Howard hawks, omaha family
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BIOGRAPHY
HOWARD HAWKS
Howard Hawks (1896–1977)Director | Writer | Producer
What do the classic films Scarface (1932), Twentieth Century (1934), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), His Girl Friday (1940), Sergeant York (1941), To Have and Have Not (1944), The Big Sleep (1946), Red River (1948) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) and Rio Bravo (1959)
Date of Birth 30 May 1896, Goshen, Indiana, USA
Date of Death 26 December 1977, Palm Springs, California, USA (arteriosclerotic vascular disease with stroke)
Birth Name Howard Winchester Hawks
Nicknames The Silver Fox
Wife No. 2, "Nancy" Gross, went by nickname, "Slim"
Height 6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Books
If you did business in Goshen in 1896, you had to do business with the Hawkses; they had basically made the town, and they virtually owned it. The mainstay of the local economy, the exceedingly profitable Goshen Milling Company, had been incorporated, and was controlled, by four Hawks men, including Frank’s father, Eleazer, who had owned an earlier incarnation of the firm, C. & E. Hawks, with his brother Cephas. If you wanted to buy or rent a house, you had to go to the real estate office of Hawks Bros. & Co., downtown at Lincoln and Main. If you then wished to furnish your home, you headed up to Jefferson to see Edwin Hawks at the Hawks Furniture Company. If you needed some financing, you could make an appointment with City National Bank Vice President Frank E. C. Hawks, who might also be able to help you out with your heating problems, as he doubled as president of the Hawks Coal Company. If you developed indigestion or a headache from worrying about how you were going to afford your new home, Dwight Hawks, the town’s leading pharmacist over at Hawks &
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Howard L. Hawks Edit Profile
Howard L. Hawks, American energy executive. Named to Omaha Business Hall of Fame, 2002; recipient Distinguished Alumnus award, University Nebraska at Omaha College Business, 1999.
Background
Hawks, Howard L. was born on June 2, 1935 in Bruning, Nebraska, United States.
Education
Bachelor in Accounting & Business Administration, University Nebraska, Lincoln, 1957. Master of Business Administration, University Nebraska, Omaha, 1971.
Career
With General Motors, 1957—1966. Joined Enron Corporation (formerly InterNorth), 1966, vice president, administration, 1977—1980, president, Northern Plains Natural Gas, 1980—1982, president, Northern Liquid Fuels Company, 1982—1985, president, Northern Natural Resources Company, 1985—1986, president, Enron Development through president, Enron Resources, 1986—1987. Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer & chairman Tenaska, Inc., since 1987.
Board directors McCarthy Company.
Achievements
Howard L. Hawks has been listed as a noteworthy
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