May 27, 2009

2009Thomas M. Franck, American lawyer and academic (born 1931)^[†]

Thomas Martin Franck was an American legal scholar and expert on international law. Franck was the Murry and Ida Becker Professor of Law at New York University and advised many nations on legal matters, even helping some to write their constitutions.

2009Clive Granger, Welsh-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1934)^[†]

Sir Clive William John Granger was a British econometrician known for his contributions to nonlinear time series analysis. He taught in Britain, at the University of Nottingham and in the United States, at the University of California, San Diego. Granger was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2003 in recognition of the contributions that he and his co-winner, Robert F. Engle, had made to the analysis of time series data. This work fundamentally changed the way in which economists analyse financial and macroeconomic data.

2009Mona Grey, British nursing administrator; Northern Ireland's first Chief Nursing Officer (born 1910)^[†]

Mona Elizabeth Clara Grey was a British nurse who was named Northern Ireland's first Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) in 1960.

2009Abram Hoffer, Canadian biochemist, physician, and psychiatrist (born 1917)^[†]

Abram Hoffer was a Canadian biochemist, physician, and psychiatrist known for his "adrenochrome hypothesis" of schizoaffective disorders. According to Hoffer, megavitamin therapy and other nutritional interventions are potentially effective treatments for cancer and schizophrenia. Hoffer was also involved in studies of LSD as an experimental therapy for alcoholism and the discovery that high-dose niacin can be used to treat high cholesterol and other dyslipidemias.

2009Gérard Jean-Juste, Haitian-American priest and theologian (born 1946)^[†]

Gérard Jean-Juste was a Haitian Catholic priest who served as rector of Saint Claire's Church for the Poor in Port-au-Prince. He was also a liberation theologian and a supporter of the Fanmi Lavalas political party, as well as heading the Miami, Florida-based Haitian Refugee Center from 1977 to 1990.

2009Carol Anne O'Marie, American nun and author (born 1933)^[†]

Sister Carol Anne O'Marie, C.S.J., was a Roman Catholic sister in the Religious Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. She was also a mystery writer.

2009William Refshauge, Australian soldier and physician (born 1913)^[†]

Major General Sir William Dudley Duncan Refshauge, was an Australian soldier and public health administrator. He was Honorary Physician to Queen Elizabeth II (1955–64), director-general of the Australian Government Department of Health (1960–73), and secretary-general of the World Medical Association (1973–76).

2009Paul Sharratt, English-American television host (born 1933)^[†]

Paul William Sharratt, was an English-born Australian entertainer and TV personality,.