Article: X PRIZE Foundation Taps Former Gates Foundation Leader to Drive Expanded Mission.

Article: Thomas Vander Ark
Stanford Social Innovation Review;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Eric Nee spoke with the X Prize Foundation's president, Thomas Vander Ark, about how prizes can ... Ark, president of the X Prize Foundation, explains why he believes ... social change? THOMAS VANDER ARK: Quite simply, it's ...

Article: FROM THE FIELD: Tom Vander Ark
Journal of Staff Development;  July 1, 2007 ;     491 words ... ... schools and districts. They need to be out in front of this change." [Author Affiliation] Tom Vander Ark is president of the X PRIZE Foundation, an education nonprofit institute that offers multimillion-dollar awards for breakthrough innovations ...

Article: Albert H. "Al" Vander Ark former longtime resident ...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  June 5, 2006 ;     476 words ...Albert H. "Al" Vander Ark former longtime resident of Wheaton The visitation for Albert H. "Al" Vander Ark, 80, a resident of Windsor Park Manor ... s Johnson Healthcare Center. Mr. Vander Ark worked for the Van Der Molen family ...

Article: Live!; WHO: Brian Vander Ark, Kristy Kruger WHEN: ...
The Washington Post;  February 14, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... alternative rock band the Verve Pipe, Brian Vander Ark sold more than 3 million albums worldwide ... Lawn Chairs and Living Rooms Tour," Vander Ark performed at the homes of those he called ... more successful now than I did then," Vander Ark said in a telephone interview from his ...

Article: Sherman Vander Ark
Daily Record, The Wooster, OH;  June 2, 2009 ;     493 words ...WOOSTER -- Dr. Sherman D. Vander Ark, 68, went to sing in God's heavenly ... the son of the late Mark and Elizabeth Vander Ark. He graduated from Lynden Christian ... nine years, Georgia; a son, Marc Alan Vander Ark of Akron; daughters, Pamela (Aaron ...

Article: Harry, my saviour; Famous creation: Harry Potter with his friends ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  April 15, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... turned-encyclopaediawriter Steve Vander Ark. Explaining how she had devoted 17 years ... is seeking to stopthe publication of Vander Ark's Harry Potter lexicon. She described ... scholarly comment and analysis. But Vander Ark's had merely copied her work verbatim ...

Article: Congressman Fattah Commends Tom Vander Ark of Gates ...
U.S. Newswire;  November 4, 2006 ;     479 words ... ... today upon the announced departure of Tom Vander Ark as executive director for education of ... and Melinda Gates Foundation: "Tom Vander Ark is a giant in American education ... Foundation on education initiatives. "Tom Vander Ark has led efforts to transform the lives ...