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Joanna Macy

Joanna Macy (1929-2025) Activist, author, scholar. Joanna Macy was born in Los Angeles, California and died in Berkeley, California. As a child she lived in New York City. She received a Ph.D. in religion from Syracuse University in 1978.

James B. Maas

James B. Maas (1938-2025) Social psychologist, writer, author. James B. Maas was born in Detroit, Michigan, and died in Charlevoix, Michigan.

Mark DeWolfe Howe

Mark DeWolfe Howe (1906-1967) Historian, biographer, law professor. Mark DeWolfe Howe was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and died in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was the father of poet Fanny Howe.

Fanny Howe

Fanny Howe (1940-2025) Poet, novelist, short story writer. Fanny Howe was born in Buffalo, New York, and died in Lincoln, Massachusetts. She was a daughter of the biographer Mark DeWolfe Howe.

Daniel Kleppner

Daniel Kleppner (1932-2025) Physicist, author. Daniel Kleppner was born in New York City, and died in Palo Alto, California.

Richard Greenberg

Richard Greenberg (1958-2025) Playwright. Richard Greenberg was born in East Meadow, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Ivar Giaever

Ivar Giaever (1929-2025) Physicist, engineer, autobiographicer. Ivar Giaever was born in Bergen, Norway, and died in Schenectady, New York. He received a doctorate in theoretical physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, in 1964, and worked at General Electric Research Laboratory in Schenectady, New York, for 32 years beginning in 1956 before becoming … Continued

Franklin W. Stahl

Franklin W. Stahl (1929-2025) Molecular biologist, geneticist, author. Franklin W. Stahl was born in Needham, Massachusetts, and died in Eugene, Oregon. He completed a short course at the Cold Spring Harbor Biological Laboratory in Laurel Hollow, New York, in 1952, and received his Ph.D. from the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York, in 1956.

S. Daniel Abraham

S. Daniel Abraham (1924-2025) Businessman, investor, philanthropist, entrepreneur, memoirist. S. Daniel Abraham was born in Long Beach, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.

David R. Slavitt

David R. Slavitt (1935-2025) Poet, critic. David R. Slavitt was born in White Plains, New York, and died in Cambridge, Massachusetts.