Michael S. Rosenwald

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.

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.

Using ground-based radars, Dr. Goldstein pioneered measurement techniques that scientists now use to chart geographical changes on Earth.

Using ground-based radars, he pioneered measurement techniques that scientists now use to chart geographical changes on Earth.

He helped Martha Stewart, Leona Helmsley, Michael Milken and other white-collar criminals win lighter sentences, and prepared them for life in prison.

The “Iron Man” of fell running — the somewhat preposterous English sport of off-trail mountain racing — was Joss Naylor, a sheep farmer who, during

The Australian pathologist and his collaborator went up against centuries of conventional wisdom that ulcers were caused by stress, alcohol or spicy foods.

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 unassuming retail executive who gave Macy's a strategic makeover, revitalized J.C.

His work for Nike — particularly commercials starring Michael Jordan and Spike Lee — blurred the line between advertising and entertainment.