Born and raised in Decatur, Ill., Loewen attended Minnesota’s Carleton College, during which time he spent a semester in an exchange program at a college in Mississippi. There, he was struck by the difference in culture — and became suspicious about what he had learned in history classes. He went on to earn a Ph.D … Read more
From This is True for 29 August 2021
Born in Texas, Galloway initially enrolled in community college after high school, but dropped out to join the Army. His mother convinced him to study journalism, and he did, but he mixed the two careers: he became a war correspondent with United Press International, and assigned to a “new” American war: Vietnam. His first battle … Read more
From This is True for 22 August 2021
Born and raised in Ohio (as Fred Laderman), Ladd graduated from Ohio State University after studying speech and radio broadcasting. He was long interested in both: as a child, he did impersonations of movie and radio stars. After a year at a FM radio station in New York City, he took a job at an … Read more
From This is True for 15 August 2021
A pilot, Eby received the Air Medal in 1946 for his services in the U.S. Navy in World War II. Like many military pilots, after discharge he became an airline pilot — in this case, for American Airlines in 1950. When the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 widebody tri-jet came out in 1970, Eby flew that plane … Read more
From This is True for 8 August 2021
Born in Boston, Mass., Brody started at MIT at age 17. While still studying for a degree in Food Technology, he worked on the side at General Foods’ Birdseye Fisheries Lab, working on a team that was the first to successfully create frozen fish sticks. He stayed on at MIT through his Ph.D, and still … Read more
From This is True for 1 August 2021