Johnnie Jones War hero
“Wanting to be dressed appropriately that many years later [shows] he is still thinking like a Soldier.”
From This is True for 1 May 2022
Volume 10
2022-2023
Barbara Hall Puzzler
She made newspaper puzzles over seven decades, and was Britain’s longest serving crossword compiler.
From This is True for 25 April 2022
Art Rupe Rock producer
His analysis: the secret of a good-selling recording was a big band-like sound, but with a “churchy feel.”
From This is True for 18 April 2022
Jerry Uelsmann Photographic surrealist
“There are no uninteresting things. There are just uninterested people.”
From This is True for 10 April 2022
Bill Fries “C.W. McCall”
A TV commercial maker turned music star.
From This is True for 3 April 2022
John Roach Personal computer pioneer
Roach came up with the TRS-80 computer. It was a runaway best-seller.
From This is True for 27 March 2022
Steve Wilhite GIF inventor
Wilhite invented the Graphics Interchange Format, or GIF.
From This is True for 21 March 2022
Donald Pinkel Pediatrician
“He really is the man that cured leukemia.”
From This is True for 13 March 2022
Charles Csuri Computer artist
Csuri was the “father of computer art.”
From This is True for 6 March 2022
David Boggs Ethernet engineer
“Seems Ethernet does not work in theory,” Boggs deadpanned in response, “only in practice.”
From This is True for 27 February 2022