General Douglas MacArthur to Robert Noyce
A great general, disgraced by Truman
Brilliant generalship in WW II and Korea, supervision of post-war Japan. Even his insubordination taught us a lesson about how our government works.
Gen. An example of courage and leadership, yes, Old Soldiers don't die they just fade away. Great men in the military has given this nation the true privilege of freedom that we now enjoy and take for granted. Freedom is not free. It is maintained by those who have chosen to give their life for it.
a general in three wars and commanding presence for 3 decades
Great American Army General
Reshaped Japan
grand conqueror in american history
HIS VISION AND EXECUTION OF DEVELOPMENT POST WW2 IN JAPAN ALLOWED THE POWER OF EASTERN CAPAITALISM. HE WAS A PRETTY GOOD SOLDIER IN THREE WARS, TOO
WW II General, Rebuilt Japan
General He won the war in the Pacific, and changed Japan into a democracy in six years.
exemplified the American spirit in post was Japan and was essential to the truce in North Korea
Is there really a need for an explanation? How could the man who beat back the Japanese in WWII be left off?
Five star general. Medal of Honor winner, service to his country
exemplified the American spirit in post was Japan and was essential to the truce in North Korea
I would rank Gen. Mc Arthur among the top ten on the list. Aside from his brilliant victories in commanding the allied forces in the Pacific during WWII, he engineered the political transformation of Japan from a brutal dictatorship to a thriving democracy. Largely through his diplomacy he shaped post WWII Japan in a manner that allowed Japan to be the dynamic, political and economic force it is today.
Greatest baseball player of all time
Author of one of the most influential books of all time—The Influence of Sea Power in History. Other nations headed his work sooner, but the U.S. was able to win WWII largely because of its navy.
First woman Head Chief of the Cherokee Tribe...a virtual unknown except to the Native peoples
Influencing today's generation
There is no sport's icon that brings more emotion to the heart of the baby boomers
Favorite
Single most influential law enforcement official since Sir Robert Peele. Maple was the creator of the COMPSTAT outcome management system that has revolutionized law enforcement worldwide.
Helped to define a new, positive psychology—putting an emphasis on happiness rather than pathology. Maslow helped to pioneer a positive approach to psychology. Asking what made people happy and whole gave psychology a very different focus than asking why people are neurotic or miserable.
establisher of our most important ''right of the people to keep and bear arms''
His ideas inspired Thomas Jefferson
Relentless advocate of the Bill of RIghts, without him we might not have it.
As the source of ideas for the Bill of Rights, why is this founding father not on the list?
Author of the Bill of Rights. Unique concept of putting limits on the powers of government and protecting individual rights has defined our nation's heritage.
Mason drafted the Virginia Declaration of Rights which was later a model for the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution known as the Bill of Rights.
Extremely important evangelist.
First great hellfire and brimstone preacher
Demands answers.
Challenged Johnson in NH, caused Nixon to wind down Vietnam
Father of late 20th century liberalism
DESPITE "FACCIA BRUTE" WERE THERE NO COMMUNISTS IN THE STATE DEPT? IF YOU THINK NOT—YOU WANT TO BUY SWAMP LAND IN FLORIDA?
scoundrel and influence to this day
How can we forget the man whose career sets the standard for modern-day witch hunt? His defeat reaffirmed America's commitment to freedom of speech and association.
A whole decade of American history was dedicated to dealing with him. His disrupted the entire country and ruined many lives. He had a huge influence.
Singlehandedly made the country realize how an open society can be easily attacked, then made us realize why that risk is worthwhile
Foisted the Red Scare on the country
You don't have to have done GOOD things to have been influential
Embodiment of Big Brother, Red Scare
Helped shape American identity during the 20th century—both positively and negatively with his anti-communism policies
Defined almost half a century of American political life
His instictive turn led to spotting the Japanese fleet at Midway leading to a victory that changed WW II and the world forever
Arguably the most powerful Secretary of Defense, perpetuated the Vietnam war in the face of facts, Walter Cronkite and the American people
findings and pioneer woman
AFL-CIO
Again for SpaceShipOne for its outstanding,pathbreaking adventure in Space out of State run ones like NASA.
Established a bridge between easter and western religious traditions. His "Devout Meditation on Adolf Eichmann" should be required reading in The White House
Greatest prose stylist of the 20th century, champion of liberty, hired Darrow to defned Scopes and popularized the trial
For distinguishing American English from other forms of English
Ethernet inventor—powers the web!
First American Nobel Prize winner for his for his optical precision instruments and the spectroscopic and meteorological investigations carried out with their aid
One of our most prolific writers and historians.
Assassinated gay rights activist
As a representative of the growing strength of the GLBT community and its reshaping of society.
Without "junk" bonds there would be no Information Age
Brilliant playwright and chronicled through art the hysteria of the Mccarthy Era.
Economist and Teacher
Gone With the Wind
Her book and then the movie had a huge impact on America.
Wrote 'gone with the wind'
WWII Says Enough
The great American pin-up icon
Ever since, American men have been stuck on blondes and bosums.
To quote John Irving: "She was just like our whole country—not quite young anymore, but not old either; a little breathless, very beautiful, maybe a little stupid, maybe a lot smarter than she seemed."
Like it or not, it was her face that became a symbol for Hollywood, and was a sex icon for all of America in the 50's. Some may say she still is one, even today.
What did she or he NOT represent?
Another influential American who had more influence on religion than Eddy
NOTED THEOLOGIAN, CHRISTIAN MINISTER & AUTHOR
Another influential American who had more influence on religion than Eddy.
A proponent of faith and works, tirelessly reaching out to the common man.
One of the big reasons we're not all speaking with British accents right now
Inventor of Traffic Signal and other things
Inventor of the Traffic Light and Gas Mask
Fruit fly experiments demonstrated genes and chromosomes as the mechanical basis of heredity.
Free homesteads and land grant colleges made one of the greatest American social revolutions.
Jim would beat anyone in anything
Poet, sex symbol, personification of the angst and desperation of the dark side of the counter-culture.
First African American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature
introduced first practical anesthetic (ether).
This leader of the MS Freedom Summer current fighter for freedom through mathematical knowledge is becomingly modest but the near equal of DR King.
Influenced modern New York City for good or ill
Impact on urban development
Built America's first limited-access roads, the precursors of our ubiquitous highways.
Convenor with Mrs. Stanton and the radical Quakers of Waterloo, of the first women's rights convention in the world. Lifetime human rights and non-violent resistance advocate.
He was the first black modern leader who wanted to and did create a program for self for the black man and woman in America
Father of Nature Conservation/Preservation/National Parks
Founder of Sierra Club, initiator of Yosemite National Park, the man who more than anyone taught Americans to love and protect wild natural places.
Primary force behind establishment of Yosemite National Park, extremely instrumental in the conservation movement.
National parks. Nuff said.
Our foremost preservationist
his name in itself is its story
One of the fathers of America's National Parks
Brilliant writer and natural and founder of the Sierra Club—-the environmental movement deserves reps in top 100
The list gives short shrift to the importance of preserving out natural heritage
Preservation of America's beauty and pioneer environmentalist
Father of Environmentalism
Great President
He set the stage for broadcast journalism as a means to keep Americans informed on political issues.
Father of TV journalism, straw that broke Senator McCarthy's back, voice of WW2 to americans on radio
Created modern news reporting and faced down McCarthy
First he brought the horrors of war and the Holocaust into our homes and then he showed that journalists could stand up to demagogues when he helped bring down Joseph McCarthy.
Described the indescribable and challenged power in the new medium of television. The gold standard of journalism.
Began the decline of McCarthyism
News media responsibility for social and governmental accountability
Model of journalistic integrity
Still casts a shadow over the field of journalism 40 years after his death
Invented Basketball
Invented non-cooperative equilibria, which is still used today as bargaining method by institutes world wide.
Father of American political cartooning
Dramatic brilliance
The most important theologian in the 20th whose critical realism abides
Anti-Stalinist left, Americans for Democratic Action, Neo-orthodox Christianity, Intellectual Influence on Neo-conservatism
Helped mold the best thinking of the WW II and Cold War eras; a moralist and a realist and a great theologian
The Neibuhr Brothers
After Jonathan Edwards, the two American theologians with the most significant impact on American life.
Most influential American theologian of the 20th century
Led the way in ministering to our troops
Did a lot for nursing, especially hygiene.
Chester Nimitz
He crafted the US Navy from the mud of Pearl Harbor to the greatest Navy in history in less than 3 yrs. Overwhelming an enemy that had brought war to America
Visionary and practioner of Total Envelopment Warfare.
Pastored 2 churches in Ft Worth, Texas and in Michigan. Michigan Church had the largest sunday school in the world.
Without them we would still be using slide rules
the chip—as much a part of life as the electric lite
No isoplanar transistor, no teeny tiny telephones and TV remote controls.
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