Emmett Chapman Stick player

A jazz musician, Chapman invented a new instrument: the Chapman Stick.

From This is True for 8 November 2021

Harry Rosenfeld Editor

Rosenfeld let two reporters chase a story. The story still echoes today.

From This is True for 18 July 2021

Bruce Meyers Buggy designer

Meyers invented the first good-looking, fiberglass body dune buggy that people actually wanted.

From This is True for 21 February 2021

Robert Gore The comfortably dry

Gore invented Gore-Tex fabric using an invention his father came up with: Teflon.

From This is True for 20 September 2020

Robert Loomis Book editor

“They say he’s an old-fashioned editor, but I’m not sure there were many of those kinds of editors even 30 or 40 years ago.”

From This is True for 26 April 2020

Joe Coulombe “Trader”

Coulombe was wildly successful after creating a grocery chain named for himself.

From This is True for 1 March 2020