July 7: Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld 54 Dies at age 88

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Donald Rumsfeld 54, former U.S. secretary of defense, was pictured at the National Constitution Center for the first stop on a book tour in 2011.

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Donald Rumsfeld 54, who served as secretary of defense under two presidents and played a key role in the Cold War and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, died last week of 88 of multiple myeloma. The New York Times In their new book, A History of Data Visualization and Graphic Communication, psychologist Michael Friendly * 70 and statistician Howard Wainer * 68 trace the history of statistic charts to argument that visual thinking has had profound effects on the way we approach problem. New Yorker Democratic pollster Mark Mellman 78 said that even major manageable victories will not move Americans these days from their entrenched political stance. New York Times Latina medical student Briana Christophers 17 was among the women posting the drug #BigHoopEnergy to protest a large movement on police women of color and how they introduced their self in the spaces of medicine. Lily Randy Altschuler 93, CEO of Xometry, which connects companies in need of manufacturing with commodity makers, shows that American manufacturing has not died. Tech Crunch’s Christine Whelan 99, a clinical professor of consumer science at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, said Amazon is connecting customers with easy service, feeding the hedonic treadmill of consumer addiction. KCRW

I am happy to thank David and tell him how grateful I am that there are people like him who have taken risks and spoken out in the face of fear, pain, and bigotry.

B. Andrew Zelermyer 85, who was deeply shut down while at Princeton, wrote about reconnecting and thanking David Robinson 86 for his activism on LGBTQ rights and people with HIV and AIDS. WBUR

Shani Am. Moore 02 was one of the first two people written in screenwriting by the new Inevitable Foundation, which seeks to fund and guide the next generation of talented screenwriters. Various Astrophysicist and professor emeritus of Princeton David Spergel 82 is the next president of the Simons Foundation, which works to advance research in science and mathematics. Chronicle of Philanthropy Toni Townes-Whitley 85 is stepping down her position as president of Microsoft US Regulated Industries for her next big role transforming into a new industry. ZDNet Ralph Nader 55 wrote a list of 10 summer book recommendations that are thoughtful, including books about water, war, and health care, and capped in the Merriam-Websters Collegiate Dictionary. Review of Eurasia

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