Michael Dann TV programmer
Dann brought a multitude of hit shows to CBS, back when it was a respected network.
From This is True for 5 June 2016
business
Known for their business and/or finance abilities.
Remo Belli Drum pioneer
Remo, the company he founded, still makes drums.
From This is True for 1 May 2016
George Weidenfeld Gutsy publisher
Weidenfeld put his money to “repay the debt” to the Christians who took him and his parents in.
From This is True for 24 January 2016
Sasha Petraske Bartender
Petraske wasn’t “a” bartender, he may have been the most influential bartender ever.
From This is True for 23 August 2015
Don Featherstone Birdmaker
Blame Featherstone for Phoenicopterus ruber plasticus (as he dubbed them).
From This is True for 28 June 2015
Roger Mayer Film preservationist
“He saved hundreds of films that would have been lost had he left them where he found them.”
From This is True for 29 March 2015
Joel Moskowitz Ceramic engineer
“We would get letters from the guys whose lives we saved.”
From This is True for 22 March 2015
Michele Ferrero Chocolate magnate
A candy maker, Ferrero took over the company his father had built, and turned it into a world-wide powerhouse.
From This is True for 15 February 2015
Lowell Steward Airman
In high school, Steward was interested in going to college, but the school steered him to a vocational career instead — because he was Black. Instead, he went to Los Angeles Junior College until he could be accepted at Santa Barbara State College (now the University of California at Santa Barbara). He was the only … Read more
From This is True for 21 December 2014