As a kid growing up in rural Ohio, Dan Ackerman didn’t have much interest in school. The problem was not too much challenge, however, but too little. His teach...
On January 28, 1986, Christa McAuliffe was supposed to be the first female teacher in space. One of more than 11,000 applicants to the NASA Teacher in Space Pr...
Beirut to Brussels went as planned. Brussels to New York City, however, was delayed. As a result, young Alan Bechara missed the final connection of his journe...
In April of 1979, Jim Bellas opened his first bicycle store in Fairfax, Virginia. But it wasn’t a love of bicycles that led him to do it; rather, it was a love...
Andy Canter’s impact can be seen all over the Washington DC metro area. But if you’re not paying attention, you might look right through it. If you’ve walked ...
During the last assignment of his seventeen years of service in the U.S. Army, Craig Cummings ran into trouble completing a project with a subcontractor. Some ...
When Steve DiAntonio boarded a plane and picked up a conversation with his soon-to-be business partner, Carole Jackson, he didn’t know just how much his world w...
Brian Domschke was drawn to technology at a young age. When the family purchased a new computer in the days before the internet, he was intrigued. Tiring of the...
Today, Olugbenga “Benga” Erinle and his family are spread all across the globe, from the United States to Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. But at age three...
"Okay,” said David Harbourne, accepting six extra pounds of sausage into his delivery basket.
The little boy was only ten years old, but there was something ...
Six days after graduating from college, Boyd Harter landed in Heathrow airport in London with a small suitcase and a few dollars in his pocket. He had no place...
If you’re one of the government’s top agencies and you need to solve the world’s next greatest problem, the person that you need to speak to is Dr. Richard “Dic...
As a young man coming out of college, you might say Abrahem Helal had commitment issues—not to relationships, but to his family’s business, a small printing, pu...
One day in 1983, Rick Hendershot had a light bulb moment. After six years working as the Controller of The Heritage Foundation, a conservative public policy ins...
Night had not yet given way to dawn as Art Hurtado climbed up the ramp to board the silver bird bound for Vietnam and the war that awaited 10,000 miles away. A...
