The Whistleblower (26 of 66)
Series: Route 66: A Road Trip Through the Bible
Tony Thomas
Ezekiel
In 1927, TIME magazine named Charles Lindbergh their first Man-of-the-Year. Lindbergh was the first person to fly solo, non-stop, from New York to Paris, France. The response to that cover was so positive that naming a Man-of-the-Year became an annual tradition.
Franklin Roosevelt is the only man who made the cover three times. The first woman on the cover was Wallace Simpson, the American divorcee who persuaded King Edward to abdicate his throne. In 1999, TIME renamed the award from Man-of-the-Year to Person-of-the-Year.
TIME has also had to wipe egg off their face by honoring several men who turned out to be less-than Men-of-the-Year. Adolf Hitler (exterminated millions of Jews), Joseph Stalin (imprisoned his own people in the Soviet Gulags), Richard Nixon (the only President to resign in disgrace), and the Ayatollah Khomeini (the founder of the Islamic Republic).
But one of the more interesting picks occurred in 2002 when TIME honored The Whistleblowers. Their names are Cynthia Cooper, Coleen Rowley, and Sherron Watkins. Each of the recipients was forced to turn in their employer because of wrong-doing.
Sherron Watkins was the Vice President at Enron and she wrote a memo to the company chairman. ''Our methods of accounting are improper,'' she wrote. Watkins testified before Congress, exposing Enron's deceit.
Coleen Rowdy worked at the FBI. She wrote a memo to FBI Director, Robert Mueller. She was concerned about a man named Moussaoui. Recognize the name? He was one of the co-conspirator's in the 9-11 attack on the United States of America!
Cynthia Cooper was an internal auditor at WorldCom and she discovered irregularities amounting to $3.8 billion! One month later, WorldCom declared bankruptcy, and they were found guilty of bilking investors out of $9 billion!
TIME concluded their story w/these words:
''These women did the right thin ...
Series: Route 66: A Road Trip Through the Bible
Tony Thomas
Ezekiel
In 1927, TIME magazine named Charles Lindbergh their first Man-of-the-Year. Lindbergh was the first person to fly solo, non-stop, from New York to Paris, France. The response to that cover was so positive that naming a Man-of-the-Year became an annual tradition.
Franklin Roosevelt is the only man who made the cover three times. The first woman on the cover was Wallace Simpson, the American divorcee who persuaded King Edward to abdicate his throne. In 1999, TIME renamed the award from Man-of-the-Year to Person-of-the-Year.
TIME has also had to wipe egg off their face by honoring several men who turned out to be less-than Men-of-the-Year. Adolf Hitler (exterminated millions of Jews), Joseph Stalin (imprisoned his own people in the Soviet Gulags), Richard Nixon (the only President to resign in disgrace), and the Ayatollah Khomeini (the founder of the Islamic Republic).
But one of the more interesting picks occurred in 2002 when TIME honored The Whistleblowers. Their names are Cynthia Cooper, Coleen Rowley, and Sherron Watkins. Each of the recipients was forced to turn in their employer because of wrong-doing.
Sherron Watkins was the Vice President at Enron and she wrote a memo to the company chairman. ''Our methods of accounting are improper,'' she wrote. Watkins testified before Congress, exposing Enron's deceit.
Coleen Rowdy worked at the FBI. She wrote a memo to FBI Director, Robert Mueller. She was concerned about a man named Moussaoui. Recognize the name? He was one of the co-conspirator's in the 9-11 attack on the United States of America!
Cynthia Cooper was an internal auditor at WorldCom and she discovered irregularities amounting to $3.8 billion! One month later, WorldCom declared bankruptcy, and they were found guilty of bilking investors out of $9 billion!
TIME concluded their story w/these words:
''These women did the right thin ...
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