Michael S. Rosenwald

He wielded his name and immense wealth in the corridors of banking, government and Buckingham Palace, where he advised Queen Elizabeth II on financial matters

In 1840, the first known campus shooting in the United States occurred at the University of Virginia, stemming from a student protest over gun rights.

His jarring, hallucinatory poems earned him the Pulitzer Prize and a MacArthur Foundation genius award.

John Updike called her book covers -- which numbered in the thousands -- “bold and festive.”

Mr. Ryan served as director of a Justice Department unit designated to find and expel anyone in the United States who had assisted the Nazis.

Ms. Dea was the first magician on what became known as the Las Vegas strip. She later had a brief career as a Hollywood starlet.

The New Yorker cartoonist gently skewered urbanites and crunchy Vermonters for more than six decades with hairy, cleverly-drawn characters.

The Sports Illustrated writer wrote two books with the Red Sox slugger, including “The Science of Hitting,” considered one of the game’s bibles.

He won an unprecedented five straight all-around world championships, started his own clothing line and appeared on “The Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson.

During the four days following an on-board explosion, Mrs. Lovell showed steely resolve. Privately, she pondered life as a widow.