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James L. Barrett dies at 86; pioneering Napa vintner

2013-03-19 00:00:00

James L. Barrett, a pioneering Napa Valley vintner who stepped onto the world stage in a big way in 1976 when his Chateau Montelena Chardonnay won a prestigious Paris tasting, has died. He was 86. Barrett died Thursday in San Francisco, according to...

Kuang-hsun Ting dies at 97; bishop led Protestant church in China

2012-11-28 19:24:00

Bishop Kuang-hsun Ting, who was one of the most influential Christian figures in China as the longtime leader of the country's government-sanctioned Protestant church, has died. He was 97. Ting died Nov. 22 at his home in Nanjing, according to...

Taste buds and 'tude: The food and mood link

2012-09-06 18:02:00

Research sheds light on how food affects mood and the flip side: how emotions impact taste. All day, food metaphors weave their way into our thoughts about others. Watching someone cut in line may leave a bad taste in your mouth. Your current love may be...

Dr. James West dies at 98; a founder of Betty Ford Center

2012-08-05 00:00:00

Dr. James W. West stood on the cutting edge of medicine in the middle of the 20th century and recognized "it sounded bizarre to remove an organ from a dead person and expect it to work." He was part of a team of surgeons who helped change that perception...

Edward Derwinski dies at 85; first VA secretary

2012-01-21 00:00:00

Edward Derwinski, who represented Chicago's south side and adjoining suburbs in Congress for nearly a quarter-century before becoming the nation's first secretary of Veterans Affairs, died Sunday of cancer at a nursing home in Oak Brook, Ill., his...

PASSINGS: Loren Miller Jr., Boris Chertok

2011-12-15 00:00:00

Loren Miller Jr. Longtime Superior Court judge Retired Superior Court Judge Loren Miller Jr., 74, the second of three generations of his family to serve on the bench in California, died Dec. 5 of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary...

Harry Pachon dies at 66; Latino scholar and activist

2011-11-09 00:00:00

Harry Pachon, a scholar-activist who helped focus national attention on the needs and traits of a growing Latino population, particularly in politics and education, has died. He was 66. Pachon, the longtime president of the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute,...

PASSINGS

2009-01-19 00:00:00

James B. Pearson Progressive Kansas senator James B. Pearson, a progressive Republican who represented Kansas in the U.S. Senate for 17 years, died Tuesday at his home in Gloucester, Mass. He was 88. Pearson had been on kidney dialysis for several...

Tinley students awarded scholarships for community service

2013-05-24 00:00:00

Six graduating high school seniors have been awarded $1,000 scholarships from Tinley Park for their community service, village officials have announced. Those students who are being honored include Emily Ruzevich, who attends Lincoln-Way North;...

Tornadoes in Chicago: A matter of when, not if

2013-05-21 13:43:00

There’s a notion that it can’t happen here. Tornadoes are creatures of the plains. They lurk in cornfields--not cities. Not Chicago. Those jaw-dropping pictures snapped in the wake of the deadly tornado that tore through the Oklahoma...

Chicago Jesuits hid sex crimes

2013-05-22 00:00:00

Internal church records released Tuesday show that Chicago Jesuits consciously concealed the crimes of convicted sex offender Donald McGuire for more than 40 years as the prominent Roman Catholic priest continued to sexually abuse dozens of children...

Student home from college killed in Maywood

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Ryan Jones said he and his best friend, Dashamone McCarty, decided during a phone call Wednesday evening to sign up together for summer classes at a community college. Minutes after they hung up, McCarty, 19, was shot in the head while sitting in the...

Corbin J. Morris has joined the Chicago office of Quarles & Brady LLP as an associate in the Tax-Exempt Organizations and Corporate Services Practice Groups. Morris has a B.A. in linguistics and LL.M. in taxation from New York University and a J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

2013-05-10 00:00:00

The Palatine-based law firm of Lavelle Law Ltd has hired Brian Warens as an attorney in its estate planning practice group. Warens is a graduate of Loyola University Chicago and the Chicago Kent College of Law.

2013-04-22 11:31:00

System Development Integration announced that Jack Schenk, will join the firm as managing director of business development. Schenk plans to accelerate SDI's expansion into private sector clients, as well as build strategic partner relationships within the security industry.

2013-04-02 10:44:00