Seton Hall Magazine, Winter 2000 - Seton Hall University

and painters from around the
world. “As leader of the delegation,
I want to create community
and come back with a
shared vision and action plan
to make the arts more vital to
the spiritual community of
the Archdiocese,” he says.
Gottlieb ranks
millennium makers
It took thousands of hours of
research and almost as many
hours of debate. But Agnes
Hooper Gottlieb ’75, Ph.D.,
associate professor of communication,
along with her
husband, Henry, and friends
Barbara and Brent Bowers,
have selected the 1,000
people they feel contributed
most significantly to the
course of history over the last
1,000 years. Their book,
1,000 Years, 1,000 People:
Ranking the Men and
Women Who Shaped the
Millennium, profiles the
importance of those individuals
in and throughout the
second millennium.
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Between the number 1
person (Johannes Gutenberg,
inventor of the printing press)
to number 1,000 (Andy
Warhol, pop artist), their list
includes politicians, scientists,
philosophers, business
figures, artists, explorers
and historians from around
the world. More than a
quarter hail from the United
States, and almost half
lived during the 19th
century, which according to
Gottlieb, is reflective of
history and culture.
The book includes individuals
such as Adolf Hitler
(number 20), who have had a
negative effect on history.
“Evil is a lasting influence that
needs to be recognized,”
Gottlieb says. “We can never
know how many accomplishments
were not made or
beauty not added to the world
as a result of Hitler’s actions.”
The woman who ranks
highest on their list died in
1603: Queen Elizabeth I of
England (number 31).
The decision of whom to
include and where an individual
ranks was based on a
controversial BioGraph
system the authors created.
They based their pseudoscientific,
tongue-in-cheek
method on five questions that
covered the subjects’ lasting
influence, the wisdom and
beauty they subtracted or
added to the world, the
impact they had on their contemporaries,
the singular
genius or infamy they exhibited,
and the level of fame or
charisma they flaunted.
“We wanted to make sure
we chose individuals, like
Shakespeare [number 5],
who left a lasting legacy,”
Gottlieb says. “The system
acted as our compass,
keeping us on track.”
1,000 Years, 1,000 People:
Ranking the Men and Women
Who Shaped the Millennium,
now in its fourth printing, can
be purchased at most traditional
and online bookstores,
or directly through Kodansha
International, (917) 322-6200.
Gottlieb, who began
teaching at Seton Hall in
1988, has served as assistant
chair of the Department of
Communication since 1993,
and is co-founder and director
of the Elizabeth Ann Seton
Center for Women’s Studies.
She teaches classes in journalism
history, writing, editing,
news reporting and women in
the media. In 1999, the
University awarded Gottlieb
the Seton Hall Woman of the
Year award, which recognizes
outstanding women leaders
at Seton Hall who have made
significant contributions to the
success of women at the
University.
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