Miscellaneous

Ludovico Sforza

Jovan Stosic December 17, 2018

Ludovico Maria Sforza (also known as Ludovico il Moro;[1] 27 July 1452 – 27 May 1508), was Duke of Milan from 1494, following the death of his nephew Gian Galeazzo Sforza, until 1499. A member of the Sforza family, he was the fourth son of Francesco I Sforza. He was famed as a patron of Leonardo da Vinci and other artists, and presided over the final and most productive stage of the Milanese Renaissance. He is probably best known as the man who commissioned The Last Supper.
 

Source: Ludovico Sforza – Wikipedia

Kevin Mitnick

Jovan Stosic September 23, 2018

Kevin David Mitnick (born August 6, 1963) is an American computer security consultant, author, and hacker, best known for his high-profile 1995 arrest and later five years in prison for various computer and communications-related crimes. Mitnick’s pursuit, arrest, trial, and sentence along with the associated journalism, books, and films were all controversial.

He now runs the security firm Mitnick Security Consulting, LLC which helps test companies’ security strengths, weaknesses, and potential loopholes. He is also the Chief Hacking Officer of the security awareness training company KnowBe4, as well as an active advisory board member at Zimperium,[9] a firm that develops a mobile intrusion prevention system

Lewis Strauss

Jovan Stosic September 15, 2018

Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss (/ˈstrɔːz/ “straws”; January 31, 1896 – January 21, 1974) was a Jewish American businessman, philanthropist, public official, and naval officer. He was a major figure in the development of nuclear weapons.

Strauss was the driving force in the controversial hearings, held in April 1954 before a U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Personnel Security Board, in which J. Robert Oppenheimer‘s security clearance was revoked. President Dwight D. Eisenhower‘s nomination of Strauss to become U.S. Secretary of Commerce in 1959 was not confirmed by the Senate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Strauss

Haakon Chevalier

Jovan Stosic September 15, 2018

Haakon Maurice Chevalier (Lakewood Township, New Jersey, September 10, 1901 – July 4, 1985) was an American author, translator, and professor of French literature at the University of California, Berkeley best known for his friendship with physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, whom he met at Berkeley, California in 1937.

Oppenheimer’s relationship with Chevalier, and Chevalier’s relationship with a possible recruiter for Soviet intelligence, figured prominently in a 1954 hearing of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission on Oppenheimer’s security clearance. At that hearing, Oppenheimer’s security clearance was revoked.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haakon_Chevalier