Lawrence Roberts ARPAnet Project Manager
Roberts was recruited to be the project manager of an “intergalactic computer network.”
From This is True for 30 December 2018
Volume 8
Zura Karuhimbi “Witch doctor”
“Her story is a reminder that humanity prevails, even in the most difficult situations.”
From This is True for 23 December 2018
Ellsworth Wareham Heart surgeon
“I think that if you’re old, you should keep away from old people. And keep with young people.”
From This is True for 16 December 2018
Evelyn Berezin Computer designer
Berezin designed the first airline reservation system, and the first stand-alone word processor.
From This is True for 9 December 2018
Gloria Katz Screenwriter
Some unknown filmmaker Huyck met in film school asked her and her husband to work on a script for him.
From This is True for 2 December 2018
Olivia Hooker School psychologist
“It’s not about you or me,” she said, “it’s about what we can give to this world.”
From This is True for 25 November 2018
Andrew Fitzgerald Engineman Third Class
Fitzgerald was thrown off the lifeboat in 60-ft seas, but managed to rescue his crew — and then the crew of a doomed ship.
From This is True for 18 November 2018
Bernard Bragg Actor
As a child, Bragg had no idea he was deaf.
From This is True for 4 November 2018
Earl Bakken Electric tinkerer
Bakken invented the first portable battery-operated pacemaker.
From This is True for 28 October 2018
Todd Bol Little Free Library creator
Bol was the creator of the Little Free Library movement.
From This is True for 21 October 2018