The journalist covered the struggle for civil rights in Selma, Ala., and later became a columnist and wrote books on politics and government.
Haynes Johnson, a Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil rights movement and migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday at a hospital in Bethesda, Md., after suffering a heart attack. He was 81.
With IBM colleague Gerd Binnig, Rohrer invented the scanning tunneling microscope, which can show individual atoms on a surface and move them around.
The electron microscope revolutionized biology in the 1930s by providing magnifications thousands of times higher than that of light microscopes, allowing scientists to discern the inner workings of cells for the first time.
Flynn Robinson, 72, guard on championship Lakers team; Steve Forrest, 87, star of TV's 'S.W.A.T.'; Mack Emerman, 89, founder of Criteria Recording Studios
A longtime Republican state senator and assemblyman, Newton R. Russell was admired on both sides of the aisle for his fairness and knowledge of the arcane rules of the state pension system.
Newton R. Russell, a veteran state senator known as an expert on California's complex public pension system and a stickler for upholding legislative rules, died Saturday of lung cancer at his La Cañada Flintridge home, his family said. He was 85.
As a boy growing up in L.A., Goddard dreamed of adventures in faraway lands: climbing the world's most perilous peaks, navigating its major rivers and exploring its most remote regions.
Indiana Jones, the swashbuckling fictional adventurer, would seem to have nothing on John Goddard.
By Rebecca Trounson, Los Angeles Times
Tue May 21 01:00:00 UTC 2013
KCSG Obituaries
Lee Wayne Mortensen (January 29, 1937 - April 19, 2013) (ST. GEORGE, Utah) - Lee Wayne Mortensen was born January 30, 1937 in Murray, Utah. He passed away April 19, 2013 in St. George, Utah of cancer.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Joseph Wilmo...
Dawn Marie Moore (July 26, 1955 - April 14, 2013) (ST. GEORGE, Utah) - Dawn Marie Moore, age 57, passed away April 14, 2013, in St. George, Utah. She was born July 26, 1955, in Pomona, California, to Donald and Nancy Moore.
There will be no servic...
Lillian Oliphant (November 18, 1930 - April 16, 2013) (ST. GEORGE, Utah) - Lillian T. Oliphant, age 82, passed away April 16, 2013 in St. George, Utah. She was born November 18, 1930, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to James B. and Alta Monson Thomas. Lillia...
Irvin Wayne Bommarito (December 10, 1948 - April 15, 2013) (HURRICANE, Utah) - Irvin Wayne Bommarito, age 64, passed away April 15, 2013 in St. George, Utah. He was born December 10, 1948 in Torrance, CA to Irvin and Ruby Rager McMonigle.
A Memorial servic...
Jean Walker (October 25, 1924 - April 15, 2013) Jean C. Walker returned to her Heavenly Father on April 15, 2013. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri on October 25, 1924 to Herman (Frenchie) and Mildred Jones Couvillian.
She married H.B. (Bill) ...
Ashlee Nelson (December 5, 1991 - April 13th 2013) (ST. GEORGE, Utah) - Ashlee Nelson, 21, passed away Saturday, April 13th, 2013 in St. George,Utah. Ashlee was born December 5th, 1991 to Bill and Stacie Nelson. She is the 3rd oldest of 7 Children ...
Robert "Bob" Kodweis (May 1932 - April 17, 2013) Robert "Bob" Kodweis
Bob graduated to another life on April 17, 2013 from ALS (Lou Gehrigs Disease). He was born in Rochester, NY to parents Fred and Viola Kodweis in May, 1932.
Bob leaves behin...
Tommy Ronald Renck (March 25, 1930 - April 12, 2013) Tommy Ronald Renck, age 83 passed away on April 12, 2013 of cancer. He was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado on March 25, 1930 to Robert Rae Renck and Maude Mae Stringham. He married Sarah Gay C...
Cleda Lorraine Vollmar Newton (April 12, 1926 - April 11, 2013) Together Again
(ST. GEORGE, Utah) - Cleda Lorraine Vollmar Newton was born April 12, 1926 in Hale Center, Texas to Andrew Edward Vollmar and Cleda Bell Diedrich Vollmar. Cleda was born two months p...
Jonathan Murray Taylor (February 6, 1976 - April 4, 2013) SMSGT (Retired, Airforce ) Jonathan Murray Taylor (“JT”) came into this world earlier than expected, February 6, 1976 and left it again, suddenly - - and much earlier than expected on April 4, 201...