Aptonyms+I–M

Aptonyms I–M
Contributors' initials are included below, with their full names on the Contributors page.

Ichinose, Dr. Fumito
Contributor AK informs us that "according to the BBC News website sewer gas or hydrogen sulphide—which the BBC rather obviously informs us smells of rotten eggs—may help preserve organ function in critically ill patients according to Harvard scientist...Dr. Fumito **Ichinose**!

 Illman, Doctor
CM tells us of some folks she has actually met: Dr. **Illman** - Bloomington Indiana hospital doctor in 1980s; Dr. **Brain** - Indiana University sociology professor in 1980s; Dr. **Reason** - University of Kent (England) social sciences professor in 1980s

Jeffrey **Immelt** is General Electric's CEO who was recently heard defending the nuclear industry's safety record. I suppose he'd be talking about the possibility of a meltdown. ;-) GJO
 * Immelt, Jeffrey **

DC read in the //Halifax Daily News//: "Accused drug conspirator Daniel **Innocente** has spent so much time in court he doesn't need a state-appointed lawyer, a judge has ruled...Innocente is in jail, after his parole was revoked earlier this year on a 7-year sentence for another drug-trafficking conspiracy."
 * Innocente, Daniel **

Jewell, Claire
In Kentville, Nova Scotia, Claire **Jewell**'s first paid job was a clerk in Duguid's Jewelers. Her mother, **Jean Jewell**, was an antiques dealer with a certificate in gemology. Claire's uncle, Ron **Jewell**, lived on Diamond Lane, somewhere in England. (CJ )

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Judge, Igor
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Contributor <span class="wiki_link_ext">TB writes "The new [|Head of the Criminal Justice] in the UK is called Igor **Judge**.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Justice, Courtney
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">In Delphi, Indiana, <span class="wiki_link_ext">LL says she has seen the office of an attorney named Courtney B. **Justice**.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Dr. Knapp
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Dr. **Knapp** is an anesthesiologist. (Frank Nuessel, //The Study of Names//, Greenwood Press, 1992, p. 42) ([|AB])

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Kickett, Senter, and Wing
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Derek **Kickett** played for Essendon in the Australian Football League (which is a far superior game to Rugby League, or anything else for that matter). Also, there are two current players in the National Rugby League called Darren **Senter** and Craig **Wing**. Unfortunately, they don't play the correct positions! **Senter** is a forward and wing plays five-eighth. (<span class="wiki_link_ext">MT )

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Laidlaw, John
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">John **Laidlaw** was in 1998 a barrister in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. (<span class="wiki_link_ext">SH )

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Lake, Sam
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">From Australia, <span class="wiki_link_ext">TB reports that Dr. Sam **Lake** is a freshwater ecologist in the Dept. of Biological Sciences at Monash University.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Landsea, Chris
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">RS reports that Chris **Landsea** is a hurricane researcher with NOAA.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Larock, Jeff
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">IF reports a reference in the October 2001 issue of National Geographic to a park ranger at the Lava Beds <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> National Monument, named Jeff **LaRock** who (presumablt among other things) enjoyed exploring caves. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> In the same issue: "...the nearby thermal area known as Bumpass Hell was named for Kendall Vanhook Bumpass, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> an explorer and mountain man who fell into a boiling mud pot in 1865 and had to have his leg amputated."

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Lawler, John
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Mr John **Lawler** APM is a career law enforcement officer, currently serving as Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Crime Commission (ACC), having previously served for 29 years with the Australian Federal Police (AFP) at the community policing, national and international levels. He has extensive experience in a wide range of law enforcement disciplines in Australia and overseas. (<span class="wiki_link_ext">GJO )

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Lawless, Ken
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Ken **Lawless** is a police chief. (Frank Nuessel, The Study of Names, Greenwood Press, 1992, p. 42) (<span class="wiki_link_ext">AB )

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Learning, Dr. Deryl
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Dr. Deryl **Learning** is flounder of the [|Academic Leadership Online Journal] <span class="wiki_link_ext">(TB )

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Leatherman, Dick
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Dick **Leatherman** is a volleyball teacher, coach and tournament organizer in San Diego, California. (<span class="wiki_link_ext">PC )

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Leek, van der
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Out in Delta, British Columbia, <span class="wiki_link_ext">LT reports seeing a truck belonging to the van der **Leek** Roofing Company.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Lenders, John
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">The new [|Treasurer] of the state of Victoria in Australia is Mr. John **Lenders**, writes <span class="wiki_link_ext">TB.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Little, Reed
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">DC2 drew my attention to the author Reed **Little**, who helped write "[|Documenting Software Architectures]", a page-turner if there ever was one.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Lyon and Cook
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Writes <span class="wiki_link_ext">KB : "Up until the mid-nineties (?) there was an accounting firm in Bathurst, NB, called **Lyon and Cook**. I laugh when I think of them "lyin' to the tax department and cookin' the books".

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Madoff, Bernard
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">American financier Bernard **Madoff** (pronounced 'made off') has been sentenced to 150 years behind bars by a New York court for masterminding a massive fraud that robbed investors of $65 billion. GJO comments, "He may have made off with the dough but justice eventually caught up with him".

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Makepeace, Dr. James
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Dr. James **Makepeace**, professor of sociology in 1987 at the college of St. Benedict at St. John's University in Minnessota, was a specialist in family violence. (//The Gazette//, Montréal, September 29, 1987) (<span class="wiki_link_ext">AB )

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Mallett, Dr. D. V.
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">KP found the chiropractor Dr. D. V. **Mallett** on LeMarchant Road, St. John's, Newfoundland.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Mann, Jessica Helen
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Jessica Helen **Mann** was a very good student in anthropology at McGill University in Montréal. In June 1998, she graduated with honours in Anthropology and Religious Studies, and also made the Dean's Honour List. (<span class="wiki_link_ext">CT )

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Marine, Sally
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">UK contributor <span class="wiki_link_ext">PW reports that Sally **Marine** was an administrator at the [|Southampton Oceanography Centre].

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Mauve, Anton
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">IF discovered that the artist Vincent van Gogh originall made drawings, and was introduced to painting in colour by his artist cousin Anton **Mauve**. The full biography can be found [|here].

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">McAnally, Dr. James R.
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Dr. James R. **McAnally** is a specialist in implant, cosmetic & restorative dentistry in Seattle. (//Queen Anne/Magnolia New//s, Seattle, July 8, 1998) (<span class="wiki_link_ext">LM )

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">McQuestion, Diana
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Diana **McQuestion** heads the Meetings and Publications division of the [|Science and Technology Corporation], at their head office in Virginia.<span class="wiki_link_ext"> MT saw her name on a brochure advertising a scientific conference. Folks wanting more information were invited to contact her!

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Miller, Dusty
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Writes <span class="wiki_link_ext">TB : "<span class="wiki_link_ext">Dusty **Miller** is the name of the CFMEU representative (the main trade union in construction, forestry and forest products, mining and energy production) called in for negotiations to prevent the closure of a timber mill that went into receivership in Canberra this month. Dusty races dirt track sidecars when he gets a chance.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Moller, Dr. Michelle
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">CH noticed a dentist in the Halifax Yellow Pages named Dr. Michelle **Moller**.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Moneymaker, Chris
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">NP reminds us of the champion poker player [|Chris Moneymaker].

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Moore, Rob
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Regular contributor <span class="wiki_link_ext">IF reports "We went to a wedding in Rothesay on the weekend. All over southern New Brunswick were huge campaign signs promoting "**Rob Moore**". Unfortunately, he was running for the Conservatives, not the Liberals." (Canada had a Federal election in June 2004, following a scandal involving dubious expenditure of tax revenue. The Liberals won, but were given only a minority government.)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Mosele, Sandra
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Frequent contributor <span class="wiki_link_ext">GJO found Sandra **Mosele**, General Manager and Winemaker for Kooyong and Port Phillip Estate, Australia.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Mudd, Dr. Gavin
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Another Oz contributor, <span class="wiki_link_ext">GJO, reports that Dr. Gavin **Mudd** is a representative of Monash University's Institute for Sustainable Water Resources, and commented on the radio about the water shortages in Sydney, Australia. Apparently, plans for a desalination plant have just been shelved and aquifers in the Southern Highlands have been mooted as a potential source of drinking water. We hope they do not end up with "muddy waters"! (a little blues joke)