Mickey Rooney Mickey Rooney Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jr.; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor, vaudevillian, comedian, producer and radio personality. In a career spanning nine decades and continuing until shortly before his death, he appeared in more than 300 films and was one of the last surviving stars of the silent film era. At the height of a career that was marked by precipitous declines and raging comebacks, Rooney performed the role of Andy Hardy in a series of 15 films in the 1930s and 1940s that epitomized American family values. A versatile performer, he
Joseph Carvalko, Jr. Joseph Carvalko, Jr. Joseph Carvalko, Jr. is a technologist, academic, and writer living in New Mexico, who has devoted his career to the field of invention and its intersection with society. Joseph Carvalko was born and raised in the U.S. northeast. From 1959 to mid-1964, he served in the U.S. Air Force as part of the Strategic Air Command, 307th Bomb Wing, after which he continued his education at Fairfield University (B.S. Electrical Engineering), Quinnipiac University (Juris Doctor) and Fairfield University (Master in Fine Arts (writing)). As an inventor/engineer, Carvalko has been awarded 15 US patents over the period 1978