Norma Libman

When my children were growing up our nation was into the idea of ''togetherness.'' Movies and magazine articles stressed this and it was the time of propaganda about (floor wax...

Bob Thomas was a placekicker for the Bears from 1975 to 1984. He was elected a Circuit Court judge of Du Page County in November 1988, and presides over civil...

Julie V. Marsteller, dean for disabled students at Barnard College, N.Y., died at St. Luke`s-Roosevelt Center Hospital in Manhattan Feb. 13 of complications from muscular dystrophy. Marsteller was an outspoken...

She got her big break in 1956 when she won the top prize on the quiz program, ''The $64,000 Question,'' by answering questions about boxing. The first media psychologist, Brothers...

Fourteen years ago, when Angie Torres was 55 years old, she lost her husband of 36 years to a stroke, suddenly and unexpectedly. Until that time she had never made...

In her novels, Mary Gordon explores the intricacies and emotions of family life. She was 29 when her first book, ''Final Payments,'' was published. It had taken three years to...

Already an established actress in Australia, Wendy Hughes, 37, decided it was time to internationalize her career and move to Hollywood. Last February Hughes made the move, with her two...

Name: Michael Cohn Occupation: Orientation and mobility specialist Background: Cohn, 45, works for the Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind, 1850 W. Roosevelt Rd., where he trains the blind to function...

Name: Edward B. Lack, M.D., S.C. Occupation: Dermatologist Background: Born in Chicago, Lack, 45, earned his medical degree at the University of Missouri in 1969. He served as a family...

The winner of a Tony (''Twigs''), two Obies (''The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds'' and ''Tartuffe''), and an Emmy (''Family,'' which ran for five seasons on TV in...