Briefly profiles six librarians who have played major roles in the history of cataloging: Antonio Panizzi, Charles Ammi Cutter, Seymour Lubetzky, Henry Evelyn Bliss, Grace Osgood Kelley, and Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan. (FM)

The article considers the contributions to aesthetics and philosophy of Irwin Edman, who was a professor of philosophy at Columbia University for 35 years. (SJL)

This appreciative portrait of John William Miller, a professor of philosophy at Williams College, 1924-1960, was written by one of his former students. An essay by Miller is appended. (SJL)

This profile of Howard Yale McClusky depicts his pioneering role in adult education as statesman, spokesman, interdisciplinary bridge-builder, teacher, scholar, and role model. (SK)

Presents the life story of Paulo Freire and his ideas on mathematics and mathematics education. (ASK)

Summarizes the life and work of Jay R. Gould, a pioneer in the field of technical writing and communication. (MM)

Describes the life and writings of Henry Petroski, a civil and environmental engineer, who writes about practical inventions such as zippers, aluminum cans, and the pencil. (MDH)

Describes the life and work of the architect Frank Lloyd Wright. (MDH)

Thirty suicides about whom book-length biographies have been written were examined in the framework of the 10 statements formulated by Leenaars for each of his 10 theories of suicide. Suicides who fit well with particular theories were identified, and the theories compared both for their success in describing the suicides and for their similarity…

Considers two books, Sara Lawrence Lightfoot's biography of her mother, "Balm in Gilead: Journey of a Healer" (1988), and Pauli Murray's autobiography, "Song in a Weary Throat: An American Pilgrimage" (1987), to illustrate that, by approaching such literature from perspective of social learning theory, one can learn more about…

Reviews professional life of Jack Bardon, psychologist and former editor of "Journal of School Psychology," who died in November of 1993. Traces Bardon's educational and professional careers, noting his influence in establishing the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers in 1974. (NB)

Reviews professional career of Jack Bardon, psychologist and former editor of "Journal of School Psychology," who died in November 1993. Focuses on years from 1976, when Bardon joined University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNC-G), until 1991, when he retired. Describes Bardon's affiliation with UNC-G as expansion of his efforts to apply…

Lists 100 of the most important people in 20th century American librarianship, in alphabetical order, who were selected for the lasting and widespread impact they had on libraries, library service, and the nation. S.R. Ranganathan is the only non-U.S. librarian honored, as number 101. (LRW)

Claiming to have developed a new conceptualization of creative phenomena, Howard Gardner has rounded up the usual biographical suspects in his new book "Creating Minds: An Anatomy of Creativity Seen Through the Lives of Freud, Einstein, Picasso, Stravinsky, Eliot, Graham, and Gandhi" (Basic Books, 1993). Gardner doesn't successfully…

A list of hundred history-making ethnic women who have created history in their respective fields and become successful writers is presented. The list includes Alma Flor Ada, Julia Alvarez and Oprah Winfrey.