Joan Giangrasse Kates

Ann DiValerio, a veteran of the Marine Corps, traveled to Washington last summer to visit the Iwo Jima Memorial near Arlington National Cemetery and attend a concert by the United...

Decades ago, when Ross Kellan headed the Music Department at his alma mater, Glenbard East High School in Lombard, he tapped a sophomore trumpet player to perform her first solo...

As a college student in New York in the early 1940s, Suzanne Ettlinger became captivated with modern dance through a class she took with Martha Graham, who was a leader...

Lyle McGinnis, a researcher and seismologist, spent years in one of the world's harshest environments. McGinnis worked in Antarctica as a geoscientist with the International Geophysical Year and also spent...

Adelaide Ward, who taught English at Dunbar Vocational High School for many years and had a knack for getting through to even the most stubborn of students, one day turned...