It’s an emblem that everyone takes for granted — the United Nations emblem. A symbol known all over the world.
But it isn’t an emblem that just popped out of the air. Someone came up with an idea, and designed it.
And that someone turns 100 today.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.