Today's Quote:-
The idea is to die Young as late as possible
Ashley Montagu.
A Word about Authors
Ashley Montagu
Montague Francis Ashley-Montagu (born Israel Ehrenberg; June 28,
1905 - November 26, 1999) was a British-American anthropologist who
popularized the study of topics such as race and gender and their
relation to politics and development.He was the rapporteur, in 1950,
for the UNESCO "statement on race".
As a young man he changed his name from Ehrenberg to "Montague
Francis Ashley-Montagu". After relocating to the United States he
used the name "Ashley Montagu".
Montagu, who became a naturalized American citizen in 1940, taught
and lectured at Harvard, Princeton, Rutgers, the University of
California, Santa Barbara, and New York University. Forced out of
his Rutgers position after the McCarthy hearings, he repositioned
himself as a public intellectual in the 1950s and 1960s, appearing
regularly on television shows and writing for magazines and
newspapers. He authored over 60 books throughout this lifetime.
In 1995, the American Humanist Association named him the Humanist of
the Year.
Alan Kay
Alan Curtis Kay (born May 17, 1940) is an American computer
scientist best known for his pioneering work on object-oriented
programming and windowing graphical user interface (GUI) design. At
Xerox PARC he led the design and development of the first modern
windowed computer desktop interface. There he also led the
development of the influential object-oriented programming language
Smalltalk, both personally designing most of the early versions of
the language and coining the term "object-oriented."
He has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Royal Society
of Arts. He received the Turing award in 2003.
Kay is also a former professional jazz guitarist, composer, and
theatrical designer. He also is an amateur classical pipe
organist.
Jimmy Dean
Jimmy Ray Dean (August 10, 1928 - June 13, 2010)was an American
country music singer, television host, actor and businessman. He was
the creator of the Jimmy Dean sausage brand as well as the spokesman
for its TV commercials, and his likeness continues to be used in
advertisements after his death.
He became a national television personality starting on CBS in 1957.
He rose to fame for his 1961 country music crossover hit into rock
and roll with "Big Bad John" and his 1963 television series The
Jimmy Dean Show gave puppeteer Jim Henson his first national
exposure with his character, Rowlf.
His acting career included appearing in the early seasons in the
Daniel Boone TV series as the sidekick of the famous frontiersman
played by star Fess Parker. Later, he was on the big screen in a
supporting role as billionaire Willard Whyte in the James Bond film
Diamonds Are Forever (1971), starring Sean Connery.