Independent Historian

George W. Counts, MD, is Professor of Medicine (retired) at the University of Washington in Seattle. He received BS and MS degrees from the University of Oklahoma and a medical degree from the University of Iowa. He served on the faculties of the University of Miami in Florida and the University of Washington. His career also took him to the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA. He has received numerous awards and honors and has over 100 publications in the scientific literature.

Simon Estes (1938- )

Simon Lamont Estes is a prominent and critically acclaimed African American opera singer.  He has made singing appearances before six U.S. presidents, including Barack Obama, numerous other presidents and world leaders, and dignitaries such as Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.  He has appeared in … Read MoreSimon Estes (1938- )