George Eastman's Life and Achievements

George Eastman of Kodak fame invented the transparent film that made motion pictures possible. Yet in spite of all these tremendous accomplishments, he craved little recognitions. To illustrate, when Eastman was building the Eastman School of Music and also Kilborn Hall and Rochester, James Adamson wanted to get an order for theater chairs. He went to see Mr. Eastman who told him: "You won't stand a ghost of a show if you take more than five minutes of George Eastman's time"