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Edith Flanigen, Award-Winning Research Chemist, Dies at 96

24 January 2026 at 21:50
She and her staff at Union Carbide created synthetic materials that improved various industrial processes, including purifying water. She also developed a way to make emeralds.

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Edith Flanigen in 1990. Ms. Flanigen was so widely respected that β€œwhen she walked into a room of senior management at Union Carbide, they would all stand up,” a former colleague said.

Jerome Lowenstein, 92, Dies; Teaching Doctor With a Literary Sideline

9 January 2026 at 14:39
When not guiding students in a compassionate approach to patient care, he led a tiny publishing imprint that put out a much-rejected debut novel that won a surprise Pulitzer Prize.
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