July 10, 2013

2013Philip Caldwell, American businessman (born 1920)^[†]

Philip Caldwell was the first person to run the Ford Motor Company who was not a member of the Ford family. He orchestrated one of the most dramatically successful turnarounds in business history.

2013Józef Gara, Polish poet and linguist (born 1929)^[†]

Józef Gara was a miner who spoke an endangered language of Wilamowice, Wymysorys, which had only 70 native speakers, and created the Wymysorys alphabet. He also wrote poetry in Wymysorys. In 2003 he published Zbiór wierszy oraz słownik języka wilamowskiego. In 2004 he collected old Wymysorys songs, corrected and extended the old ones with a view of releasing them. Between 2004 and 2006 he taught Wymysorys in a primary school in Wilamowice.

2013Concha García Campoy, Spanish journalist (born 1958)^[†]

Concepción García Campoy, also known as Concha García Campoy, was a Spanish radio and television journalist and personality.

2013Caroline Duby Glassman, American lawyer and jurist (born 1922)^[†]

Caroline Duby Glassman was an American attorney and former jurist in the state of Maine. A native of Oregon, she completed college and law school in that state before moving to Portland, Maine, where she practiced law with her husband Harry P. Glassman. In 1983, she became the first woman to serve on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.

2013Ku Ok-hee, South Korean golfer (born 1956)^[†]

Ku Ok-hee was a South Korean professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour and the LPGA Tour.

2013Gokulananda Mahapatra, Indian author and academic (born 1922)^[†]

Gokulananda Mahapatra was an Indian scientist and science fiction writer, who popularized science in the Odia language. Mahapatra has authored over 95 science fiction and children science books. Some of his notable contributions are Krutrima Upagraha, Prithibi bahare Manisha, Chandra ra Mrutyu, Nishabda Godhuli, Madam Curie and Nila Chakra Bala Sapare. He was the founding member of Orissa Bigyana Prachar Samhiti with the objective of making science popular in the state of Orissa. He received Orissa Sahitya Akademy Award for his book E juga ra sreshtha abiskara.