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John Schwab is an American actor, TV producer and musician who resides in London.He produced The Hide with Christopher Granier-Deferre, which was nominated for a BIFA 2010.. He is best known for his film and television roles, such as lawyer Travis Tygart in the 2015 drama film The Program (2015), baseball player Lefty Grove in the 2018 biographical drama film The Catcher Was a Spy (2018) and ...
Schwab was born in Bad Kissingen, Franconia in Germany in 1853. He was a bookbinder by trade. Schwab emigrated to the United States in 1879 and lived variously in Chicago, Milwaukee and the Western U.S. before settling permanently in Chicago in 1881. Schwab was married to the sister of Rudolph Schnaubelt (1863–1901), a Chicago anarchist ...
The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship is a Swiss not-for-profit organization founded in 1998 that provides platforms at regional, national, and global levels to promote social entrepreneurship. The foundation is under the legal supervision of the Swiss Federal Government. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. Each year, it ...
Les Schwab. Leslie Bishop Schwab (October 3, 1917 – May 18, 2007) was an American businessman from Oregon. [1] He was the founder of Les Schwab Tire Centers, a company which Modern Tire Dealer called "arguably the most respected independent tire store chain in the United States." [2]
Schwab (surname) Schwab may refer to: Albert E. Schwab (1920–1945), United States Marine killed in action at Okinawa, 1945; awarded Medal of Honor. Alexander Schwab (1887–1943), German politician-activist and commentator-journalist who died while imprisoned by the Nazis. Andreas Schwab (born 1973), German politician.
A. Schwab Dry Goods Store was established in 1876 by Abraham Joseph Schwab, an Alsatian Jewish immigrant, who fled to the United States to escape German enlistment during the Franco-Prussian War. [1] After arriving in Memphis, Schwab joined the Hirsch family and opened A. Schwab Dry Goods Store, selling men's shoes and boots under the name ...