The griffin is the symbol of The Philadelphia Museum of Art. Similarly, prior to the mid-1990s a griffin formed part of the logo of Midland Bank (now HSBC).
The griffin is used in the logo of United Paper Mills, Vauxhall Motors, and of Scania and its former partners Saab Group and Saab Automobile.
Griffins, like many other fictional creatures, frequently appear within works under the fantasy genre. Examples of fantasy-oriented franchises that feature griffins include Warhammer Fantasy Battle, Warcraft, Heroes of Might and Magic, the Griffon in Dungeons & Dragons, Ragnarok Online, Harry Potter, The Spiderwick Chronicles, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, and The Battle for Wesnoth.
Three gryphons form the crest of Trinity College, Oxford (founded 1555), originating from the family crest of founder Sir Thomas Pope. The college's debating society is known as the Gryphon, and the notes of its master emeritus show it to be one of the oldest debating ]
The official seal of Purdue University was adopted during the University's centennial in 1969.
The College of William and Mary in Virginia changed its mascot to the griffin in April 2010.[43][44] The griffin was chosen because it is the combination of the British lion and the American eagle.
The 367th Training Support Squadron's and 12th Combat Aviation Brigade feature griffins in their unit patches.
The emblem of the Greek 15th Infantry Division features an ax-wielding griffin on its unit patch.
The English independent school of Wycliffe College features a griffin on its school crest.
The mascot of St. Mary's College, one of the 16 colleges in Durham University, is a griffin.
The mascot of Glenview Senior Public School in Toronto is the gryphon, and the name is incorporated into its sporting teams.
The mascot of the L&N STEM Academy in Knoxville, Tennessee, a public science, technology, engineering and math high school serving grades 9"12, is the gryphon. The school opened in August 2011. The gryphon is also incorporated into the school's robotics team.
The mascot of Charles G. Fraser Junior Public School in Toronto is the griffin, and an illustration of a griffin forms the school's logo.
The mascot of Glebe Collegiate Institute in Ottawa is the gryphon, and the team name is the Glebe Gryphons.
The griffin is the official mascot of Chestnut Hill College and Gwynedd Mercy University, both in Pennsylvania.
Also, the griffin is the official mascot of Maria Clara High School, known as the Blue Griffins in PobCaRan cluster of Caloocan, Philippines, which excels in cheerleading.
The mascot of Leadership High School in San Francisco, CA was chosen by the student body by popular vote to be the griffin after the Golden Gate University Griffins, where they operated out of from 1997 to 2000.
Public organizations (non-educational)
A griffin appears in the official seal of the Municipality of Heraklion, Greece.
A griffin appears in the official seal of the Waterloo Police Department (Iowa).
Do you make your purchases based on emotional response rather than economic rationality?
#61 | POSTED BY MADBOMBER AT 2021-09-22 02:53 PM | REPLY
That's exactly what the problem is in this situation. Employers are whining they have jobs but no one is applying. Economic rationale says you're not offering what market is asking. But their emotional response is it's my company and I decide how much the job is worth.