Ed Evans

Biography: Son of a railroad engineer, his first job, at the age of 16, was as a "snake" (switchman) on the Illinois Central Railroad. Early in WWII, before he was old enough to join up, he worked as a cowboy. After joining at 17, he became a tail-gunner in the US Army Air Corps. After the war, he earned his college degree and went on to a varied career as an opera singer, rancher, a show horse judge, a radio personality, an electronics firm executive, a print model, a Kentucky colonel, owner of a ... Click Here to read more about Ed Evans!