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Dr. Nathan Sugarman, 73, a nuclear chemist who was a professor at the University of Chicago until he retired in 1987, died Thursday in an accident at his home in the Hyde Park section of Chicago. In World War II, Dr. Sugarman, then attached to the Manhattan Project under Enrico Fermi, was in charge of a group of chemists who determined the efficiency of the first nuclear explosion, conducted in Alamogordo, N.M. He was born in Chicago and received bachelor's and doctoral degrees from the University of Chicago.

On November 4, 2005, ELAINE K. BERNSTEIN (nee Katz), 84; cherished wife of the late Nathan; beloved mother of Becca and Carol Bernstein (Martin Eckstein); loving grandmother of Nathan and Lillian Eckstein; dear sister of Gerald (Joan) Katz; fond aunt of James Katz and Robin Kamphaus. Donations appreciated to the University of Chicago, Elaine K. Bernstein Memorial Fund for Women in Science, 5801 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL 60637, or Goucher College. News obituary in Chicago Tribune, November 6, 2005, at chicagotribune.

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, who won the Nobel Prize in physics for a theory he developed at an age when most people haven't even picked a college major, died Monday after a heart attack in Chicago. He was 84.Mr. Chandrasekhar, a native of Lahore, India, joined the University of Chicago in 1937 and was a professor emeritus at his death.Mr. Chandrasekhar was 19 and preparing for postgraduate study at Cambridge University in Britain when he developed his theory about stars. It challenged the notion of the 1930s that all stars, after burning up their fuel, become faint planet-size remnants known as white dwarfs.

Alan Moore scored 22 points last night to lead host Frostburg State to a 93-88 upset of Mary Washington, which was ranked No. 22 in Division III, in the opening round of the 84 Lumber Classic.The Bobcats (5-4) advance to play Wilberforce today in the title game. Mary Washington (5-2) turned the ball over 36 times.Johns Hopkins 58, University of Chicago 57: Junior forward Joel Wertman scored a game-high 21 points and added eight rebounds to power Johns Hopkins (8-2, 3-2) past visiting Chicago.

CHICAGO -- Using modern computer technology, a University of Chicago archaeologist has coaxed a secret from Egypt's ancient, silent Sphinx -- the famous monument's face was modeled after the government figure who ordered it built.Egyptologists have long suspected that the Sphinx was modeled after the Pharaoh Chefren, who ordered it created in about 2500 B.C., but computer work by Mark Lehner, an `D assistant professor at the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute, confirms the suspicion.

Melvyn Harry Siegel, a financial adviser whose love of music led to his involvement with the Baltimore Symphony, died Friday at his Baltimore home of cancer. He was 57. Mr. Siegel founded and led the Stone Mill Group, which provides money-management advice. He used his investment skills for Beth Am Synagogue, where he served on the budget and finance committees. His interests ranged beyond the equity markets. His eclectic musical tastes in everything from show tunes to Ella Fitzgerald to cabaret led to his work with the Friends of the Baltimore Symphony, which he led from 1985 to 1986.

CHICAGO -- If medicine could miraculously wipe out cancer, heart disease, stroke and other major killers, the average American still wouldn't live much beyond the age of 85, a team of researchers from the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory reported yesterday.Americans already are approaching their maximum life expectancy, bringing to an end the spectacular extension of the human life span that increased from 47 years in 1900 to 75 years in 1988, the research team reported in the journal Science.

Happiness is so important to Americans that the right to pursue it is guaranteed in our Declaration of Independence.So what is this happiness thing, anyway?"

Dr. Brian Cornblatt has been appointed manager of the Oncology Research Office at the Cancer Institute at St. Joseph Medical Center. Cornblatt earned his Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University. His work has been published in Cancer Research and Biochemical Pharmacology. Dr. Elliot McVeigh has been named the new director of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University. Howard County General Hospital has appointed Sharon P. Hadsell as senior vice president of patient care services.

Don Clayton, 70, whose orange and green Putt-Putt miniature golf courses helped spawn an international pastime, died Wednesday in Fayetteville, N.C.In 1954, he created a miniature golf course that relied on skill rather than luck. His Putt-Putt Golf and Games is a multimillion-dollar industry with 265 courses around the world.Mr. Clayton expanded his venture to include centers with video arcades, bumper boats, batting cages and go-cart raceways. He even licensed toys, including a Putt-Putt Speedway manufactured by Mattel Inc.Lucille Bremer, 79, a star of classic musicals and a dance partner of Fred Astaire, died Tuesday of a heart attack in San Diego.