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Tag: obituary
🎧 The Daily: The Paradoxes of John McCain | New York Times
“The Daily” looks at the senator’s complex legacy through his half-century of public life.
👓 A few words about Cindy Lobel | Recode
She was part of the Recode family, and her tragic death last week leaves a hole in our lives.
👓 Cindy R. Lobel, Who Studied New York’s History Through Food, Dies at 48 | New York Times
Professor Lobel was among the first historians to explore the economic and social elements of city life in the 19th century through the lens of eating.
I’ll have to bookmark her book to check out. With any luck, friends and colleagues will finish the book she’s currently working on.
👓 Soon There Will Be Only One Blockbuster Left in the United States | The New York Times
The upcoming closings of two Blockbuster video stores in Alaska will leave one store in central Oregon as the last one in the United States.
👓 CNN's Anthony Bourdain dead at 61 | CNN
Anthony Bourdain, the gifted chef, storyteller and writer who took TV viewers around the world to explore culture, cuisine and the human condition for nearly two decades, has died. He was 61.
Obviously no one was expecting his death as there was very little reported here beyond the obvious.
👓 Steven Bochco Dead: ‘NYPD Blue’ Creator, Dies at 74 | Variety
👓 ‘The Daily’: Women We Overlooked | The New York Times
Obituaries in The New York Times have been long dominated by white men. We’re adding the stories of remarkable women like Ida B. Wells, who took on racism in the South.
👓 Caltech Mourns the Loss of Stephen Hawking | Caltech
👓 Stephen Hawking, Who Examined the Universe and Explained Black Holes, Dies at 76 | The New York Times
A physicist and best-selling author, Dr. Hawking did not allow his physical limitations to hinder his quest to answer “the big question: Where did the universe come from?”
👓 Pioneering scientist Murray Sachs, who led biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins for 16 years, dies at 77 | JHU Hub
His research on how the brain receives, processes sound paved the way for the development of cochlear implants
👓 ‘Miss Minnie,’ one of Johns Hopkins University’s longest-serving employees, dies at 96 | JHU Hub
She came to Hopkins as a cafeteria worker in 1946, retired as assistant to the president in 2007
Gary Posner obituary
Gary Posner, best known for pioneering research in organocopper chemistry, joined JHU faculty in 1969
I remember Dr. Posner well for his pointed use of the Socratic method, and in particular the day that my chemistry-related sir name caught his eye. I think he always expected that I would have been born a chemistry genius because of the name Aldrich. His expectations did make my orgo studies all the more fraught and worthwhile however.
I will point out in my day that the reaction that carried his name was ordered as the Corey-Posner-Whitesides-House reaction and not in the lesser order mentioned in the article.
Murray Sachs Obituary
Murray Sachs, of Arlington, MA, formerly of Baltimore, MD, on Saturday, March 3, 2018. Beloved husband of the late Merle (Diener) Sachs. Devoted father of Benjamin Sachs & his wife Lisa, and Jonathan Sachs & his wife Kate. Loving grandfather of Talia, Aviva, Zoe, Zander, Jonah, and Miriam. Loving uncle of Nancy Colier and Steven Shainberg. Murray was a renowned scientist who received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in electrical engineering from MIT (B.S. ’62, M.S. ‘64, Ph.D. ‘66). He worked in the field of biomedical engineering, in particular using mathematics to model the way sound is received, transmitted, encoded, and comprehended between the ear and the brain, laying groundwork for advances such as the cochlear implant. He served as the Director of the Biomedical Engineering Department at Johns Hopkins University. Murray was elected a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering for his scientific contributions and his leadership in biomedical engineering education. Murray is remembered as having a gentle soul, and as being a calm leader and generous mentor. He was a loving husband, beloved father, doting grandfather, and a deeply devoted colleague and friend. He will be profoundly missed. Services at Temple Beth Avodah, 45 Puddingstone Lane, Newton, MA on Monday, March 5 at 2pm. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.
👓 John Heard, the Frazzled Father in ‘Home Alone,’ Dies at 71 | New York Times
Mr. Heard played pained characters in dramas but was best known as the dad who embarked on a family trip to Paris without his youngest son.
I recall thinking about him fondly a month ago as I watched The Pelican Brief, but may remember him best for his frustrating turn in Big as well as a bevvy of great guest roles on television.