Cooley
Encyclopedia
Persons
- Charles CooleyCharles CooleyCharles Horton Cooley was an American sociologist and the son of Thomas M. Cooley. He studied and went on to teach economics and sociology at the University of Michigan, and he was a founding member and the eighth president of the American Sociological Association...
(1864–1929), American sociologist - Chelsea CooleyChelsea CooleyChelsea Cooley is a beauty queen from Charlotte, North Carolina who has competed in the Miss Teen USA, Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants and who has held the Miss USA 2005 title....
- Chris Cooley (American football) (born 1982), American professional football player
- David P. CooleyDavid P. CooleyDavid Paul Cooley was a Lockheed test pilot and retired United States Air Force officer, responsible for developmental flight testing of the F-117 Nighthawk...
(1960–2009), American test pilot - Dennis CooleyDennis CooleyDennis Cooley is a Canadian poet who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba where he teaches at the University of Manitoba.He is originally from Estevan, Saskatchewan and attended the University of Saskatchewan before moving to Manitoba.-Bibliography:...
(born 1944), Canadian poet, professor at the University of Manitoba - Denton CooleyDenton CooleyDenton Arthur Cooley is an American heart surgeon famous for performing the first implantation of a total artificial heart. Cooley is also founder and surgeon in-chief of the Texas Heart Institute, chief of Cardiovascular Surgery at St...
(born 1920), American physician and heart surgeon - Ed CooleyEd CooleyEd Cooley is an American college basketball coach and the current head coach of the Providence College Friars men's basketball team. Previously, Cooley had held the same position at Fairfield University from 2006–2011...
(born 1969) basketball coach - Haskell Cooley
- James CooleyJames CooleyDr. James W. Cooley is an American mathematician. James William Cooley received a B.A. degree in 1949 from Manhattan College, Bronx, NY, an M.A. degree in 1951 from Columbia University, New York, NY, and a Ph.D. degree in 1961 in applied mathematics from Columbia University...
(born 1926), American mathematician, developer of the Cooley–Tukey fast Fourier transform - Joe CooleyJoe CooleyJoe Cooley was an Irish musician known for his traditional accordion music.Cooley was born in Peterswell, Co. Galway in 1924. Both his parents were melodeon players, and Joe began playing accordion at age 10. As a teen, Joe played in the Midlands area and eventually found himself in Dublin in...
, Irish accordionist - John K. CooleyJohn K. CooleyJohn Kent Cooley was an American journalist and author who specialized in terrorism and the Middle East. Based in Athens, he worked as a radio and off-air television correspondent for ABC News and was a long-time contributing editor to the Christian Science Monitor.Cooley was one of only a handful...
(contemporary), American journalist and author, specializing in terrorism and the Middle East - Lou CooleyLou CooleyLou Cooley was a cowboy, and alleged gunfighter who took part in the Earp-Clanton feud in Tombstone, AZ from 1880-1882.-Biography:Cooley's reputation as a gunfighter is mostly hearsay. In fact, there are no known gunfights involving Cooley. The one confirmed fact is that he was one of the suspects...
(dates unknown), American 19th-century gunfighter, friend of Wyatt Earp at the time of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1881) - Mason CooleyMason CooleyMason Cooley was an American aphorist known for his witty aphorisms. One of these such aphorisms Cooley developed was "The time I kill is killing me."...
(born 1927), American aphorist - Mike CooleyMike CooleyMike Cooley is an Irish-born engineer and former trade union leader, best known for his involvement in workplace activism at the British company Lucas Aerospace in the late 1970s. In 1981, he was a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award. Cooley was born in Tuam, Ireland, and studied engineering...
, Irish-born engineer and workplace activist - Mike Cooley (football coach)Mike Cooley (football coach)-External links:...
, US football coach - Mike Cooley (born 1966), American guitarist/singer/lyricist, and co-founder of the rock/alt country band, Drive-By TruckersDrive-By TruckersDrive-By Truckers are an alternative country/Southern rock band based in Athens, Georgia, though three out of six members are originally from The Shoals region of Northern Alabama, and the band strongly identifies with Alabama. Their music uses three guitars as well as bass, drums, and now...
- Rusty CooleyRusty CooleyRusty Cooley is a guitarist from Houston, Texas known for his highly refined guitar technique.-Early life:Rusty received his first equipment on his fifteenth birthday. From that day on Cooley immersed himself in music, practicing upwards of 4 hours a day...
- Ryan CooleyRyan CooleyRyan Cooley is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as James Tiberius "J.T." Yorke on Degrassi: The Next Generation.-Career:...
(born 1988), Canadian television actor - Spade CooleySpade CooleyDonnell Clyde Cooley , better known as Spade Cooley, was an American Western swing musician, big band leader, actor, and television personality...
(1910–1969), American western swing musician, murdered his wife - Stephen Cooley (born 1947), American prosecutor for Los Angeles County
- Thomas B. Cooley (1871–1945), American Pediatrician, first described ß-Thalassemia
- Thomas F. CooleyThomas F. CooleyThomas Ferguson Cooley is the Paganelli-Bull Professor of Economics at the New York University Stern School of Business. He served as Dean of the Stern School from 2002 to January 2010. He is also a Professor of Economics in the NYU Faculty of Arts and Science...
, American professor of economics at the New York University Stern School of Business - Thomas M. CooleyThomas M. CooleyThomas McIntyre Cooley, LL.D., was the 25th Justice and a Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, between 1864 and 1885. Born in Attica, New York, he was father to Charles Cooley, a distinguished American sociologist...
(1824–1898), American jurist, Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court - Tonya CooleyTonya CooleyTonya Cooley was a cast member on MTV's reality television series, The Real World: Chicago, the 11th season of The Real World, which aired in 2002. She has since been a regular on the spin-off series, Real World/Road Rules Challenge, participating in eight challenges as of 2009...
- Troy CooleyTroy CooleyTroy James Cooley is a former first-class cricketer for the Tasmanian Tigers, and was bowling coach for the England cricket team for several years before returning to Australia in 2006.-Career:...
- Wes CooleyWes CooleyWester Shadric "Wes" Cooley was a Republican politician and rancher from Oregon. He was a U.S. Representative from for the 1995–1997 term.-Early life:...
(born 1932), American politician, congressman from Oregon - Wes Cooley (motorcyclist)Wes Cooley (motorcyclist)Wester Steven Cooley, , better known as Wes, was a motorcycle road racer in the AMA Superbike class. He won the 1979 and 1980 AMA Superbike Championships on a Yoshimura Suzuki GS1000s....
- William CooleyWilliam CooleyWilliam Cooley was one of the first American settlers, and a regional leader, in what is now known as Broward County, in the U.S. state of Florida. His family was killed by Seminoles in 1836, during the Second Seminole War...
(born 1783), Florida Pioneer - Winnifred Harper CooleyWinnifred Harper CooleyWinnifred Harper Cooley was a U.S. author and lecturer. Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, she was the daughter of Ida Husted Harper. In her 1904 publication, The New Womanhood, she advocated the feminist ideal of the New Woman. She also wrote I Knew Them When ...! published in 1940.-External links:**...
(1874—1967), American feminist author
Place names
- Cooley peninsulaCooley peninsulaThe Cooley Peninsula is a hilly peninsula in County Louth, Ireland, which includes towns such as Omeath, Carlingford and Greenore.-Geography:...
, Ireland - Birch Cooley Township, MinnesotaBirch Cooley Township, MinnesotaBirch Cooley Township is a township in Renville County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 257 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and 0.02% is water.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000,...
, in Renville County, Minnesota, USA
Other
- Cooley Godward Kronish, Silicon Valley law firm
- Táin Bó CúailngeTáin Bó Cúailngeis a legendary tale from early Irish literature, often considered an epic, although it is written primarily in prose rather than verse. It tells of a war against Ulster by the Connacht queen Medb and her husband Ailill, who intend to steal the stud bull Donn Cuailnge, opposed only by the teenage...
(Cattle Raid of Cooley), central tale in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology - Cooley HighCooley HighCooley High is a 1975 American film based upon the real high school located on the near north side of Chicago produced and released by American International Pictures and written by Eric Monte...
, 1975 film produced by American International Pictures - Cooley High SchoolCooley High SchoolThomas M. Cooley High School is located at the intersection of Hubbell Avenue and Chalfonte Street, on the northwest side of Detroit, Michigan. The three-story, Mediterranean Revival-style facility opened its doors on September 4, 1928....
, Detroit, Michigan, USA - Cooley v. Board of WardensCooley v. Board of WardensCooley v. Board of Wardens, 53 U.S. 299 , was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that a Pennsylvania law requiring all ships entering or leaving Philadelphia to hire a local pilot did not violate the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. Those who did not comply with the law had...
(53 U.S. 299) (1853), United States Supreme Court case regarding shipping - Thomas M. Cooley Law SchoolThomas M. Cooley Law SchoolThomas M. Cooley Law School is an American Bar Association accredited law school in the United States. Located in Michigan, its main campus is in Lansing, and its satellite campuses are in Ann Arbor, Auburn Hills, and Grand Rapids. Cooley plans on opening another satellite campus in Tampa Bay,...
, Lansing, Michigan, USA - Cooley (whiskey)Cooley (whiskey)Cooley Distillery is an Irish whiskey distillery, located on the Cooley Peninsula in County Louth. It is the only independent Irish owned distillery in Ireland, converted in 1987 from an older potato alcohol plant by John Teeling....
, an Irish whiskey brand.
See also
- Cowley (disambiguation)
- Coley (disambiguation)
- Colley (disambiguation)
- CoolieCoolieHistorically, a coolie was a manual labourer or slave from Asia, particularly China, India, and the Phillipines during the 19th century and early 20th century...