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R.I.P. David McCullough 08/06/22
"Dorie Lawson, David McCullough's daughter, confirmed his demise. However, the family has not disclosed the cause of death."
"McCullough was born to Ruth (née Rankin) and Christian Hax McCullough in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Point Breeze area. He has Scots and Irish ancestry. In his hometown of Pittsburgh, he received his education at Shady Side Academy and Linden Avenue Grade School."
"Mr. McCullough earned an honors degree in literature in 1955. He had considered attending medical school or writing plays or fiction, but he decided to go on as a trainee at the magazine Sports Illustrated, which had just launched the year before."
"After that, writing and editing positions appeared, first at the United States Information Agency in Washington and subsequently for the history magazine American Heritage."
"Over the following decades, he published 11 additional books, including, in addition to those already mentioned, "Brave Companions: Portraits in History," a combination of his essays, "1776," which focused on the American military under George Washington."
"In addition, it served as a companion volume to "John Adams" and "In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story," which was about the message of hope that Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill shared when they first met shortly after Pearl Harbor."
"Dorie Lawson, David McCullough's daughter, confirmed his demise. However, the family has not disclosed the cause of death."
"McCullough was born to Ruth (née Rankin) and Christian Hax McCullough in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Point Breeze area. He has Scots and Irish ancestry. In his hometown of Pittsburgh, he received his education at Shady Side Academy and Linden Avenue Grade School."
"Mr. McCullough earned an honors degree in literature in 1955. He had considered attending medical school or writing plays or fiction, but he decided to go on as a trainee at the magazine Sports Illustrated, which had just launched the year before."
"After that, writing and editing positions appeared, first at the United States Information Agency in Washington and subsequently for the history magazine American Heritage."
"Over the following decades, he published 11 additional books, including, in addition to those already mentioned, "Brave Companions: Portraits in History," a combination of his essays, "1776," which focused on the American military under George Washington."
"In addition, it served as a companion volume to "John Adams" and "In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story," which was about the message of hope that Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill shared when they first met shortly after Pearl Harbor."
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Pappy
Living the Dream
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Pappy
Living the Dream
Pappy
Living the Dream
To explain this old picture, this was my hometown when the railroad was a big deal in our area. Lots of mills and manufacturing added to more trains coming in. These tracks ran right by my house on Gold street. I was 10 years old.
Lewkat
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Pappy
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Lewkat
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Alternate titles: adult
By The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
"adulthood, the period in the human lifespan in which full physical and intellectual maturity have been attained. Adulthood is commonly thought of as beginning at age 20 or 21 years. Middle age, commencing at about 40 years, is followed by old age at about 60 years."
"A brief treatment of development during adulthood follows. For full treatment, see human development and human behaviour."
"Physically, early and middle adulthood are marked by slow, gradual declines in body functioning, which accelerate as old age is reached. The muscle mass continues to increase through the mid-20s, thereafter gradually decreasing. The skeletal mass increases until age 30 or so, and then begins to decrease, first in the central skeleton (pelvis and spine) and last in the peripheral skeleton (fingers and toes). Throughout adulthood there is a progressive deposition of cholesterol in the arteries, and the heart muscle eventually grows weaker even in the absence of detectable disease. The production of both male and female hormones also diminishes with age, though this cannot be directly related to the gradual diminution in intimate activity that occurs in both males and females between 20 and 60."
"There is clear evidence that with increasing age adults display a slow, very gradual tendency toward decreasing speed of response in the execution of intellectual (and physical) tasks. Slowing rates of electrical activity in the older adult brain have been linked to the slowing of behaviour itself. This decline in the rate of central nervous system processing does not necessarily imply similar changes in learning, memory, or other intellectual functions. The learning capacity of young adults is superior to that of older adults, as is their ability to organize new information in terms of its content or meaning. Older adults, on the other hand, are equal or superior to young adults in their capacity to retain general information and in their accumulated cultural knowledge. See also aging; old age."
"This article was most recently revised and updated by Kara Rogers."
By The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
"adulthood, the period in the human lifespan in which full physical and intellectual maturity have been attained. Adulthood is commonly thought of as beginning at age 20 or 21 years. Middle age, commencing at about 40 years, is followed by old age at about 60 years."
"A brief treatment of development during adulthood follows. For full treatment, see human development and human behaviour."
"Physically, early and middle adulthood are marked by slow, gradual declines in body functioning, which accelerate as old age is reached. The muscle mass continues to increase through the mid-20s, thereafter gradually decreasing. The skeletal mass increases until age 30 or so, and then begins to decrease, first in the central skeleton (pelvis and spine) and last in the peripheral skeleton (fingers and toes). Throughout adulthood there is a progressive deposition of cholesterol in the arteries, and the heart muscle eventually grows weaker even in the absence of detectable disease. The production of both male and female hormones also diminishes with age, though this cannot be directly related to the gradual diminution in intimate activity that occurs in both males and females between 20 and 60."
"There is clear evidence that with increasing age adults display a slow, very gradual tendency toward decreasing speed of response in the execution of intellectual (and physical) tasks. Slowing rates of electrical activity in the older adult brain have been linked to the slowing of behaviour itself. This decline in the rate of central nervous system processing does not necessarily imply similar changes in learning, memory, or other intellectual functions. The learning capacity of young adults is superior to that of older adults, as is their ability to organize new information in terms of its content or meaning. Older adults, on the other hand, are equal or superior to young adults in their capacity to retain general information and in their accumulated cultural knowledge. See also aging; old age."
"This article was most recently revised and updated by Kara Rogers."
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