First American Women to Scale Mt. Everest

“First, I want to be remembered as a very loyal, commited, caring, loving mother, wife and friend. Then, someone who lived a full life and who found her passion in life.”

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Explorer and Discoverer of the Titanic and the Bismarck

“I would like to be remembered simply as an explorer. Our society tends to think explorers as people you read about in the history books when, in fact, our planet is largely unexplored and greatly in need of modern explorers. We presently have better maps of Mars than the southern hemisphere of Earth, and the next generation of modern explorers that are presently in middle school wlll explore more of Earth than all previous generations, mine included.”

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Former U.S. Representative to the U.N.

“I would say my major contribution has been the ability to server in positions of the U.S. government with Presidents I agree with obviously, and help them implement their mandate and put their policies into practice. I’ve been very fortunate to have been in quite a number of these positions in the [U.S.] Agency for International Development, the Justice Deparment and the State Department.”

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Jazz Legend

“I think that most of us would like to believe we left some positive impact impact on the world, whether it be limited to our own families and circle of friends or to a wider world community. As of my professional life, I would like to be remembered as someone who opened doors. That metaphor can be understood on many different levels, from spiritual to musical to literal, as in my stance on equal rights.”

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Filmmaker

“I would like to be remembered simply by the chorus of the tune ‘American Anthem,’ which we discovered for our War World II film [The War]:

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