"Woody Allen Heywood ""Woody"" Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1, 1935) is an American director, writer, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades. He began his career as a comedy writer in the 1950s, writing jokes and scripts for television and publishing several books of short humor pieces. In the early 1960s, Allen began performing as a stand-up comedian, emphasizing monologues rather than traditional jokes. As a comedian, he developed the persona of an insecure, intellectual, fretful nebbish, which he maintains is quite different from his real-life personality. In 2004, Comedy Central ranked Allen fourth on"
"Frank Konigsberg Frank Konigsberg (March 10, 1933 – November 12, 2016) was an American lawyer, television producer and agent. He became the second largest shareholder of ICM Partners, and he subsequently served as the president of Telepictures. He was nominated for an Emmy nine times. Frank Konigsberg was born on March 10, 1933. He graduated from Yale University and Yale Law School. Konigsberg started his career as a lawyer for CBS. He later worked for the International Famous Agency. He was Bing Crosby's agent. In 1975, he joined ICM Partners and became its second largest shareholder after Marvin Josephson. Meanwhile,"
"Harvey Konigsberg Harvey Konigsberg (born 1940) is an artist and aikido teacher. He holds the rank of 7th dan and is one of about 20 non-Japanese Aikido instructors worldwide to hold this rank within the Aikikai. Harvey Konigsberg was born in New York City in 1940. He studied Art at New York University and at the University of Miami. After completing his university studies in 1964, Konigsberg returned to New York City to begin a long and successful career as an artist. During the mid to late 1960s, while Konigsberg was working on his famous Whale series of paintings, and"
"""Children of the Dust"". Konigsberg had a wife, Susanne. He died on November 12, 2016. Frank Konigsberg Frank Konigsberg (March 10, 1933 – November 12, 2016) was an American lawyer, television producer and agent. He became the second largest shareholder of ICM Partners, and he subsequently served as the president of Telepictures. He was nominated for an Emmy nine times. Frank Konigsberg was born on March 10, 1933. He graduated from Yale University and Yale Law School. Konigsberg started his career as a lawyer for CBS. He later worked for the International Famous Agency. He was Bing Crosby's agent. In"
"Oscar Janiger Oscar Janiger (February 8, 1918 – August 14, 2001) was an experimental psychiatrist and a University of California Irvine psychiatrist and psychotherapist, best known for his LSD research, which lasted from 1954 to 1962. Janiger was born on February 8, 1918, in New York City, New York. Beat poet and author Allen Ginsberg was a cousin. He moved to Los Angeles in 1950, setting up a private practice and later teaching at the University of California at Irvine. As a pioneer advocate of hallucinogens, Janiger introduced LSD to Cary Grant, Aldous Huxley, and other celebrities, taking the drug"
"sister, Estelle Rosten and a brother, Nat. Oscar Janiger continued his psychicatric practice until a month before his death. Oscar Janiger Oscar Janiger (February 8, 1918 – August 14, 2001) was an experimental psychiatrist and a University of California Irvine psychiatrist and psychotherapist, best known for his LSD research, which lasted from 1954 to 1962. Janiger was born on February 8, 1918, in New York City, New York. Beat poet and author Allen Ginsberg was a cousin. He moved to Los Angeles in 1950, setting up a private practice and later teaching at the University of California at Irvine. As"
"Moses Koenigsberg Moses Koenigsberg (; April 16, 1879 – September 21, 1945) was an executive for William Randolph Hearst, and ran King Features Syndicate. Comic strips, features, and news supervised by Koenigsberg appeared in newspapers having a mass circulation of 16,000,000 readers on weekdays and 25,000,000 on Sundays. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and his career began at the age of nine when he published a monthly newspaper, ""The Amateur"". When he was 13, he won $100 in a Chamber of Commerce essay competition and began reporting for the ""San Antonio Times"". He lost that job when he"
"conference championships and three national titles. The Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively recognized Allen's 1921–22 and 1922–23 Kansas teams as national champions. Allen's 1951–52 squad won the 1952 NCAA Tournament and his Jayhawks were runners-up in the NCAA Tournament in 1940 and 1953. His 590 wins are the most of any coach in the storied history of the Kansas basketball program. Allen attended the University of Kansas, having already acquired the nickname ""Phog"" for the distinctive foghorn voice he had as a baseball umpire. He lettered in baseball and basketball, the latter under James Naismith, the inventor of the game. Allen"
"the evolving quicksilver mind of America's only literary virtuoso ...""): Allen Ginsberg Irwin Allen Ginsberg (; June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet, philosopher and writer. He is considered to be one of the leading figures of both the Beat Generation during the 1950s and the counterculture that soon followed. He vigorously opposed militarism, economic materialism and sexual repression and was known as embodying various aspects of this counterculture, such as his views on drugs, hostility to bureaucracy and openness to Eastern religions. He was one of many influential American writers of his time known as"
"Allen Ginsberg Irwin Allen Ginsberg (; June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet, philosopher and writer. He is considered to be one of the leading figures of both the Beat Generation during the 1950s and the counterculture that soon followed. He vigorously opposed militarism, economic materialism and sexual repression and was known as embodying various aspects of this counterculture, such as his views on drugs, hostility to bureaucracy and openness to Eastern religions. He was one of many influential American writers of his time known as the Beat Generation, which included famous writers such as Jack"
"Newbery Medal winner and one of the runners-up in one year. She won again for ""The View from Saturday"" in 1997, 29 years later, the longest span between two Newberys awarded to one author. For her contribution as a children's writer Konigsburg was U.S. nominee in 2006 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition available to creators of children's books. Elaine Lobl was born in New York City on February 10, 1930, but grew up in small Pennsylvania towns, the second of three daughters. She was born to two Jewish immigrants who moved from New"
"my pun would come back to bite me""."""" The letters written between Louis Ginsberg and his son Allen Ginsberg were edited by Michael Schumacher and published as ""Family Business: Selected Letters Between a Father and Son"". Louis Ginsberg Louis Ginsberg (1895–1976) was an American poet and father of poet Allen Ginsberg. Louis Ginsberg was born in Newark, New Jersey on October 1, 1895, to Pincus Ginsberg and Rebecca Schectman Ginsberg. His siblings included Abraham (Abe), Rose, Clara, and Hannah (Honey). Louis was stimulated to write poetry by Margaret Coult, a high school teacher who had him read Milton's ""L'Allegro"" or"
"mythical bird phoenix, which is reborn from its ashes, to suggest the winning book's rise from obscurity. E. L. Konigsburg Elaine Lobl Konigsburg (February 10, 1930 – April 19, 2013) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books and young adult fiction. She is one of six writers to win two Newbery Medals, the venerable American Library Association award for the year's ""most distinguished contribution to American children's literature."" Konigsburg submitted her first two manuscripts to editor Jean Karl at Atheneum Publishers in 1966, and both were published in 1967: ""Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth"" and"
"served as the head football coach at Warrensburg Teachers College from 1912 to 1917 and at Kansas for one season in 1920, amassing a career college football record of 34–19–3. He also coached baseball at Kansas for two seasons, in 1941 and 1942, tallying a mark of 6–17–1, and was the university's athletic director from 1919 to 1937. Allen was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame with the inaugural class of 1959. The home basketball arena at the University of Kansas, Allen Fieldhouse, was named in his honor when it opened in 1955. Allen was born in"
"Louis Ginsberg Louis Ginsberg (1895–1976) was an American poet and father of poet Allen Ginsberg. Louis Ginsberg was born in Newark, New Jersey on October 1, 1895, to Pincus Ginsberg and Rebecca Schectman Ginsberg. His siblings included Abraham (Abe), Rose, Clara, and Hannah (Honey). Louis was stimulated to write poetry by Margaret Coult, a high school teacher who had him read Milton's ""L'Allegro"" or ""Il Penseroso"", and write a poem like it. He retired from Central High School in 1961, although he began to teach grammar and composition at the Paterson, New Jersey extension of Rutgers University until 1976. Louis"
"Christian von Koenigsegg Christian Erland Harald von Koenigsegg (born 2 July 1972) is the founder and CEO of the Swedish high-performance automobile manufacturer Koenigsegg Automotive AB. In 1994, Koenigsegg launched the ""Koenigsegg project"" which eventually became Koenigsegg Automotive AB. Designer David Crafoord provided a design concept following Koenigsegg’s guidelines. The prototype enabled the foundation of Koenigsegg Automotive AB. Koenigsegg and his wife, Halldora von Koenigsegg, are active in the company's management. Koenigsegg showed an interest in cars from an early age, starting at the age of five when he watched a stop-motion film, ""Flåklypa Grand Prix"", about a bicycle builder"
"dementia in his later years. Allen Rosenberg (rowing) Allen Perry Rosenberg (November 29, 1931 – December 7, 2013) was an American rowing coxswain and coach. As a coxwain he won a gold and a silver medal at the 1955 Pan American Games and a silver at the 1958 European Championships. As a coach he was responsible for more than 24 gold and silver medals at the Olympics and world championships. Rosenberg was Jewish. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Strawberry Mansion, Philadelphia, until his family moved to Bucks County. He graduated from Central High School, in"
"Allen Ginsberg, from Desmond Child to Bob Dylan. ""I've had an incredible ride in the world of rock 'n' roll and American music,"" says Smith, looking back over his career. Smith toured with the band Moonalice acting as their musical director. In February 2011, Smith was on tour with Hot Tuna, appearing as ""Hot Tuna Blues"". Charlie Musselwhite and Jim Lauderdale were also on the tour, and all three musicians perform with Hot Tuna on certain songs. In their February 18, 2011, performance, Smith came onstage during the opening acoustic set and remained to play the rest of the evening."
"Allen Rosenberg (rowing) Allen Perry Rosenberg (November 29, 1931 – December 7, 2013) was an American rowing coxswain and coach. As a coxwain he won a gold and a silver medal at the 1955 Pan American Games and a silver at the 1958 European Championships. As a coach he was responsible for more than 24 gold and silver medals at the Olympics and world championships. Rosenberg was Jewish. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Strawberry Mansion, Philadelphia, until his family moved to Bucks County. He graduated from Central High School, in Philadelphia, where he ran the"
"Al Hirshberg Albert Simon Hirshberg, (1909 - 1973), frequently credited as Al Hirshberg, was a Boston-based author and sportswriter who was primarily active in the 1930s - 1960s. He is best known as the co-author of Jimmy Piersall's 1955 autobiography titled ""Fear Strikes Out: The Jimmy Piersall Story"", that was later made into the 1957 film ""Fear Strikes Out"", starring Anthony Perkins. He also wrote several books on the history of the Boston Red Sox baseball team, and co-wrote dozens of other people's memoirs, often, but not exclusively, about baseball players and/or Boston area sports figures and teams. He worked"
"watching the Norwegian stop-motion animated movie ""Pinchcliffe Grand Prix"" in his youth. He took his first steps in the world of business in his early 20s running a trading company called ""Alpraaz"" in Stockholm, Sweden. Alpraaz exported food from Europe to the developing world. The success of this venture gave von Koenigsegg the necessary financial standing to launch his chosen career as a car manufacturer. Initially, Koenigsegg Automotive was based in Olofström. In 1997 the company needed larger facilities and moved to a farm, just outside Ängelholm. On 22 February 2003, one of the production facilities caught fire and was"
"Rudolph Koenig Karl Rudolph Koenig (; 26 November 1832 – 2 October 1901), known by himself and others as Rudolph Koenig, was a German physicist, chiefly concerned with acoustic phenomena. Koenig was born in Königsberg (Province of Prussia), and studied at the University of Königsberg in his native town. About 1852 he went to Paris, and became apprentice to the famous violin-maker, Jean Baptiste Vuillaume (1798-1875), and some six years later he started business on his own account. He called himself a ""maker of musical instruments,"" but the instrument for which his name is best known is the tuning fork."
"surname from ""Königsberg"" to ""Koenig"". Koenig's father was a communist who was investigated by the FBI during the McCarthy era. Koenig attended Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, with a pre-med major. He transferred to UCLA and received a Bachelor of Arts in psychology. After a professor encouraged Koenig to become an actor, he attended Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City with fellow students Dabney Coleman, Christopher Lloyd, and James Caan. In Gene Roddenberry's first television production, the 1963–64 NBC series ""The Lieutenant"", Koenig played a significant role as noncom Sgt. John Delwyn, who is recommended for"
"Jerry Koenigsberg Jerry Koenigsberg (born April 7, 1942) is one of the founders of the international Green Laboratory Design Movement. He retired in 2001 from G.P.R. Planners, an American laboratory planning and design firm which he and his two partners sold to Jacobs Engineering Corporation in 1998. Koenigsberg was born into a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, son of Irving and Sylvia Koenigsberg. His father, a trained tool and die maker, started an electrical wiring device manufacturing company. Koenigsberg was raised in Flushing, New York and graduated from Flushing High School in 1959. He received his bachelor's degree in"
"""Phog"" Allen as head coach. Naismith provided Allen with a now infamous piece of wisdom: ""You can't coach basketball; you just play it."" Allen would set out to prove the adage wrong and through success and an unrivaled coaching tree has become known as the ""Father of Basketball Coaching"", having passed on his knowledge of the game to some of the most well-respected names in the history of college basketball, including National Basketball Hall of Fame coaches Adolph Rupp, Dean Smith, Dutch Lonborg and Ralph Miller (all except Lonborg were born and raised in Kansas). Allen coached the team from"
"E. L. Konigsburg Elaine Lobl Konigsburg (February 10, 1930 – April 19, 2013) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books and young adult fiction. She is one of six writers to win two Newbery Medals, the venerable American Library Association award for the year's ""most distinguished contribution to American children's literature."" Konigsburg submitted her first two manuscripts to editor Jean Karl at Atheneum Publishers in 1966, and both were published in 1967: ""Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth"" and ""From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler"". They made her the only person to be"
"Alan Rosenberg Alan Rosenberg (born October 4, 1950) is an American stage and screen actor. Rosenberg is perhaps best known for his character Eli Levinson which appeared in both the series ""Civil Wars"" and the popular ""L.A. Law"". From 2005 to 2009, he was president of the Screen Actors Guild, the principal motion picture industry on-screen performers' union. Rosenberg was born and raised in Passaic, New Jersey. He was raised in Conservative Judaism. Alan's late brother, Mark, was a political activist in the 1960s, later a film producer. Their first cousin, also from Passaic, is musician/songwriter Donald Fagen, co-founder of"
"recognition of his work, Koenigsberg received the prestigious, “ABCD” medal for “Action-Above-the-Call-of-Duty”, and his unit received the “Outstanding-Unit” award acknowledging their work in helping to validate the program. ""Laboratory of the Year - 1993"", Hewlett Packard Corporation, Wilmington, DE Koenigsberg married Heather Rudin in 1965 and they moved to New Jersey in 1970. They are the parents of two sons, Norman and Steven and have five grandchildren. In 2003, they moved to Palm Beach County, Florida. Jerry Koenigsberg Jerry Koenigsberg (born April 7, 1942) is one of the founders of the international Green Laboratory Design Movement. He retired in 2001"
"late 1960s and moved to Longboat Key, Florida. He died of a heart attack at a hospital in Sarasota, Florida on April 12, 1973, age 63. Al Hirshberg Albert Simon Hirshberg, (1909 - 1973), frequently credited as Al Hirshberg, was a Boston-based author and sportswriter who was primarily active in the 1930s - 1960s. He is best known as the co-author of Jimmy Piersall's 1955 autobiography titled ""Fear Strikes Out: The Jimmy Piersall Story"", that was later made into the 1957 film ""Fear Strikes Out"", starring Anthony Perkins. He also wrote several books on the history of the Boston Red"
"a Kerouac script), ""Me and My Brother"" (1969) (a film documenting his brother Julius Orlovsky's mental illness) and ""C'est Vrai! (One Hour)"" a 60-minute, one-take video made for French television in 1992 whose text was published as a volume in the Hanuman Books series. Peter Orlovsky Peter Anton Orlovsky (July 8, 1933 – May 30, 2010) was an American poet and actor. He was the long-time partner of Allen Ginsberg. Orlovsky was born in the Lower East Side of New York City, the son of Katherine (née Schwarten) and Oleg Orlovsky, a Russian immigrant. He was raised in poverty and"
"Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg is a 1993 film by Jerry Aronson chronicling the poet Allen Ginsberg's life from his birth and early childhood to his thoughts about death at the age of 66. The film has been completed and released a number of times due to changing technologies and world events. The first release of the film was in 1993 at the Sundance Film Festival after which it enjoyed an international festival run and USA theatrical run. At the time, Ginsberg was still alive. When Aronson showed him the film the"
"and was nominated for ""Match Point"" and ""Midnight in Paris"". In 2012, she was nominated for an Academy Award as producer of ""Midnight in Paris"". Letty Aronson Ellen Letty Aronson (née Konigsberg; born in 1943), is an American film producer and is the younger sister of writer and director Woody Allen. Aronson was born Ellen Letty Konigsberg in 1943 in New York City, to Nettie (née Cherry; 1906–2002) and Martin Königsberg (1900–2001), and was raised in Midwood, Brooklyn, New York. Her older brother is writer and director Woody Allen. Aronson comes from a Jewish family; her grandparents were from Russia"
"Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons called Ginsberg ""a giant in this field"" whose ""discoveries involving the genetics of adenoviruses paved the way for the development of gene therapy"". Dr. Robert M. Chanock, who headed the Laboratory of Infectious Diseases at the NIAID, noted that ""he had accomplished all he could with adenoviruses"" before moving on to study HIV. A resident of both Woods Hole, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C., Ginsberg died at age 85 on February 2, 2003 in Woods Hole due to pneumonia. He was survived by his wife, the former Marion Reibstein Ginsberg, as well as by"