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Stanford Graduate School of Business (MBA; 1971) Occupation. Entrepreneur. Known for. Founder of Victoria's Secret. Spouse (s) Gaye Raymond (m. 1970s; div. 1990) Roy Larson Raymond (April 15, 1947 – August 26, 1993) [1] was an American businessman who founded the Victoria's Secret lingerie retail store in California in 1977. [2]
Victoria's Secret is an American lingerie, clothing, and beauty retailer. Founded in 1977 by Roy and Gaye Raymond, [ 6 ][ 7 ] the company's five lingerie stores were sold to Les Wexner in 1982. [ 8 ] Wexner rapidly expanded into American shopping malls, growing the company into 350 stores nationally with sales of $1 billion by the early 1990s ...
Two miles. The 2 mile (10,560 feet or 3,218.688 metres) is a historic running distance. Like the mile run, it is still contested at some invitational meets due its historical chronology in the United States and United Kingdom. It has been largely superseded by the 3000 m (approximately 1.864 miles) and 5000 m, and by the 3200 m in NFHS American ...
Calvin Lockhart. Calvin Lockhart (born Bert McClossy Cooper; October 18, 1934 – March 29, 2007) was a Bahamian–American stage and film actor. [3] Lockhart was perhaps best known for his roles as Reverend Deke O'Malley in the 1970 film Cotton Comes to Harlem and Biggie Smalls in the 1975 Warner Bros. film Let's Do It Again.
The world record in the mile run is the fastest time set by a runner in the middle-distance track and field event. World Athletics is the official body which oversees the records. Haden Perry is the current men's record holder with his time of 1:36.13, [1] while Faith Kipyegon has the women's record of 4:07.64. [2]
Winchester Speedway is a half-mile paved oval motor racetrack in White River Township, Randolph County, just outside Winchester, Indiana, approximately 90 miles (145 km) northeast of Indianapolis. It seats 5,000 spectators. It is also known as the "World's Fastest 1/2 mile". The track's 37 degree banking is one of the steepest in motorsports ...
Raymond Robert (Ray) Hatton (February 4, 1932 – March 4, 2015) was an English educator, author, and long-distance runner. Born in England, Hatton moved to the United States in 1956 to attend college, earning degrees in education and geography from University of Idaho and the University of Oregon. He was an award-winning college geography ...
Dick Buerkle. Richard Thomas Buerkle (/ ˈbɜːrkliː / BERK-lee; [3] September 3, 1947 – June 22, 2020) was an American Olympic athlete and a world record holder for the men's indoor mile. He is known as one of the most successful walk-ons in the history of American collegiate running, due to his athletic successes while at Villanova.