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*Note: this list includes joint-ventures based in Michigan, subsidiaries of Michigan-based companies also located in Michigan, and companies based in Michigan currently owned or controlled by private equity, venture capital, or other similar entities. Below is a separate list of outside companies with a significant presence in Michigan.
As John H. Kellogg put it, they took the word "sanatorium," which was defined back then as a health resort for invalid soldiers. In his words, "A change of two letters transformed 'sanatorium' to 'sanitarium,' and a new word was added to the English language." Kellogg stated the number of patients grew from 106 in 1866 to 7,006 patrons in 1906 ...
William Post (June 27, 1927 – February 10, 2024) was an American businessman and inventor. Born to Dutch immigrants and raised in Michigan, Post became the plant manager for Hekman Biscuit company, a cookie company he worked for since he was sixteen years old.
Was: Used by Michigan National Guard and by Kincheloe AFB as a BOMARC missile site. Closed 1972. Now: Non-aviation use Old runways used for automotive testing. Grayling AAF, Grayling; still active United States Army airfield (did not xfer to USAF), part of Camp Grayling. Tri-City AAF, Saginaw; Now: MBS International Airport (IATA: MBS, ICAO: KMBS)
Great Seal of the State of Michigan: 1835 Soil: Kalkaska soil series: December 1990 [1] Song "My Michigan" 1937 [1] The resolution passed by the Michigan House of Representatives specified "My Michigan" as "the official state song," but this was changed upon introduction in the state senate to "an official song." Because the state failed to ...
The museum includes the Michigan Motor Sports Hall of Fame. The Kellogg Biological Station, an off-campus education complex of Michigan State University, has a Hickory Corners mailing address and is located 3 miles (5 km) southwest of the center of town, on the northeast shore of Gull Lake.
After Bowman was adopted by his mother's third husband, Bob Hamel, his mother changed his name to James David Hamel to remove his father's name, but she used the name of one of her brothers to preserve his nickname, JD. [15] [16] Vance has written that his childhood was marked by poverty and abuse, and that his mother struggled with drug ...
Michigan Stadium, nicknamed "The Big House," [8] is the football stadium for the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.It is the largest stadium in the United States and the Western Hemisphere, the third-largest stadium in the world, and the 34th-largest sports venue in the world.