Representative Marge Roukema in 1981. She retired in 2003.
Mrs. Roukema was a Republican whose moderate views often put her at odds with her party, most notably in her support of the Family and Medical Leave Act.
A writer and teacher with a varied career, Mr. Meltzer led the successful fight to rescue one of New York City’s most grandiose showplaces from being turned into a discothèque.
Mr. Pearson was a journalist and audiophile who founded a magazine for connoisseurs of high-fidelity audio in the 1970s.
Ms. Susi was a character actress best known for the off-screen role of a haranguing mother on the CBS sitcom “The Big Bang Theory.”
A Republican, Mr. Doar prosecuted some of the most notorious cases of murder in the South in the ’60s and was chief counsel to the House panel investigating Watergate.
Big Bank Hank was one of the three members of the Sugarhill Gang, whose “Rapper’s Delight” put rap on the commercial map.
Mr. Tallmer, the first theater critic for The Village Voice, also conceived its award for Off Broadway theater, the Obie.
A competitor in the 1956 Olympics, he coached the United States women’s team to gold in the 400-meter freestyle relay at the 1976 Games against powerhouse East Germany.
Mr. Morse turned a small mobile home park in Central Florida into large and politically influential development that drew retirees from around the country.
A leading Knicks player of the early 1950s, Vandeweghe was also the patriarch of a three-generation family of athletes that includes the current professional tennis player Coco Vandeweghe.
Mr. Crane, a Republican, was best known as leader of the American Conservative Union, leading its unsuccessful fight against the treaties turning the Panama Canal over to Panama.
Ms. Ginsburg, who fled to the United States from Austria during World War II, went on to champion the works of modern artists and actors, including Andy Warhol and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Taking over in 1989, Mr. Shields opened stores in college towns and gentrifying communities, raising annual sales to $2 billion, from $132 million, by the time he retired in 2001.
Professor Price was a Rutgers scholar with a deep affection for Newark, a city he wrote about, taught about, promoted and defended.
Dr. Agenbroad presided over a decades-long excavation in South Dakota that gave rise to the Mammoth Site museum and continues to yield fossils.
By accident, Dr. Stookey discovered a highly versatile material that could be used in everything from guided missiles to cookware.
Halsey, who was said to die in a fall, pitched for three teams, including the Yankees, and gave up Barry Bonds’s 714th career home run in 2006.
Mr. de Plata, considered a crowd pleaser rather than an observer of the music’s formal ritual traditions, picked up his distinct style of play as a young boy.
Best known for his recurring appearances on hit shows like “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” Mr. Schaal was also a writer and an early member of Second City in Chicago.
Mr. Redfern’s images of greats like Miles Davis, the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix became the basis for an important picture archive.
Ms. Harris investigated a confrontation between government lawyers and Monica Lewinski, and helped prosecute Imelda Marcos on corruption charges.
A soloist with Ballet Theater, Mr. Saddler made his Broadway musical theater debut in 1947, and he went on to win two Tonys as a Broadway choreographer.
Mr. Sneddon was a district attorney who failed twice to convict Mr. Jackson on child molestation charges and became the target of a bitter song on one of the pop star’s albums.
Msgr. Albacete, a former aerospace researcher turned Roman Catholic priest, became one of the Vatican’s most articulate, unofficial defenders in the United States.
Mr. de Montille was known for his insistence that wine should speak clearly of the place and the culture that produced it.
Mr. Magliozzi hosted the popular NPR show “Car Talk” for more than 30 years with his younger brother, Ray, in which they bantered with callers through an automotive prism.
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