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Sheldon Margen, 85; Nutrition Pioneer Helped Establish Diet Guidelines

Posted in ODD Guests on December 25th, 2004

LA Times
Dr. Sheldon Margen, a pioneer in nutritional science whose research was used as a foundation for some of the dietary guidelines now listed on packaged food in the United States, has died. He was 85.

Margen, who also co-founded the UC Berkeley Wellness Letter, one of the first of its kind, died of cancer Dec. 18 at his home in Berkeley.

Starting in the 1960s, Margen helped to establish the minimum daily requirements of protein, trace minerals and other components of a healthful adult diet. He arrived at his conclusions in part by testing a wide range of diets, with help from volunteers.

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Johnny Oates, 58, Cerebral Catcher and Manager, Dies

Posted in ODD Guests on December 25th, 2004

NY Times
Johnny Oates, who managed the Texas Rangers to three American League division titles in the 1990’s, the only postseason appearances in the franchise’s history, died yesterday at a hospital in Richmond. He was 58. His death was announced by John Blake, a former spokesman for the Rangers, The Associated Press said. Oates had been treated for brain cancer since November 2001.

Memorabilia…

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John Laughlin, Leader in Radiation Cancer Care, Dies at 86

Posted in ODD Guests on December 25th, 2004

NY Times
Dr. John S. Laughlin, a medical physicist and educator who was an early leader in the use of radiation to diagnose and treat cancers, died on Dec. 11 at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan, where he headed the department of medical physics for four decades. He was 86.

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The cause was leukemia, said a daughter, Dr. Catherine Laughlin.

In 1952, shortly after arriving as a department head at Memorial Hospital, a forerunner of Sloan-Kettering, Dr. Laughlin helped acquire the institution’s first betatron machine, a particle accelerator that had been developed for experiments in atom-smashing in nuclear physics. In its medical application, the betatron was used at Memorial and elsewhere to point a stream of high-energy electrons at cancerous tumors to shrink or destroy them.

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P.V. Narasimha Rao Dies; Indian Premier, 83

Posted in ODD Guests on December 24th, 2004

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Richard J. Barnet, Founder of a Liberal Research Institute, Dies at 75

Posted in ODD Guests on December 24th, 2004

NY Times
Richard J. Barnet, a Kennedy administration official who was a founder of the Institute for Policy Studies, one of the first research organizations in the country to address public policy from a left-wing vantage point, died yesterday at his home in Washington. He was 75.

The cause was normal pressure hydrocephalus, a brain disorder, his daughter Julie Barnet said.

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Mr. Barnet and Marcus Raskin founded the institute, based in Washington, in 1963. Advocating social action as well as scholarship, the organization has been involved in issues including civil rights, the Vietnam War, national security and, most recently, fair trade and environmental justice campaigns.
More books…

Who wants disarmament?

Roots of War

The Economy of Death

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Gretchen Bender, 53, an Artist Working in Film and Video, Dies

Posted in ODD Guests on December 24th, 2004

NY Times
Gretchen Bender, an artist who worked in several photographic and film mediums, died on Sunday at her Manhattan home. She was 53.

The cause was cancer, her family said.

Ms. Bender belonged to the generation of early 1980’s Pictures artists, who included Jack Goldstein, Cindy Sherman, Robert Longo and Richard Prince. Combining aspects of Conceptual Art and Pop Art, these artists used the images of popular culture to dissect its powerful codes, especially regarding gender and sexuality.

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Harold Benjamin, 80, Founder of Wellness Community, Dies

Posted in ODD Guests on December 24th, 2004

NY Times
Harold Benjamin, who established the Wellness Community network of support centers for cancer patients after his wife was treated for breast cancer, died Thursday at his home in Marina del Ray, Calif. He was 80.

Mr. Benjamin created the first Wellness Community in 1982, offering cancer victims and their families a place where they could find support groups and attend education and relaxation workshops. The idea was to raise patients’ optimism, thereby increasing their odds of recovery.

The cause was complications of pulmonary fibrosis, his family said.

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Tom Wesselmann, 73; Pop Artist Mixed Elements of Fine Art and Advertising

Posted in ODD Guests on December 23rd, 2004

LA Times
Pop artist Tom Wesselmann, known for his large-scale paintings that mix elements of fine art and advertising and for his compositions in which classically posed nudes vie for attention with household appliances and product labels, has died. He was 73.

A longtime resident of New York City, Wesselmann died Friday at New York University Medical Center after complications from heart surgery, according to Emilio Steinberger of the Robert Miller Gallery, where Wesselmann recently exhibited his work.
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Tom Wesselmann, 1959-1993

Wesselmann: Recent work by Tom Wesselmann, 9 May-16 June, 1988, Galerie Tokoro

Tom Wesselmann: New metal paintings

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