A medical doctor, Scott had wide interests: he interned in surgery, and then narrowed that concentration to neurosurgery. But that wasn’t it either: he went on to do another residency in ophthalmology, finishing in 1961, when he was immediately hired as a Senior Scientist at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, where he also served as … Read more
From This is True for 26 December 2021
Born in Poland, Orenstein had a little problem with the Nazis: he was Jewish, and survived multiple concentration camps during World War II, including Budzyn, Majdanek, Plaszow, and Ravensbruck, surviving by claiming to have a science background. After the war he moved to the United States, where he lived with an uncle. Seeing a doll … Read more
From This is True for 19 December 2021
Born in Canada, in 1963 Trombley and her husband moved to Windsor, Ont., where she got a job as a receptionist at CKLW-AM radio, which was just beginning its “glory years” after dumping its variety programming and focusing on contemporary hits. The station had a huge audience south of the border, especially in Cleveland, Ohio, … Read more
From This is True for 5 December 2021