He invested in and managed a restaurant in Eugene, then sold his share to take a job in the sports-marketing department at Nike, which had sponsored him during his racing days.
By 1857 Muravyov had sponsored four expeditions down the Amur; during the third one, in 1856, the left bank and lower reaches of the river had actually been occupied by the Russians.
The company has sponsored events and parties during New York Fashion Week, along with other hipster-geared seminars, art shows and parties, including the aforementioned Edun presentation.
The full-court press to enlist celebrities -- from Hollywood, the theater, music and the art world -- has been intense, powered largely by Moveon.org, the liberal online group, which has sponsored many cultural-political events during the last few months.
Finally, in each of the last several years, the law library's Library Innovation Lab has sponsored a summer fellows program, during which fellows work on their own projects and on other projects in collaboration with Lab members.
She has sponsored many performers and songwriters during her career, assembled and presided over three stellar bands and been a generous duettist: one Emmylou Harris fan-club estimate of her stints singing backup for other artists is 283, second only to Willie Nelson.
In his keynote address, former Congressman Frank Wolf, now Distinguished Senior Fellow, 21st Century Wilberforce Initiative, brought deep personal expertise to this topic, having sponsored many religious freedom bills during his time in Congress, and also having personally traveled to many of the world's hot spots on religious freedom issues, including Iraq, China, Nigeria and others.
Amtrak has sponsored some of his concerts.
IBM has sponsored a school in New York.
Bloomberg L.P. has sponsored the project.
