Joel Moskowitz Ceramic engineer
“We would get letters from the guys whose lives we saved.”
From This is True for 22 March 2015
business
Known for their business and/or finance abilities.
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
Cosimo Matassa Rock producer
“Virtually every R&B record made in New Orleans between the late 40s and the early 70s was engineered by Cosimo Matassa.”
From This is True for 14 September 2014
Oscar Dystel Book editor
Simply, Dystel was not a writer, but had an eye for great writing.
From This is True for 1 June 2014
André Schiffrin Book publisher
Born in Paris, Schiffrin was the son of a book publisher who had to flee the Nazis. The family settled in the United States, and André followed in his father’s footsteps: in 1961 he became the managing director of publishing at Pantheon Books, which was established in 1942 by several Europeans who fled the Nazis … Read more
From This is True for 8 December 2013
Murray Gershenz Music Man
Gershenz started collecting music albums when he was 16.
From This is True for 1 September 2013
Muriel Siebert Financial Maverick
Siebert was the first woman to hold a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.
From This is True for 25 August 2013
Agnes Turk Richardson Savvy nun
As a child growing up in Los Angeles, ‘Midge’ Richardson was an “extra” in more films than she can remember (believed to be more than 100), so she thought she would like to be an actress. “I think when we got into high school, we got a little more sensible about it,” she said, and … Read more
From This is True for 23 December 2012