February 14th
Tuesday February 14th
Ah Valentine’s Day, when the attention of the world turns to love, and everyone walks around clad in red and passing out flowers, jewelry, teddy bears, and chocolate, usually all in the shape of hearts or with a heart theme. In honor of this day, I am writing to one of the premiere experts on flowers, and to the CEO’s of Zales Diamonds, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Hershey’s Chocolate, and the man who invented the artificial heart. I’m not forgetting my wife Candy (yes, that’s her real name) on Valentine’s Day. As a gift for her, I am writing to her favorite author and favorite actor asking them to send her a note
Ralph Snodsmith
Mr. Snodsmith has lectured at the New York Botanical Garden since 1968. In 1985, for his accomplishments in horticultural education, he was awarded both The New York Botanical Garden Distinguished Service Award and The New York Botanical Garden Distinguished Educator in Plant Studies Award. In 1998 a very rare evergreen, called Picea brewerana (or Brewer's spruce) was planted in his honor. As the popular host of The Garden Hotline, Ralph has been heard on hundreds of radio stations He was also the flower expert on ABC’s Good Morning America for years, Since 1984, Mr. Snodsmith has written the gardening section for Americana Encyclopedia Yearbook. In 1993, he distilled his 25 years of experience teaching at the New York Botanical Garden into the book, Fundamentals of Gardening.
Richard C. Marcus
Richard Marcus is Chairman of the Board at Texas based Zales, Inc., one of the largest chain of jewelry stores in the US. (I bought my engagement ring and wedding rings at Zales) Mr. Marcus spent 28 years in the high fashion specialty retail industry with Neiman Marcus, serving as Chief Executive Officer from 1979-1988. Since leaving Neiman Marcus he has devoted considerable time as an advisor and investor in several companies which built new businesses through the Internet.
Maxine Clark
Maxine Clark has been Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc.’s Chief Executive Bear since the company’s inception in 1997. Build-A-Bear has taken off in the last few years and is ubiquitous in American shopping malls. My three year old son just made his first bear there a few days ago (actually, it was an alligator, which he named Yankee.) From November 1992 until January 1996, Ms. Clark was the President of Payless ShoeSource
Richard H. Lenny
Mr. Lenny was elected Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hershey, probably the most famous chocolate company in the world, on January 1, 2002. From March 2001 to December 2001, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. This summer I am going to take my family to Hershey Park in Pennsylvania, a theme park next to the company’s headquarters.
Dr. Robert Jarvik
Widely known as the inventor of the first permanent total artificial heart, in the mid-1970s, Dr. Jarvik and fellow researchers at the University of Utah designed and developed the air-driven Jarvik-7 total artificial heart, the first to successfully sustain a dying patient with the goal of lifelong support. (I remember being in high school when the first successful artificial heart transplant was performed on a patient named Barney Clark.) Today, Dr. Jarvik is President and CEO of Jarvik Heart, Inc in New York City. He holds numerous patents for medical device technology
Danielle Steele
America reads Danielle Steel. And so does the rest of the world, including my wife Candy. There are more than 550 million copies of her books in print, and every one of her books is a bestseller (and Candy has read most of them.) In short, Danielle Steel is the most popular author writing today. She is read by women, men, young people, old people in 47 countries and 28 languages. Ms. Steel's 65th best-selling novel, “Toxic Bachelors“, debuted in hardcover in November 2005. Since 1981, Ms. Steel has been a permanent fixture on the New York Times hardcover and paperback bestseller lists. In 1989, she was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for having at least one of her books on the Times bestseller list for 381 consecutive weeks. But Guinness was premature. The fact is that one or more of Ms. Steel's novels have been on the New York Times bestseller list for over 390 consecutive weeks. Twenty-one of Ms. Steel's novels have been adapted for television, each earning high ratings and critical acclaim. (Watch the Lifetime Network, you’ll see most of them.)
Michael Damian
Most famous for his role as Danny Romalotti on CBS’s long running popular soap opera “The Young and the Restless“, Damian is also known for a singing career in the 1980’s. His cover version of “Rock On” reached #1 on the Billboard charts, and seven other singles reached Top 40 status. Candy still talks about the time she and her whole family went to see him on Broadway in “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.”
Ah Valentine’s Day, when the attention of the world turns to love, and everyone walks around clad in red and passing out flowers, jewelry, teddy bears, and chocolate, usually all in the shape of hearts or with a heart theme. In honor of this day, I am writing to one of the premiere experts on flowers, and to the CEO’s of Zales Diamonds, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Hershey’s Chocolate, and the man who invented the artificial heart. I’m not forgetting my wife Candy (yes, that’s her real name) on Valentine’s Day. As a gift for her, I am writing to her favorite author and favorite actor asking them to send her a note
Ralph Snodsmith
Mr. Snodsmith has lectured at the New York Botanical Garden since 1968. In 1985, for his accomplishments in horticultural education, he was awarded both The New York Botanical Garden Distinguished Service Award and The New York Botanical Garden Distinguished Educator in Plant Studies Award. In 1998 a very rare evergreen, called Picea brewerana (or Brewer's spruce) was planted in his honor. As the popular host of The Garden Hotline, Ralph has been heard on hundreds of radio stations He was also the flower expert on ABC’s Good Morning America for years, Since 1984, Mr. Snodsmith has written the gardening section for Americana Encyclopedia Yearbook. In 1993, he distilled his 25 years of experience teaching at the New York Botanical Garden into the book, Fundamentals of Gardening.
Richard C. Marcus
Richard Marcus is Chairman of the Board at Texas based Zales, Inc., one of the largest chain of jewelry stores in the US. (I bought my engagement ring and wedding rings at Zales) Mr. Marcus spent 28 years in the high fashion specialty retail industry with Neiman Marcus, serving as Chief Executive Officer from 1979-1988. Since leaving Neiman Marcus he has devoted considerable time as an advisor and investor in several companies which built new businesses through the Internet.
Maxine Clark
Maxine Clark has been Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc.’s Chief Executive Bear since the company’s inception in 1997. Build-A-Bear has taken off in the last few years and is ubiquitous in American shopping malls. My three year old son just made his first bear there a few days ago (actually, it was an alligator, which he named Yankee.) From November 1992 until January 1996, Ms. Clark was the President of Payless ShoeSource
Richard H. Lenny
Mr. Lenny was elected Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hershey, probably the most famous chocolate company in the world, on January 1, 2002. From March 2001 to December 2001, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. This summer I am going to take my family to Hershey Park in Pennsylvania, a theme park next to the company’s headquarters.
Dr. Robert Jarvik
Widely known as the inventor of the first permanent total artificial heart, in the mid-1970s, Dr. Jarvik and fellow researchers at the University of Utah designed and developed the air-driven Jarvik-7 total artificial heart, the first to successfully sustain a dying patient with the goal of lifelong support. (I remember being in high school when the first successful artificial heart transplant was performed on a patient named Barney Clark.) Today, Dr. Jarvik is President and CEO of Jarvik Heart, Inc in New York City. He holds numerous patents for medical device technology
Danielle Steele
America reads Danielle Steel. And so does the rest of the world, including my wife Candy. There are more than 550 million copies of her books in print, and every one of her books is a bestseller (and Candy has read most of them.) In short, Danielle Steel is the most popular author writing today. She is read by women, men, young people, old people in 47 countries and 28 languages. Ms. Steel's 65th best-selling novel, “Toxic Bachelors“, debuted in hardcover in November 2005. Since 1981, Ms. Steel has been a permanent fixture on the New York Times hardcover and paperback bestseller lists. In 1989, she was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for having at least one of her books on the Times bestseller list for 381 consecutive weeks. But Guinness was premature. The fact is that one or more of Ms. Steel's novels have been on the New York Times bestseller list for over 390 consecutive weeks. Twenty-one of Ms. Steel's novels have been adapted for television, each earning high ratings and critical acclaim. (Watch the Lifetime Network, you’ll see most of them.)
Michael Damian
Most famous for his role as Danny Romalotti on CBS’s long running popular soap opera “The Young and the Restless“, Damian is also known for a singing career in the 1980’s. His cover version of “Rock On” reached #1 on the Billboard charts, and seven other singles reached Top 40 status. Candy still talks about the time she and her whole family went to see him on Broadway in “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.”
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