Schweitzer
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Schweitzer is a surname which may refer to:
- Albert SchweitzerAlbert SchweitzerAlbert Schweitzer OM was a German theologian, organist, philosopher, physician, and medical missionary. He was born in Kaysersberg in the province of Alsace-Lorraine, at that time part of the German Empire...
, German polymath, particularly a theologian and physician - Anton SchweitzerAnton SchweitzerAnton Schweitzer was a German composer of operas.He was a child prodigy who obtained the patronage of the duke of Hildburghausen, who sent him to study in Bayreuth in 1758, then Italy , and made him Kapellmeister enabling him to tour Europe...
, opera composer - Brian SchweitzerBrian SchweitzerBrian David Schweitzer is an American politician from the U.S. state of Montana. Schweitzer is its 23rd and current governor, serving since January 2005. Schweitzer currently has one of the highest approval ratings among governors in the nation, with polls regularly showing a rating of above 60...
, current Democratic Governor of the US state of Montana - Darrell SchweitzerDarrell SchweitzerDarrell Charles Schweitzer is an American writer, editor, and essayist in the field of speculative fiction. Much of his focus has been on dark fantasy and horror, although he does also work in science fiction and fantasy...
, American writer, editor and essayist - Douglas Schweitzer, Canadian politician
- Edmund SchweitzerEdmund SchweitzerEdmund O. Schweitzer, III , is an electrical engineer, inventor, and founder of Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories. He obtained a B.S. and M.S. from Purdue University and a Ph.D. from Washington State University, where his doctoral thesis was on digital protective relays. He is an IEEE Fellow. ...
, electrical engineer, inventor - Edmund O. Schweitzer Jr.Edmund O. Schweitzer Jr.Edmund O. Schweitzer, Jr. founded E. O. Schweitzer Manufacturing in 1950 for the purpose of manufacturing fault indicator technology. His father, Edmund O. Schweitzer, was a co-founder of S&C Electric in Chicago, Illinois, USA. His son, Edmund O. Schweitzer, III is founder and president of...
, founder of E. O. Schweitzer Manufacturing - George K. SchweitzerGeorge K. SchweitzerGeorge Keene Schweitzer is an academic in chemistry and family history and local history. He has also studied history of science and philosophy of science, for which he was awarded the Sc.D....
, academic in chemistry and family history and local history - Georgia SchweitzerGeorgia SchweitzerGeorgia Schweitzer is a former collegiate and professional basketball player.Schweitzer attended college at Duke University and graduated in 2001. She began her a professional career with the Women's National Basketball Association . On April 20, 2001, she was drafted by the Miami Sol. She would...
, former collegiate and professional basketball player - Jean Baptista von SchweitzerJean Baptista von SchweitzerJean Baptista von Schweitzer , German politician and dramatic poet, was born at Frankfurt am Main, of an old aristocratic Catholic family.He studied law in Berlin and Heidelberg, and afterwards practised in his native city...
, German politician and poet - Jeff SchweitzerJeff SchweitzerJeff Schweitzer is an American non-fiction author, scientist, political commentator and proponent of scientific skepticism. His published works are largely devoted to the interrelationship between politics, morality, religion and science....
, American non-fiction author, scientist and political commentator - Johann Friedrich SchweitzerJohann Friedrich SchweitzerJohann Friedrich Schweitzer was a Dutch physician and alchemical writer, of German extraction. He is known for his book Vitulus Aureus , published in 1667. Another book is Ichts aus Nichts, für alle Begierigen der Natur from 1655.He is notorious for the story that he actually carried out...
, Dutch-German alchemist - Johannes Joseph Schweitzer, German composer
- Louis Schweitzer (philanthropist)Louis Schweitzer (Philanthropist)Louis Schweitzer was a Russian-born United States paper industrialist and philanthropist who purchased the U.S. radio station WBAI from Theodore Deglin for $34,000 in 1957...
, paper manufacturer - Louis Schweitzer (CEO)Louis Schweitzer (CEO)Louis Schweitzer was the previous Chairman of Renault, first taking that post on 27 May 1992 in succession to Raymond Lévy, and he was also CEO from 1992 to 2005. He is in addition Chairman of AstraZeneca where he was appointed as a Director 11 March 2004...
, chairman and former CEO of Renault - Mary Higby SchweitzerMary Higby SchweitzerMary Higby Schweitzer is a paleontologist at North Carolina State University known for leading the groups which discovered the remains of blood cells in dinosaur fossils and later discovered soft tissue remains in the Tyrannosaurus rex specimen MOR 1125, as well as evidence that the specimen was a...
, paleontologist - Pierre-Paul SchweitzerPierre-Paul SchweitzerPierre-Paul Schweitzer was the International Monetary Fund 's fourth Managing Director and Chairman of the Executive Board, serving from 1963 to 1973.-Early life and education:...
, managing director of the International Monetary Fund - Mark Schweitzer, novelist
- Scott SchweitzerScott SchweitzerScott Schweitzer is an American soccer coach and former professional soccer player. He spent two years as the head coach of Carolina RailHawks FC.-College soccer:...
, American soccer coach and former professional soccer player - Yoram SchweitzerYoram SchweitzerYoram Schweitzer is a Senior Research Fellow at Israel's Institute for National Security Studies . He is the Director of the Institute's Terrorism and Low-Intensity Warfare Research Project, and is a senior consultant to NATO on matters of counterterrorism...
, Senior Research Fellow at Israel's Institute for National Security Studies
Other
- Schweitzer MountainSchweitzer MountainSchweitzer Mountain Resort is a ski resort in northern Idaho, 11 miles northwest of Sandpoint in Bonner County. Located in the Selkirk Mountains, it overlooks Lake Pend Oreille to the southeast with views of the Bitterroot and Cabinet mountain ranges...
, ski resort in Idaho - SchweizerSchweizerSchweizer may refer to:* Swiss * Schweizer Aircraft Corporation, primarily known as a producer of sailplanes and helicopters, owned by Sikorsky Aircraft since 2004...
- Hospital Albert Schweitzer HaitiHospital Albert Schweitzer HaitiHôpital Albert Schweitzer Haiti, founded by Larry Mellon and his wife Gwen Grant Mellon in 1956, is an integrated rural health system that provides medical care and community health and development programs for 300,000 impoverished people in the Artibonite Valley of central Haiti...
- Schweitzer Engineering LaboratoriesSchweitzer Engineering LaboratoriesSchweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. designs, manufactures, and supports products and services ranging from generator and transmission protection to distribution automation and control systems. Founded in 1982 by Edmund O. Schweitzer III, SEL shipped the world's first digital protective relay...
, power systems protection company - Schweitzer (film)