ABSTRACT

Henry Ford (1863-1947), the pioneer of the Ford Motor Company, might not see his famous Model T, which he introduced in 1909, on the streets any more; but he would see billions of similar machines practically everywhere he looked. And Alexander Fleming (1881-1955), who discovered the effects of penicillin, would be overwhelmed to learn how many millions of lives have been saved thanks to antibiotics. But what of Baron Pierre de Coubertin (1863-1947)?