All achievers Congressman John R. Lewis Champion of Civil Rights Biography Profile Interview Gallery Download our free multi-touch iBook The Road to Civil Rights — available for your Mac or iOS device on Apple…
All achievers Jonas Salk, M.D. Developer of the Polio Vaccine Biography Profile Interview Gallery Listen to this achiever on What It Takes What It Takes is an audio podcast produced by the American Academy of…
All achievers Ruth Bader Ginsburg Justice, Supreme Court of the United States Biography Profile Interview Gallery Listen to this achiever on What It Takes What It Takes is an audio podcast produced by the American…
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Franklin Story Musgrave was born in Boston and raised on his parents’ farm near Stockbridge, Massachusetts. By his own account, his early home life was violent and chaotic, but he found solace in nature and learned…
Alan B. Shepard, Jr. was born and raised in East Derry, New Hampshire. His father was a retired Army officer. Alan grew up on the family farm and attended East Derry’s one-room schoolhouse. As a boy he did odd jobs…
All achievers James Cameron Film Futurist Biography Profile Interview Gallery Just do it. Just pick up a camera and start shooting something. Filmmaker, Inventor and Explorer Date of Birth August 16, 1954 James…
All achievers Quincy Jones Music Impresario Biography Profile Interview Gallery Listen to this achiever on What It Takes What It Takes is an audio podcast produced by the American Academy of Achievement featuring…
