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Reuben Lucius Goldberg ( July 4, 1883 - December 7, 1970) was a cartoonist, cofounder and first president of the National Cartoonists Society. He earned a degree in engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1904.1 Biography
Goldberg was hired by the city of San Francisco as an engineer out of college. However his affinity for drawing cartoons prevailed, and after just a few months he left city employ for a job with the San Francisco Chronicle as a sports cartoonist. The following year he took a job with the San Francisco Bulletin where he remained until 1907Events January events January 6 Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome Casa dei Bambini in San Lorenzo). January 14 An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than a 1,000 January 23 Charles Curtis, when he relocated to New York CitySkyline, with Statue of Liberty New York, New York" redirects here. For alternate meanings, see New York, New York (disambiguation). New York — officially named City of New York and often called New York City to distinguish it from the state of New York,.
He drew cartoons for several newspaperBrookgreen Gardens Pawleys Island, South Carolina A newspaper is a lightweight and disposable publication, usually printed on low-cost paper called newsprint, containing a journal of current news in a variety of topics. These topics can include politicals, including the New York Evening Journal , New York Evening Mail , and New York Journal . His work entered syndicationIn the entertainment and news industries, syndication is a method of making content available to a range of outlets simultaneously. Syndication is important in several different forms of mass media. In television syndication individual stations buy progra in 1915Events January 12 The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of Congress. January 12 United States House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women the right to vote. January 13 An earthquake (6. 8 in Richter scale) in Avezzano, Ital, beginning his nationwide popularity. A prolific artistAn artist is someone who employs creative talent to produce works of art. The term may be used in connection with any branch of the arts—for example music, literature, and theatre—but more commonly refers to an individual who practises the visual arts or, Goldberg produced several cartoon series simultaneously; titles included Mike and Ike , Boob McNutt , Foolish Questions , Lala Palooza , and The Weekly Meeting of the Tuesday Women's Club .
While all these series were quite popular, the one which led to his lasting fame involved a character named Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts . In this series, Goldberg would draw labeled schematics of comical " inventions" which would later bear his name. In 1995, Rube Goldberg's Inventions was one of 20 strips included in the Comic Strip Classics series of commemorative US postage stamps.
Goldberg took a job with the New York Sun in 1938 as a political cartoonist, and was successful in this endeavor as well; he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his political cartooning in 1948.
Later in his career Goldberg was employed by the New York Journal-American , remaining there until his retirement in 1964. During his retirement he occupied himself with making bronze sculptures. Several one-man shows of his work were organized, the last one of his lifetime being in 1970 at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. Shortly afterward, he died at the age of 87; he is buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York.
