Jonathan Morris, leader of Morgan Lewis New York branch, has passed away at the age of 50
Jonathan Morris, partner and deputy practice leader at Morgan Lewis & Bockius, died Monday at age 50 after battling pancreatic cancer.
Morris, deputy head of the firm's global corporate and business transactions practice, has spent his entire career in Morgan Lewis' New York office.
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Francis R. Strawbridge III, chairman of Strawbridge & Clothier and a longtime community leader, died in his 86th year of life
He was born in Bryn Mawr, grew up in Villanova, and other business and civic leaders invited him to join their boards of directors. "He had a tremendous interest in and respect for Philadelphia", his wife says.
Sam McKeel, former publisher of The Inquirer and Daily News, has died at the age of 97
He helped The Philadelphia Inquirer become Philadelphia's leading newspaper in the late 1980s and was known as a stabilizing force in turbulent times. A former colleague called him "my most important mentor and the best boss I ever had".
James Simons, quantum investing pioneer and philanthropist, has passed away at the age of 86
Billionaire investor James Simons, a Cold War-era mathematician and code breaker who founded one of the world's best-known and most profitable hedge funds, Renaissance Technologies, has died at age 86, his foundation said Friday. Simons' foundation did not give a cause of death. Sixty years ago, Simons - he preferred to be called Jim - changed course from teaching math and working in U.S. intelligence to investing.