Walter Sondheim Jr Educator
“I’ve never known a man with so much integrity in my life.”
From This is True for 11 February 2007
education
Educators and other mentors
Joseph Kauffman Public servant
Kauffman was the Peace Corps’ first Director of Training.
From This is True for 1 October 2006
Tom Ferguson E-patient
A physician who helped people heal themselves, then had to do the same for himself.
From This is True for 23 April 2006
Otis Cary Japan expert
Cary dedicated his life to helping Japan.
From This is True for 16 April 2006
Peter F. Drucker Management guru
Drucker said that the highest executive in a corporation should earn no more than 20 times the lowest-paid worker.
From This is True for 6 November 2005
E. Harris Nober The alarming
Nober made sure a smoke alarm would wake you up.
From This is True for 22 May 2005
Gerard Debreu The demanding
“He really was the most important contributor to the development of formal math models within economics.”
From This is True for 2 January 2005
Tung-Yen Lin Bridge engineer
Born in Shanghai, Lin trained as an engineer. His passion was bridges, and to make them better he used prestressed concrete, which uses embedded high-tension steel cables to allow more economical and better-looking building techniques. During his career, he oversaw the constructions of thousands of bridges, including a thousand in China alone. His ideas spread … Read more
From This is True for 16 November 2003
Michel Navratil Titanic survivor
Navratil was the last male survivor of the Titanic.
From This is True for 28 January 2001