Ronnie Reese

Leslie Hornig was born into an academic family of science. Her father, Donald, was a science adviser to Presidents John F. Kennedyand Lyndon B. Johnsonbefore serving as president of Brown...

Barbara Kravets, who began working as a nutrition counselor more than 40 years ago, was instrumental in writing the Illinois law that enabled nutritionists to become licensed practitioners. Ms. Kravets...

Frank Strocchia refereed Big Ten college football for 25 years, officiating contests in some of the sport's greatest rivalries. He was on the field for a number of battles between...

Okoro Harold Johnson, a veteran of film, stage and television, mentored thousands in the African-American theater community and in 1971 co-founded the eta Creative Arts Foundation. "He was one of...

Milton C. Jensen made his first solo airplane flight on his 16th birthday, before he was even driving a car, according to his son Phil. He came to be known...

The Rev. Addie L. Wyatt was one of the country's foremost champions for organized labor and civil rights. As a union leader, she fought for principles of worker rights such...

Ambrose "Pepper" Furey was a teacher and administrator for more than 30 years who during the 1960s worked as a draft counselor and was active in his opposition to the...

Eugene Gozdecki, general counsel for Wirtz Corp. interests, including the Chicago Blackhawks, grew up in the shadow of steel mills on Chicago's South Side and maintained an approachable, blue-collar personality...