Following up on my prior post:  The Faculty Lounge reports that Tax Prof Bill Turnier (North Carolina) will appear on tonight’s CBS Evening News in honor of today’s100-year anniversary of the Oreo Cookie:

Bill Turnier of Chapel Hill really is the son of the man who, by nearly all accounts, designed the modern Oreo. … Bill Turnier has those details—stories and memories of his dad, a former mail boy-turned-design guru who also put his imprint on the Nutter Butter and the Milk-Bone. And he has the proof: High above a closet door in Turnier’s tidy brick home in east Chapel Hill hangs a framed copy of the blueprint for the Oreo’s most enduring design, unchanged for nearly 60 years. In the corner, the printed name: “W.A. Turnier” …

Bill Turnier eventually left New York for Chapel Hill. He claims to have no artistic talent, but he definitely has his father’s knack for detail. For more than 30 years, he has taught tax law at UNC, which he loves, but admits is tedious at times. … [F]or times that get really drab, Bill Turnier pulls out another line: My father drew the Oreo.

Update:  Popular Cookie Oreo Turns 100: