten! and The Band's Visit Actress Sarah Goldberg 1996, on 7th Heaven and Judging Amy Composer Harris Wulfson 1996 Actor Hamish Linklater 1998, on The New Adventures of Old Christine and American Dreams Actor Rob Brown 2006, on Coach Carter and Finding Forrester; lead role of Ernie Davis in The Express Comedian, actress, and writer Aparna Nancherla 2005, on Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell Podcaster David Chen, 2006, host and producer of /Film and The Tobolowsky Files Musician Tim Eriksen of folk-punk band Cordelia's Dad Actor and playwright Everett Glass Radio and TV show host Dr. Drew Pinsky Musician David Weinberg of hardcore band The Suicide File Printer Ronald Gordon 1965, established the Oliphant Press, New York City Author Jerome Allen 1851 Author Charles Hallock 1854 Editor and author William Hayes Ward 1856, editor-in-chief of the New York Independent Architect William Mead 1867, of McKim, Mead, and White (appears above) Editor Benjamin Eli Smith 1877 Sculptor Edward C. Potter ex 1882, of the New York Public Library lions Author Herbert Dickinson Ward 1884, also wrote extensively for newspapers and periodicals Journalist George B. Mallon 1887, an editor and writer for The Sun Journalist Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor 1897, father of photojournalism; first full-time editor of National Geographic Magazine Writer Walter Alden Dyer 1900, author and journalist Poet and essayist Joseph Moncure March 1920, The Wild Party and The Set-Up Painter Jared French 1925, master of magic realism Writer Wylie Sypher 1927 Children's author Philip D. Eastman 1933 Journalist Alfred Friendly 1933, managing editor of the Washington Post (appears above) Poet Richard Wilbur 1942, won two Pulitzer Prizes and was Poet Laureate of the United States (appears above) French poet Andre du Bouchet ex 1945, won "Prix national de poesie" (National Poetry Prize - France) Writer Thomas Flanagan 1945, National Book Critics Circle Award (1979) Author and historian Charles Patterson 1958 Artist Thomas Cornell 1959, painter and printmaker; Professor of Art at Bowdoin College Architect John S. Hagmann 1959 Journalist Warren Olney 1959, host, executive producer of PRI program To the Point; Emmy Award Poet and painter Stephen Rodefer 1963, one of founders of the Language Poetry Movement Translator, anthologist, poet, and author Stephen Mitchell 1964 Sports columnist Thomas Boswell 1969 Journalist Andrew Nagorski 1969, senior editor at Newsweek Painter Terry Rodgers 1969 Novelist Scott F. Turow 1970, The Burden of Proof, Presumed Innocent; also a practising lawyer Literary critic and novelist Fred Pfeil 1971, O. Henry Award, New York Times "Notable Book of the Year" Journalist Jonathan Landman 1974, deputy managing editor of the New York Times Cullen Murphy 1974, editor of the Atlantic Monthly and writer, Prince Valiant comic strip Novelist J. G. Sandom 1978, writer of thrillers, mysteries; also founded first interactive advertising agency Novelist John Ross 1979, Unintended Consequences, also the designer of a version of the Smith & Wesson .500 Magnum revolver Novelist Chris Bohjalian 1982, his novel Midwives was a Publishers Weekly best book and an Oprah Winfrey book club selection Author and journalist Ted Conover 1983, National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction (2000) FoxTrot cartoonist William J. C. Amend III 1984 Novelist Harlan F. Coben 1984, first writer to receive an Edgar, a Shamus, and an Anthony Award Journalist Kate Seelye 1984 Novelist David Foster Wallace 1985 (appears above) Novelist Dan Brown 1986, author of The Da Vinci Code Novelist Alan Lelchuk, Visiting Writer 1982-1984 Poet Rafael Campo 1987, also a practising physician; professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School Artist and professor Sonya Clark 1989, United States Artists Fellow 2011, Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award 2006 Poet Dan Chiasson 1993, recipient of the Pushcart Prize and a Whiting Writer's Award Novelist Calvin Baker 1994, author of Naming the New World, Once Two Heroes, and Dominion Get Fuzzy cartoonist Darby N. Conley 1994 Artist and author Jonathon Keats 1994 Author Julie Powell 1995 Author and editor Bill Wasik 1996, editor at Wired, inventor of the flash mob Playwright Amy Fox 1997 Artist and realist painter Graydon Parrish 1999 Investigative reporter Joshua Kors 2001 Author Lauren Groff 2001, recipient of the Pushcart Prize and author of The Monsters of Templeton and Delicate Edible Birds Amiel Weeks Whipple ex 1840, Brigadier General, Brevet Major General, Civil War Edward Duffield Neill 1842, army and hospital chaplain in Union Army, Civil War; private secretary of presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson Francis Amasa Walker 1860, brevet brigadier general (II Corps, Army of the Potomac), Civil War Eri Davidson Woodbury ex 1863 (?), U.S. Medal of Honor, Civil War Dwight W. Morrow 1895, chief civilian aide to General John J. Pershing, World War I Albert E. Austin 1899, regimental surgeon, World War I Richmond Mayo-Smith 1909, Legion of Honor (France), World War I John J. McCloy 1919, U.S. Distinguished Service Medal; Legion of Honor (France); Sylvanus Thayer Award Second Lieutenant John Edmund Dale, Jr. 1940, U.S. Presidential Unit Citation, World War II Marine Corps Major Frederic A. Stott 1940, U.S. Navy Cross, World War II; founding trustee of Editorial Projects in Education; instrumental in founding of Chronicle of Higher Education, Education Week, and Chronicle of Philanthropy John Michael Murphy ex 1943, U.S. Distinguished Service Cross, Korean War Robert McAfee Brown 1943, United States Navy chaplain Admiral Stansfield Turner (ret) ex 1945, former commander-in-chief Allied Forces Southern Europe within NATO; commander U.S. forces in Japan and Korea; commander of U.S. Second Fleet Paul Rieckhoff 1998, served in the U.S. Army in Iraq War, nationally recognized authority on war in Iraq issues pertaining to troops, military families, and veterans; founder and executive director of IAVA; author of Chasing Ghosts Sylvester Graham ex 1827, American reformer, temperance minister, and father of Graham crackers Asa Lovejoy 1830 (?), Oregon pioneer; co-founder, city of Portland; mayor, Oregon City; speaker of house of Oregon Territorial Legislature Phrenologist Orson Squire Fowler 1834 Jonathan D. Torrance, Amherst student who died in a class hazing accident in 1847 William James Rolfe 1849, Shakespearean scholar John Henry Boalt 1857, engineer, lawyer, and judge; namesake of the school of law (Boalt Hall) at the University of California, Berkeley J. Franklin Jameson 1879, received first doctorate in history at Johns Hopkins University, instrumental in founding National Archives Don Cohan 1951, Olympic bronze medalist in sailing (1972, Dragon Class) James Jordan 1952, best known for his work at BBDO advertising agency Rabbi Dr. Walter Zanger 1956, tour guide and television personality Eric Britton 1960, political scientist and sustainability activist Jim Guest 1962, President, Consumers Union Theodore Levin 1973, ethnomusicologist Robert Billingham 1979, Olympic silver medalist in sailing (1988, Soling Class) Ruth Davidon 1987, gold and silver medalist, 1994 Goodwill Games Kelly Close 1990, diabetes patient advocate Kimmie Weeks 2005, global activist and humanitarian who founded Youth Action International Yaduveer Krishnadutta Chamaraja Wadiyar, 2014, Maharaja of Mysore Mr. Eu, a minor government functionary in the 1963 John Ford movie Donovan's Reef, was an Amherst graduate, class of '52.
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