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Tom Ford
American mode designer and filmmaker
This article is about the mode designer. For his eponymous brand, see Tom Ford (brand).
For other uses, see Thomas Ford.
Thomas Carlyle Ford (born August 27, 1961) is an American mode designer and filmmaker. He launched his eponymous brand in 2005, having previously been the creative director at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent. Ford wrote and directed the films A Single Man (2009) and Nocturnal Animals (2016). From 2019 to 2022, he was chairman of the Council of mode Designers of America.
Early life
[edit]Thomas Carlyle Ford was born on August 27, 1961, in Austin, Texas, the son of realtors Shirley Burton (née Shirley Ann Thrasher) and Thomas David Ford (1932–2020).[1][2][3][4][5] He spent his early life in the suburbs of Houston, Texas, and in San Marcos, outside Austin. He rearranged furniture in the house at 6, and gave his mother advice on her hair and shoes.
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Stanley Crouch papers
1901-2017 [bulk 1972-2015]Stanley Crouch was a music and cultural critic, syndicated columnist, novelist, and biographer, known for Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker (2013), his biography of Charlie Parker, and his various books of criticism. Crouch was born on December 14, 1945, in Los Angeles, California. He attended East Los Angeles and Southwest junior colleges, but never received any degrees. From 1965-1967, he worked as an actor and playwright under the direction of Jayne Cortez in Studio Watts and the Watts Repertory Theatre Company. Crouch witnessed the 1965 Watts race riots, initiating his participation in the civil rights movement. From 1968-1975, he taught at the Claremont Colleges, first as poet-in-residence at Pitzer, then as a full-time faculty member of the Black Studies Center, and finally as a joint member of the Black Studies Center and the English Department of Pomona College. Crouch wrote and directed ten
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Maria Cancian
Maria Cancian is a professor and former dean at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. Her research considers the relationship between public policies and family wellbeing.
Alex Doñé
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Scott Evans, Chair
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