Ching-Liang Lin was born in Okayama, Takao, Empire of Japan back in 193.  She graduated from the Kaohsiung Municipal Girls’ Senior High School.  After graduation, she enrolled in the University of Tokyo where she graduated with a doctorate in physics in 1966.  She returned to Taiwan in 1970 where she was asked to create a physics department at Soowchow University.The same year she married Feng and the couple left around 1972 to the United States where they worked at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. From 1981-83 she became a professor of physics at the National Taiwan University.  During that time an audit of the department was arranged and it was found that a radioactive source that was meant to be stored safely was missing.  She stepped down from her management role and contin... 06/14/2021

Lillian Marie Bounds was born in Spalding, Idaho back in 1899.  She attended Lapwai High School.  After graduation she attended a year of business college before moving to southern California in 1923 to live with her sister Hazel’s family.  She worked at the Disney Studio in the “ink and paint” department as a secretary.It was there where she met and married her husband.  Because of her father being deceased her uncle who was the chief of the Lewiston Fire Department, gave the bride away.  The couple had two daughters, Diane Marie and Sharon Mae. It is her who named someone you may have heard of Mickey Mouse.Surely, if you haven’t figured it out by now her husband was Walt Disney.  She died in 1997, she was 98.Your day is worthwhile when you make someone smile, so give the free gift of ... 06/13/2021

Clarence Walton Lillehei was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota back in 1918 to Clarence and Elizabeth.  He attended West High School graduating in 1935.  After graduation, he attended the University of Minnesota earing 4 degrees including a B.S. (with distinction) in 1939, his M.D. (alpha Omega Alpha) in 1942, his M.S. in physiology in 1951, and his Ph.D. in surgery in 1951.He trained more than 150 cardiac surgeons from 40 nations.  In 1967, he was appointed to the Lewis Atterbury Stimson professor and chairman of the surgery department at Cornell Medical Center, New York.  He returned to St. Paul, Minnesota in 1975, where he became the director of medical affairs at St. Jude Medical.  He died in 1999, he was 80.What you may not know about Clarence is that he was the surgeon who pioneered ... 06/12/2021

Charles W. Lindberg was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota back in 1920.  Shortly after the Japanese Navy attack on Pearl Harbor he joined the United States Marine Corps.  After basic training he volunteered for the Marine Raiders.  He saw combat on Guadalcanal and Bougainville.In 1944, his unit was disbanded and he returned to Camp Pendleton, California for more training.  He was assigned as a flamethrower operator, assigned to the 3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division.  On 19, February 1945, he landed with the fifth assault wave on Iwo Jima. On 1, March 1945, he was wounded and evacuated off the island.  For his actions he received the Silver Star for gallantry in action.  He was discharged in 1946, working as an electrician for 39 years.  He ... 06/17/2021