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Ed Clark, 93, abstract painter whose brush was a broom and grew up in Chicago, has died

October 29, 2019 at 3:11 p.m.

Ed Clark, 93, a noted abstract painter who achieved his distinctive effect by using a janitor's broom to sweep paint across the canvas in giant, motion-filled strokes, died Oct. 18...

Cathleen Morawetz, first female mathemetician to win National Medal of Science, dies at 94

June 2, 2018 at 10:33 p.m.

Cathleen Morawetz, whose achievements in mathematics found widespread practical use, helped open her profession to other women and made her the first female mathematician to receive the National Medal of...

Margaret Bergmann Lambert, high jumper barred from 1936 Olympics, dies at 103

June 3, 2018 at 3:23 a.m.

Margaret Bergmann Lambert, a German high jumper who was barred from the 1936 Berlin Olympics because she was Jewish, an omission that may have cost Nazi Germany a gold medal...

John Nash, inspiration for ‘A Beautiful Mind,’ killed in N.J. car crash

August 21, 2019 at 5:40 p.m.

John F. Nash Jr., who revolutionized the mathematical field of game theory, was endowed with a mind that was highly original and deeply troubled. But it became known to most...

Nellie Gray, founder of March for Life, dies

December 24, 2018 at 12:32 p.m.

— Nellie Gray left a government career to start the March for Life, the annual anti-abortion demonstration that for nearly four decades has drawn tens of thousands of activists to...

Good things in pretty packages

August 22, 2021 at 8:01 a.m.

"Even just a plain white piece ... with texture is beautiful for me." That's how Jana Svrzo, a manager at Paper Source, sees the world of paper. Svrzo offers some...

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