The history of Jewish Americans as well as their culture, people and accomplishments are presented in this sixth program of Jewish American Achievement. Chapter List 1.) 1946 - Aaron Copland Debuts His Third Symphony - Aaron Copland, the Dean of American Music, was an American composer of classical music, who taking photographer Alfred Stieglitz's advice, composed music that was American, such as "Lincoln Portrait," "Fanfare for the Common Man." He was recognized as a great composer by Leonard Bernstein, and known for his musical West Side Story and his Young People's Concerts. 2.) 1947 - David Sarnoff: The Father of American TV - David Sarnoff, the father of American television, was a leader of wireless communications, founder of NBC, the National Broadcasting Company, which brought radio and television, invented by Vladimir Zworykin, into American homes and was a founder of the Television Age and Radio Free Europe. 3.) 1948 - Brandeis University is Founded - Boston's Brandeis University was named after U.S. Supreme Court Judge Louis Brandeis, as a way to fight anti-Semitism. 4.) 1948 - Arthur Miller Pens Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" and "The Crucible" made him a leading American playwright, while his character, Willie Loman, became one of the best known characters in American literature. 5.) 1948-2010 - Jewish American Authors Expand Literary Genres - America is known for its Jewish American authors and writers such as Allen Ginsberg, who wrote Howl, Isaac Asimov, who wrote the Foundation Trilogy, Saul Bellow who wrote Humboldt's Gift, Norman Mailer who wrote The Naked and the Dead, Philip Roth who wrote Portnoy's Complaint and Good-bye Columbus, and Joseph Heller who wrote Catch-22. 6.) 1953 - Jonas Salk Develops Polio Vaccine - Jewish American heroes Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin developed vaccines and an oral vaccines against Polio. 7.) 1954 - Admiral Hyman Rickover Builds America's Nuclear Navy - Admiral Hyman Rickover launched America's nuclear navy with the submarine U.S. Nautilus, the first nuclear powered submarine.
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