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He pulled dump trucks, flipped cars and tossed five-pound bricks as if they were Kleenex boxes. Tending to parakeets brought out his gentler side. Geoff Capes, a herculean wonder from [...]

His provocative research made him a popular figure on campus. But his exploration of how good people can turn evil raised ethical questions. Philip G. Zimbardo, a towering figure in [...]

A body double to the stars, he performed sometimes bone-breaking feats in movies like ''Return of the Jedi'' and ''Back to the Future.'' And he was still at it in [...]

His father, Norman Rockwell, depicted his childhood on covers of The Saturday Evening Post. The worms came later. Thomas Rockwell, who grew up as a character in the illustrations that [...]

With steel hooks for hands and a flamboyant personality, Mr. Armes captured the attention, and scrutiny, of reporters across the nation. Jay J. Armes, a flamboyant private investigator who lived [...]

His decision to describe murders to the F.B.I. led at least 10 other members of the Bonanno family to do the same and ultimately immobilized a mafia family. The first [...]

Like his father, who taught him, he bred and coached the collies that played the heroic star of television and movies. Bob Weatherwax, a Hollywood dog trainer who carried on [...]

His work for Nike -- particularly commercials starring Michael Jordan and Spike Lee -- blurred the line between advertising and entertainment. Jim Riswold, a visionary and irreverent adman whose playful [...]

He brought French classics to New York, published a film magazine, worked as a Hollywood publicist and, as seen on ''Antiques Roadshow,'' thrived selling vintage film posters and other ephemera. [...]

As a leader behind many of the world's best-known brands, he exuded operational know-how. He also displayed a rare humility, which helped drive his success. Myron E. Ullman III, the [...]

As a leader behind many of the world’s best-known brands, he exuded operational know-how. He also displayed a rare humility, which helped drive his success. Myron E. Ullman III, the [...]

He endured skepticism but won a Nobel Prize for his work upending the conventional wisdom that stress, diet or alcohol caused the painful condition. Dr. J. Robin Warren, an Australian [...]

He endured skepticism but won a Nobel Prize for his work upending the conventional wisdom that stress, diet or alcohol caused the painful condition. Dr. J. Robin Warren, an Australian [...]

A sheep farmer, he set records in so-called fell running -- rugged off-trail competitions that can last days and present painful hazards, including an irate cow. The ''Iron Man'' of [...]

A sheep farmer, he set records in so-called fell running — rugged off-trail competitions that can last days and present painful hazards, including an irate cow. The “Iron Man” of [...]

His audacious descents around the world inspired a generation of extreme skiers. ''One mistake,'' he once said, ''you die.'' Sylvain Saudan, who was widely known as the ''skier of the [...]

His audacious descents around the world inspired a generation of extreme skiers. “One mistake,” he once said, “you die.” Sylvain Saudan, who was widely known as the “skier of the [...]

He helped Martha Stewart, Leona Helmsley, Michael Milken and other white-collar criminals win lighter sentences, and prepared them for life in prison. In the summer of 2003, as Martha Stewart’s [...]

Using ground-based radars, he pioneered measurement techniques that scientists now use to chart geographical changes on Earth. Richard M. Goldstein, a trailblazer in planetary exploration who used ground-based radars to [...]

A favorite of early personal computer users, his company was eventually overtaken by Microsoft Word. He later came out as gay and became an L.G.B.T.Q. activist. Bruce Bastian, a founder [...]

While he was reviving Portland, Ore., as a vibrant, pedestrian-friendly city, he was also sexually abusing a teenage girl over three years, he later admitted. Neil Goldschmidt, a transformative figure [...]

American paintings were largely overlooked and undervalued until he came along. A scholar, curator and collector, he oversaw important exhibitions over the last 50 years. John Wilmerding, a towering figure [...]

A theoretical physicist-turned-sociologist, he upended his field by focusing on social networks to explain how society works. His writing was compared to James Joyce's. Harrison C. White, a theoretical physicist-turned-sociologist [...]

A theoretical physicist-turned-sociologist, he upended his field by focusing on social networks to explain how society works. His writing was compared to James Joyce’s. Harrison C. White, a theoretical physicist-turned-sociologist [...]

Inspired by Robert Frank's book ''The Americans,'' she traveled to China, Russia and the coal mines of Kentucky to capture intimate glimpses of everyday routines. Bertien van Manen, a Dutch [...]

In 1975, Bertien van Manen, who has died at 89 in Amsterdam, was working as a fashion photographer when a friend gave her a copy of “The Americans,” the groundbreaking [...]

Inspired by Robert Frank’s book “The Americans,” she traveled to China, Russia and the coal mines of Kentucky to capture intimate glimpses of everyday routines. Bertien van Manen, a Dutch [...]

She was hailed for her books and admired for promoting women's rights. But her support for a two-state solution to the Palestinian conflict angered many. Yael Dayan, a celebrated Israeli [...]

She was hailed for her books and admired for promoting women’s rights. But her support for a two-state solution to the Palestinian conflict angered many. Yael Dayan, a celebrated Israeli [...]

Byline: Michael S. Rosenwald On Thursday, former president Donald Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts by a New York jury. This was the first time a former president was [...]

Once called the ''poet laureate'' of deep-sea creatures, he melded science with art in paintings, books and a notable life-size installation in New York. Richard Ellis, a polymath of marine [...]

Once called the “poet laureate” of deep-sea creatures, he melded science with art in paintings, books and a notable life-size installation in New York. Richard Ellis, a polymath of marine [...]

One of the winningest drivers in dirt racing history, he was a folk hero who cursed wildly, drove aggressively and crashed a lot. Bob McCreadie, who was one of the [...]

One of the winningest drivers in dirt racing history, he was a folk hero who cursed wildly, drove aggressively and crashed a lot. Bob McCreadie, who was one of the [...]

A Foreign Service officer, he was one of 52 hostages seized in Iran and held for 444 days. He later challenged the U.S. government to reshape its diplomacy with the [...]

A Foreign Service officer, he was one of 52 hostages seized in Iran and held for 444 days. He later challenged the U.S. government to reshape its diplomacy with the [...]

A prototypical Washington insider, he once said, ''The hot air index is actually down when people like me go on vacation.'' Jack Quinn, a Washington insider who served as White [...]

A bioethicist, she pioneered bedside methods for helping patients, their families and doctors deal with anguishing life-and-death decisions in a high-tech age. Nancy Neveloff Dubler, a medical ethicist who pioneered [...]

A prototypical Washington insider, he once said, “The hot air index is actually down when people like me go on vacation.” Jack Quinn, a Washington insider who served as White [...]

A bioethicist, she pioneered bedside methods for helping patients, their families and doctors deal with anguishing life-and-death decisions in a high-tech age. Nancy Neveloff Dubler, a medical ethicist who pioneered [...]

Professor Young's experiments with prairie voles revealed what poets never could: how the brain processes that fluttering feeling in the heart. Prairie voles are stocky rodents and Olympian tunnellers that [...]

Professor Young’s experiments with prairie voles revealed what poets never could: how the brain processes that fluttering feeling in the heart. Prairie voles are stocky rodents and Olympian tunnellers that [...]

He heralded stock options and golden parachutes as a professor at Harvard Business School, influencing a generation of Wall Street executives. Michael C. Jensen, an economist and Harvard Business School [...]

He heralded stock options and golden parachutes as a professor at Harvard Business School, influencing a generation of Wall Street executives. Michael C. Jensen, an economist and Harvard Business School [...]

He won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting in 1969 and later joined The New York Times, which eventually fired him. Denny Walsh, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter who was [...]

A professed archaeologist of the industry, he opened his own stores and partnered with other experts and vendors in the nascent comics business. Robert Beerbohm, who in the 1970s helped [...]

His innovative stop-motion animation influenced a generation of filmmakers, including the creators of Wallace and Gromit. Eli Noyes, a filmmaker whose use of clay and sand in stop-motion animation garnered [...]

His imprisonment for a minor marijuana offense became a cause célèbre. He was released after John Lennon and Yoko Ono sang about him at a protest rally. John Sinclair, a [...]

His imprisonment for a minor marijuana offense became a cause célèbre. He was released after John Lennon and Yoko Ono sang about him at a protest rally. John Sinclair, a [...]

His innovative stop-motion animation influenced a generation of filmmakers, including the creators of Wallace and Gromit. Eli Noyes, a filmmaker whose use of clay and sand in stop-motion animation garnered [...]