Nickolas Davatzes, Force Behind A&E and the History Channel, Dies at 79
Nickolas Davatzes, who was instrumental in creating the cable television networks A&E and the History Channel, which now reach into 335 million households around the world, died on Aug. 21 at his home in Wilton, Conn. He was 79.The cause was complications of Parkinson’s disease, his son George said.Mr. Davatzes (pronounced dah-VAT-sis) was president and…
Henry Rosovsky, Who Redefined Harvard to Its Core, Dies at 95
As dean of the faculty, he diplomatically persuaded his colleagues to tighten requirements for a degree and create a Black studies program.
Robert J. Zimmer, Who Promoted Free Speech on Campus, Dies at 75
Robert J. Zimmer, a mathematician who as president of the University of Chicago championed diversity not only quantitatively, in the recruitment of students and faculty, but also by protecting free expression on campus with a protocol that was later embraced by dozens of colleges across the country, died on Tuesday at his home in Chicago.…
Richard Robinson Dies at 84; Turned Scholastic Into an Empire
Richard Robinson, who took over his father’s magazine company, Scholastic, and transformed it into a behemoth in the children’s book industry with the “Harry Potter” and “Hunger Games” series and titles like “The Magic School Bus” and “Goosebumps,” died on Saturday in Chilmark, Mass., on Martha’s Vineyard. He was 84.His son Maurice said the cause…
Arthur Staats Dies at 97; Called ‘Time Out’ for Unruly Kids
Literary references to grounding unruly children reverberate from at least the early 19th century, when the father in the 1835 novel “Home,” by Catharine Sedgwick, sternly orders his son Wallace to “go to your own room” after scalding a cat.Such banishments were later epitomized by the Swedish artist Carl Larsson’s 1894 watercolor “The Naughty Corner,”…
George Newall, a Creator of ‘Schoolhouse Rock,’ Dies at 88
He was the last surviving member of the team that produced the educational cartoon for ABC-TV that informed Generation X.
