Famous Thinkers
Famous Thinkers Paper: Bill Gates and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
PHL/458
Mr. McDuffie
October 2, 2012
While exploring history and trying to realize the famous thinkers of our society, countless men and women stand out. Famous thinkers are individuals who used determination and critical thinking to overcome hard times in order to do well. The two famous thinkers that thrust out in my mind are Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Bill Gates. In this paper I will discuss their contributions to society, the problems or issues that they fixed, and how they were able to come up with their solutions.
Contributions to Society
In 1955 a young entrepreneur and a multi-billionaire contributor named, Bill Gates was born. Many should be aware of the name Bill Gates; it is hard not to be familiar with the richest self-made man in America. The influences to the world prepared by Bill are countless, but most important and certainly his best influence is his company Microsoft. American computer entrepreneur, in 1975 he co-founded Microsoft, a private company for the manufacture and sale of computer software (Oxford University Press 2004).
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in 1992. As he matured into his adulthood, he became a social activist and a Baptist Reverend. Dr. King along with his leadership in the civil rights movements made a massive impact on obtaining the same rights for all American’s. Some of the additional remarkable influences Dr. King prepared for the general public were, becoming the leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, (main purpose was to encourage racial fairness) and in 1956 the integration of the bus lines in Alabama. Martin L. King carried out his plan in 1963 during a march in Washington. Despite his efforts to promote equality for all American’s, Dr. King lost his life to an assassin in Tennessee in 1968 (Martin Luther King Jr., 2011). Dr. King makes
PHL/458
Mr. McDuffie
October 2, 2012
While exploring history and trying to realize the famous thinkers of our society, countless men and women stand out. Famous thinkers are individuals who used determination and critical thinking to overcome hard times in order to do well. The two famous thinkers that thrust out in my mind are Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Bill Gates. In this paper I will discuss their contributions to society, the problems or issues that they fixed, and how they were able to come up with their solutions.
Contributions to Society
In 1955 a young entrepreneur and a multi-billionaire contributor named, Bill Gates was born. Many should be aware of the name Bill Gates; it is hard not to be familiar with the richest self-made man in America. The influences to the world prepared by Bill are countless, but most important and certainly his best influence is his company Microsoft. American computer entrepreneur, in 1975 he co-founded Microsoft, a private company for the manufacture and sale of computer software (Oxford University Press 2004).
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in 1992. As he matured into his adulthood, he became a social activist and a Baptist Reverend. Dr. King along with his leadership in the civil rights movements made a massive impact on obtaining the same rights for all American’s. Some of the additional remarkable influences Dr. King prepared for the general public were, becoming the leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, (main purpose was to encourage racial fairness) and in 1956 the integration of the bus lines in Alabama. Martin L. King carried out his plan in 1963 during a march in Washington. Despite his efforts to promote equality for all American’s, Dr. King lost his life to an assassin in Tennessee in 1968 (Martin Luther King Jr., 2011). Dr. King makes
References: Bill Gates. (2011). Biography.com. Retrieved Aug 8 2011 from http://www.biography.com/articles/Bill-Gates-9307520 Martin Luther King Jr. (2011). Biography.com. Retrieved Aug 8 2011 from http://www.biography.com/articles/Martin-Luther-King-Jr.-9365086