Callings : the purpose and passion of work
Summary
A collection of StoryCorps interviews that demonstrates "how work can be about much more than just making a living, that chasing dreams and finding inspiration in unexpected places can transform a vocation into a calling. [The participants'] shared sense of passion, honor, and commitment brings deep... Full description
- DREAMERS.
- Herman Heyn, street-corner astronomer ;
- Barbara Abelhauser, bridgetender ;
- Sharon Long, forensic artist ;
- Marat Kogut, NBA referee ;
- Alton Yates, aeromedical field tester ;
- Ronald McNair, astronaut ;
- Storm Reyes, library assistant ;
- Dorothy Warburton, scientist ;
- Thomas McGarvey, dentist
- GENERATIONS.
- Dekalb Walcott Jr. and Dekalb Walcott III, firefighters ;
- Don and Mackenzie Byles, funeral directors ;
- Anne Lucietto, mechanical engineer ;
- Phil Kerner, tool and die maker ;
- Barbara Moore, bricklayer ;
- Noramay Cadena, engineer and entrepreneur ;
- Olga Ayala, sculptor ;
- Larry and Laura Michaelis, physicians ;
- Johnny Bradley, farmer ;
- Ricardo Pitts-Wiley, actor ;
- Red Lain, oil rig driller
- HEALERS.
- Dana Viviano, oncology nurse ;
- Issan Koyama, hospice chaplain ;
- John Vigiano Jr. and Joe Vigiano, 9/11 first responders ;
- Kerry Davis and Ken Hopper, ironworkers ;
- Angelo Bruno and Eddie Nieves, sanitation workers ;
- Rich Barham and Nelson Peck, veterans crisis hotline workers ;
- Rowan Allen, emergency medical technician ;
- Michelle Alore, ICU nurse ;
- Austin Chen, ob-gyn ;
- Burnell Cotlon, grocer ;
- Vito de la Cruz, assistant federal public defender ;
- Pat Hays, policewoman ;
- Dawn Maestas, ink removal specialist ;
- Barbara Butler, FMF corpsman ;
- Ayodeji Ogunniyi, English teacher
- PHILOSOPHERS.
- Al Siedlecki, science teacher ;
- Sol Aramendi, artist and educator ;
- Ted Dennard, beekeeper ;
- Rose Brudno, bar owner ;
- Leonard Berk, salmon slicer ;
- Clarence Haskett, beer vendor ;
- Arnie Knapp, entertainer coach operator ;
- Paquita Williams, subway conductor ;
- Jim Clyburn, congressman ;
- Darlene Lewis, employment counselor ;
- Miranda Louise, waitress and blues singer
- GROUNDBREAKERS.
- Jerry Lawson, video game inventor ;
- Clela Rores, county clerk ;
- Eric D. Williams, pastor ;
- Laura Martinez, chef and restaurateur ;
- Dorothy Glinton, Ford assembly plant supervisor ;
- Wendell Scott, NASCAR driver ;
- Lyle Link, building contractor.