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  Don Herbert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Herbert was a General Science and English major at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse who was interested in drama, until his career as an actor was interrupted by World War II when he joined the army as a private.
When Herbert was discharged in 1945 he was a captain and had earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters.
Herbert's idea was accepted by the Chicago NBC station and the series Watch Mr.
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 ipedia.com: Don Herbert Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Herbert was a General Science and English major at LaCrosse State Teach...
Herbert was a General Science and English major at LaCrosse State Teachers College in Wisconsin who was interested in drama, until his career as an actor was interrupted by World War II when he joined the army as a private.
The show was cited by the National Science Foundation and American Chemical Society for increasing interest in science, and Herbert won a Peabody Award.
www.ipedia.com /don_herbert.html   (421 words)

  
 Melanctha: Each One as She May: Paras. 101-200. Stein, Gertrude. 1909. Three Lives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
She liked Melanctha Herbert for the things that she had like her, and then Melanctha was young, and she had sweetness, and a way of listening with intelligence and sympathetic interest, to the stories that Jane Harden often told out of her experience.
Melanctha Herbert never really lost her sense that it was Jane Harden who had taught her, but Jane did many things that Melanctha now no longer needed.
Not in her being good to ‘Mis’ Herbert, that never seemed to Jefferson to mean much in her, but there was a strong kind of sweetness in Melanctha’s nature that Jefferson began now to feel when he was with her.
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 Herbert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Herbert, slang for "conformist" as used in the Star Trek episode "The Way To Eden"
Herbert, a fictional pedophile on the animated TV show Family Guy
Herbert Booth, the third son of William and Catherine Booth
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Don was a Christian Minister and a hospital chaplain.
Don was not a preacher he was a doer.
Don's only complaint was that he was no longer able to minister to the dying and the sick.
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 FireTimes - News Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Herbert, who will turn 44 Saturday, was fighting a house fire Dec. 29, 1995, when the roof collapsed, burying him under debris.
Herbert's sons were 14, 13, 11 and 3 when he was injured.
Don Herbert, who will turn 44 Saturday, went without oxygen for several minutes after being trapped under a collapsed roof while fighting a house fire in December 1995.
www.firetimes.com /story.asp?FragID=12066   (940 words)

  
 Watch Mr Wizard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Don was born on 10th July 1917 in Waconia, Minnesota.
Despite graduating from college with majors in English and Science, Don Herbert continued to pursue his drama interests, playing opposite Nancy Reagan at Coach House Summer Theater (she was Nancy Davis in those days.....Don also worked with Ronald Reagan in later years on a show called General Electric Theater).
Don Herbert worked with schools on various projects including the production of movies for their use.
www.bygonetv.com /shows/watch_mr_wizard.htm   (609 words)

  
 Watch Mr. Wizard
Created and hosted by Don Herbert, the show's low key approach, casual ad lib style and resourceful often magic-like demonstrations led to rapid success and brought Herbert instant recognition and critical acclaim as an innovative educational broadcaster and as a teacher of science.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) cited Herbert and his show for promoting interest in the sciences and the American Chemical Society presented him their first citation ever awarded for "important contributions to science education." Three years into his network run, there were more than 5,000 Mr.
Herbert's abilities as a teacher-producer of quality televised science education led him to the National Educational Television network where he produced a series of shows under the title Experiment (1966).
www.museum.tv /archives/etv/W/htmlW/watchmrwiz/watchmrwiz.htm   (1041 words)

  
 Don herbert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/don_herbert   (168 words)

  
 New York Man Awakens From Decade of Silence
Herbert, who will turn 44 next Saturday, was a firefighter battling a house fire in December 1995 when he was trapped under a collapsed roof.
His family rushed to nursing home and for the next 14 hours, Herbert chatted non-stop with his wife, his four sons, and other family members and friends, catching up on the decade of his life that he’d missed entirely.
Herbert was stunned when he learned that he’d been out of things for nearly ten years, and that he’d missed his children growing up.
www.buzzle.com /editorials/5-5-2005-69519.asp   (707 words)

  
 WLTX-TV News, Weather, Sports for Columbia and the Midlands of South Carolina
Everyone is still talking about former firefighter Don Herbert suddenly being able to talk again almost ten years after he was critically injured while fighting a fire.
Don Herbert's uncle say that Don's ability to speak returned Tuesday, but for only brief periods; nothing like the 14 hours that he spent speaking with family and friends on Saturday.
Herbert was in a coma for the first few months after the fire.
www.wltx.com /news/news19.aspx?storyid=27030   (463 words)

  
 TV ACRES: Children's Show Hosts - Mr. Wizard/Donald Jeffrey Herbert (Watch Mr. Wizard))
The program emanated from a lower floor of a three-story Chicago Victorian house in which Don Herbert and his family resided.
In 1987, Don Herbert was still going strong after 36 years on television hosting MR.
Don Herbert commented on ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEK (3/1/87) that "30...20 years later I meet people who say that they are scientists, or doctors or even lawyers...that Mr Wizard helped them do it...
www.tvacres.com /child_mrwizard.htm   (252 words)

  
 Don Herbert
Don Herbert was Mr Wizard, the dorky-looking man in a shirt-and-necktie who conducted science experiments on the wildly popular Watch Mr Wizard on NBC in the 1950s and 60s.
In a typical segment, Herbert might mix a powder and a liquid in a lab glass, and while a few pre-pubescent kids oohed and aahed the mixture would start smoking or stinking, and Mr Wizard would then explain why.
Herbert never used his own children on the show, because, he said, he would be unable to fire them if they misbehaved.
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Linda Herbert, Don’s wife says, "As you can imagine for us to speak to and be recognized by my husband, their father after 9 and a half years is completely overwhelming, we are trying to cope with this incredible experience.
Herbert has been in a brain-damaged state since suffering severe injuries while fighting a fire in December of 1995.
Herbert has been at Father Baker Manor nursing home for the past several years, but relatives say over the weekend he started talking again and his memory returned.
www.wgrz.com /news/news_article.aspx?storyid=28234   (619 words)

  
 wordoftheday
Donald Herbert, who will turn 44 Saturday, was fighting a house fire on Dec. 29, 1995, when the roof collapsed, burying him under debris.
Thus, on May 3, 2005 after a decade of silence, Don did something that shocked his family and doctors when he suddenly spoke and asked for his wife.
Don Herbert is fortunate that his guardianship exemplifies the outcome of love, caring, faith, continued hope, patience and decency.
www.gerrymkaye.org /wordoftheday.html   (831 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Police security issues slow Freedom Tower
A brain-injured firefighter who started speaking after almost a decade of near-total silence has had moments of clarity but nothing as dramatic as that first long conversation Saturday, his wife said yesterday.
Don Herbert's startling improvement came three months after his medication was changed.
Dr. Jamil Ahmed said he put Herbert on a combination of three drugs usually used to treat Parkinson's disease, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and depression.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2002263365_ndig05.html?syndication=rss   (497 words)

  
 MCA DiscoVision - Pioneer Demo
Virtually nothing is said about the remote control, except it duplicates all the on unit functions and you can control the player from across the room (isn't that the idea of a remote?).
Side 2 is a short little program, starring Don Herbert who proudly announces "Many of you may have grown up knowing me by another name, Mr.
That aside, he presents an indepth look at the concepts of Laser technology, and goes into great detail showing how the laserdisc player works and how it is able to display such a wonderful picture.
www.oz.net /~blam1/DiscoVision/Miscellaneous/07-326.htm   (374 words)

  
 Don Herbert Dan Noonan - new and used books
DON HERBERT DAN NOONAN - all books, old, new and used
Herbert, Don ill. by Dan Noonan - Mr.
Herbert, Don (illustrated by Dan Noonan) - Mr.
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 Pharyngula
He may not have the same name recognition as his fellow 1950's kiddie TV superstars, but Don Herbert was a television Einstein: in 1955, there were 5,000 Mr.
Herbert, using basic experiments to teach his precocious assistants scientific principles.
Herbert, an Air Force veteran and former actor, kept the "Mr.
www.pharyngula.org /index/weblog/print/844   (452 words)

  
 Don Herbert - new and used books
Author Don Herbert was known on TV as "Mr.
Herbert, Don; Bardossi, Fulvio - Kilauea : Case History of a Volcano
Herbert had a TV show that was very popular with kids and teachers.
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 Pharrryngula::Mr. Wizard!
The ornery cuss may not have th' same name recognition as his lubber 1950's kiddie TV superstars, but Don Herbert were bein' a television Einstein: in 1955, there were 5,000 Mr.
Herbert, usin' basic experiments t' teach his precocious assistants scientific principles.
Herbert, an Air Force veteran and former actor, kept th' "Mr.
www.pharyngula.org /index/pirate/comments/mr_wizard   (496 words)

  
 God Works in Wondrous Ways   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Donald Herbert is a fireman from Buffalo, N.Y., who got trapped under rubble trying to rescue victims of a fire and became a non-communicating "vegetable" for ten years.
We can only imagine the unbridled joy of Don Herbert's family filling him in, documentary-style, on everything he'd missed since he went into the "persistent vegetative state" ten years ago.
I might even stand up myself, call for attention, and extol the coincidence that's a bit too coincidental to dismiss as merely a coincidence: namely, the coincidence of Buffalo fireman Don Herbert snapping out of his persistent vegetative state precisely one month after the passing of Terri Schiavo.
www.newsmax.com /archives/articles/2005/5/10/195909.shtml   (1304 words)

  
 Watch Mr. Wizard - Nostalgia Central
Wizard became the most recognizable science teacher in the world.
Don Herbert was a World War II pilot and a radio and television actor before he gained his greatest fame as Mr.
After his time on television, Herbert continued his educational work by writing a series of books on his favourite subject.
www.nostalgiacentral.com /tv/kids/watchmrwizard.htm   (326 words)

  
 Don Ottavio erinnert sich Test & Preisvergleich ab 9,00 € bei Yopi.de   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Don Ottavio erinnert sich beim größten Versender oder in z-Shops finden.
Don Ottavio erinnert sich beim weltweiten Online-Markplatz kaufen oder ersteigern.
Es gibt momentan leider noch keine Testberichte über Don Ottavio erinnert sich Schreiben Sie den 1.
www.yopi.de /Rosendorfer_Herbert_Don_Ottavio_erinnert_sich_Taschenbuch_Liederbuecher_Operntexte_Musik_CDs   (239 words)

  
 Singing Loudly: June 2004
Today the NY Times (registration required) has a great interview with Don Herbert, aka Mr.
DON HERBERT In the beginning, I was very surprised.
HERBERT All the kids were just terrific, but they ideally had to be around 11 or 12.
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 Stum i 10 år
Familien Herbert fikk sjokk da telefonen ringte og de kunne høre pappa og ektemann snakke for første gang siden brannmannen ble alvorlig skadet under en brannutrykning i 1995.
Donald Herbert ante ingenting om at det var gått nesten ti år siden han ble skadet og familien «mistet» ham.
Don Herbert er fortalt at ulykken han var utsatt for i et brennende hus, fant sted for nesten ti år siden.
www.vg.no /pub/vgart.hbs?artid=104508   (796 words)

  
 Science Programs
This program was indeed one of the first attempts to bring science to the general public through the medium of television.
Forty three years later, in 1994, Don Herbert, creator of the Mr.
In the 1970's, Closeups, produced by Don Herbert, introduced children to scientific concepts through everyday objects (Tressel 26).
www.museum.tv /archives/etv/S/htmlS/scienceprogr/scienceprogr.htm   (1155 words)

  
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These are joyous times for both of Don Herbert's families, following Herbert regaining his ability to speak after years of silence.
Coghlan, now retired, had visited Herbert in the years since the accident, although many times Herbert wasn't aware that Coghlan was even there.
Coghlan was told that not only was Herbert talking, but that he was asking for the members of Rescue 1.
www.wgrz.com /news/news_article.aspx?storyid=28304   (271 words)

  
 Kane County Chronicle - Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Host Don Herbert used simple household items including milk bottles, birthday candles, steel wool and other sundries to demonstrate and demystify concepts like heat convection, vacuums, density and so on.
Herbert's matter-of-fact explanations and calm, patient manner took science out of the laboratory and made it fun and accessible to a generation of grade-school viewers.
He also cautioned youngsters never to play with matches and other combustible stuff without adult supervision.
www.kcchronicle.com /StyleSection/mcdonough/285570454499737.php   (615 words)

  
 Mr. Wizard's World - The science of DVD's, Part 2
The 1951 show, starring Don Herbert in the title role (Herbert also created and produced the series), first covered scientific topics on television in a way that kids could understand.
He led the way for future shows, like Beakman's World and Bill Nye, The Science Guy, in a truly pioneering effort that covered hundreds of science topics in the show's incredible 15-year run.
series of 90-second-long "science news" reports that were also hosted by Don Herbert.
www.tvshowsondvd.com /newsitem.cfm?NewsID=1763   (371 words)

  
 Experiments and Projects Book Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Marshall Brain's How Stuff Works is a lavish, full-color, highly visual resource for those people with hungry minds who crave an understanding of the way things work around them.
Don Herbert) presents more than 100 super-simple, simply sensational science experiments and tricks using everyday items available in the supermarket.
Kids learn how to turn water into wine, use their finger to boil water, plunge a straw through a raw potato, slice the inside of a banana without slicing the outside, and much, much more!
www.ideafinder.com /resource/books/rpr-experiments.htm   (849 words)

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