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Evans, John, 1814–97, American founder of educational institutions, b. Waynesville, Ohio, grad. Lynn Medical College, Cincinnati, 1838. He practiced medicine in Indiana and was the first superintendent (1845) of the state hospital for the insane, which he had helped establish. In 1848 he went to Chicago as professor of obstetrics at Rush Medical School. He invested in real estate and helped found Northwestern Univ. in Evanston, Ill., a city named for him. Evans served (1862–65) as governor of Colorado Territory and later worked for the promotion of what is now the Univ. of Denver.
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The former child actor who starred on television's ``Little House on the Prairie'' will join the likes of Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, John Wayne, Jane Russell and her husband, Bruce Boxleitner. 2000 75m prod Rhombus Media exp Niv Fichman CAMERA p Jody Shapiro d/sc David Cronenberg ph Andre Pienaar ed Ronald Sanders pd Carol Spier s Bruce Carwardine, David Evans, John Laing, Lou Solakofski m Howard Shore with Les Carlson; THE LINE p Jody Shapiro d/sc Atom Egoyan ph Paul Sarossy ed David Wharnsby pd Phillip Barker s Ross Redfern, Steve Munro, Daniel Pellerin m Mychael Danna; CONGRATULATIONS p Paul Pope, Jody Shapiro d/sc Mike Jones ph Robert J. Evans, John Fairbank and the American Understanding of Modern China, New York: Basil Blackwell, 1988) and many scattered and unsystematic assessments. |
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