Patrick McGroarty
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City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, GP, South Africa
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Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia, Last of Africa’s Liberation Leaders, Dies at 97
Former president transitioned from freedom fighter to autocrat to elder statesman over six-decade political career marked by his yielding of power after an election. → Read More
Chemist Worked for Cleaner Drinking Water World-Wide
As a chemist, Nina McClelland played a big role in raising drinking water standards world-wide. → Read More
Jack Creighton Led Weyerhaeuser, United Airlines Through Crises
Jack Creighton, former head of timber giant Weyerhaeuser and United Airlines, built consensus with employees and environmentalists. → Read More
Airports Tame the Ridesharing Rodeo
Across the country, airports are trying get a handle on the traffic clogging entrances and exits. → Read More
Engineer Found a Way to Make GPS Work in Cars
Gary Burrell, co-founder of GPS-products maker Garmin Ltd., saw satellite navigation as a way to make life easier for drivers, fishermen and golfers. → Read More
Paris Review Publisher Lived for Literature and Fun
Paris Review publisher Susannah Hunnewell infused the magazine with an irreverent, cosmopolitan sensibility that reflected the lifetime she spent shuttling between France and the East Coast. → Read More
Movie Executive Put Bond and the Beatles on Screen
Film executive David Picker, who died on April 20 at 87 years of age, was a lifelong cinema fanatic who optioned Ian Fleming’s Bond novels and put the Beatles in the movies. → Read More
Neuroscientist Changed Thinking on Brain Function
Paul Greengard used his Nobel Prize money to establish award for women in biomedicine. → Read More
An Auto Tinkerer Built a DIY Empire
John Haynes turned a passion for cars into a British-based publishing company with manuals that taught subjects ranging from motorcycle repair to child-rearing to millions of people world-wide. → Read More
Belgian Billionaire Was a Quiet Force in Europe’s Boardrooms
Albert Frere turned a family nail-making business into a steelmaking powerhouse before taking control of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert. Mr. Frere went on to take stakes in companies across Europe, becoming a familiar scold to corporate boards. → Read More
Space Race Pioneer Planted Roots in Milwaukee
Nate Zelazo joined the Space Race in the 1950s. His company Astronautics Corporation of America went on to develop a gyroscope for mounting cameras in space and hardware and software used today on Boeing’s 787 jets and Airbus’s A400M turboprop transport plane. → Read More
Cub Foods Co-Founder Charles Hooley Was a Bargain-Shopping Pioneer
Shoppers can thank Charles Hooley for the no-frills feel at some U.S. grocery stores. Mr. Hooley, a co-founder of Cub Foods, died June 17 at age 89. → Read More
McDonald’s Puts Fresh Beef on the Menu
By May, quarter-pound burgers at McDonald’s restaurants in the contiguous U.S. will be made from fresh beef, in a bid to please customers who want less processed food. → Read More
College Activists March on the Cafeteria: What Do We Want? Hydroponic Cilantro!
Students across the U.S. are making some very precise demands of school chefs and dining halls, including a churrascaria, a gelateria and a sushi bar. → Read More
James Galton Saved Spider-Man and Other Marvel Superheroes
As head of Marvel Comics, James Galton decided to double down on marketing to devoted Spider-Man and Hulk fans of all ages. His new distribution model became a blueprint for revitalizing the comic-book business. Mr. Galton died on June 12 at 92. → Read More
Ag Marketer Brought Mangoes, Seedless Watermelon to Grocery Aisles
Howard Marguleas planted the first commercial mango farm in the western U.S. just as Americans were developing a taste for exotic fruits and vegetables. → Read More
Pinball Craftsman Hits Bumpers Building a Sought-After Machine
One of the most elusive pinball games ever built—the hobby’s Mona Lisa—is stirring up drama among fans; ‘It became this mythological prize.’ → Read More
Why Messrs. Test, Null and Sample Say the Internet Bugs Them
People with surnames that computers, or the people operating them, automatically discard as fakes endure endless mix-ups—from renting cars to registering for Facebook; ‘a lot of lazy engineering’ → Read More
Online Consignment Shops Clean Up After the Holidays
Online consignment shops like Swap.com say the volume of merchandise they handle is swelling, reflecting a boom in secondhand apparel. → Read More
U.S. Factories Are Working Again; Factory Workers, Not So Much
Factories were humming back to life even before a pledge to revitalize American manufacturing helped propel Donald Trump to the presidency. But jobs aren’t returning in kind, which will make it tough to significantly boost industrial employment. → Read More