Personal Heroes | David Loschiavo

Red-haired, unconventional and playful girl, 1945 -

For teaching how to be fearless, how to happily live free from social convention, the power of imagination and play.
For defiantly questioning authorities want to make her conform to cultural expectations of what a person's life should be.
For showing how to use nonviolence to solve conflicts or protect others.

A flash of luminescence in a great dark ocean, 1934 – 1996

For his ability to increase public admiration for science and to convey complex concepts through a contagious sense of wonder.
For unveiling the mysteries of the universe while emphasizing the value and worthiness of every form of life on planet earth.
For having reminded us that humans have evolved to wonder and wander and that, once a cosmic perspective is taken, most human concerns, fanatical ethnic, religious, or national chauvinisms seem insignificant.

Citizen of the free world, 1949 – 1987

For being a shining example of revolutionary ardor and will.
For not indulging in complacency over victory.
For tenaciously persevering in hard revolutionary struggle for establishing a new and better world.