We recently put the spotlight on the talents and accomplishments of amazing young professionals across different time periods and across a variety of ethnic backgrounds - check out "What Have You Accomplished? (Part 1)" to see the breakdown of these superstars by odd ages (ages 21-35). This week we fill in the missing even ages so you get a complete picture of young success.

At age 22:

• By 22, Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget received his Ph.D., published 20 articles, and wrote a philosophical novel that outlined many of the issues he would explore during his career.
• Caresse Crosby became the first person to patent a brassiere, which was made of two handkerchiefs and ribbon sewn together.
• Olympic runner Herbert James Elliott, ranked by many as the greatest mile runner ever, retired undefeated at 22.

At age 24:

• John Couch Adams became the first person to predict the position of a planetary mass beyond Uranus.
• Entrepreneur Ted Turner took over his father's billboard advertising business. He later launched CNN.
• Noah Webster published a spelling book.

At age 26:

• Albert Einstein published five major research papers in a German physics jornal, fundamentally changing man's view of the universe and leading to such inventions as television and the atomic bomb.
• College dropout Steve Wozniak co-founded Apple Computer.
• Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, revolutionizing the economies of the United States and Britain.

At age 28:

• The Danish physicist Niels Bohr published his revolutionary theory of the atom.
• French naturalist Jean B. Lamarck coined the word biology to encompass the studies of botany and zoology.
• Dr. Ludwig Zamenhof of Warsaw invented the artificial language Esperanto.

At age 30:

• Nat Turner led a slave rebellion.
• Donald Trump persuaded bankers to lend him $80 million so he could buy the Commodore Hotel.
• Samuel Morse's assistant, Alfred Lewis Vail, devised Morse code.

At Age 32:

Johann Rudolf Wyss wrote "The Swiss Family Robinson."
• By the time of his death at age 32, Alexander the Great had conquered almost the entire known world.
• Composer, conductor and painter E. T. A. Hoffmann began to write the tales for which he is now primarily remembered.

At Age 34:

Matthias Jakob Schleiden, a German botanist, formulated the cell theory of physiology.
• Francis Scott Key, after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry, publishes "The Star Spangled Banner."
• After defeating Antony and Cleopatra's forces in a naval battle, Augustus became the master of the Roman world.

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