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Harvey Schlossberg

(1936-2021) Author. Harvey Schlossberg was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Brooklyn, New York. He wrote the memoir, “Psychologist With a Gun.”

Lee Ross

(1942-2021) Author. Lee Ross was born in Toronto, Ontario, and died in Palo Alto, California. He received a Ph.D. from Columbia University.

Janet Malcolm

(1934-2021) Journalist, author. Janet Malcolm was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, and died in Manhattan, New York. She was a writer for The New Yorker.

Robbie McCauley

(1942-2021) Writer, playwright. Robbie McCauley was born in Norfolk, Virginia, and died in Silver Spring, Maryland.

David Swensen

(1954-2021) Philanthropist, author. David Swensen was born in Ames, Iowa, and died in New Haven, Connecticut. He wrote the book “Pioneering Portfolio Management: An Unconventional Approach to Institutional Investment.” Mr. Swensen worked on Wall Street in Manhattan, New York, for several years.

Joan Schenkar

(1942-2021) Biographer, playwright. Joan Schenkar was born in Seattle, Washington, and died in Paris, France. She lived in both Paris, France, and in an apartment in Greenwich Village in Manhattan, New York. She was known for writing the book, “The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith.”