Respect Your Elders: Eugene Lee
#RespectYourElders: Eugene Lee (born 1939) is an award-winning American set designer. He is most known for his work on Broadway and his role as an original production designer for “Saturday […]
Respect Your Elders: Yuichiro Miura
#RespectYourElders: Yuichiro Miura (born 1932) is a Japanese alpinist and the oldest man to climb Mount Everest, which he accomplished for the first time at age 70. He went on […]
Respect Your Elders: Norman Lear
#RespectYourElders: Norman Lear (born 1922) is a critically acclaimed television comedy writer and producer, most commonly known for his work on “The Jeffersons,” “Good Times” and introducing the world to […]
Respect Your Elders: Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan (born 1941) became the newest winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature last week. He is the first musician to ever receive this honor, which takes into account a lifetime of work.
Respect Your Elders: Betsey Johnson
#RespectYourElders: Betsey Johnson (born 1942) is one of America’s most celebrated designers, and has delighted fashionistas of many generations since the 1960s. Johnson got her start after winning a guest […]
Respect Your Elders: Maggie Smith
#RespectYourElders: Dame Margaret “Maggie” Smith (born 1934) has worked as a stage, film and television actor for over 60 years. This week, at age 81, she won her fourth Emmy […]
Respect Your Elders: Floyd Norman
#RespectYourElders: Floyd Norman (born 1935) was the first African-American Walt Disney Productions hired as an animator, and at age 81, he’s still in the studio today. Norman was raised in […]
Respect Your Elders: Iris Apfel
#RespectYourElders: Known for her bold sense of style, Iris Apfel (born 1921) is the 94-year-old American fashion icon whose career is still going strong. Apfel was born and raised in […]
Respect Your Elders: Mark Spitz
#RespectYourElders: In honor of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games beginning in Rio this past weekend, it’s a good time to look back at one of the greatest Olympic champions in […]
Respect Your Elders: Carmen Herrera
#RespectYourElders: Carmen Herrera is finally getting full recognition for her artistic works — at age 101. Herrera, a Cuban-born abstract painter, began making art in the 1940s and 50s, but she […]
Respect Your Elders: Barbara Cook
#RespectYourElders: Barbara Cook (born 1927), a Tony-award winning actress, recently published a memoir about her life titled “Then & Now.” Cook is best known for her performances in the original […]
Respect Your Elders: Dr. Henry Heimlich
#RespectYourElders: Dr. Henry Heimlich (born 1920) is an American thoracic surgeon best known for inventing the Heimlich maneuver, a technique that utilizes abdominal thrusts to stop someone from choking. Heimlich […]
Respect Your Elders: Jane Goodall
#RespectYourElders: Dr. Jane Goodall (born 1934), is one of the world’s best-known primatologists, a scientist that studies primates. Inspired by a love of animals, Goodall traveled to the Gombe Stream […]
Respect Your Elders: John Glenn
John Glenn (born 1921), the oldest person to fly in space, is this week’s #RespectYourElders feature. Glenn trained as a military pilot and served in World War II and the […]
Respect Your Elders: Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu (born October 7, 1931) is this week’s #RespectYourElders feature. Desmond Tutu originally rose to prominence in the 1980s as the first black Archbishop of Cape Town and a […]
Respect Your Elders: Stan Lee
Longtime cartoonist Stan Lee (born December 28, 1922) is this week’s #RespectYourElders feature. Since the 1950s, he has created many of America’s most beloved superheroes for Marvel Comics, including Spider-Man […]
Respect Your Elders: Gene Wilder
Gene Wilder (born June 11, 1933) is this week’s #RespectYourElder feature. Wilder has received critical acclaim for his roles in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Blazing Saddles, and Silver […]
Respect Your Elders: Beverly Cleary
Beverly Cleary (born April 12, 1916) is this week’s #RespectYourElders feature. Over 91 million copies of Cleary’s books have been sold worldwide, in 20 languages. Cleary began publishing classics including […]
Respect Your Elders: Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone is an Italian composer, orchestrator, and conductor who has composed over 500 different works for movies and television. He is most well known for writing the soundtracks of movies such as Cinema Paradiso; The Good, the Bad and the Ugly; The Mission and The Hateful Eight.
Respect Your Elders: Geraldine Ferraro
Geraldine Ferraro (August 26, 1935 – March 26, 2011), the first female vice presidential candidate for any major American political party is this week’s #RespectYourElders feature.
Respect Your Elders: P.D. James
P.D. James (1920 – 2014), a prominent British crime novelist, is this week’s #RespectYourElders feature.
Respect Your Elders: The 14th Dalai Lama
Tenzin Gyatso (born 1935), also known as the 14th Dalai Lama, is this week’s #RespectYourElders feature.
Respect Your Elders: Rita Moreno
Actress and singer Rita Moreno (born 1931) is this week’s #RespectYourElders feature. Moreno was born in Puerto Rico and moved to New York City with her mother early in her […]
Respect Your Elders: Coretta Scott King
Lifelong civil rights activist Coretta Scott King (1927-2006) is this week’s #RespectYourElders feature.
Pride in Aging: Nola Ochs
In 2007, Nola Ochs became the world’s oldest college graduate when she graduated from Fort Hays State University (FHSU) at the age of 97.
