Dr. John Sells Graettinger, 75, physician and cardiologist who was former chairman of the department of medicine at the Chicago hospital then known as Presbyterian-St. Luke’s (1956-70); he then became a professor at Rush Medical College, retiring in 1992; there, he served at different times as dean of student and faculty affairs, dean of graduate and continuing education and university marshal; Aug. 13, in Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center.
Rafael Kubelik, 82, who left Chicago in 1954 after three stormy seasons as music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; he returned in 1991 as a beloved guest conductor at the orchestra’s centenary gala; the son of violinist Jan Kubelik and grandson of a composer, he debuted at age 22 at the podium of the Czechoslovak Philharmonic; Aug. 11, in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Charles Appleton Meyer, 78, retired senior vice president for public affairs at Sears, Roebuck & Co. and a former director of the merchandising firm; he was assistant secretary of State for inter-American affairs in the Nixon administration; Aug. 12, in Lake Forest Hospital.
Franz Lipp, 99, one of the country’s foremost landscape architects, who in 1967 designed the award-winning horticultural display gardens and ornamental plant collections at Cantigny Gardens and Museum in Wheaton; he was a landscape architect for 21 years for the University of Notre Dame and helped design the grounds of Lincoln Park Zoo and Ravinia Park; a resident of St. Charles, Aug. 11.
Ronald J. Chinnock, 92, prominent Chicago real estate broker honored in 1980 as Illinois Realtor of the Year; in the real estate business since 1928, he had served as president of the National Association of Realtors, Illinois Association of Realtors and Chicago Real Estate Board; Aug. 9, in Presbyterian Homes in Evanston.
Oscar Brown III, 38, bass player who was one of the city’s most popular and gifted jazz musicians; the son of the great jazz artist Oscar Brown Jr., he was a precocious musician who had worked since his teens and had collaborated with a wide variety of pop, jazz, cabaret and avant-garde performers; Aug. 12, in an auto accident on South Lake Shore Drive.
Judge Philip J. Carey, 78, who served on the bench of the Cook County Circuit Court for 16 years, was a state senator (1958-62) and chairman of the Illinois Industrial Commission (1963-69); he served as supervisory judge of the criminal division in the Markham branch court; Aug. 14, in Little Company of Mary Hospital, Evergreen Park.
David Previant, 85, labor lawyer who was a top adviser to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters for more than 30 years; when the Teamsters came under investigation in the 1950s, he often was at the side of James R. Hoffa, who was a union vice president and became president after the Teamsters’ leader, Dave Beck, was imprisoned; Aug. 10, in Milwaukee.
Bob Hannah, 54, actor and writer who played Southerners from defense attorneys to rednecks in such films as “Driving Miss Daisy,” “Fried Green Tomatoes” and “Fled”; he didn’t become an actor until he was more than 30 years old; he also appeared in “The Prince of Tides” and several other feature films; Aug. 14, in Atlanta.
Viktor A. Ambartsumyan, 87, internationally known astrophysicist who had been president of the Armenian Acasdemy of Sciences from 1946 until three years ago; his main focus was on the evolution of stellar systems, both galaxies and smaller star clusters, and on the processes attending the evolution of stars; Aug. 12, near Yerevan, Armenia.
Marshal Antonio de Spinola, 86, who briefly became president after a 1974 revolution restored democracy to Portugal; a hero of the old regime’s fight to hold its African colonies, he became a focus for dissent when, in early 1974, he published “Portugal and the Future,” a critique of the dictatorship’s Africa policy; it led to a military coup; in 1975, he fled to Brazil after being implicated in a new coup but returned 16 months later; Aug. 13, in Lisbon.
Richard Upton, 81, author of New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary; he was a 35-year-old state House speaker in 1949 when he raised the idea of a presidential preference primary there; until the 1952 primary, voters chose delegates to the national political conventions, but starting that year, with the Republican primary of Dwight Eisenhower and Sen. Robert Taft of Ohio, voters picked a candidate; Aug. 12, in Concord, N.H.
Tom Mees, 46, who had anchored the ESPN cable sports channel’s nightly highlights show SportsCenter from the network’s inception in 1979 to 1993; since then, he had been lead commentator for National Hockey League coverage on sister network ESPN2, then added college football and college basketball; Aug. 14, in Southington, Conn., in a swimming accident.
Julian Stryjkowski, 91, whose philosophical and moralistic novels portrayed Jewish life in Poland; two of his best-known works, all of which were published in Polish, were “Austeria” and “Voices in the Darkness”; Aug. 8, in Warsaw.
Ray Fuller, 60, one of three scientists credited with discovering the antidepressant Prozac; in the early 1970s, he was head of metabolic research at Eli Lilly & Co. when he and colleagues David Wong and Bryan Molloy discovered fluoxetine; the drug selectively enhances the function of the brain chemical serotonin, which has been linked to clinical depression and other disorders; marketed as Prozac since 1988; Aug. 11, in Indianapolis.
Lester T. Moate, 77, retired executive vice president of AMSTED Industries Inc., where he worked in various capacities from 1941 until his retirement in 1984; Aug. 13, in Lake Forest Hospital.
William S. Baldwin, 69, who was director of vocational education for Crystal Lake Community High School District 155 for 18 years before retiring in 1986 and is credited with developing the district’s school-work program; Aug. 12, in Memorial Medical Center in Woodstock.
Marian Schuman Reinwald, 86, former social worker who worked with displaced persons and victims of the Holocaust after World War II; she served 15 years as executive director of the Women’s Division of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago; Aug. 11, in Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
Sir Anthony Parsons, 73, British diplomat who helped enlist support for his country from the UN during the 1982 Falklands war with Argentina; as Britain’s ambassador to the UN, he helped persuade the Security Council to demand Argentina’s withdrawal from the islands; after Britain regained them in a 74-day war, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher created the post of special adviser on foreign affairs for him; Aug. 12, in London.
Robert H. Clampitt, 69, lawyer who was founder and president of Children’s Express, a nationwide children’s news service; the nonprofit, syndicated organization trains children from 8 to 18 to be reporters and editors; he devoted more than 20 years to the organization; Aug. 8, in Washington.
Herman H. Helfer, 76, retired glass industry executive who had been chairman of Costello Glass and Mirror; previously, he was president of Columbia Glass & Plastic, general manager of Novelty Glass & Mirror and vice president of Energipane Insulating Glass Corp. and Columbia Automotive Products; Aug. 12, in his Northbrook home.
