Roman was a professional journalist and newspaper publisher from Iowa. His father owned the Le Mars Globe-Post newspaper of Le Mars, Iowa, and started his career as a reporter there. He reportedly started writing for pulp magazines as part of his efforts to raise enough money for a specific goal. Said goal was to acquire ownership of the newspaper and printing establishment associated with his family. Starzl eventually achieved this goal and retired from writing. Or so the story goes. His writing career spanned from 1929–1934, during which he published about 24 stories. He became a partner in the Globe-Post in 1934, and sole owner and publisher in 1940. He continued in this role to 1968, when his printing plant fell victim to a fire. (Wikipedia.org with some revision)
Roman is the father of Thomas Starzl, famously known as the "father of modern transplantation", known to have performed the first human liver transplantion; he's also a renown researcher and publisher of many medical transcripts. Thomas Starzl was named one of the most important people of the Millennium, ranking No. 213, according to the authors of "1,000 Years, 1,000 People: Ranking the Men and Women Who Shaped the Millennium "
Roman was a professional journalist and newspaper publisher from Iowa. His father owned the Le Mars Globe-Post newspaper of Le Mars, Iowa, and started his career as a reporter there. He reportedly started writing for pulp magazines as part of his efforts to raise enough money for a specific goal. Said goal was to acquire ownership of the newspaper and printing establishment associated with his family. Starzl eventually achieved this goal and retired from writing. Or so the story goes. His writing career spanned from 1929–1934, during which he published about 24 stories. He became a partner in the Globe-Post in 1934, and sole owner and publisher in 1940. He continued in this role to 1968, when his printing plant fell victim to a fire. (Wikipedia.org with some revision)
Roman is the father of Thomas Starzl, famously known as the "father of modern transplantation", known to have performed the first human liver transplantion; he's also a renown researcher and publisher of many medical transcripts. Thomas Starzl was named one of the most important people of the Millennium, ranking No. 213, according to the authors of "1,000 Years, 1,000 People: Ranking the Men and Women Who Shaped the Millennium "
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