Ken Thompson

• American Red Cross Honors Ken Thompson at Heritage of Service Dinner

To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Mary Havell of American Red Cross, +1-202-303-8037, HavellM@usa.redcross.org

• U.S. Newswire
• May 14, 2008

• 97 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3379, 97 Daily Journal D.A.R. 5849 Barbara Moore, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture, Dan Shaw, Thomas Von Garlem, Larry Fleming, Charles Matthews, Pablo R. Reyes, Diane Bowman Friend, Ken White, John Smythe, Floyd Cotton, Ralph Thompson, Freddie Lee, and John Wright Moore, Defendants-Appellees., 113 F.3d 988 (9th Cir. 1997)

Robert V. Krueger, Van Matre & Krueger, Mexico, Missouri, for plaintiff-appellant. Edward Himmelfarb, United States Department of Justice, Washington...

• Federal Circuits

• Obituary: Ken Thompson

Ken Thompson "Rebel" NORTH SALT LAKE- Born August 31, 1932 in South Carolina. Moved to Salt Lake at the age of 14 and graduated Granite High Class of ...

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• July 20, 2006

• Boxing Notebook: Bradley Is Man with Plan

Timothy Bradley of Palm Springs took some heat when he passed up a reported $1.4million to face fellow junior welterweight champion Amir Khan in a fight that would have taken place in July. Bradley then announced he was leaving his co-promoters, Gary Shaw and Ken Thompson, saying he had become a free agent.

• Los Angeles Daily News
• November 10, 2011

• RELUCTANT REBEL.

Ken Thompson of First Union Corp.

• Business North Carolina
• Vol. 20 Nbr. 11, November 2000

• Wachovia Corp., which operates 11 offices of Wachovia Bank in the county, forced out CEO Ken Thompson.

Wachovia Corp., which operates 11 offices of Wachovia Bank in the county, forced out CEO Ken Thompson, and said Chairman Lanty Smith will take over on...

• San Diego Business Journal
• June 09, 2008

• Tetra Tech Elects Ken Thompson as New Board Member.

PASADENA, Calif. -- Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced today that the Board of Directors has elected J. Kenneth (Ken) Thompson to serve as a ne...

• Business Wire
• May 02, 2007

• Speaker Recounts Tragic Day When Bomb Killed His Mother

Ken Thompson carried roses to the rubble of the Oklahoma City federal building 15 years ago. His mother was dead, and he didn't know whether rescuers could ever retrieve her body. The blast left Virginia Thompson, 56, buried underneath rubble next to an unstable pillar, which threatened the collapse of the entire building. Authorities would implode the building, without much hope that they could recover the three remaining bodies.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• May 09, 2010

• Facts Are Stubborn Things, but They Are Still Facts

I got an e-mail the other day that depressed me. It concerned a piece I recently did that mentioned Henry Johnson, who was awarded the French Croix de Guerre in World War I for single-handedly fighting off a company of Germans (some accounts say there were 14, some say almost 30, the ones I find most authoritative say there were about two dozen) who threatened to overrun his post. Johnson managed this despite the fact that he was only 5-foot-4 and 130 pounds, despite the fact that his gun had jammed, despite the fact that he was wounded 21 times. My mention of Johnson's heroics drew a rebuke from a fellow named Ken Thompson, which I quote verbatim and in its entirety:

• Charleston Gazette
• February 23, 2010

• Bradley Captures Wbc Welterweight Crown

I couldn't be prouder of Timothy Bradley after this performance," said Ken Thompson, President of Thompson Boxing Promotions. Bradley's co-promoter. "His win tonight proved what we've been saying about Timothy for years - that he is the best junior welterweight in the world and one of the game's future superstars. Palm Springs, California's Timothy 'Desert Storm' Bradley made the most of his first world title shot Saturday at the Trent FM Arena in Nottingham.

• Sentinel; Los Angeles, Calif.
• August 27, 2009