No: 48
Date: 11/1/1991
Name: Jim Horan
Artist Jim Horan, who created all the Faces that hang on the Omaha Press Club walls, except that of President Gerald Ford (Horan was on vacation that week), wondered why he was not asked to create this face. When he arrived at the Press Club, he learned why - he was the honoree. It was the 20th anniversary of the year he began the Faces. When the first one was unveiled in 1971, he was an artist in the editorial department of the Omaha World-Herald. Horan also created the popular "Harry Husker" for the World-Herald. The cartoon character appeared on game day and forecast the game's score. Horan once predicted a defeat for Nebraska, but received such a fervid response from fans, that "Harry" never again forecast a Husker loss. Artist Bill Johns shows Horan sitting at a drawing board, with the World-Herald in the background, surrounded by Face artwork. His hobbies as a runner, bicyclist and private pilot are indicated in the artwork. Back to Top