Heading out: the start of some splendid careers

Writers: Russell Baker ; Katherine Paterson ; Isaac Asimov ; Julia Alvarez ; Pauline Fisk

The arts: Ken Burns ; Sidney Poitier ; Claire Bloom ; Clyde Bernhardt ; Pablo Casals ; Beverly Sills

Science, medicine & invention: Mae Jemison ; Ben Carson ; Richard Feynman ; Edward O. Wilson ; Dean Kamen

Business and politics: Nelson Mandela ; Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. ; Walter Chrysler ; Boris Yeltsin ; Dan Rather

Sports: Sammy Sosa ; Lance Armstrong ; Jackie Joyner-Kersee.