Researching Jim Knowlton
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 249 people with the Knowlton surname? In that year Knowlton was ranked number 3330 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Jim means "Form of JAMES. one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Jim Knowlton on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jim Knowlton and the Knowlton Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 219 people with the Knowlton surname in the UK? Knowlton is now ranked number 3836 for popularity in the UK. |
Knowlton Family Tree Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 12153 people with the Knowlton surname in the USA? Knowlton is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Jim Knowlton
Jim Knowlton
James Arthur Knowlton (born 1960) is an American college athletics administrator and civil engineer who is the current director of athletics for the University of California, Berkeley. Previously, Knowlton served as the athletic director for the United States Air Force Academy and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Originally from Burlington, Massachusetts, Knowlton graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1982, where he studied engineering and played on the Army Black Knights men's ice hockey team. Knowlton then served in the United States Army, rising to commander and later assistant director at the Army Corps of Engineers. Knowlton also was a civil engineering at West Point.
Beginning in 2003 as deputy athletics director at Army, Knowlton worked as a college athletics administrator. Knowlton later was athletics director at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from 2008 to 2015 and the U.S. Air Force Academy from 2015 to 2018.
Source: Jim Knowlton, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Knowlton
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