John Cowsill best known for his work as a singer and drummer with his
siblings’ band, The Cowsells. He is currently a drummer and vocalist for
The Beach Boys touring band, which features original Beach Boys Mike
Love and Bruce Johnston. He also has performed and recorded with
Jan and Dean.

The Cowsills ( from left to right ) Paul, Barry, Bob, and John. The picture
is from 16 Magazine, 1970.

John Cowsill at work

The Peace Corps is a  volunteer agency run by the U.S. Government. The mission of 
the Peace Corps includes three goals: providing technical assistance, helping people outside the United States to understand U.S. culture, and Americans to understand
the cultures of other countries. Generally, the work is related to social and economic development. On March 1, 1961,President John F. Kennedy (on the right above)
signed the Executive Order that officially started the Peace Corps. Kennedy then 
appointed his brother-in-law Sargent Shriver (above left) to be the program’s first 
director.

President Kennedy greets the first Peace Corps volunteers in August,1962.

Ron Howard, actor, director, and producer came to prominence as a child actor,
playing Opie Taylor in the CBS-TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show from 1960 to
1969 and later as the teenaged Richie Cunningham on the sitcom Happy Days
on ABC from 1974 – 1984. Ron made film appearances in American Grafiti in
1973 and in The Shootist in 1976 with John Wayne. He made his directorial
debut with the 1977 comedy film Grand Theft Auto.

Ron Howard as Opie in The Andy Griffith Show

Ron In Happy Days

Actor Ron Howard behind the wheel in a scene from American Graffiti

Director Ron behind the camera

John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. wrote the Pulitzer-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath 
(1939) and East of Eden (1952) and Of mice and Men  (1937). He wrote a total 
of twenty-seven books, including sixteen novels, six non-fiction books and five 
collections of short stories. In 1962, John Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize
for Literature. His later work reflected his wide range of interests, including
marine biology, politics, religion, history, and mythology. Steinbeck was 66
when he died in December of 1968.

1984 John Steinbeck gold commemorative coin

John Harvey Kellogg (above) was an medical doctor in Battle Creek, Michigan, who ran 
a sanitarium. He is best known for the invention of the corn flakes breakfast cereal with his brother, Will Keith Kellogg (pictured below).  

Will K. Kellogg

Kellogg’s Corn Flakes ad from 1914