Neculai Alexandru Ursu was born on August 3, 1926, and died on May 14, 2016. He was a Romanian linguist, philologist, and literary historian. Neculai Alexandru Ursu graduated from Alexandru Ioan Cuza University and got his Doctorate in Philology in 1967 for his work Formarea terminologiei științifice românești (Formation of the Romanian scientific terminology). During ..
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Professor Richard John Davis was born on June 28, 1949, and died on May 2, 2016. He was a radio astronomer at Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester. He attended March Grammar School for boys in 1960-67. Richard Davis won a scholarship to attend Downing College at the University of Cambridge in 1968, ..
Madeleine Lebeau was born on June 10, 1923 in Antony, Hauts-de-Seine, France and died on May 1, 20116. Her birth name was Marie Madeleine Berthe Lebeau. She was an actress. She was best known for Casablanca (1942), 8½ (1963) and Gentleman Jim (1942). In 1941, she made her Hollywood debut in Hold Back the Dawn, ..
Edmund V. Ludwig was born on May 20, 1928, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died on May 17, 2016. He was a United States District Judge. He received an Artium Baccalaureus from Harvard University in 1949 and a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1952. Edmund V. Ludwig was a Reserve Captain in the ..
Joseph “Joe” McDonagh was born in 1953 and died on May 20, 2016. He was an Irish Gaelic games administrator. Joe served as the President of the Gaelic Athletic Association from 1997 until 2000, and formerly a hurler with the Galway senior hurling team. He was introduced to hurling by his father, a long-serving Gaelic ..
Ku Chin-shui was born on January 15, 1960, and died on May 21, 2016. He was an aboriginal Taiwanese decathlete. There was an explosion on board a landed Uni Air plane on August 24, 1999, injuring 28 people and killed Ku Jing-chi the older brother of Ku Chin-shui. There was a report from the Aviation ..
Lorne O. Clarke was born on November 22, 1928, in Malagash, Nova Scotia and died on May 21, 2016. He was a Canadian lawyer and Chief Justice of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court. Clark graduated from Dalhousie University with a B.A. in 1949 and an LL.B. in 1951. Lorne received an LL.M. from Harvard University, ..
Wheelock “Whee” Whitney, Jr. was born on July 30, 1926, and died on May 20, 2016. He was a Minneapolis businessman, educator, sports team executive and owner, philanthropist, and politician. He received his education from Phillips Andover and Yale University with George H.W. Bush. Himself along with Bush were both members of Delta Kappa Epsilon ..
Samuel Joseph Ellis was born on February 11, 1941, and died on May 13, 2016. He was an American professional baseball pitcher. Ellis played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, California Angels, and Chicago White Sox. Sammy Ellis was an MLB All-Star in 1965. Ellis made his major league debut at the ..
Paul Alva Smoker was born on May 8, 1941, in Muncie, Indiana, and died on May 14, 2016. He was an American jazz trumpeter. He grew up in Davenport, Iowa, and moved to Chicago to play professionally. Paul Smoker worked there in the 1960s, playing with Bobby Christian among others. Smoker received his doctorate at ..