Born: Sept. 22, 1942Basketball marketing expert and NBA commissioner since 1984; took office the year Michael Jordan turned pro; has presided over stunning artistic and financial success of NBA…
poetBorn: 1914Birthplace: New York City One of the most important yet most unsung American poets, David Ignatow enjoyed a career that spanned fifty years and earned him the epithet poet of the…
actorBorn: 11/12/1966Birthplace: New York City Best known for playing geeky paleontologist Ross on Friends (1994– ), Schwimmer toyed with becoming a lawyer before committing himself to acting. Co-…
authorDied: January 7, 2008 (Norway, Maine) Best Known as: author of antinuclear best-seller "No Place to Hide" David Bradley was a writer, surgeon, champion…
singerBorn: December 20, 1982Birthplace: Houston, TexasBest Known as: winner of American Idol David Cook was the surprise winner of the seventh season of American…
inventorBorn: 1939Died: 2000 By synthesizing captopril during their careers at Bristol Myers Squibb, Cushman and Ondetti created the first medical treatment that…
journalist and authorBorn: April 10, 1934Birthplace: New York CityDied: April 23, 2007 (Menlo Park, Calif.) David Halberstam made his mark as a journalist during…
inventorBorn: 2 April 1914Best Known as: inventor of the Leukocyte Reduction Filter David Pall invented the Leukocyte Reduction Filter which makes blood transfusions…
playwrightBorn: 8/11/1957 Birthplace: Los Angeles, California The eldest of three children, Hwang was born to parents of Chinese heritage. He graduated from Stanford University in 1979 and taught…
