Josette M. Behrend-Harris, 1939-2010
As a young girl, Dr. Josette M. Behrend-Harris fell in love with the piano and spent hours playing concertos on her beloved Brambach baby grand. She trained as a classical...
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Sarah Armour: Devoted patron was known as ‘matriarch’ of Lyric Opera
Sarah Armour, the elegant arts patron who generously supported Lyric Opera of Chicago since its inception in 1954, took her responsibilities as a board member seriously. Throughout the 1950s Mrs....
Robert Ingersoll, former Borg-Warner chairman and deputy secretary of state under President Nixon
Inside the Borg-Warner Corp.'s offices in Chicago from his soaring 21st-floor office, Chairman Robert S. Ingersoll oversaw his company's phenomenal growth in the 1960s, boosting its international sales to more...
Philip S. Krone, 1941-2010
Phil Krone was once described by Tribune columnist Mike Royko as "your classic political insider, comfortable with the corporate types and on cordial terms with the Daley family and most...
Northwestern professor David L. Hull helped found philosophy of biology
In academic circles, David L. Hull was known as a leading intellectual and a founder of the philosophy of biology. Dr. Hull, a professor emeritus at Northwestern University, spent much...
Dr. Alan W. Yasko, 1958-2010
Dr. Alan W. Yasko, 51, an internationally known bone cancer surgeon and chief of musculoskeletal oncology at Northwestern University's Lurie Cancer Center, died Thursday, Aug. 19, while attending a medical...
Metropolitan Christopher, 1928-2010
His Eminence Metropolitan Christopher Kovacevich, spiritual leader of the Libertyville-Chicago diocese and primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the United States and Canada, died Wednesday, Aug. 18, in Chicago,...
Metropolitan Christopher, 1928-2010
His Eminence Metropolitan Christopher Kovacevich, spiritual leader of the Libertyville-Chicago diocese and primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the United States and Canada, died Wednesday, Aug. 18, in Chicago,...
Poet, publisher of Free Lunch literary magazine
Poet and publisher Ronald C. Offen explored life's poignant moments in his verse, writing about winter's white embrace or remembering "when kisses were sweet questions." One notable collection of his...
Clyde E. Murphy, 1948-2010
Clyde E. Murphy, a crusading civil rights attorney who won a U.S. Supreme Court case that found Chicago discriminated against African-American firefighter applicants, died Tuesday, Aug. 17, his family said....