Jimmy Kugler (1932-1969) was born and raised in Lexington, Nebraska. Part of a large German immigrant community, he attended Lexington schools and was active in football, basketball, classroom art, and wartime activities like scrap metal drives. As an adult, he had various jobs in factories, driving a diaper truck, and in the shipping industry along Portland's Willamette River. Michael Kugler is professor of history at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa. He teaches modern European history, specializing in the Scottish Enlightenment and the history of the social sciences.