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September 24, 2019
Elaine “Lainie” Hadden was one of those rare souls who
lifted spirits simply by entering a room.
Part of the effect was the joy she brought to nearly every
occasion, a palpable sense of excitement shown in her signature wide smile.
More than contagious, it was irresistible—so much so that people fl...

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September 23, 2019
Editor's note: This article has been updated with information about the memorial service for Minter.
Northeast Ohio is mourning the loss of ϳԹ alumnus Steven A. Minter, whose nearly two decades of leadership of the Cleveland Foundation helped transform the city and set new standar...

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August 08, 2019
Editor's note: This article has been updated to include the date and time of the service for McGuire.
Richard McGuire, who was set to begin his fourth year as a student at the School of Dental Medicine, passed away this week from complications of sickle cell disease. He was 27.
A native of Chicago...

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June 05, 2019
All are invited to celebrate his life and work at 4 p.m. Monday, June 10, at an on-campus remembrance
In his dozen years as provost and vice president of Case
Western Reserve University, Richard Zdanis led with a quiet strength and a deep
respect for fairness, while shaping practices and policies t...

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May 15, 2019
A Case
Western Reserve undergraduate taking a May term class in Israel died Wednesday
after being pulled from a natural spring in one of the country’s national parks.
Lifeguards
on site immediately contacted emergency services and performed CPR, but were
unable to revive Xinling Yuan. He was 20 yea...

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March 20, 2019
ϳԹ today is mourning the loss of Justine
Boyle, a first-year student who passed away off campus early Tuesday. She was
18.
Boyle had just returned from a spring break trip to Greece
that was part of the Classics course “Athens: In Search of Socrates.”
She was one of 13 students w...

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March 08, 2019
Samuel H. Miller, a 1941 ϳԹ alumnus who
became one of Cleveland’s most influential business leaders, died Thursday. He
was 97 years old.
Samuel Miller in a ϳԹ archives photo, circa 1939
The son of immigrants who grew up poor and speaking only
Russian and Yiddish, Miller was abl...

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March 07, 2019
William C. Grimberg
ϳԹ development leader William C. Grimberg died Tuesday after several months of bravely enduring illness. Visiting hours begin this afternoon for the 70-year-old father of four and grandfather of nine, whose career spanned Cleveland’s arts, education and health ...

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November 28, 2018
Whether members of the ϳԹ community knew Pete Babic personally or not, they’ve likely interacted with a key part of his work. As an applications developer in University Technology, Babic developed and managed the Software Center.
This week, University Technology staff a...

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November 27, 2018
Walter S. Gibson, a former professor and chair of the Department of Art History and Art at ϳԹ, passed away Nov. 18. He was 86.
Gibson received his bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Ohio State University, and his doctorate from Harvard University. He also served in the...