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Teenage Inventor Brings Sign-Translating Glove to NIDCD By Jennifer Wenger
For George de Mestral, inventor of Velcro, the notion came to him as he removed large prickly burrs from his clothing after a walk in the woods. For Bette Graham, secretary extraordinaire who developed White-Out, a nagging wish to eliminate typing errors and a talent for painting helped spark her idea. And for high schooler Ryan Patterson, inspiration struck one hot August afternoon in the unlikely setting of a fast-food restaurant over an order of burgers and fries. M O R E . . .
Past, Present Pioneers Celebrated By Carla Garnett
If history, as some have suggested, is the final frontier for
desegregation, then the keynoter for this year's NIH African
American History observance could very well be going boldly where
few have gone before. Take his latest book, for instance. Keynote
speaker Roger Wilkins, historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning
journalist, said he was inspired to write Jefferson's Pillow: The
Founding Fathers and the Dilemma of Black Patriotism by three
people the late black educator W.E.B. Dubois, the late
Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, and Amy T. Wilkins, his
daughter. |