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Facts You Didn’t Know About St. Louis's Gateway Arch:

"Presidents aren’t allowed to go to the top—except President Eisenhower, who signed the order for the construction of the arch in 1954."
architecturaldigest.com/story/facts-ab…

https://twitter.com/ClarionKahl/status/1551806924089217025

Designed by the American-Finnish architect Eero Saarinen, architect for the TWA Flight Center, worked for the OSS
archive.ph/E43qR

"Commissioned in 1939 by TWA's owner Howard Hughes, the Lockheed Constellation broke the era's transcontinental speed record on a flight from Burbank, CA to New York in 1946. The plane also served as Air Force One for President Eisenhower in the 1950s."
twahotel.com/connie-airplan…

"Shortly after World War II broke out, Eero became a naturalized citizen of the US He was recruited by a former classmate at Yale to join the OSS where he worked until 1944. It was the same classmate who several years prior had recruited Eero to work on the Futurama exhibit for

the New York World’s Fair, an experience they now found directly relevant to their work at the OSS.

At the war’s end, Eero returned to Michigan to resume work with his father. Their first major undertaking together was designing the General Motors Technical Center which was

constructed in 1956. That same year, Eero landed on the cover of Time magazine, a rare accomplishment for an architect to achieve. He shared this privilege with other greats such as Bucky Fuller and Frank Lloyd Wright

..it wasn’t long before other major American corporations were asking Eero to design their headquarters or corporate campuses. Eero accepted commissions from IBM, CBS, John Deere, Vassar College, MIT, Yale, The University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Chicago.

St. Louis is very interesting.. for example:

"St. Louisans between 35 and 50 years old who have never been to Israel may qualify for an all-expenses-paid trip to Israel. Applications for the 2020 Rubin Israel trip are due by April 6."

archive.ph/bmd8A

"The trip is offered and staffed by the Jewish Federation of St. Louis and underwritten by philanthropists Pam and Ron Rubin and The Rubin Family Foundation."

jfedstl.org/2018/01/24/tak…

In Texas, "The J Naturescape consists of 2 main areas: the Rubin Family Playground & the Seymour Family Woods, both of which honors the 2 lead donor families, Pam and Ron Rubin and Laura and Jeff Seymour. The Rubin’s are the parents of Julie Liberman, .."
tjpnews.com/communing-with…

"The Texas Jewish Post was conceived in mid-1946 by Jimmy and Rene Wisch, who were both working for the Federal government at the time. .."

tjpnews.com/about-us/

> HS "Buddy" Rosenthal , President of Jewish Ferderation of Greater Dallas

Through the Rubin Family Foundation, Todd Rubin established a grant for the 2019-20 academic year for five Rubin Family Innovation Mentors at #Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars at Syracuse University Libraries (LaunchPad)

news.syr.edu/blog/2019/11/0…

bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2…
Todd Rubin (left) and Arturo Gomez (right) are the co-founders of Big Game Air.. A new local startup that provides private jets for same-day sporting event travel ..

Big Game subcontracts with about 20 private jet companies such as Chicago-based Priester Aviation, that either own private planes and jets or manage aircraft for private owners. ..Many college towns don't have access to a large airport ..
chicagobusiness.com/article/201708…

Arturo Gomez also runs Triumph Jets triumphjets.com/arturo-gomez/
He teamed up with two other industry professionals and together launched Rockit Ranch Productions, a Chicago-based restaurant and nightlife development and management company. ..

Nightlife and hospitality guru Arturo Gomez returns to The Underground with a few new enterprises under his belt.

meetingsmags.com/meet-arturo-go…

CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THE UNDERGROUND NAMED THE MOST POPULAR NIGHTCLUB OF THE YEAR FOR CELEBRITIES
theundergroundchicago.com/author/portia/

Anyhoo..

"the Billiken is the official mascot of Saint Louis University and St. Louis University High School, both Jesuit institutions located in St. Louis..

it is also the official mascot of the Royal Order of Jesters
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billiken

an invitation only Shriner group, affiliated with Freemasonry.

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Heather Podesta's sister Heidi Miller is a doctor at the Saint Louis Hospital health.usnews.com/doctors/heidi-…