» Put ingenuity on display at the Franklin Institute
03/14/10 07:03
If some travelers are frustrated by the modern version of Philadelphia International Airport, they might be comforted to know that Charles A. Lindbergh found an early version far from welcoming.

» Lucia Shipley; cofounded firm with husband; at 89
03/14/10 06:03
Lucia Shipley never believed the myth that women could not understand science. She majored in mathematics at Smith College in Northampton and cofounded with her husband, in the basement of their Auburndale home, a small laboratory that deve..

» Sheik Tantawi, 81, leader of Sunni Muslims in Egypt
03/14/10 06:02
CAIRO — Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, Egypt’s top cleric, died of a heart attack Wednesday during a visit to Saudi Arabia. He was 81.

» Sir Brian Pitman | Banker, 78
03/14/10 05:34
Sir Brian Pitman, 78, the banker who led Lloyds TSB to become one of Europe's largest financial groups, died Thursday after a heart attack earlier in the week, the British Bankers' Association said Friday.

» Frank Wagner, Chews Landing chief
03/14/10 05:34
Frank E. Wagner, 73, of Chews Landing, a longtime firefighter who served as chief of the volunteer Chews Landing Fire Department, died of diabetes complications Thursday at Virtua Voorhees.

» Fatima Meer | Mandela biographer, 81
03/14/10 05:34
Fatima Meer, 81, a friend and biographer of Nelson Mandela, died in a hospital in Durban, South Africa, on Friday, the South African Press Association reported, quoting a local politician and family friend, Logie Naidoo.

» John Thorbjarnarson | Herpetologist, 52
03/14/10 05:34
John Thorbjarnarson, 52, a herpetologist and one of the world's leading experts on crocodiles and alligators, died Feb. 14 in New Delhi. The Wildlife Conservation Society, his employer, said he had contracted malaria while studying the dwar..

» Harold Kaufman dies; first love was jazz music
03/14/10 05:00
Harold Kaufman, who was trained as a lawyer, then became a psychiatrist and college professor while moonlighting as a jazz musician and nightclub owner, died March 10 of heart disease at his home in Washington. He was 77.

» NASA photographer Bill Taub dies at 86
03/14/10 05:00
Bill Taub, 86, a self-taught NASA photographer who documented the country's major aeronautics and space-flight events from 1958 to 1975, including the missions that sent the first men into orbit and onto the moon, died Feb. 20 at Doctors C..

» Barbara Rietveld, Isham Baker, George Dravillas, Joan Ferrell, Beatrice Frank, William Hagan, Ernest Hueter, Rosalie Huff, Michael Hunter, Kathleen Kirby
03/14/10 05:00
Barbara H. Rietveld, 63, a writer and editor who directed publishing efforts at the Inter-American Development Bank, died Feb. 14 at her home in Bethesda. She had complications from systemic scleroderma, a connective-tissue disease.

» Seville Allen, 65; dies; activist a leader in National Federation of the Blind
03/14/10 05:00
Seville Allen, 65, a longtime leader in the National Federation of the Blind, who served on state panels in Virginia and worked to improve employment opportunities for blind and disabled workers, died Feb. 23 at HCR ManorCare in Arlington ..

» Psychiatrist Robert Litman dies; co-founded suicide prevention center
03/14/10 05:00
Robert E. Litman, 88, a psychiatrist who co-founded the nation's first comprehensive suicide prevention center more than 50 years ago in Los Angeles and carried out groundbreaking work there, died Feb. 14 of acute leukemia in Manhattan Bea..

» Betty Villemarette dies; helped win benefits for ex-CIA spouses
03/14/10 05:00
Housewives had Betty Friedan. CIA wives had Betty Villemarette.

» Arnall Patz; opthalmologist linked oxygen, blindness
03/14/10 04:25
WASHINGTON — Arnall Patz, an emeritus professor of ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins University who discovered in the 1950s what was then the most common cause of blindness in premature infants, died Thursday of heart disease at his home..

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» Gerald Roberts; producer led Beatles, B.B. King to Hub
03/14/10 04:25
The Beatles were setting out on what was to be their last tour of America, and a New York-based agent called Gerald Roberts, a local producer, in 1966 and asked whether he wanted to produce their Boston appearance.

» Kevin Armitage; poured pints at Boston bars; 46
03/14/10 04:23
Bartender Kevin A. Armitage was “the life and soul’’ of The Littlest Bar in Boston, where he expertly poured pints of Guinness and filled the sound system with his own extensive collection of U2 recordings, his boss said.

» Area auto dealer was a former POW
03/13/10 08:02
Alexander J. "Bud" MacCausland Jr., 87, a decorated World War II Army veteran, former POW, and retired automobile dealership owner, died of pneumonia March 4 at Freedom Village, a retirement community in Coatesville.

» Lydia Blonaraowycz Kyj, 84, a bakery owner
03/13/10 08:02
Lydia Blonaraowycz Kyj, 84, a bakery owner who was active in the Ukrainian American community, died of heart failure Wednesday at home in Wallingford.

» Miriam K. Elmaleh | Physician, 77
03/13/10 08:02
Miriam Kaiser Elmaleh, 77, an Elkins Park family physician, died of a pulmonary embolism yesterday at Abington Memorial Hospital.

» Rose Catania, 103, seamstress
03/13/10 08:02
Rose Catania, 103, a longtime resident of Glassboro who was a career seamstress and community volunteer, died Monday at Mater Dei Nursing Home in Newfield.

» Mohamed Tantawi | Key Egyptian cleric, 81
03/13/10 07:33
Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, 81, Egypt's chief religious official and leader of al-Azhar, the oldest and most prestigious center of learning in the Sunni Muslim world, died Wednesday during a visit to Saudi Arabia, Egyptian state media rep..

» Sheik Mohammed Tantawi dies; Egypt's top Sunni Islam cleric
03/13/10 05:00
Egypt's top cleric, Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, known for promoting the government agenda against female genital mutilation and the face veil, died March 10 after suffering a heart attack while visiting Saudi Arabia. He was 81.

» Arnall Patz, 89; discovered cause of blindness in preemies
03/13/10 05:00
Arnall Patz, 89, an emeritus professor of ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins University who discovered in the 1950s what was then the most common cause of blindness in premature infants, died March 11 of heart disease at his home in Pikesville..

» Robert Clow; Katherine Dodson; James Farlekas; Shirley Fearey; Jean Herdt
03/13/10 05:00
Robert B. Clow, 64, a retired auto salesman, died March 3 at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center in Richmond. He had complications from heart surgery.

» Doris "Granny D" Haddock dies; walked 3,200 miles for campaign finance reform
03/13/10 05:00
Doris "Granny D" Haddock, who set out on a cross-country walk at age 89 to promote campaign finance reform and later waged a quixotic campaign for the U.S. Senate, died March 10 of a respiratory ailment at her home in Dublin, N.H. She was ..

» B.J. Graham; architect rejuvenated Chicago
03/13/10 03:44
NEW YORK — Bruce J. Graham, whose integration of modernist design and sophisticated engineering in buildings like the John Hancock Center and the Sears Tower transformed the skyline of Chicago and reasserted the city’s preeminen..

» Barton Childs, 93; studied inherited diseases
03/13/10 03:42
NEW YORK — Dr. Barton Childs, a founder of pediatric genetics and an important contributor to the understanding of inherited diseases, died on Feb. 18. He was 93, lived in Baltimore, and taught at Johns Hopkins University for nearly 7..

» Chris Byron, judge for state Superior Court
03/13/10 03:42
Retired Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Chris Byron commanded tanks in the Korean War and liked to ride his motorcycle to Southeastern Massachusetts courthouses during 13 years on the bench.

» John Nance, 74, ex-reporter, bureau chief in Philippines
03/13/10 03:41
COLUMBUS, Ohio — John Nance, a former Associated Press reporter and photographer who covered the Vietnam War and later oversaw the news cooperative’s operations in the Philippines, has died. He was 74.