Remembering Arjay Miller, Uwe Reinhardt, Bobby Doerr, “Jungle Jim” Rivera

Arjay Miller was the last surviving “Whiz Kid”, part of the team put together by Tex Thornton during World War II to modernize the Air Force. After the war, the Whiz Kids went on to work for Ford Motor Company, and Arjay Miller became company president for a brief time. He later decamped to the West Coast to become Dean of the Graduate school of Business at Stanford University. Uwe Reinhardt was an economist at Princeton University. His specialty was healthcare economics and he was one of the most respected commentators and writers in that field. Bobby Doerr was the legendary second baseman for the Boston Red Sox from the late 1930’s to the early 1950’s. His good bat and slick fielding earned him a place in the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1986. “Jungle Jim” Rivera was a colorful outfielder for the Go-Go Chicago White Sox during their pennant winning year of 1959.