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Gregg Andrews (born 1950) is a professor of history and labor historian at Texas State University. Additionally, he is assistant director of the Center for Texas Music History and assistant director and co-editor of the Journal of Texas Music History. Andrews is also an accomplished folk musician, performing and recording under the pseudonym "Doctor G" alongside his band, The Mudcats.

Early life[link]

Andrews was born in Ilasco, Ralls County, Missouri, to Maurice and Virginia Andrews (now Virginia Sudholt) in 1950. He grew up in Monkey Run, an unincorporated neighborhood of Ilasco literally "on the wrong side of the tracks" (the two towns were separated by railroad tracks). A largely immigrant community, Ilasco was a suburb of Hannibal, Missouri, and was also the location of the cave made famous in Mark Twain's classic novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Ilasco (which ceased to exist in the 1960s) had a population of about 3,000 in 1900, but economic changes had greatly decreased the town's size by mid-century. Andrews' father and grandfather both worked at the Atlas Portland Cement Co. (now Continental Cement) plant. The economic hardships of the town, along with the rhythm of life near a cement factory, deeply influenced Andrews.

At the age of 14, Andrews' father taught him to play the guitar and sing. For eight months, Andrews also took guitar lessons from Maceo Wilson, a local musician famous in Hannibal.

Andrews' father died in 1965.

Academic career[link]

Andrews obtained a Ph.D. in 1988 from Northern Illinois University. From 1985 to 1987, Andrews received an Andrew Mellon Predoctoral Teaching Fellowship in the Humanities from the Illinois Institute of Technology.

In 1988, Andrews won appointment as an assistant professor at Texas State. He rose to the rank of full professor, and now is also assistant director of the Center for Texas Music History and assistant director and co-editor of the Journal of Texas Music History.

Andrews is married to Victoria Bynum, who is also a professor of history at Texas State.

Research focus[link]

Andrews' research work has been varied, but more recently has focused on the social history of work and labor.

Andrews' first book, Shoulder to Shoulder? The American Federation of Labor, the United States, and the Mexican Revolution, 1910–1924, published in 1991, was an important re-assessment of the role Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor played in shaping American policy toward revolutionary movements in Latin America. From 1910 to 1924, Andrews found, Gompers and other labor leaders supported Mexican workers in their struggle for social justice, but advocated Mexican economic dependence on the United States. The book was called "an important key to understanding the ongoing relationship between the labor movement and actions of the United States in Central America"^[1] and "a skillful blend of labor and diplomatic history."^[2] The book won the Phi Alpha Theta Best Book Award for the first book by a new author.

Andrews used his personal history as a jumping-off point for his next book, Insane Sisters: Or, the Price Paid for Challenging a Company Town, published in 1999. The book illustrated the battle Mary Heinbach and her sister, Euphemia Koller, waged against the Atlas Portland Cement Company in Ilasco. The dispute over property rights spanned 17 years and landed in the Supreme Court of Missouri four times. The dispute ended when Mary was declared incompetent in 1921 and Euphemia pronounced insane in 1929. The company subsequently was able to acquire clear title to their property. The main thrust of the book is an analysis of the changing role of women at the beginning of the 20th century, the development of mental health law, and the collusion of business and governmental interest during the Progressive Era.^[3]

Andrews' most recent work, City of Dust: A Cement Company Town in the Land of Tom Sawyer (2002), is his most noted. City of Dust made a significant contribution to the social and industrial history of the trans-Mississippi West.

Andrews' pioneering social history focuses needed attention on a group of workers and an industry that labor historians and others have previously neglected. The author's description of the work process involved in cement manufacture, and the terrible toll on the workers of the industry’s accidents and diseases, alone provide little-known, valuable information.^[4]

City of Dust is primarily a social history of cement workers, but it also sheds light on issues of class, industrialism, immigration, labor, and the working-class.

Andrews has continued to mine his personal past to investigate history. His current research projects include a study of the Texas labor movement during the Great Depression, research into the role played by African Americans in the Galveston longshoremen's strike of 1920, and the struggle of black trade unionists to overcome the racially discriminatory practices of the Texas State Federation of Labor.

Music career[link]

Under the name "Doctor G," Andrews is also an accomplished and published singer, songwriter and musician. He is a regular performer at the Cheatham Street Warehouse, a San Marcos music venue where country-western singer George Strait first found fame. Andrews' music is a mixture of folk, Southern rock and blues, and his lyrics speak of forbidden love, the need for respect, the search for happiness, and the toll poverty and hard work have on people. In many respects, Andrews' music reflects his scholarly concerns with the poor, social justice, the working class and the struggle for dignity and respect in the face of economic hardship.

Andrews' band, "Doctor G and the Mudcats," released their debut CD, Mudcat, in September 2005. The record was released on Cheatham Street Records, the independent record label founded by Cheatham Street Warehouse owner Kent Finlay.

Memberships and honors[link]

Honors[link]

Andrews was assistant director of the NEH Summer Environmental History Institute at Texas State in 1991, and in 2001 received a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship.

In 1998, Andrews received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the College of Liberal Arts at Texas State. Four years later, he received a Texas State University Faculty Award for Scholarly and Creative Activity.

In 2002, Andrews was named a Mary M. Hughes Fellow for the Texas State Historical Association.

Memberships[link]

Andrews has served as a manuscript reviewer at Texas A&M University Press, the University of Missouri Press, and the University of Illinois Press. He has also served as an editor for the journals Diplomatic History, the Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies, and the International Review of Social History.

Andrews is currently a member of the board of directors of the Texas Heritage Songwriters Association. He is also a member of the Texas State Historical Association, Southwest Labor Studies Association, Organization of American Historians, and Southern Historical Association.

From 2000 to 2002, Andrews was Southwest Chapter president of the Texas Faculty Association.

Writing awards[link]

Andrews has also won a number of writing awards. In 1993, his book Shoulder to Shoulder? won the Phi Alpha Theta Best Book Award for the first book by a new author. The same year, he was co-recipient of the Harvey L. Johnson Award for the best article in Latin American history. The award, given by Southwest Council of Latin American Studies, honored him for the article "Robert Haberman, Socialist Ideology, and the Politics of National Reconstruction in Mexico, 1920-25," which appeared in the journal Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos.

He has twice won the James Neal Primm Award, a prize give by the Missouri Historical Society for the best article in its journal, Gateway Heritage. Andrews was first honored in 1995 for his article "From Robber Caves to Robber Barons: New South Missouri and the Social Construction of Mark Twain, 1910-1935." He won again the next year, for his article "Ilasco Cement Workers and the War on Booze in Ralls County, Missouri, 1903-1914."

Publications[link]

Solely authored books[link]

• City of Dust: A Cement Company Town in the Land of Tom Sawyer. Paperback ed. Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri Press, 2002. ISBN 0-8262-1424-X
• Insane Sisters: Or, the Price Paid for Challenging a Company Town. Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri Press, 1999. ISBN 0-8262-1240-9
• Shoulder to Shoulder? The American Federation of Labor, the United States, and the Mexican Revolution, 1910–1924. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1991. ISBN 0-520-07230-8

Solely authored articles[link]

• "From Robber Caves to Robber Barons: New South Missouri and the Social Construction of Mark Twain, 1910-1935." Gateway Heritage. 15 (December 1994).
• "Ilasco Cement Workers and the War on Booze in Ralls County, Missouri, 1903-1914." Gateway Heritage. 16 (Spring 1996).
• "Immigrant Cement Workers: The Strike of 1910 in Ilasco, Missouri." Missouri Historical Review. 89:2 (January 1995).
• "It's the Music: Kent Finlay's Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos, Texas." Journal of Texas Music History. 5:1 (Spring 2005).
• "Robert Haberman, Socialist Ideology, and the Politics of National Reconstruction in Mexico, 1920-25." Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos. 6 (Summer 1990).

Notes[link]

1. ^ Levenstein, "Review: Shoulder to Shoulder?..., by Gregg Andrews," American Historical Review, December 1992.
2. ^ McFarland, "Book Reviews: Shoulder to Shoulder?...," Labor Studies Journal, September 1993.
3. ^ Dwyer, "Book Review: Gregg Andrews, Insane Sisters, or, The Price Paid for Challenging a Company Town," American Historical Review, December 2001.
4. ^ Beik, "Review of Gregg Andrews, City of Dust...," H-Labor, H-Net Reviews, May, 1997.

References[link]

• Beik, Millie. "Review of Gregg Andrews, City of Dust: A Cement Company Town in the Land of Tom Sawyer," H-Labor, H-Net Reviews. May, 1997.
• Darr, Bev. "Hannibal Native Sings His River Songs on New CD." Hannibal Courier-Post. November 30, 2005.
• Dwyer, Ellen. "Book Review: Gregg Andrews, Insane Sisters, or, The Price Paid for Challenging a Company Town." American Historical Review. 106:5 (December 2001).
• Fisher, Jim. "Dust, Cement Part of History That Aids in Ilasco's Survival." Kansas City Star. May 23, 1999.
• Husar, Edward. "Putting the Mississippi River Life to Music." Quincy Herald-Whig. December 3, 2005.
• Levenstein, Harvey. "Review: Shoulder to Shoulder? The American Federation of Labor, the United States, and the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1924, by Gregg Andrews." American Historical Review. 97:5 (December 1992).
• McFarland, C.K. "Book Reviews: Shoulder to Shoulder? The American Federation of Labor, the United States, and the Mexican Revolution: 1910-1924." Labor Studies Journal. September 1993.
• Weinberg, Steve. "A Missouri Company Town Spells Out Sad Endings for Sisters in Long-Running Property Fight." St. Louis Post-Dispatch. January 9, 2000.

External links[link]

• Awards Recipients, Texas State Historical Association
• Cheatham Street Records
• Doctor G and the Mudcats Web page
• Dr. Gregg Andrews, Faculty Page, Texas State University
• Harvey L. Johnson Awards, Southwest Council of Latin American Scholars (SCOLAS)
• Journal of Texas Music History Web site
• Missouri Historical Society Web site (host of the James Neal Primm Award)
• Texas Faculty Association Web site
• Texas Heritage Songwriters Association

Huell Howser
Huell Howser at the Nisei Week Grand Parade in 2007
Born	Huell Burnley Howser (1945-10-18) October 18, 1945 (age 66) Gallatin, Tennessee, U.S.
Occupation	Travel show host
Website
www.calgold.com

Huell Burnley Howser (born October 18, 1945) is an American television personality best known for California's Gold, his travel show for the Los Angeles based KCET.

Early career[link]

Howser was born in Gallatin, Tennessee. Howser received his first name from a portmanteau of his parents' names, Harold and Jewell, as revealed in the California's Gold episode "Smartsville". He received a B.A. in history from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where he also served as student body president. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and on the staff of Sen. Howard Baker, Howser's television career began at WSM-TV in Nashville. He began a series of "human interest" stories for WSM. Howser became extremely popular as the host of a popular segment on what was at that time still a market-dominant station, especially with regard to local news.^{[citation needed]}

After working in New York, he moved to Los Angeles in 1981 to work as a reporter for KCBS-TV. During 1982-83, he also served as weekend host and correspondent for Entertainment Tonight. In 1987 he joined Los Angeles television station KCET, then a PBS affiliate, as a producer of "Videolog", covering short topics including lint.^[1]

California's Gold[link]

California's Gold highlights small towns, landmarks, events or places of interest throughout California which are not well known to the general public, with Howser conducting informal interviews with the locals. He also produces derived shows including California's Golden Parks, California's Water, Visiting... with Huell Howser, Our Neighborhoods, The Bench, Road Trip, "California's Golden Fairs," and various specials.

His distinctive style as host of his various travel shows has led to him being impersonated and lampooned by many different comedians and radio personalities, such as Adam Carolla,^[2] Dana Gould and James Adomian.

Other work[link]

Articles written by Howser have appeared in Westways, the magazine of the Automobile Club of Southern California.^[3]

Howser spearheaded a failed effort to save buildings at the Long Beach Naval Station by African-American architect Paul Williams from being demolished.^[4]

Matt Groening has stated he is a fan of Howser,^[5] and has featured him in two episodes of The Simpsons: "There's Something About Marrying", where a character named Howell Huser fell off a turnip truck, and "O Brother, Where Bart Thou?", where the real Howser is presenting a program similar to Marc Summers's Unwrapped television program. Howser received a voice credit for the episode.

In 2011, Howser voiced The Backson in the post-credits scene of Walt Disney Animation Studios's 2011 feature film, "Winnie the Pooh."

Howser was mentioned on Weeds episode 3 season 4 10:57

Political views[link]

Huell rides in a tandem IndyCar racecar at the 2009 Long Beach Gran Prix

Howser revealed his disgust with both major American political parties, as well as his empathy for undocumented immigrants, in a 1999 interview with a Riverside County newspaper.^[6]

Howser appeared in the film Who Killed the Electric Car? as he saw a Honda EV+ get shredded.^[7]

Personal life[link]

Howser lives in the historic El Royale Apartments in Los Angeles.^[8] Howser put his unusual three bedroom, three bathroom, Newberry Springs, California, residence (dubbed "The Volcano House") on the market for $750,000.^[9]

Howser mentioned that he is a Methodist during his episode covering the Nevada County Fair on California's Golden Fairs.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Huell Howser at the Internet Movie Database
• Huell Howser Productions
• Huell's Interactive L.A. from the KCET website
• Huell Howser - California's Dreamer, from the KVIE website
• PBS host Huell Howser on life, death and an unscheduled visit with ‘The Simpsons’
• Lunch With Huell Q&A with Huell Howser by Aaron Proctor in the Pasadena Weekly August 20, 2008.

Doutzen Kroes
Doutzen Kroes at Cannes Film Festival in 2009
Born	Doutzen Kroes (1985-01-23) 23 January 1985 (age 27) Eastermar, Netherlands
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Hair color	Blonde
Eye color	Blue
Measurements	(US) 34-24.5-34.75; (EU) 86-62-88[1]
Dress size	(US) 6; (EU) 36
Manager	Paparazzi Model Management, Amsterdam DNA Model Management Viva Models Women Management
Spouse	Sunnery James (2010–present)
Children	Phyllon (2011)

Doutzen Kroes (IPA: [ˌdɔu̯tsən ˈkrus]; born 23 January 1985) is a Dutch model and actress, who is currently one of the Victoria's Secret Angels. She started working for the brand in 2004 and became an Angel in 2008. She is currently on contract with L'Oreal.

Early life[link]

Kroes was born in the village of Eastermar (Dutch: Oostermeer), in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands^[2] to a Frisian family.^[3] As a young girl, Kroes aspired to be a professional speed skater.^[4]

Modeling career[link]

Kroes described herself as a "tomboy" in her youth, though she applied to a modeling agency in Holland when older. The agency sent her to New York City, and after being cast a few times by Victoria's Secret, they asked her to try out as an "angel." When she moved to New York from Holland, she had never heard of the brand before.^[5]

Kroes has been featured on the covers of Time, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Seventeen, Elle, Marie Claire, Glamour, W, Avantgarde, Dazed & Confused, and Numéro.^{[citation needed]} She also appears regularly in the Victoria's Secret catalog and walked the runway of the company's fashion show in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2011.^{[citation needed]} Kroes's campaigns include Gucci, Tommy Hilfiger, Versace, Valentino, Blumarine and Calvin Klein for both their 'White' label and their fragrance 'Eternity'.^{[citation needed]} In 2005, Kroes was selected as "Model of The Year" on Vogue.com by readers.^[6] She was presented on the May 2007 cover of American Vogue as one of the “World’s Next Top Models” next to Chanel Iman among others.^[7] Along with several of these models, she appeared in the 2008 Pirelli Calendar.^{[citation needed]}

Doutzen Kroes in New York City

In 2006, a Frisian documentary about a week in Kroes' life as a model was released, directed by J.J.M. Jansen. It documented Kroes at Milan Fashion Week and her thinking about the modeling industry.^[8]

In July 2007, earning at an estimated total of $1.5 million in the previous twelve months, Forbes named Kroes fourteenth in the list of the World's 15 Top-Earning Supermodels.^[9] In April 2008, she was in fifth position, with an estimated income of $6 million.^[10] In May 2009 and May 2010 respectively, Forbes named Kroes fifth again in the list of the World's 15 Top- Earning Supermodels.^[11][12]

Kroes is in the official Frisian provincial campaign for the Frisian language, her mother tongue.^[13]

At the end of August 2008, Victoria's Secret confirmed to People magazine that Kroes was to be the newest Victoria's Secret Angel.^[14] Her first campaign as the brand's newest Angel was "Supermodel Obsession".^{[citation needed]} In September 2009, she signed^[15] to be the new face for Swiss cashmere label Repeat for two years.^[16]

There is a wax figure of Kroes in the Amsterdam branch of Madame Tussaud's wax museum.^[17]

From November 2009 to July 2010, she wrote a monthly column about her life for the Dutch edition of 'Marie Claire.'^[18]

Currently, she is signed by DNA Model Management.^[19]

In February 2010, Kroes returned to the catwalk during fashion week for Prada with fellow Angels Alessandra Ambrosio and Miranda Kerr. Prada was praised by former editor-in-chief of Glamour, Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire magazines, Bonnie Fuller in her blog for using a curvy model such as Kroes for the fashion show.^[20]

Since 2011 Kroes has shot major campaigns for both L'Oreal and Tiffany & Co.

Acting career[link]

On November 24, 2011, she debuts Reinout Oerlemans', Nova Zembla (which is the first Dutch 3D Movie ever made). Kroes has been taking acting classes in New York for several years and plans to star in more movies to come, as she has stated in interviews.

Personal life[link]

Kroes started dating Dutch DJ Sunnery James in 2009.^[21] On 7 November 2010, she and James married in Amsterdam.^[22] On 21 January 2011, Kroes gave birth to a son, Phyllon Joy Gorré.^[23]

She is actively involved with the non-profit organization Dance4Life, which educates youth about HIV and AIDS prevention through song and dance.^[5]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Doutzen Kroes

• Doutzen Kroes at the Internet Movie Database
• Doutzen Kroes at the Fashion Model Directory
• Profile at YES Model Management

Rob
Rob receiving his Dickin Medal in 1945
Species	Dog
Breed	Collie
Sex	Male
Born	1939
Died	18 January 1952 Tetchill, Shropshire
Nation from	British
Employer	Special Air Service
Notable role	Military Dog
Owner	Basil and Heather Bayne
Dickin Medal RSPCA silver medal

Rob (1939 – 18 January 1952) was a Collie dog who in 1945 was awarded the Dickin Medal, considered to be the animals' Victoria Cross. He was alleged to have made over 20 parachute descents during the North African Campaign, serving with the SAS. However in 2006, his actions were revealed as being a possible hoax perpetrated by members of his regiment in order to prevent Rob leaving after his original owners requested his return.

Early life and military service[link]

Rob was a working dog on a farm in Shropshire until 1942, when his owners, Basil and Heather Bayne, enlisted him as a war dog.^[1] Assigned to the Special Air Service at the base in Wivenhoe Park, Essex, Rob's official designation was war dog No 471/322.^[2] He was used as a messenger and a guard dog. When the troops based there departed for Arnhem in the Netherlands, he was not allowed on the ship and so was forced to stay behind.^[3]

Dickin Medal[link]

Rob received his medal in London on 3 February 1945. The citation read "For service including 20 parachute jumps while serving with Infantry in North Africa and SAS Regiment in Italy."^[2] Rob won other medals for bravery, including an RSPCA silver medal.^[1]

Hoax[link]

According to Quentin Hughes' autobiographical account of his time in the 2nd SAS, Who Cares Who Wins?,^[2] the actions which led to Rob's Dickin Medal were in fact a hoax. He reported that instead of completing parachute drops as reported, the dog acted as a companion to the regiment quartermaster, Tom Burt.^[4]

Hughes wrote that when hearing that the family which donated Rob to the Army Veterinary and Remount Services had requested the dog back, he and Burt worked together to keep Rob by exaggerating his exploits. At one point they attempted to carry out a parachute jump with Rob but weather conditions were unfavourable and they couldn't follow through with the jump as Hughes wrote, "We had a suitable parachute harness and I phoned through to the RAF and made arrangements for Rob to have a short flight, unfortunately, quite a strong wind blew up during the flight and the RAF decided it would be dangerous to drop Rob on that day."^[2] They had hoped to send a letter to his owners following the successful drop, and after the failure decided to send it anyway. Rob's owners passed the letter about the dog's actions to the PDSA,^[2] resulting in Rob's Dickin Medal in January 1945. Although Hughes died in 2004, the possibility of a hoax wasn't revealed until 2006 when a painting of Rob was featured in an exhibition entitled "The Animals War" at the Imperial War Museum in London.^[4] According to Hughes' friend Mickey King remembers the author discussing the incident, "Quentin said that nobody survived 20 parachute drops, let alone a dog. You were lucky to survive three."^[2]

Later life[link]

Following his military service, he returned to his owners in Tetchill, Shropshire. He died in 1952 and was buried on the family farm, marked with a stone memorial which reads: "To the dear memory of Rob, war dog no 471/322, twice VC, Britain's first parachute dog, who served three and a half years in North Africa and Italy with the Second Special Air Service Regiment. Died 18th January 1952 aged 12 1/2 years. Erected by Basil and Heather Bayne in memory of a faithful friend and playmate 1939–1952."^[3]

In literature[link]

A children's book has been written about Rob, entitled Rob the Paradog, written by Dorothy Nicholle and published by Blue Hills Press.^[5]

References[link]