February 11, 2015
David McCullough is an author, historian, narrator, and lecturer whose work has made him known around the world. He has received the Pulitzer Prize and National […]
February 11, 2015
Cyril Wecht was a coroner, physician, lawyer, author, lecturer, politician, professor, media consultant, and forensic expert. One thing you cannot call him is boring. He was […]
February 11, 2015
Johnny Angel and his bandmates, the Halos, have been a part of the Pittsburgh music realm since 1972. “I think we are the longest surviving group […]
February 11, 2015
There have been many occasions where someone’s life is so unusual that it will inspire a legend. This is the case with John Chapman. It is […]
February 11, 2015
Humanity is truly fortunate that Jonas Salk choose medicine over his original goal of becoming an attorney. Or perhaps we should thank his mother, who never […]
February 11, 2015
The name Schenley has been immortalized all over Pittsburgh. If Mary Elizabeth Croghan Schenley were alive today her name would certainly be in the headlines of […]
February 11, 2015
If ever a man was not of his time, it was Fred Rogers. Mr. Rogers was kind, demure, and decidedly square, by the world’s culture at […]
February 11, 2015
The woman who would become famous as Nellie Bly was born Elizabeth Jane Cochran on May 5, 1864. She was the child of a prominent judge […]
February 11, 2015
Pittsburgh, like the best metropolitan cities, has been a melting pot whose famous notables rose above humble beginnings to contribute to our national identity. From sports […]