User:Scanlan

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		For all your work on biographies, including prompting some articles to DYK status. Editorofthewiki (talk) 17:25, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

My Interests

Oceania - Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia
Biographies

Did you Knows (DYKs) I've created or expanded

... that Panapasa Balekana co-wrote God Save Our Solomon Islands, the national anthem, as a prayer for the country after receiving inspiration in a dream?
... that Gladys Bustamante became a leading Jamaican trade unionist after she took a job as a secretary for her future husband, Sir Alexander Bustamante?
... that Robert Cushman expanded the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' photo archives through donations from United Artists' studios and Katharine Hepburn?
... that studio executive Steven Rothenberg designed and oversaw the film distribution strategy for the indie horror film The Blair Witch Project?
... that Jane Weinberger, wife of Caspar Weinberger, began writing and publishing children's books in response to budget cuts by the Reagan administration?
... that Tahitian nationalist Pouvanaa a Oopa was elected to the French Senate representing French Polynesia following his return from exile in France?
... that Sylvia Levin registered more than 47,000 new voters in the Los Angeles area, an individual record both in California and the United States?

... that Jeff Swanagan, the Georgia Aquarium's first employee, oversaw the importation of live whale sharks (pictured) from Taiwan to Atlanta for exhibition?
... that the killing of Aza Gazgireeva, former Deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ingushetia, was described as "brutal" and "brazen"?
... that as governor of Davao del Norte, Prospero Amatong oversaw the creation of nearby Compostela Valley, eventually serving as the new Filipino province's interim governor in 1998?
... that Ricardo Rangel co-founded Mozambique's first full color magazine Tempo, as a voice of opposition to Portuguese colonial rule?
... that former Prime Minister of Tonga Baron Vaea piloted PBY Catalina flying boats for the Royal New Zealand Air Force during World War II?
... that charitable initiatives championed by current First Spouses of the United States have included blankets for the homeless and development assistance in Rwanda?
... that actor Jeff Bridges credits his mother, Dorothy Bridges, with passing down lessons she learned from acclaimed acting teacher Michael Chekhov to her children?
... that Pacnews stopped reporting on Fijian news rather than submit to government censorship in the wake of the 2009 Fijian constitutional crisis?
... that Carol Jean Vigil was the first Native American woman to be elected as a state district judge in the United States?
... that American journalist William Tobin was the first correspondent for the Associated Press to be based in Juneau, Alaska?
... that former Disney animator Jack Dunham created the official rooster mascot for St-Hubert, a Canadian BBQ restaurant chain?
... that Adolphe Colrat, the High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia, previously worked as the chief of staff for the police commissioner of Réunion?
... that Peter Tsiamalili, the first chief administrator of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, also served as Papua New Guinea's ambassador to Belgium?
... that the recently defunct Pacific Magazine, a current affairs publication focusing on the Pacific Islands of Oceania, was the region's longest continuously published magazine?
... that Petelo Vikena, one of the three reigning traditional monarchs within Wallis and Futuna, previously served in the French Army?
... that architect Bennie Gonzales designed most of the major municipal buildings in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, including Scottsdale City Hall, which features a kiva for meetings?
... that the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, stands on the site of a 1777 Second Continental Congress meeting?
... that in order to get her first and only film role, actress Phyllis Welch MacDonald had to sign a contract pledging not to marry or become engaged for six months?
... that Utu Abe Malae and the American Samoa Power Authority received an award from the Mayor of Honolulu for their policies promoting sustainable development?
... that the winner of the 2008 United States House of Representatives election in the Northern Mariana Islands will be the very first Congressional delegate from the Northern Mariana Islands?
... that four of the candidates for either Governor or Lt. Governor in the 2008 American Samoa gubernatorial elections have ancestral ties to the Manu'a Islands?
... that the current Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa, Ipulasi Aitofele Sunia, is the younger brother of the late Governor Tauese Sunia?
... that screenwriter Oliver Crawford worked to remove an anti-Communist loyalty oath from the membership application of the Writers Guild of America, a relic of the Hollywood blacklist era?
... that Robert Steinberg and John Scharffenberger experimented with the original varieties of Scharffen Berger brand chocolate in Steinberg's home kitchen?
... that A.U. Fuimaono was the first Delegate from American Samoa to the United States House of Representatives?
... that Alaskan fiber artist Fran Reed was known for her distinctive baskets made from dried fish skins?
... that Mike J. Manning was threatened with deportation from Papua New Guinea for a report criticizing corruption in the government?
... that Morris Sullivan's relocation of his Sullivan Bluth Studios animation company from the U.S. to Ireland, to exploit tax advantages, helped stimulate the development of Ireland's animation industry?
... that Greg Urwin was the first Australian and first non-Pacific Islander to become Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum?
... that Hawaiian cultural advocate Bob Worthington served as the honorary consul of the Cook Islands to the United States?
... that although fortuneteller Madam Marie was "finally busted" in Bruce Springsteen's "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)", she was never arrested in real life?
... that Michel-Gaspard Coppenrath, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Papeete for 26 years, was succeeded in 1999 by his brother?
... that in 2006 the Philadelphia City Council proclaimed "Edie Huggins Day" in honor of her 40th anniversary as a reporter and journalist for WCAU-TV?
... that Nollaig Ó Gadhra's biography of Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley (pictured) is regarded as one of the most comprehensive biographies ever written in the Irish language?
... that Harriet Burns designed the original prototype models of Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle, Pirates of the Caribbean and New Orleans Square?
... that Sherman Maxwell, who is believed to be the first African American sportscaster, was rarely paid for his radio broadcasts?

To Be Created

- Marshall Tome - journalist and first Navajo to earn a bachelor's in journalism[1][2][3]
- Kinkri Devi - Indian environmentalist[4][5][6][7]
- Rudolph Sprüngli - [8]
- Paulino Rivero - former President of the Canary Islands
- Mayors of Osaka, Japan
- Willem (Wim) Zonggonau (1942 - October 2, 2006)[9][10]
- Carlos Lezama - president of NY West Indian American Day Carnival Association,[11]
- Dr. Terry Chase and Chase Studio - creators of museum dioramas based in the Ozarks [12]
- Stuart Jewell, cinematographer and pioneer of time-lapse photography
Carl Pellonpaa, 87, American talk show host (Finland Calling).^[1]

To Be Finished or Expanded

- Cuesta Benberry
- John Cross Jr
- Tom Davis (Cook Islands)
- Lester Ziffren
- Geoffrey Orbell
- Tosiwo Nakayama - First president of the Federated States of Micronesia
- Mali Finn
- Peter Tsiamalili Done
- Christianity in Qatar

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Done

^ Carl Pellonpaa Passes Away

[1] Carl Pellonpaa Passes Away

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