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Tom Ruegger (born April 4, 1956, in Metuchen, New Jersey) is an American animation writer, producer, and director.

Career[link]

In the 1980s Ruegger worked for Hanna-Barbera, writing and producing various animated series, most notably The Snorks, The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, Pound Puppies, and A Pup Named Scooby-Doo. He also wrote one episode of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.

In 1989 he began working alongside Jean MacCurdy and Steven Spielberg at Warner Bros. Animation to create and produce several animated series including Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Histeria!, Batman: The Animated Series, Freakazoid! and Road Rovers.

In 2004, Ruegger started Tom Ruegger Production, a full-service animation studio. In 2006, Ruegger began developing, story-editing and serving as executive producer on the 40-episode animated series Animalia, based on the picture book by Graeme Base. Along with Nicholas Hollander, he developed and story-edited another animated series entitled Sushi Pack.

Ruegger has received fourteen Emmy Awards for his work in animation.

Family life[link]

Ruegger was married to voice actress Adrienne Alexander, who worked with him on Scooby-Doo and Pound Puppies. He met her while they both attended Dartmouth College. In 2006, he married Annie Malley, and lives near Los Angeles, California. Annie is a successful marathon runner, and he has three sons: Nathan, Luke and Cody. Nathan Ruegger provided the voice for the baby version of Plucky Duck on Tiny Toon Adventures, Skippy Squirrel on Animaniacs and Froggo on Histeria!, whereas Luke provided the voice for the Flame and Bumpo Basset on Animaniacs and Big Fat Baby on Histeria!. Cody performed the voice of Little Blue Bird on Animaniacs and Loud Kiddington on Histeria!. The Ruegger boys also are the primary inspiration behind the main characters in Animaniacs!, Yakko, Wakko and Dot. Tom Ruegger himself also made occasional cameos on his shows in caricature form, most notably as the recurring character of director Cooper DaVille in Tiny Toons.

Filmography[link]

Film[link]

TV[link]

Internet[link]

External links[link]

• Tom Ruegger at the Internet Movie Database
• Official blog

Sir John Richard Nicholas Stone (30 August 1913 – 6 December 1991) was an eminent British economist who in 1984 received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for developing an accounting model that could be used to track economic activities on a national and, later, an international scale. While he was not the first economist to work in this field, he was the first to do so with double entry accounting. Double entry accounting basically states that every income item on one side of the balance sheet must be met by an expenditure item on the opposite side of the accounting sheet therefore creating a system of balance. This double entry system is the basis of nearly all modern accounting today. This allowed for a reliable way of tracking trade and wealth transfer on a global scale. He is sometimes known as the 'father of national income accounting', and is the author of studies of consumer demand statistics and demand modeling, economic growth, and input-output.^[1] During his acceptance speech Stone mentioned François Quesnay as well as the Tableau économique. Stone stated that it was one of the very first works in economics to examine various sectors on such a global level and how they are all interconnected. Stone was educated at Westminster School, Cambridge University (Caius and King's).

Biography[link]

After graduating from Cambridge in 1936 and until World War II he worked at Lloyd's Brokers.^[2] During the war, Stone worked with James Meade as a statistician and economist for the British Government. It was at this time that they developed the early versions of the system of national accounts. After the war, Stone worked at Cambridge as the director of the new Department of Applied Economics (1945– 1955) and as P.D. Leake professor of finance and accounting (emeritus from 1980). Within the Department, he founded the Cambridge Growth Project, which developed the Cambridge Multisectoral Dynamic Model of the British economy (MDM). He was succeeded as leader of the Cambridge Growth Project by Terry Barker. A company founded by members of the Department and limited by guarantee, Cam bridge Econometrics, was founded in 1978 with Stone as its first honorary president. The company continues to develop MDM and to use the model to make economic forecasts.

In 1936, he married Winifred Mary Jenkins who was also from Cambridge. Both of them had a passion for Economics and started a monthly called Trends, which was a supplement to the periodical, Industry Illustrated. It contained articles about the British economic conditions. Soon after, in 1939, he was asked to join the Ministry of Economic Warfare. In 1960, he married Giovanna Saffi, great grandchild of Italian patriot Aurelio Saffi, who became his partner in many of his works.^[3]

Works[link]

• Richard Stone and Giovanna Saffi Stone, Social Accounting and Economic Models (1959)
• Richard Stone and Giovanna Saffi Stone, National Income and Expenditure (1961).

References[link]

1. ^ Counter-intuitively, the most cited of Richard Stone's works were his publications on consumer demand statistics and modeling. See Eugene Garfield: The 1984 Nobel Prizes in Economics and Literature are Awarded to Sir Richard Stone for Pioneering Systems of National Accounting and to Jaroslav Seifert, the National Poet of Czechoslovakia.
2. ^ Janus: The Papers of John Richard Nicholas Stone
3. ^ A summary biographical sketch of Sir Richard Stone (1913-1991)

External links[link]

• Nobel prize page
• Biography
• IDEAS/RePEc

Nathan Ruegger
On set, directing Another Life
Born	(1984-01-19) 19 January 1984 (age 28) Los Angeles, California
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Dartmouth College, USC School of Cinematic Arts
Occupation	screenwriter, film director
Notable work(s)	Another Life
Spouse	Alexis Sivertsen (2007-present)
Awards	WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival Gold for Best Original Dramatic Short
Website
www.nathanruegger.com

Nathan Ruegger (born January 19, 1984) is a screenwriter, the son of writer/producer/director Tom Ruegger and voice actress Adrienne Alexander. He was the voice of certain characters in his father's cartoon shows. The first was in Tiny Toon Adventures when he played the baby version of Plucky Duck, famous for his catchphrase "Water go down the hooooooooole!". The second was in Animaniacs, in a far more prominent role as Skippy Squirrel, the nephew of Slappy Squirrel. Around the end of that show's run, he landed the role of Froggo in Histeria!. He is also well known for being the inspiration of Yakko Warner.

In 2006, Nathan graduated from Dartmouth College with high honors in Film Studies, the Dartmouth Film Award, and acceptance into the USC School of Cinematic Arts. While at USC, Nathan was a finalist in the 2008-2009 Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker's Award, produced the documentary Carry Me Home, and wrote two feature screenplays. In May 2010, Nathan graduated from USC with a finished thesis film, Another Life, a suspense thriller about a young female veteran tapped with the daunting task of assassinating a fellow soldier.

Another Life won the Gold for Best Original Dramatic Short at WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, the Jury Selection Award at the Lady Filmmakers Film Festival, the Award of Merit at the Accolade Competition, and Official Selection at 12 Film Festivals:

• Newport Beach Film Festival
• Temecula Valley International Film Festival
• Rome International Film Festival
• Big Bear Lake International Film Festival
• San Antonio Film Festival
• WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival
• Accolade Competition
• DC Independent Film Festival
• Lady Filmmakers Film Festival
• Big Easy International Film Festival
• Traverse City Shorts Festival
• Mountain Madness Film Festival.

Currently, Nathan is a Second-Rounder at the Austin Screenwriting Competition, a Quarter-Finalist at the Big Bear Lake Screenwriting Competition, Finalist at the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, and a screenwriter of popcorn thrillers.

External links[link]

• Official Website
• Nathan Ruegger at the Internet Movie Database
• Dartmouth Class of 2006 Honor Roll
• Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker's Competition
• Another Life - a USC Thesis Film
• Nathan Ruegger's Facebook account
• Houston International Film Festival - List of Winners
• Accolade Competition - Award of Merit Winners
• Newport Beach Film Festival
• Temecula Valley International Film Festival
• Rome International Film Festival
• Big Bear Lake Film Festival
• San Antonio Film Festival
• DC Independent Film Festival
• Lady Filmmakers Film Festival
• Big Easy International Film Festival
• Traverse City Shorts Festival
• Mountain Madness Film Festival
• PAGE International Screenwriting Awards