Historian, educator, humanist Alumnus @uofdjesuit @umich @waynestate. Opinions my own. #goblue 🇺🇸 🇨🇦
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Christopher Wilson retweeted
The University of Michigan needs a NCAA DI women’s hockey team… please support this effort! We need allies!
Here is the most recent update on our efforts to bring NCAA DI women's hockey to the University of Michigan: espn.com/espn/story/_/id/442…
Christopher Wilson retweeted
Jesse Jackson emerged as a leader in the 1960s and championed unity among marginalized groups across the U.S. bit.ly/4qSBqkg
Love how my father in law’s legacy keeps growing which I think it not just due to the genius of the Moylan Arrow but the good vibes he brought to the world. It’s fitting my wife connected with Ford CEO Jim Farley at the Smithsonian, a place that celebrates genius and innovation.
I recently shared the story of Jim Moylan, the @Ford engineer who invented the gas tank arrow. By complete chance, I was lucky to meet his daughter, Liz, during a tour at the Smithsonian's @airandspace Museum where she works. When she told me who her father was, I was shocked – such a small world. Thank you for saying hi, Liz! Your dad was a genius and a perfect example of how sometimes simple ideas can have a big impact on people’s lives.
Some of these cutesy little passes for @umichhockey are annoying me. They should have easily had the zone cleared and instead coughed it up inside the blue line leading to a Penn State goal.
Christopher Wilson retweeted
I recently shared the story of Jim Moylan, the @Ford engineer who invented the gas tank arrow. By complete chance, I was lucky to meet his daughter, Liz, during a tour at the Smithsonian's @airandspace Museum where she works. When she told me who her father was, I was shocked – such a small world. Thank you for saying hi, Liz! Your dad was a genius and a perfect example of how sometimes simple ideas can have a big impact on people’s lives.
I think of Jim Moylan's invention every time I fill up my gas tank. Jim was a @Ford engineer who noticed an issue and was inspired to solve it to make our customers' daily lives easier. Nearly 40 years later and his innovative idea still helps millions of drivers every day!
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Reflecting on the legacy of Claudette Colvin and her fight to clear her record with this archival article from 2021. The Civil Rights activist who pushed back against segregation nine months before Rosa Parks’ landmark protest has died at age 86. bit.ly/49knLNf
Christopher Wilson retweeted
Breaking news: Claudette Colvin, a civil rights pioneer who refused to give up her seat on a segregated city bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks, died at 86. wapo.st/459cq03
“Society loves the founder who builds new companies, like Henry Ford,” Ford CEO Jim Farley told me. “I would argue that Jim Moylan is an equally compelling kind of disrupter: an engineer in a large company who insisted on making our daily lives better.” apple.news/ADfn5YH0BQ4-R1P2C…
My father in law, Jim Moylan, invented the fuel door indicator known as the Moylan Arrow, but we remember him as the glue of our family and the man who taught us so much about love, family, compassion and friendship. Through those lessons he will live forever. #moylanarrow
James Moylan, the Ford engineer who designed the gas tank indicator known as the Moylan Arrow, has passed away at the age of 80 following a stellar career.
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Christopher Wilson retweeted
The Kennedy Center was named after my uncle, President John F Kennedy. It was named in his honor. He was a man who was interested in the arts, interested in culture, interested in education, language, history. He brought the arts into the White House, and he and my Aunt Jackie amplified the arts, celebrated the arts, stood up for the arts and artists.
It is beyond comprehension that this sitting president has sought to rename this great memorial dedicated to President Kennedy. It is beyond wild that he would think adding his name in front of President Kennedy’s name is acceptable. It is not.
Next thing perhaps he will want to rename JFK Airport, rename the Lincoln Memorial, the Trump Lincoln Memorial. The Trump Jefferson Memorial. The Trump Smithsonian. The list goes on.
Can we not see what is happening here? C’mon, my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny. This is way beneath the stature of the job. It’s downright weird. It’s obsessive in a weird way. Just when you think somone can’t stoop any lower, down they go…
If I were the Buckeyes I would just run it nearly every down from now on and shorten the game. They don’t want to get into a one score game in the fourth quarter so I’d just control it and play boring and I don’t see Michigan being able to do much about that.
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This year's @SmithsonianMag best history book picks include riveting titles by @TracyBorman, @Johnubacon, @marthasjones_, @anthonymamore, @ustefanjil, @mapember, @LaurieStories and more. smithsonianmag.com/history/t…
The Gales of November by @Johnubacon is one of @SmithsonianMag top ten history books of 2025! Pick up a copy! smithsonianmag.com/history/t…
Great overachieving season @umichwbball. Hail Jordan & Greta on wonderful careers, leadership this year. Great coaching by KBA - 3rd most wins ever. Excited for things to come from SS12, Liv (frosh pts record), Mila, other freshmen & returners - remember, those who stay. #GoBlue
I’m saying @BrianBoesch is the best @umichbball radio voice of all time! Matt Shepherd was great and I wish we’d had great play by play in the great era of late 80s/early 90s. We’ve never had Ufer/Beckmann level for bball, but Boesch and my West Quad homie Terry Mills are elite!
So exciting listening to that victory and experiencing it through @BrianBoesch’s call! It’s a real art - all he weaves in all in real time. Amazing preparation but also improv & the ability to tell the story of the game, and the season and journey of the team, through his voice!
Three wins in 2024 to Big Ten Champs in 2025 @umichbball Dusty May is Wild. #GoBlue
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Escaping to freedom at age 20, Frederick Douglass soon established himself in the antislavery movement as a fearless enemy of the slave owner. bit.ly/41uroLx
