Paul Draper (dancer)
Paul Draper (October 25, 1909 – September 20, 1996) was a noted American tap dancer and choreographer.
Born into an artistic, socially prominent New York family, the nephew of Ruth Draper was an innovator in the arts.
His passion and unique style led him to international stardom.
One signature piece was "Sonata for Tap Dancer", danced without musical accompaniment.
Draper was a natural dancer.
He took six tap dancing lessons at Tommy Nip's Broadway dance school in 1930 before performing solo in London in 1932.
He enrolled in the School of American Ballet and realized the possibilities of combining tap and classical ballet, forming his unique style.
By 1937, he was performing at such venues as the Persian Room at the Plaza Hotel and the Rainbow Room.
Carnegie Hall followed, then Broadway and a film version of William Saroyan's "Time of Your Life" (1948).
In 1940, he teamed up with Larry Adler, a virtuoso harmonicist.
The two became a world-famous act, performing together until 1949.
They appeared as regulars at City Center in New York.
The act disbanded when they were blacklisted as Communist sympathizers.
In response to these false charges, Adler moved to the United Kingdom.
Draper moved to Geneva, Switzerland for three years.
When he returned to the US, Draper performed on Broadway and in other venues from about 1954.
Draper taught in the theater department at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1967 to 1978 as the Andrew Mellon Chair in the School of Drama.
His live performances decreased during this period of teaching, but he did occasionally show up at American Dance Festival.
Christopher Shinn
Christopher Shinn is an American playwright.
His play" Dying City"( 2006) was a finalist for the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and" Where Do We Live"( 2004) won the 2005 Obie Award, Playwriting.
Mary Horner Lyell
Mary Horner Lyell (9 October 1808 – 24 April 1873) was a conchologist and geologist.
She was married to the notable British geologist Charles Lyell and assisted him in his scientific work.
She never became widely known in her own right, although it is believed by historians that she likely made major contributions to her husband's work.
Heidi Vosseler
Heide Vosseler (1918–1992) was a European-born ballerina and member of George Balanchine's first American ballet company, American Ballet, from 1935 to 1938.
She performed in his first American ballet, "Serenade", in his "Alma Mater", in two productions he choreographed for the Metropolitan Opera, and was featured in two Broadway musicals he choreographed, "The Boys from Syracuse" and "Louisiana Purchase" in which she understudied and appeared for Vera Zorina.
Her sister Mardee was also a ballerina.
Miss Vosseler married tap dancer Paul Draper on June 23, 1941, in Rio de Janeiro and lived with him in Europe until returning to the United States in 1954.
They had three daughters, Pamela, Susan and Kate.
She died of lung cancer at her home in Woodstock, NY, 74 years old.
Dave Grossman (game developer)
Dave Grossman is an American game programmer and game designer, most known for his work at Telltale Games and early work at LucasArts.
He has also written several children's books, and a book of" guy poetry" called" Ode to the Stuff in the Sink".
J. A. Lawrence
Judith Ann Blish( née Lawrence — born c. March 1940), known professionally as Judith L. Blish, Judy Blish, and J.A. Lawrence, is an American sketch artist and short fiction writer.
She is most well known for her work on the series of" Star Trek" episode novelizations, alongside her husband James Blish, published from 1967 to 1978.
She has been active in preserving, and promoting her husband's work.
Mardee Vosseler
Mardee Vosseler was a European- born ballerina, a protégé of Catherine Littlefield and sister of ballerina Heidi Vosseler.
She performed in" La TraviataCarmen" and William Sena's" Scene dansante"( to music of Gounod ’s" Faust") with the Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company at the Academy of Music.
Vosseler died in November, 1941, of injuries sustained in a car crash near Camden, New Jersey.
Mordechai Rotenberg
Mordechai Rotenberg( 1932) is an Israeli professor of social work at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
David Shute
David Shute is a British journalist, best known for his work at the BBC.
Frank Wildhorn
Frank Wildhorn( born November 29, 1958) is an American composer known for both his musicals and popular songs.
He is most known for his musical" Jekyll& Hyde", which ran four years on Broadway, and for writing the# 1 International hit song" Where Do Broken Hearts Go" for Whitney Houston.

Question: Where does Heidi Vosseler's husband work at?
Answer: Carnegie Mellon University