Don Herbert

Don Herbert, better known as Mr. Wizard, was the creator and host of "Watch Mr. Wizard" (1951–65, 1971–72) and "Mr. Wizard's World" (1983–90), which were educational television programs for children devoted to science and technology. Herbert is credited with turning "a generation of youth" in the 1950s and early 1960s onto "the promise and perils of science". Herbert also served in the U.S. Army and later in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, in which he served as a B-24 bomber pilot flying 56 combat missions with the 461st Bomb Group.