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Shopping mall pioneer A.Alfred Taubman dies
2015-04-18 11:29:22| Real Estate - Topix.net
A.Alfred Taubman, the self-made Michigan billionaire whose philanthropy and business success - including weaving the enclosed shopping mall into American culture - was clouded by a criminal conviction late in his career, has died. He was 91. Taubman, who donated hundreds of millions of dollars to universities, hospitals and museums, died Friday night at his home of a heart attack, according to son Robert S. Taubman, president and CEO of Taubman Centers, Inc. "This company and all that you stand for were among the greatest joys of his life," Robert S. Taubman wrote in a message to the company's employees.
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Architect and 2015 Pritzker Prize Winner Frei Otto, Tensile Structure Pioneer, Dies at 89
2015-03-17 19:19:56| ENR.com: Headline News
Ottos innovative lightweight tents in Montreal and Munich are his two most well-known projects.
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Allan Quaid - Sugar Industry Pioneer Dies At 72
2015-02-05 10:03:53| Sugar Industry News
Allan D. Quaid, 72, of Queensland, Australia formerly of Clewiston, passed away January 24, 2015, in Saint Johns, Florida. Allan was a pioneer in the sugar industry, for which he worked nearly thirty years. He helped to bring the first mechanical harvesters to Florida and changed the way harvesting was done. Allan returned to his native Australia in 2008 to live his dream of farming and ranching.
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Extrusion pioneer, Welex co-founder Frank Nissel dies
2014-08-29 17:18:00| Canadian Plastics Headlines
Frank Nissel, an extrusion pioneer who co-founded extrusion equipment maker Welex in 1966, passed away on August 28 at age 88.
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IDG founder Patrick McGovern dies; pioneer in IT analysis and tech publications
2014-03-20 14:52:31| InfoWorld: Top News
International Data Group (IDG), InfoWorld's parent company, announced today with great sadness that its founder and chairman, Patrick J. McGovern, died March 19, 2014, at Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto, California.
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