Mary A. Houghton

F, #99167, b. circa 1942

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Birthcirca 1942
EducationJohns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Baltimore Co., MD, USA, Ms. Houghton holds an M.A. in International Studies from Johns Hopkins University and B.A. cum
laude from Marquette University. In 2001, Northern Michigan University presented her with and
Honorary Doctorate of BusinessMs. Houghton holds an M.A. in International Studies from Johns Hopkins University and B.A. cum
laude from Marquette University. In 2001, Northern Michigan University presented her with and
Honorary Doctorate of Business
Biography2010Mary Houghton, ShoreBank, Corporation, President

Mary Houghton is one of the four co-founders of ShoreBank Corporation and has had various management responsibilities over the years. She has been especially involved in creating ShoreBank Pacific and ShoreBank Enterprise Cascadia; providing fund advisor services to the National Community Investment Fund; and establishing ShoreCap International and ShoreCap Exchange. She is a director of the Calvert Foundation and Women’s World Banking, and a member of the Ashoka Global Academy and Schwab Foundation group of Social Entrepreneurs.

1966-69
• Ronald Grzywinski was president of Chicago’s Hyde Park Bank, where he created a successful urban development division focused on lending to minority entrepreneurs. Milton Davis, Jim Fletcher and Mary Houghton worked with him in this unique program.
1973
• With a focus on profitably investing in community development activities, INDC acquired South Shore National Bank (now called ShoreBank) for $3.2 million, of which $2.4 million was borrowed from American National Bank. • Milton Davis and Mary Houghton left Hyde Park Bank and joined the South Shore National Bank staff.
2002
Milton Davis, Jim Fletcher, Ron Grzywinski and Mary Houghton receive honorary degrees from Northern Michigan University
2004
Mary Houghton was named the American Bankers Association’s Community Development Banker of the Year for her role in making ShoreBank the “gold standard of community development banks and transplanting the bank’s model to other markets and organizations in the US and around the world.”
Ron Grzywinski and Mary Houghton jointly received the 2006 Gleitsman Citizen Activist Award for challenging social injustice and inspiring the community development banking industry. They use the $50,000 award to support the new ShoreBank International Learning Program, encouraging U.S. employees to study or participate in community development activities in disinvested communities around the world.
2007
Ron Grzywinski and Mary Houghton were named “America’s Best Leaders” by U.S News & World Report.
2008
Ron Grzywinski and Mary Houghton received the Theodore M. Hesburgh Award from the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Religious Values in Business and Institute for Ethical Business Worldwide for their sustained contributions to business ethics.
In 2009, Houghton accepted the 2009 Economic Opportunity Achievement Award from The Opportunity Collaboration in Ixtapa, Mexico for her work "providing financial services and information to residents who were excluded from traditional banking circles." [4]

In 2009, she was invited to deliver the "Leaders Forum Lecture" at the Yale School of Management.[5]


Mary Houghton serves as the President of the ShoreBank Corporation. Ms. Houghton is a Co-Founder of Shorebank, a subsidiary of Shorebank Corp. She served as a Senior Lender and Senior Operating Officer of the Chicago bank. She serves as Chairwoman of Shorebank Pacific and Shorebank International. She serves as Chairwoman of Shorebank Enterprise Detroit and Shorebank Enterprise Cleveland. She serves as Vice Chair and Director of Center for Financial Services Innovation. ... She has been a Director of K-Rep Bank Limited since 1999. She serves as a Director of ShoreBank Enterprise Cascadia (formerly ShoreBank Enterprise Pacific), ShoreBank and Shorebank Corp. She is a Member of the Coast LLC Advisory Board. She serves as Detroit Advisory Board and Cleveland Advisory Board at Shorebank. She serves as Director of Shorecap Exchange, and Shorecap Management. She serves as a board member of Shorebank Neighborhood Institute. She serves as a Director of Calvert Social Investment Foundation. She served as a Director of Elk Horn Bank and Trust Company in Arkadelphia, Arkansas from 1988 to 1994, which ShoreBank assisted in becoming a community development bank. She is a member of the Policy Advisory Board to the Cities Alliance. Ms. Houghton was named American Banker's first ever Community Banker of the Year for 2004. She holds honorary degree at Northern Michigan University.
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Kourtney Kardashian1

F, #99168, b. 18 April 1979

Family: Scott Disick

  • Partner*: Scott Disick was the boyfriend of Kourtney Kardashian.

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BirthApr 18, 19791
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  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris_Jenner

Kimberly Noel Kardashian

F, #99169, b. 21 October 1980

Family 1: Damon Thomas

  • Marriage*: Kimberly Noel Kardashian married Damon Thomas on 2000.
  • Divorce*: Kimberly Noel Kardashian and Damon Thomas were divorced in 2004.

Family 2: Kris Humphries b. 6 Feb 1985

  • Marriage*: Kimberly Noel Kardashian married Kris Humphries on Aug 20, 2011 at Montecito, CA, USA.
  • Divorce*: Kimberly Noel Kardashian and Kris Humphries were divorced The engagement ring was 20.5 carats, and reportedly cost $2 million. On October 31, 2011, it was announced through multiple sources that Kardashian filed for divorce from Humphries after 72 days of marriage.

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BirthOct 21, 1980
Marriage2000
Divorce2004
Notable2011Reality show TV star
MarriageAug 20, 2011Montecito, CA, USA
DivorceThe engagement ring was 20.5 carats, and reportedly cost $2 million. On October 31, 2011, it was announced through multiple sources that Kardashian filed for divorce from Humphries after 72 days of marriage.
BiographyKimberly Noel "Kim" Kardashian (born October 21, 1980) is an American celebutante, socialite, model, actress, and television personality. She is widely known for her appearances in Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Dancing With the Stars, and a sex tape with her former boyfriend Rhythm and blues singer Ray J.

Early life

Kardashian was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of late attorney Robert Kardashian and Kris Jenner (née Houghton). She is of Armenian descent with her paternal great-grandparents (Armenian and Turkish-Armenian) immigrating to Los Angeles and Scottish, Dutch, and Native American (mother) descent.

Kardashian has two sisters, Kourtney and Khloé, and one brother, Robert. She has stepbrothers Burton Jenner, Brandon Jenner, and reality TV star Brody Jenner, stepsister Casey Jenner, and half-sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner.

During high school, Kardashian worked at her father's music marketing firm, Movie Tunes.
Career

Her first acting role was in the television series Beyond the Break. She then starred in the 2008 disaster film spoof Disaster Movie as Lisa. Kardashian appeared in the How I Met Your Mother episode "Benefits". She will appear on the Season 3 premiere of the series 90210 with her sisters Khloe Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian. They will play themselves.

Modeling

Kardashian posed nude for the December 2007 issue of Playboy magazine. In February 2008, Bongo Jeans announced that Kardashian would be their face model. Kardashian is also a model for Travis Barker's Famous Stars and Straps clothing line.
Keeping Up With the Kardashians

Kardashian is one of the stars of the reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians along with her two sisters, mother, brother, half-sisters, and stepfather.

America's Next Top Model

Kardashian appeared as a guest judge during Cycle 13 of America's Next Top Model.

CSI:NY

Kardashian made a guest star appearance on CBS' CSI: NY with Vanessa Minnillo on December 16, 2009.
Dancing With the Stars

Kardashian was one of 13 participants on the seventh season of Dancing with the Stars. She was partnered with Current DWTS Champion Mark Ballas. Kardashian was the third contestant voted off the show on September 30, 2008, finishing in 11th place overall.

Television producer

Kardashian is the producer of SPINdustry, a reality television show about Command PR, a New York City public relations firm, run by Jonathan Cheban and Simon Huck. The show follows them as they settle into their new offices in Los Angeles. Kardashian is friends with both, specifically Jonathan, and frequently appears on the show.

DVD

On May 2, 2008, Kardashian released a workout DVD, Workout with Kim Kardashian, and a set of workout cards with the help of trainer Kathy Kaehler.
Retail

In July 2008, Kardashian announced on her blog that she was working on her own perfume line to be released in 2009.[13] The perfume, Kim Kardashian, was released into stores in February of 2010. In March of 2009, Kardashian launched an endorsement with Shoedazzle shopping.
Kardashian co-owns a clothing boutique called D-A-S-H with her sisters Kourtney and Khloe.

Personal life

In 2000, Kardashian married music producer Damon Thomas; their relationship ended in divorce in 2004. She dated R&B star Ray J in 2007 but later in that year she began dating NFL star Reggie Bush after they met at the ESPY Awards. The couple split at the end of July 2009.[15][16] On September 29, 2009, E! stated that Kardashian had visited Bush. "[Khloe's] wedding made her miss him, so she flew to see him".[17] According to their reality show, they began dating once again in October 2009, although they split again in March 2010.[18] In 2010, she became involved with Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo; they were seen kissing in a restaurant in Madrid in late April 2010. She is now dating Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Miles Austin..

Dr. Sanford Siegal, the creator of the Cookie Diet, sued Kardashian, claiming she defamed him on Twitter. According to Siegal, Kardashian tweeted in October that he was "falsely promoting" that she was on the cookie diet. Siegal filed a claim in a Florida state court claiming the statements are false and defamatory. He also alleges that Kardashian was on QuickTrim's payroll when she posted the tweet. Kardashian's tweet appears to stem from an article on CookieDiet.com, a site with no connection to Siegal, that named Kardashian as one of many celebrities who saw positive results on the diet. Kardashian sent a cease-and-desist order to Siegal, demanding the link be removed.
Sex tape

In 2007, a pornographic home video she made with her then-boyfriend, R&B singer Ray J, was leaked. Kardashian sued Vivid Entertainment for ownership of the tape. Kardashian later dropped the suit and settled with Vivid Entertainment for $5 million.

Activism

On April 1, 2010, Kim Kardashian joined Cyndi Lauper in the launch of her Give a Damn campaign to bring a wider awareness of discrimination of the GLBT community as part of her True Colors Fund. The campaign is to bring straight people to stand up with the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered community and stop the discrimination. Other names included in the campaign are Whoopi Goldberg, Jason Mraz, Elton John, Judith Light, Cynthia Nixon, Clay Aiken, Sharon Osbourne and Kelly Osbourne. Anna Paquin is also part of the campaign and came out as bisexual. This news clogged the Give A Damn website.

O.J. Simpson is her godfather.1
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Kardashian

Kloe Kardashian

F, #99170, b. 27 June 1984

Family: Lamar Odom b. 6 Nov 1979

  • Marriage*: Kloe Kardashian married Lamar Odom on 2009.

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BirthJun 27, 1984
Marriage2009
BiographyKhloé Kardashian Odom (born Khloé Alexandra Kardashian on June 27, 1984) is an American television personality, radio host, model, and celebutante. She is best known for her appearances on Keeping Up with the Kardashians and Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami.
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* 1 Early life
* 2 Business ventures
* 3 Media career
* 4 Legal problems
* 5 Personal life
* 6 Filmography
* 7 Notes
* 8 External links

[edit] Early life

Kardashian was born in California.[1] She is of Armenian descent through her father, attorney Robert Kardashian, and of Scottish-Dutch descent through her mother, Kris Jenner (née Houghton).[2] On a March 2010 episode of Lopez Tonight, a DNA test result showed Khloe and sister Kim to be 97% European and 3% Native American. [3] She has two sisters, Kourtney and Kim Kardashian, two half sisters, Kendall and Kylie Jenner, and a younger brother, Rob. She has three stepbrothers, Burt, Brandon, and Brody Jenner, and one stepsister, Casey Jenner.[4]
[edit] Business ventures

Odom co-owns and operates D-A-S-H, a stylish clothing boutique in Calabasas, California and Miami, with her sisters Kourtney and Kim. In June 2009, Odom and her sisters teamed up with the Natural Products Association to create a teeth whitening pen called Idol White.[5] Kardashian appeared in one of PETA's "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur" campaigns.[6]

Odom plans to write a book, Kardashian Konfidential, with her sisters Kim and Kourtney, to be released in November 2010. [7]
[edit] Media career

In 2007, Kardashian was invited to co-star in E!'s Keeping Up with the Kardashians, a reality show centering on the lives of her and her family.

In April 2009, Kourtney and Khloé announced that they were contracted to star in a spin-off, which followed their move to launch a D-A-S-H store in Miami, Florida. The series, Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami, debuted on E! on August 16, 2009 at 10 PM.[8] Starting May 29, 2009, Kardashian joined Miami Top 40 Mainstream outlet WHYI for a weekly four-hour talk/entertainment programm, co-hosted by 106 & Park 's Terrence J.[9]

She will appear on the Season 3 premiere of the series 90210 with her sisters Kim Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian. They will play themselves.[10]
[edit] Legal problems

On March 4, 2007, Kardashian was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.[11]

On July 18, 2008, Kardashian reported to jail to serve time for violation of probation. She faced a sentence of up to 30 days and enrollment in an alcohol treatment program within three weeks of her release from jail. She was released from jail fewer than three hours later due to overcrowding.[12]
[edit] Personal life

On September 27, 2009, Kardashian and Los Angeles Lakers forward Lamar Odom were married. She was escorted down the aisle by stepfather Bruce Jenner.[13] Sisters Kim and Kourtney served as maids of honor.[14] On October 9, she appeared on The View and announced she had changed her name to Khloé Kardashian Odom, dropping her original middle name and changing her maiden name to her new middle name.[15]1
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Citations

  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khlo%C3%A9_Kardashian

Robert G. Kardashian Jr

M, #99171, b. 17 March 1987

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BirthMar 17, 1987
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Bruce Jenner1

M, #99172, b. 28 October 1949

Family: Kristen Mary Houghton b. 5 Nov 1955

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BirthOct 28, 1949Mount Kisco, NY, USA
MarriageApr 21, 19911
Notable2010Olympic gold medalist (decathlon) athlete and business figure; transgender
BiographyWikipedia: William Bruce Jenner (born October 28, 1949) is a former U.S. track and field athlete, motivational speaker, socialite, and television personality, known principally for winning the gold medal for decathlon in the Montreal 1976 Summer Olympics.
Bruce Jenner is originally from Mount Kisco, New York. He attended Newtown High School in Newtown, Connecticut after spending a year at Sleepy Hollow High School in Sleepy Hollow, New York. Jenner earned a football scholarship and attended Graceland College (now Graceland University) in Iowa, but a knee injury forced him to stop playing football and he switched to the decathlon. He was mentored by Graceland's track coach L.D. Weldon, who was the first to recognize Jenner's potential and encouraged him to pursue the decathlon. Jenner debuted in the decathlon at the Drake Relays in 1970- placing sixth.

Olympic career

Jenner placed third in the decathlon at the 1972 U.S. Olympic trials and finished in tenth place at the 1972 Munich games. His success prompted him to devote himself full-time to a grueling training regimen, which he openly acknowledged was supported and graciously subsidized by his then wife. During that period he spent 8 hours a day at the San Jose City College track. His presence in the San Jose area was part of what made San Jose a hotbed for training elite athletes in the era. In 1974 and 1976, he was the American champion in the event.

He won a gold medal in the Decathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics, setting a world record of 8,634 points. He was the 1976 recipient of the James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States. Jenner was also the Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year in 1976. He was inducted into the Olympic Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame, the Connecticut Sports Hall of Fame in 1994 and the United States National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1980.

San Jose City College hosted the "Bruce Jenner Invitational" (frequently shortened to "Jenner") as a televised, annual stop on the United States Track and Field Circuit (a meet equivalent in stature to the Prefontaine Classic) for the better part of two decades. Records were set at the meet, with Jenner frequently hosting the telecasts.
[edit] Transition to being a celebrity

In that time, Olympic athletes were considered amateur and were absolutely not allowed to seek or accept payment for their position as a sports celebrity. In 1972, three Olympic titles (Basketball, 100 meters, and Decathlon), which many Americans considered to be their birthright, were won by Soviet athletes during the Cold War. Winning back the Decathlon title made Jenner an individual national hero. After his Olympic success, Jenner set out to cash in on his celebrity (requiring him to give up any future athletic endeavors). Quickly after the Olympics, Jenner appeared on the front of Wheaties brand breakfast cereal as a "Wheaties champion". Of several hundred athletes who have been so featured, Jenner is one of seven Wheaties spokesmen. He was invited to the White House to meet with President Gerald R. Ford, who autographed a political cartoon that featured the pair.

He starred in TV Movies "The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story" (1980) and "Grambling's White Tiger" (1981). Between 1981 and 1982 he became a semi-regular on CHiPs guest-starring as Officer Steve McLeish (substituting for star Erik Estrada when he was in a contract dispute with NBC / MGM) for a half-dozen episodes.

In 1980, Jenner starred in the film Can't Stop the Music. The disco-era comedy about the singing group The Village People was a flop, and Jenner never made another theatrical film.

His hero shot, the finish of the last event of 1976 Decathlon was parodied by John Belushi on Saturday Night Live endorsing "Little Chocolate Donuts" instead of Wheaties.

Auto racing career

Bruce was a successful race car driver in the IMSA Series (International Motor Sports Association) in the 1980's. His first victory came in the 1986 12 hours of Sebring in the IMSA GTO class driving the 7-Eleven Roush Racing Ford Mustang with co-driver Scott Pruett, not only winning their class but finishing 4th overall in the 12 hour endurance race. His most successful year was also 1986 finishing second in the championship to team mate Scott Pruett. Some of the racing cars he has driven were: Porsche 935 Turbo, BMW M1 March GTX, Ford Probe GTP, Ford Mustang among others.

Further appearances

Jenner appeared with Grits Gresham in an episode of ABC's The American Sportsman. The program featured Gresham hunting, fishing, or shooting in exotic spots with celebrities. In the early 1990s he was the host of an infomercial for a stair-climbing exercise machine called the Stair Climber Plus.

Since 2002, Jenner has appeared as himself on a variety of game shows and reality TV programs. In January 2002 he participated in an episode of the American series of The Weakest Link featuring Olympic athletes. In February and March 2003, he was part of the cast of the American series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, and made a cameo on a season three episode of The Apprentice that originally aired in May 2005. He was partnered with Tai Babilonia for Skating with Celebrities that aired January-March 2006 (they were eliminated during the fifth of seven episodes). Jenner has additionally served as a guest judge on Pet Star on Animal Planet, and appeared on NBC's game show Identity and Celebrity Family Feud with his family.

Television success

Beginning in late 2007,[5] Jenner, along with wife Kris Jenner, stepdaughters Kourtney, Kim, Khloe and stepson Rob (from Kris' marriage to attorney Robert Kardashian), and daughters Kylie and Kendall, starred in the E! reality series Keeping Up with the Kardashians; season two had an average of 1.6 million viewers, an increase over the previous cycle, and the show was renewed for a third season.[6]

At the start of its fourth season in late 2009, Keeping Up with the Kardashians set ratings records. Its second episode earned a total of 4.2 million viewers[7] and is now the network's most-watched telecast to date, superseding the 2002 premiere of The Anna Nicole Show.

Additional television and talk show appearance by Jenner include the Nickelodeon's made-for-TV Gym Teacher: The Movie as well as episodes of Family Guy, Murder She Wrote, and The Bonnie Hunt Show.

On March 30, 2010, Jenner visited the "Reagan Presidential Library" to be a guest on the FOX News Show "Hannity".

USATF announced it is planning a tour to the 2012 Summer Olympics hosted by USATF Foundation Director Bruce Jenner, showing the "inner circle" of the games[9]

Personal life

Jenner had at least two siblings; a younger sister Lisa, and younger brother Burt, who was killed in an auto accident in Canton, Connecticut shortly after Jenner's success in the Olympics.[10]

His company, Bruce Jenner Aviation, sells aircraft supplies to executives and corporations.[11]

Jenner was the business development vice president for a staffing industry software application known as JennerNet, which was based on Lotus Domino technology.

Jenner was the marketing name for Bruce Jenner's Westwood Centers for Nautilus & Aerobics in the early 80's. Jenner had no ownership in the centers. The fitness centers were owned by David Cirotto and Chin Yi. The centers were sold to Super Fitness Centers, owned by martial arts expert Paul Snow. Chin Yi later became the founder of LA Fitness.

Jenner also was diagnosed with dyslexia as a young child—he appeared on the sitcom Silver Spoons where he revealed his condition to the Stratton family—and after retiring from sports, built a successful career as a motivational speaker and television sports commentator (making an appearance on the series Learn To Read).

His first marriage to Chrystie Crownover (15 December 1972 - 2 January 1980) produced two children, daughter Casey Jenner (b. June 10, 1980) and first son Burt Jenner (b. September 9, 1978).[12][13] His other sons, Brandon (b. June 4, 1981) and Brody born August 21, 1983 (with second wife Linda Thompson, to whom he was married from 1981 to their divorce in 1985) appeared in their own reality show The Princes of Malibu, which featured them living with their stepfather David Foster. Brody is also on the reality show The Hills.

Jenner is currently married to Kris (née Houghton, who was previously married to Robert Kardashian). He has two daughters with Kris named Kendall Nicole (b. November 3, 1995) and Kylie Kristen (b. August 10, 1997). He is also the stepfather of Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian and Rob Kardashian. In 2009 Jenner became a grandfather to Francesca, his daughter Casey's first child. He became a grandfather for a second time on December 14 2009 when his stepdaughter Kourtney gave birth to her first child Mason Disick.

Jenner has had several plastic surgeries on his face. He has had repair done to his face to correct the previous surgeries, and it was aired on the reality show in which he and his family star, Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

In 2015, he revealed that he was a transgender female. In June 2015 he announced she was Caitlyn Jenner.2
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  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris_Jenner
  2. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bruce_Jenner

Scott Disick

M, #99173

Family: Kourtney Kardashian b. 18 Apr 1979

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Mason Dash Disick

M, #99174, b. 14 December 2009

Biography

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BirthDec 14, 2009
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Kendall Jenner1

M, #99175, b. 3 November 1995

Biography

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BirthNov 3, 19951
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  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris_Jenner

Kylie Jenner

F, #99176, b. 10 August 1997

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BirthAug 10, 1997
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Lamar Odom

M, #99177, b. 6 November 1979

Family: Kloe Kardashian b. 27 Jun 1984

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Corresponded with author?
BirthNov 6, 1979South Jamaica, NY, USA
Marriage2009
NotableAmerican professional basketball forward for the Los Angeles Lakers.
BiographyOdom was born in South Jamaica, Queens, New York. His father was a heroin addict and his mother died of colon cancer when he was twelve years old. He was raised by his grandmother Mildred.[2]

In his first three years of high school, Odom played for Christ The King Regional High School in Middle Village, New York. He transferred first to Redemption Christian Academy in Troy, New York for the basketball season and then to St. Thomas Aquinas High School in New Britain, Connecticut.[3][4] Odom was named the Parade Magazine Player of the Year in 1997. He was named to the USA Today All-USA 1st Team as a senior. During his youth, Odom was teamed with Elton Brand of the Philadelphia 76ers and Ron Artest of the Los Angeles Lakers on the same AAU team.
[edit] College

In 1997, Odom attended University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and was enrolled in summer classes. Following an academic scandal, an NCAA inquiry found Odom received payments amounting to $5,600 from booster David Chapman.[5] Coach Bill Bayno was fired and UNLV was placed on probation for four years. Odom then transferred to the University of Rhode Island, but had to sit out the 1997-98 season.

Odom played one season at Rhode Island in the Atlantic 10 Conference, where he scored 17.6 points per game and led the Rams to the conference championship in 1999. His three-pointer against Temple at the buzzer[4] gave the Rams their first A-10 Tournament title.
[edit] NBA career
[edit] Los Angeles Clippers (1999-2003)

Odom declared his eligibility for the 1999 NBA Draft after his freshman year at the University of Rhode Island in 1999. The 6 foot 10 inch forward was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers with the fourth overall pick.[6] In his first season with the Clippers, Odom averaged 16.6 points, 7.8 rebounds, and 4.2 assists per game, including 30 points and 12 rebounds in his NBA debut. He was named to the 2000 NBA All-Rookie First Team.

Odom was involved in controversy in November 2001 when he was suspended for violating the NBA's anti-drug policy for the second time in eight months.[7] It is generally accepted that Odom's suspension was for use of marijuana, which is not subject to the NBA's harsher "Drugs of Abuse" rules. At the time, he admitted to smoking marijuana.[7]

He was then a restricted free agent and was acquired by the Miami Heat in the off-season. The Clippers declined to match the Heat's offer for Odom after matching another offer Miami made to Elton Brand.
[edit] Miami Heat (2003–2004)

Along with promising young rookie Dwyane Wade, Odom had a very notable season with the Miami Heat, in which they made the playoffs after struggling all year. He had a very solid season compared to his sub-par season with the Clippers the previous year. After the season, Odom was traded in a package with Caron Butler and Brian Grant to the Los Angeles Lakers for All-Star Shaquille O'Neal.
[edit] Los Angeles Lakers (2004-present)
Lamar Odom in a Lakers vs Spurs game in 2007.

In his first year with the Los Angeles Lakers incurred a left shoulder injury which forced him to miss the end of the 2004-05 NBA season. The Lakers finished out of the playoffs for only the 5th time in franchise history. Following the 2004-05 season, the Los Angeles Lakers re-hired former coach Phil Jackson.

In the first half of the 2005–06 NBA season, Odom displayed inconsistency while playing with the Lakers. However, as Los Angeles progressed towards the NBA playoffs, Odom's performance gradually improved. Along the way, he posted consecutive triple-doubles for the first time as a Laker against the Golden State Warriors and Portland Trail Blazers. The Lakers were eliminated in 7 games in the first round of the playoffs against the Phoenix Suns, after the Lakers lost a 3-1 series lead.

Battling injuries, Odom was limited to 56 games in the 2006-07 season, but finished with an average of 15.9 points (his highest as a Laker to date) and 9.8 rebounds per game. In a rematch of the previous year's series, the Lakers were again defeated by the Phoenix Suns in the first round of the 2007 NBA Playoffs.

After young center Andrew Bynum went down with a knee injury during the 2007–08 NBA season, and Pau Gasol was acquired by the Lakers midseason, Odom played well, averaging 15.3 points, 12 rebounds, and 4 assists per game.[8] Odom finished the season with 14.2 ppg 10.6 rpg and 3.5 apg.[9] Odom's numbers were down in the Finals, however, where he averaged 13.5 points, 9.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game,[10] with the Lakers losing in the 2008 NBA Finals to the Boston Celtics.

At the beginning of the 2008-09 NBA season, Odom was moved to the bench and served as a sixth man, backing up the Lakers' frontcourt of Gasol and Bynum. When Bynum was injured in a game against the Memphis Grizzlies in January, Odom returned to the starting lineup. In the month of February, Odom, playing 36 minutes per game, averaged 16.5 points, 13.4 rebounds (4.9 offensive and 9.5 defensive), 2.4 assists, 1.4 blocks, and .9 steals.[11] The February run included a good performance at Quicken Loans Arena at Cleveland. With 15 points in the 3rd quarter, Odom helped the Lakers out of a 12 point deficit to turn it into a 10 point victory, breaking Cleveland's 23 game home win-streak.[12] He finished the game with 28 points, 17 rebounds and 2 assists.[13]

Odom adjusted back to his sixth man role when Bynum returned on an April 9 home matchup versus the Denver Nuggets. Odom finished his season with 11.3 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.0 steals and 1.7 blocks with 29.7 minutes per game. He won his first NBA championship when the Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic in the 2009 NBA Finals.[11]

During the 2009 Los Angeles Lakers off-season as a free agent, Odom was courted heavily by the Miami Heat, the team that traded him to the Lakers in 2004. Despite pleas from Miami guard Dwyane Wade and Heat Executive Pat Riley, Kobe Bryant remained optimistic Odom would return to Los Angeles to team up with newly acquired forward and Odom's fellow New Yorker, Ron Artest. After a month of tedious negotiations, on July 31, 2009 the Lakers announced that they had agreed to a four-year deal worth up to $33 million with Odom.[14] In 2010 Odom won another NBA Championship.
[edit] Olympics
Olympic medal record
Competitor for United States
Men's Basketball
Bronze      2004 Athens      National team

Odom played in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens for the US national team, averaging 5.8 ppg en route to a bronze medal. He made 14 appearances for the US Team. He was invited to play for the FIBA World Championships for 2006 and 2007 but did not go because of the death of his son. However, he was invited back to the U.S.A Men's Basketball team for the 2010-2012 run.
[edit] Personal life

Odom was featured in Pro Skater Rob Dyrdek's MTV show Fantasy Factory, and is planning to invest in an L.A. restaurant with Dyrdek. He also made a cameo appearance in the music video for "We Made It" by Busta Rhymes and Linkin Park. Odom also has his own music and film production company, Rich Soil Entertainment.[7] He appeared in a Taco Bell commercial with Charles Barkley during Super Bowl XLIV.[15]

Odom is noted for being a professional athlete with a significant fondness for candy. Wrigley made a replica of the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy out of candy in celebration of the Lakers' victory in the 2009 Finals, and Odom's name is featured on the base.[16]

Odom has had three children, Destiny (1998), Lamar Jr. (2002)[17], and Jayden (born December 15, 2005), with his ex-girlfriend Liza Morales.[7] On 29 June 2006, Odom's 6½-month-old infant son Jayden died from SIDS while sleeping in his crib in New York [6][18].

In September 2009, it was reported that Odom was engaged to reality television personality Khloé Kardashian. Odom and Kardashian were married on Sunday, 27 September 2009.[19][20]1
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  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamar_Odom

Joseph Houghton

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Family: Donna (?)

  • Marriage*: Joseph Houghton married Donna (?)

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Black Sheep1987fraud
CourtOct, 1987JOSEPH HOUGHTON AND DONNA HOUGHTON, PETITIONERS v. UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA

No. 87-803

In The Supreme Court Of The United States

October Term 1987

On Petition For A Writ Of Certiorari To The United States Court Of
Appeals For The Third Circuit

Memorandum For The United States In Opposition

Petitioners contend that the indictment in their case was
insufficiently specific to meet the Fifth Amendment requirement of
grand jury accusation.

1. Following a jury trial in the United States District Court for
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, petitioner Joseph Houghton was
convicted on 26 counts of mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1341
(Counts 1, 2, 4-7, 9-11, 16-19, 23-28, 32, 33, 35-37, 41, and 43), and
one count of interstate transportation of a security taken by fraud,
in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2314 (count 45) (C.A. App. A45). Petitioner
Donna Houghton, his wife, was convicted on 13 counts of mail fraud, in
violation of 18 U.S.C. 1341 (Counts 5, 6, 18, 23, 27, 28, 32, 33,
35-37, 41, and 43), and one count of interstate transportation of a
security taken by fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2314 (Count 45)
(C.A. App. A46). Petitioner Joseph Houghton was sentenced to a total
of eight years in prison and five years' probation, fined a total of
$27,000 ($1,000 for each conviction), and ordered to make restitution
of $1,126,873 (id. at A45). Petitioner Donna Houghton was placed on
probation for five years, fined $14,000 and made jointly responsible
for the restitution of $1,126,873 (id. at A46). The court of appeals
affirmed (Pet. App. 11a-13a).

The evidence at trial, the sufficiency of which is not is dispute,
showed that petitioners participated over a period of almost ten years
in a scheme centering on the submission of numerous fraudulent claims
of loss to insurance companies. Beginning on a relatively small scale
in 1975, the scheme involved false claims for luggage losses allegedly
incurred in thifts from rented automobiles (C.A. App. A1275, A1370,
A1388), false claims for jewelry losses from hotel-room thefts (id. at
A1278), false claims for reimbursement for certain services never
actually performed (id. at A1285-A1286, A1292-A1298), and numerous
false claims based on automobile accidents, at least some of which
were staged. By 1985, when the scheme came to an end, it had earned
petitioners more than $1 million (id. at A1372-A1373; Supp. C.A. App.
177A). The proceeds of the scheme went toward the purchase of several
houses, numerous luxury automobiles, and jewelry (Supp. C.A. App. 91A,
413A).

The superseding indictment, in describing the ten-year scheme,
alleged that petitioners staged and fabricated accidents, losses, and
injuries and that, in connection with claims to insurance companies,
they fraudulently described the facts surrounding their "accidents,"
the injuries suffered, and their insurance coverage (see Pet. App.
4a-8a). In addition to one witness-tampering charge (Count 46), the
indictment charged 43 particular mailings (identified by date, sender,
and recipient) and the interstate transportation of two insurance
company checks (identified by date, origination, destination, drawer,
and drawee) that petitioners caused as part of their overall scheme to
defraud insurance companies (C.A. App. A59-A104).

Following the indictment, the government filed three bills of
particulars (C.A. App. A107-A124). The bills of particulars detailed
the dates and places of the particular accidents that were the
subjects of the insurance claims involved in the mailings and checks.
They also specified which of the several types of fraud that were
alleged in the indictment (e.g., staging of the incident, lying about
injuries) the government would rely on at trial.

At trial, although the government put on evidence of numerous
incidents that made up the larger scheme, the fraudulent mailings and
checks all related to six incidents: a January 28, 1978, automobile
accident in Malvern, Pennsylvania, involving vehicles driven by
co-defendants Linda Livoy and Mary Houghton; a September 22, 1978,
automobile accident in Norristown, Pennsylvania, involving an
automobile driven by petitioner Joseph Houghton and a truck driven by
government witness Joseph Albeser; a February 28, 1980, incident in
Springfield, Pennsylvania, involving an automobile driven by
petitioner Jospeh Houghton; a July 7, 1980, incident in Florida
involving an automobile driven by co-defendant John Cassidy; a
January 17, 1981, incident in Pennsylvania involving an automobile
operated by co-defendant Frank Livoy; and a January 3, 1982, incident
in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, involving an automobile
operated by co-defendant Nancy Cohan. The jury was instructed that,
to convict petitioners on any count, it must find that the particular
insurance claim associated with the mailing or check at issue in that
count arose out of one of those six incidents (C.A. App. A4574,
A4582).

Petitioners appealed their convictions, contending among other
things, that the proof at trial showed numerous separate fraudulent
incidents, none of which was described in sufficient detail in the
indictment. Because of the purported lack of detail, petitioners
claimed that the government had been free, in violation of the Fifth
Amendment, to structure the actual charges presented at trial without
regard to "whether the grand jury itself included a particular
incident in the scheme on the same basis" (Appellants' C.A. Br. 23).
The court of appeals rejected the argument and affirmed the
convictions without opinion (Pet. App. 11a-13a).

2. Petitioner's contention (Pet. 8-13) involves only the
application to the particular facts here of the principle that an
indictment must be sufficiently specific to satisfy the Fifth
Amendment requirement of grand jury accusation. No published decision
is presented for review. The court of appeals' rejection of
petitioner's contention is correct and does not conflict with any
decision of this Court or of any other circuit. Review by this Court
is therefore unwarranted.

a. The Court has long held that "'an indictment is sufficient if
it, first, contains the elements of the offense charged and (,second)
fairly informs the defendant of the charge against which he must
defend, and, (third), enables him to plead an acquittal or conviction
in bar of future prosecutions for the same offense.'" United States v.
Bailey, 444 U.S. 394, 414 (1980) (quoting Hamling v. United States 418
U.S. 87, 117 (1974)). See Russell v. United States, 369 U.S. 749,
763-764 (1962); United States v. Debrow, 346 U.S. 374, 376 (1953);
Hagner v. United States, 285 U.S. 427, 431 (1932). The indictment in
this case readily meets those standards.

First, the elements of the offenses were set out in the indictment.
The elements of mail fraud (18 U.S.C. 1341) are "(1) a scheme to
defraud() and (2) the mailing of a letter, etc., for the purpose of
executing the scheme." Pereira v. United States, 347 U.S. 1, 8 (1954).
The indictment describes the scheme petitioners employed to defraud
insurance companies, among others, and Counts 1 through 43 specify --
by date, sender, and recipient -- the precise mailings made in
furtherance of the scheme. Similarly, a violation of 18 U.S.C. 2314
"requires (1) knowledge that certain property has been stolen or
obtained by fraud, and (2) transporting it, or causing it to be
transported, in interstate commerce" (Pereira v. United States, 347
U.S. at 9). Count 45 of the indictment /1/ identifies certain
property (an insurance company check) and it interstate transportation
with precision, and it alleges that petitioners caused the
transportation after having devised the scheme described earlier in
the indictment and knowing the check was issued as a result of fraud.

Second, petitioners apparantly do not dispute that the indictment
fairly informed them of the charges against them. See Pet. 9 ("the
issue is not notice"). In any event, by precisely identifying the
mailings and checks at issue and alleging that the mailings and checks
were part of an insurance scheme centering on fraudulent
automobile-accident insurance claims, the indictment fairly apprised
petitioners of what they "'must be prepared to meet'" (Russell v.
United States, 369 U.S. at 763-764 (citation omitted)). Indeed, each
mailing and check transportation that petitioners were charged with
having caused arose out of a particular alleged damage-producing
incident involving petitioners and was related to a particular claim
for insurance payments made by petitioners.

Third, petitioners do not contend that the indictment provided them
insufficient protection against further prosecutions for the same
offense. Nor could they so contend, given the indictment's
identification of the specific mailings and checks, its description of
the fraudulent scheme, and petitioners' right to rely on parts of the
record other than the indictment itself in the event future
proceedings are initiated against them. See Russell v. United States,
369 U.S. at 764; United States ex rel. Ballard v. Bengston, 702 F.2d
656, 660 (7th Cir. 1983) ("An indictment need not plead offenses in
such detail as to be self-sufficient as a bar against further
prosecution for the same offense; it is the judgment that constitutes
the bar.").

b. Petitioners nonetheless complain that the portion of the
indictment describing the ten-year fraudulent insurance scheme was
fatally unspecific. Starting with the fact that the indictment does
not specify whether, for each particular accident, petitioners' fraud
consisted in a staging of the accident or the inflating of asserted
damages, petitioners argue that it is impossible to determine "(1) the
specific incidents charged by the grand jury; or (2) the nature and
character of the fraud residing in the specific incidents" (Pet. 6).
This suggestion, however, mischaracterizes the nature of the charges
made in the indictment. The "incidents charged by the grand jury"
were the mailings and check transportations; and those were precisely
defined. Each of those incidents was made criminal by virtue of an
associated fraud, by the grand jury did not charge a series of 45
separate and unrelated frauds. Rather, it charged petitioners with a
single, unified, and long-term scheme to defraud; and the indictment
clearly defined the duration, objects, and operation of that scheme.
Accordingly, when the government proved the details of the particular
false representations petitioners made in the course of carrying out
that single scheme, it in no way proved charges different from those
the grand jury had in mind when it indicted petitioners.

In any event, petitioners' argument misunderstands the degree of
specificity required in a case like this. Every indictment reflects a
balance between specificity and conciseness, between reciting evidence
and making allegations. It has long been established that an
indictment should be "a plain, concise and definite written statement
of the essential facts constituting the offense charged" (Fed. R.
Crim. P. 7(c)). See Russel v. United States, 369 U.S. at 762-763.
Moreover, it is not the function of an indictment to set forth the
evidence; a more thorough preview of the evidence is properly
provided, if at all, through a bill of particulars, as was done in
this case. See United States v. Debrow, 346 U.S. at 378 ("The
sufficiency of the indictment is not a question of whether it could
have been more definite and certain. If the defendants wanted more
definite information * * * they could have obtained it by requesting a
bill of particulars."); Stokes v. United States, 157 U.S. 187, 191
(1895) ("(t)he rules of criminal pleading do not require the
indictment to set forth the evidence, or to negative every possible
theory of the defence"); United States v. Gordon, 780 F.2d 1165, 1172
(5th Cir. 1986); United States v. Buckley, 689 F.2d 893, 897 (9th
Cir. 1982), cert. denied, 460 U.S. 1086 (1983); United States v.
Freeman, 619 F.2d 1112, 1118 (5th Cir. 1980), cert. denied, 450 U.S.
910 (1981).

The indictment in this case reasonably specified the allegations
against petitioners without pleading evidence. It did not, as in
Russell, "simply repeat the language of the criminal statute"; nor
did it omit an allegation going to "the very core of criminality" (369
U.S. at 764). Rather, it described a large-scale fraudulent scheme
and alleged that the scheme was executed in several different ways,
leaving it to later stages in the prosecution to narrow and refine the
allegations. This form of indictment is in accord with the provision
of Fed. R. Crim. P. 7(c) that "(i)t may be alleged in a single count
that the means by which the defendant committed it by one or more
specified means." And contrary to petitioners' suggestion, the
indictment is also wholly in line with this Court's decision in United
States v. Miller, 471 U.S. 130 (1985), which rejected a Fifth
Amendment challenge where the defendant was convicted of a fraudulent
scheme narrower and more limited than, but included within, the
allegations of the indictment.

Contrary to petitioners' suggestion (Pet. 10-12), neither Stirone
v. United States, 361 U.S. 212 (1960), nor United States v. Radetsky,
535 F.2d 556 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 820 (1976), supports
petitioners' argument. In Stirone, the Court found (361 U.S. at
215-219) a Fifth Amendment violation because the conviction may have
rested on a charge (that the defendant obstructed a Pennsylvania steel
mill's export of steel outside Pennsylvania) that was not contained in
and was different from the allegation of the indictment (that he
obstructed the import of sand into Pennsylvania for the use of the
steel mill). The proof in this case, by contrast, was merely a more
refined version of what was alleged in the indictment. In Radetsky,
the Tenth Circuit rejected a defendant's Fifth Amendment claim,
finding that it was "not a case where the grand jury may have had a
concept of the scheme essentially different from that relied on by the
Government before the trial jury" (535 F.2d at 565). The is true
here. /2/

It is therefore respectfully submitted that the petition for a writ
of certiorari should be denied.

CHARLES FRIED

Solicitor General

JANUARY 1988

/1/ Petitioners were aquitted on Count 44, the other count charging
interstate transportation of property obtained by fraud.

/2/ petitioners also suggest (Pet. 10) that the Third Circuit does
not recognize the Fifth Amendment guarantee that a defendant can be
convicted of a felony only on charges brought by the grand jury. That
contention is specious. See United States v. Smith, 789 F.2d 196,
200-201 (3d Cir. 1986), cert. denied, No. 86-100 (Dec. 15, 1986);
United States v. Castro, 776 F.2d 1118, 1121-1125 (3d Cir. 1985),
cert. denied, 475 U.S. 1029 (1986); United States v. Schurr, 775 F.2d
549, 553-559 (3d Cir. 1985).
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Family: Joseph Houghton

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