Lincoln Chafee launched his political career nearly 40 years ago and would come to serve as a mayor, senator, and governor for Rhode Island. Following a long family line of Ocean State politicians that dates back to the 19th century, he was appointed to fill the U.S. Senate seat of his father John Chafee, who died in 1999…
In 1942, following a series of Japanese victories, including at Pearl Harbor, U.S. pilot James “Jimmy” Doolittle led a daring bombing raid over Tokyo. It was the first American attack on the Japanese mainland. After Doolittle’s 16 planes (of volunteer crews) dropped their bombs, they were forced to crash-land in other countries because they lacked fuel to return to their carrier…
A former government official and lawyer, David Rubenstein co-founded The Carlyle Group in 1987. Since then, Carlyle has grown into one of the world’s largest and most successful private investment firms today, managing more than $260 billion from 40 offices around the world…
Zach Braff broke onto the Hollywood scene in the early 2000s when he was cast as the lead actor in the hit medical comedy “Scrubs.” In the show, Braff portrayed the hapless J.D., who became a fan favorite because of his humor and eccentric personality. During the show’s lengthy run from 2001-2010, Braff was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2005; and for three Golden Globe Awards from 2005 to 2007…
John Mulaney is an award-winning stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He is best known for his stand-up specials “The Top Part” (2009), “New in Town” (2012), “The Comeback Kid” (2015), and “Kid Gorgeous” (2018), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special. After completing his university education…
David Rockefeller, the last surviving grandson of Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller, embodied an era when globe-trotting banking chiefs worked in tandem with the world’s most powerful leaders. An heir to the Rockefeller family fortune, he served in North Africa and France in military intelligence during World War II. In 1946, he began his banking career as an assistant manager with Chase National Bank…
Brian Dennehy was nearly 40 when he first broke into Hollywood, but this didn’t stop him from putting together a career that spanned over 60 films and 100 TV productions and stage plays. After completing his education, Dennehy started working as a stockbroker for Merrill Lynch in Manhattan during the mid-1970s…
Famous for his oratorical gifts, Daniel Webster was one of the seminal figures of nineteenth century America, leaving his mark on the country as a lawyer and statesman. During his nearly 30 years in government, Webster served as Secretary of State three times, under three different Presidents; he served twice in the Senate; and he served twice in the U.S. House of Representatives…
In 1994, Sam Waterston joined the cast of the original NBC series “Law & Order,” unaware that he’d be playing the role of district attorney Jack McCoy for the next 16 years, until the series wrapped in 2010. An accomplished actor, Waterston has starred in over 80 film and television productions during his impressive 50+ year career…
A futurist and pioneer of human-computer interfacing, Raymond Kurzweil has enriched our society with inventions that improve the quality of life for disabled people, while also merging technology with the arts. In 1976, he developed the Kurzweil Reading Machine—the first machine that could read printed and typed documents aloud…
