I believe in the power of health and well-being. Corporations have a special opportunity because healthier employees make the business more successful. I believe if we help people at Google, other companies may follow,...
Growing up as a child actor in New York, I won a role in the animated movie The Space Explorers. That hooked me on astronomy, so I soon retired from acting and wound up...
I’m very much a Midwesterner, and I think of myself that way. Very practical. Standard. I’d say I’m normal, but I’m actually from Champaign, and Normal is about 50 miles further west. (That’s an...
The information technology business has grown from virtual nonexistence in 1950 to a $50 billion industry in 1980 to a $3.5 trillion market today. In five to six years, that market will be $9...
I got my master’s degree in animal science at Arizona State University. I went there to study cows. I had come a long way in my development by then. I didn’t speak until I was...
I always wanted to fly: It was my passion from the time I was 3 years old. I got an appointment to the Air Force Academy. Unfortunately, at the pre-induction physical, they measured my...
I like to joke that I graduated from the U of I in four terms: the Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan administrations. It’s not that I was a slow student, though I’ll admit I never...
Editor’s Note: Before this article was published, we were informed that Chef Allen had died from a heart attack. He was 36. I was a food science and nutrition major at the U of I....
As a mom as well as a concussion specialist working with the Chicago Bears, Blackhawks, White Sox, Fire and National Women’s Soccer League, I’m often asked if I would let my own son play...
I can’t say that when I started in business I intended to end up in the Smithsonian Institute, but that’s what happened. My relationship with the first item that won me entry into the...
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