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Great Americans #1 Grey.Qxp Wrestling: A History of Great Americans Major Jay Thomas Aubin: Jeremy Glick: First American combat death “Let’s Roll” hero who helped of the 2003 Iraq war storm the cockpit of flight 93 Stephen Friedman: that crashed in southwest CEO Goldman Sachs, Pennsylvania Sept. 11th, 2001 Presidential Economic Adviser John Irving: Rocky Aoki: Distinguished Author of Outstanding novels such as “Cider American business House Rules” and “The tycoon, creator of World According to Garp” the Benihana Roone Alredge: restaurant chain CEO of ABC and creator of famed Wide World of Sports and Monday Night Football TV programs Erik Weihenmayer: Blind since the age of 13, he has scaled the world’s most challenging peaks including Mt. McKinley, and even Mt. Everest Jeff Levitetz: Creator of Purity Wholesale Billy Baldwin Grocers, a multi-billion dollar Respected movie actor and privately owned business community activist Dr. Norman Borlaug: The world’s foremost agronomist who led the world’s “Green Revolution” and was Michael Collins: named the recipient Walked in space on of the 1970 Nobel Gemini Mission X Peace Prize Dennis Hastert: in 1966, and piloted Former wrestling coach the ship that carried from Illinois turned Neil Armstrong to congressman, elected as the the moon Speaker of the House Leaders & Heroes of the Sport of Wrestling Dr. Kenneth Faust: Gen. Charles Krulak: Renowned doctor who led Commandant of the Marine research into the treatment Corps who represents the Corps of cataracts Abraham Lincoln: on the Joint Chiefs of Staff President during America’s time of strife, the Civil War George Washington: A man who could have been king but chose to become America’s first president Joe Allen Astronaut and scientist Ed Rust: who has been to space CEO of State Farm Insurance twice as a part of the shuttle program John Chaffee Elected as governor and senator for Al Franken: the state of Saturday Night Live Rhode Island writer and actor, author and political satirist Scott Beck: Successful American Entrepreneur and creator of the restaurant chain Boston Market Army Res. Spc. Bryan Freeman A volunteer soldier in America’s “war on terror” Spc. Freeman, a volunteer wrestling coach in New Jersey, lost his life in Kirk Douglas November of 2004 Actor in over seventy films, with credits that include Spartacus, Seven Days in May, and Paths of Glory, George Stephanopoulos: earning him the American Political strategist, and journalist host Film Institute’s Lifetime of the ABC News program This Week Achievement Award in 1991 Success on and off the Mats Paul Wellstone: Howard Dean: U.S. Senator from Minnesota Ken Kesey: Elected Governor of Vermont and Famous American author, writing “One ran for presient in 2004, in 2005 he Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest” and “The was elected National Chairman of Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test” the Democratic party Tom Cruise: Famous American actor with numerous film credits Jay Leno: Succeeded Johnny Carson as host of the Tonight Show Andrew Jackson: Known as “Old Hickory” Jackson was the seventh president Norman Schwarzkopf: John McCain: General in the U.S. Army Elected U.S. who led American forces in Senator from the first war in Iraq Arizona and was a presidential candidate in 2000. William Howard Taft: Twenty-Seventh President of the United States, Taft also served as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court Ron Magruder: Creator and Owner of the Olive Garden restaurant chain Donald Rumsfeld: Secretary of Defense under President Nixon and under President George W. Bush James Leach: Iowa Congressman Wrestling: Character Building Through Sport Dan Cathy: Carl Albert: CEO of Chick-Fil-A a nationally Theodore Roosevelt: Elected Speaker of the House and recognized food chain American President whose tough rhetoric, was in position to become president like “speak softly and carry a big stick” through the process of succession reflected his time as a wrestler E.J. Dionne Brookings Institute fellow, and respected political journalist for the Washington Post Robin Williams Academy award winning Sugar Ray Leonard: actor and comedian. Known for his roles in movies like Olympic Gold Medalist in boxing “Good Will Hunting” with a successful professional career Calvin Coolidge: Chuck Hagel Thirtieth President who U.S. Senator from healed the nation after Nebraska, known for his previous administration foreign relations expertise scandals Dean Kaman: A great American inventor, who developed the Segway and a downsized dialysis machine Mark Whitford: A firefighter in New York who was charged with staying with the trucks, Whitford disobeyed orders in light of the tragedy at the World Trade Center, sacri- ficing his life in the service of Dan Dierdorf: others on September 11th, 2001 All-Pro football player who had a successful career in Ari Fleischer: sports broadcasting including Political Strategist and White commentating on ABC’s House Communications Director Monday Night Football.
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