Abraham Maslow (April 1, 1908 – June 8, 1970) is one of the twentieth century’s most cited psychologists. In his major works, “Motivation and Personality ” (1954) and “Toward a Psychology of Being” (1962), Maslow introduced the “Hierarchy of Needs,” his most famous theory, which formulated a list of basic human needs that need to be fulfilled for maximum psychological health…
One of the country’s most recognizable faces on cable news, Wolf Blitzer was born to Polish Jewish Holocaust survivors in 1948. Today, he serves as one of the principal anchors for CNN, a company he’s worked for since 1990. Blitzer began his career in 1972 with Reuters…
Ever since Michael Massimino was a young boy he dreamed of getting off this planet. It started in 1969 when Neil Armstrong made his historic moon landing. On that day, 7-year-old Massimino vowed that he’d overcome his bad eyesight, fear of heights, and modest surroundings to become an astronaut…
Media executive Jeffrey Bewkes has been one of the most influential figures in U.S. television for more than two decades. Most recently, Bewkes was at the helm of Time Warner, a juggernaut which comprises the likes of HBO, CNN, Warner Bros. studios, TBS, TNT, and the Cartoon Network…
Today, younger audiences may know actor Ed Harris best as The Man in Black on HBO’s “Westworld,” but the highly prolific performer has appeared in over 100 TV shows and films so far. Born in 1950 to a middle-class New Jersey family, Harris would have to wait until 1983 for his breakout role as astronaut John Glenn in “The Right Stuff”…
Among the most respected and accomplished statesmen of his generation, Ban Ki-moon is best known for serving as the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 2007 to 2016. Born in the Republic of Korea in 1944, Ban helped steer the UN through a volatile period that included the Arab Spring, nuclear pursuits in Iran and North Korea…
Thomas Woodrow Wilson, nicknamed the “schoolmaster in politics,” was an academic, politician, and the 28th President of the United States. Born in 1856, Wilson spent nearly two decades of his professional career in academia, earning himself a reputation for being a dedicated scholar and enthusiastic orator…
Mayim Bialik has spent a good part of her life in front of TV cameras: first as the title character of the 90s sitcom “Blossom,” and more recently as the nerdy neuroscientist Amy Farrah Fowler on the hit “The Big Bang Theory.” Bialik started her career as a child actress in the late 1980s…
Academy Award-nominated actress Maggie Gyllenhaal has starred in a wide range of films, from Hollywood blockbusters to quirky, off-beat indies, such as the cult classic “Donnie Darko.” Born in 1977, her parents are both filmmakers and her brother is the famous actor Jake Gyllenhaal…
Actress, comedian, and producer Kathryn Hahn had a feeling she was going to be in show business ever since her first appearance on television as a fourth grader in 1983: a local puppet show for children in the Cleveland, Ohio area. It would take many years of hard work and sacrifice before she found widespread recognition…
