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Yes, there are people honored in many of our categories. Here, we recognize those who’ve made contributions in unusual fields. They’re inventors, humorists, and generals. And though we’re scrupulously nonpolitical, we have a couple of Presidents here, too.
Person: Paul Harvey
What was it about Paul Harvey that catapulted him to the top of his profession? Was it the interesting mix of stories he chose, alternating...
Read MorePerson: Helen Keller
I’m sure you know the story of Helen Keller’s childhood, captured without much embellishment in The Miracle Worker. The victim...
Read MorePerson: Dr. Jonas Salk
We often hear winter called the cold and flu season. But in post-World War II America, summer was the season of fear. Summer was the season...
Read MorePerson: Rosa Parks
She worked her shift as a seamstress, a day like any other in a job that didn’t change much. She took her seat on the city bus, no...
Read MorePeople: Orville and Wilbur Wright
As Orville piloted their flying machine a week before Christmas in 1903 and Wilbur ran alongside, do you think the Wright Boys had any...
Read MorePerson: Chuck Yeager
My father ran the control board for the wind tunnels at Langley Field in Hampton, Virginia. As new airplane models were tested, he watched...
Read MorePerson: Billy Graham
Billy Graham has preached the gospel to more people than anyone in history. During one appearance in Seoul, South Korea alone, he addressed...
Read MorePerson: Walt Disney
Lots of people have changed American culture. Some for better, some for worse. But few have had the positive influence that Walter Elias...
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