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Cleveland Donald, Jr. (2012)
JACK ELLIOTT JR., The Associated PressJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Cleveland Donald Jr., the second black graduate of the University of Mississippi who started a black studies program at the college, has died. He was 65.Donald died Jan. 26 of natural causes at his home in New Milford, Conn., said his brother, retired Army Maj. Gen. James Donald.Born in Newton, Miss., Donald attended Tougaloo College...
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Stewart Fulbright, 92 (2012)
The Associated PressDURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Stewart Fulbright, a trailblazing black educator who piloted a bomber during World War II as one of the Tuskegee Airmen and later served as the first dean of the North Carolina Central University School of Business, has died, He was 92.His son, Edward, says Fulbright died in Durham, N.C., on New Year's Day after a short illness. A funeral is planned for...
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Derrick Bell, 80 (1930 - 2011)
JIM FITZGERALD, The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Derrick Bell, a civil rights scholar and writer who was the first tenured black professor at Harvard Law School, has died. He was 80. Bell died Wednesday night of carcinoid cancer at a Manhattan hospital, his wife, Janet Dewart Bell, said Friday. He'd been diagnosed with the disease a decade ago, she said, but was still teaching at New...
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Ram Sharan Sharma, 92 (1919 - 2011)
The Associated PressPATNA, India (AP) — Indian historian Ram Sharan Sharma has died in a hospital in the eastern state of Bihar after a prolonged illness. He was 92.Sharma was known as an expert on medieval and ancient Indian history and authored 115 books during a career that kept him at the forefront of historical research in India. He led the 1970s expansion of Delhi University's history...
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Ricardo Alegria, 90 (1921 - 2011)
The Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Ricardo Alegria, a Puerto Rican scholar known for his pioneering studies of the island's native Taino culture and who is credited with preserving the capital's colonial district, died Thursday. He was 90. Alegria died at the Cardiovascular Center of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean from complications of heart disease, said his son, Ricardo...
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Ellis Gene Smith, 74 (1936 - 2010)
The Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Ellis Gene Smith, the son of a Mormon family from Ogden, Utah, who is believed to have compiled the largest collection of Tibetan books outside of Tibet, has...
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Suzanne Keller (2010)
The Associated Press PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — The first woman to hold a tenured faculty position at Princeton University has died. Sociologist Suzanne Keller was 83. The New Jersey university...
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Ernst von Glasersfeld (1917 - 2010)
The Associated PressVIENNA (AP) — A friend says intellectual Ernst von Glasersfeld, known for developing the theory of radical constructivism, has died. He was 93.Josef Mitterer, a professor at the...
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Ehud Netzer (1934 - 2010)
MATTI FRIEDMAN, The Associated PressJERUSALEM (AP) — Ehud Netzer, an Israeli archaeologist best known for excavating King Herod's winter palace and discovering the monarch's tomb there, has died...
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Maurice Allais, 99 (1911 - 2010)
JAMEY KEATEN, The Associated PressPARIS (AP) — Nobel economics winner Maurice Allais, an early critic of shortcomings in the worldwide financial system that led to the latest crisis, has died. He...
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Ronald W. Walters, 72 (2010)
The Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Ronald W. Walters, a longtime political analyst and scholar at Howard University and the University of Maryland who was a leading expert on race and politics,...
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Jefferson Thomas, 68 (1942 - 2010)
TOM PARSONS, The Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Jefferson Thomas was fast and athletic and often played pickup basketball with white students while growing up in Little Rock in the...
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William P. Foster, 91 (1919 - 2010)
The Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — William P. Foster, credited with innovating a much-imitated high-stepping style as founder and longtime director of the Florida A&M Marching 100...
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Leon Breeden, 88 (1921 - 2010)
The Associated PressDENTON, Texas (AP) — Leon Breeden, legendary director of the University of North Texas' jazz program who made its "One O'Clock Lab Band" internationally famous, has died...
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David Blackwell, 91 (1919 - 2010)
The following article courtesy of The Wall Street Journal By STEPHEN MILLER David Blackwell was a leading statistician who made contributions to game theory and once helped the U.S. Air Force...
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Nasr Hamed Abu Zeid, 66 (1943 - 2010)
SALAH NASRAWI, The Associated PressCAIRO (AP) — Nasr Hamed Abu Zeid, a prominent Egyptian scholar once accused of apostasy for his contemporary interpretation of Islam, has died. He was 66...
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Martin Gardner , 95 (1914 - 2010)
(Associated Press) NORMAN, Okla. Prolific mathematics and science writer Martin Gardner, known for popularizing recreational mathematics and debunking paranormal claims, died Saturday. He was...
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Antony Flew, 87 (1923 - 2010)
The Associated Press LONDON Antony Flew, an academic philosopher who expounded atheism for most of his life but made a late conversion to belief in a creator, has died at age 87, his family...
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Jaime Escalante, 79 (1930 - 2010)
(Associated Press) By RAQUEL MARIA DILLON Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES Jaime Escalante, the math teacher who transformed a tough East Los Angeles high school and inspired the...
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Thomas Garden Barnes, 79 (1930 - 2010)
BERKELEY, California (AP) -Thomas Garden Barnes, a University of California, Berkeley history and law professor who led efforts to develop Canadian studies in the U.S., has died. He was 79. Barnes...
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Sir Kenneth Dover (2010)
By ROBERT BARR, Associated Press Writer LONDON Sir Kenneth Dover, a distinguished historian of Greek culture who gained wider fame by admitting his wish to kill a troublesome colleague, has...
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Phillip Law, 97 (1912 - 2010)
The following article courtesy of The Wall Street Journal From THE TIMES OF LONDON Phillip Law was one of the most experienced Antarctic explorers of the 20th century and also made a...
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David Bankier (2010)
(Associated Press) JERUSALEM David Bankier, a prominent Holocaust scholar and head of Yad Vashem's International Institute for Holocaust Research, has died after a lengthy illness. He was 63. ...
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Rex Nettleford , 76 (1933 - 2010)
The Associated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica Jamaican scholar and choreographer Rex Nettleford has died following a heart attack in the United States. He was 76. Nettleford died late Tuesday in...
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Mary Daly, 81 (1928 - 2010)
By JAY LINDSAY, Associated Press Writer BOSTON – Radical feminist Mary Daly, the iconoclastic theologian who proclaimed, "I hate the Bible," and retired from Boston College rather than allow...
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Paul Samuelson, 94 (1915 - 2009)
(Associated Press) By POLLY ANDERSON Associated Press Writer NEW YORK - Economist Paul Samuelson, who won a Nobel prize for his effort to bring mathematical analysis into economics, helped...
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E. Laurence Chalmers (2009)
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - E. Laurence Chalmers, who led the University of Kansas during a turbulent period from 1969 to 1972, died Tuesday. He was 81. The death in Durango, Colo., was announced by the...
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Francisco Ayala, 103 (1906 - 2009)
By CIARAN GILES Associated Press Writer MADRID—Francisco Ayala, a novelist, sociologist and one of Spain's leading scholars, died Tuesday at age 103 after outliving the dictatorship that led...
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Claude Levi-Strauss, 100 (1908 - 2009)
The Associated Press By ANGELA DOLAND PARIS—Claude Levi-Strauss, widely considered the father of modern anthropology for work that included theories about commonalities between tribal and...
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Jean-Francois Bergier, 77 (1931 - 2009)
By ELIANE ENGELER, Associated Press Writer GENEVA — Swiss historian Jean-Francois Bergier, who led a highly critical probe of Switzerland's conduct during World War II, has died. He was 77. ...
