DEATHS IN THE NEWS

Carl W. Larsen, 74, a former Chicago Sun-Times investigativereporter who traded a career in journalism for public affairs work,died July 31 in Poway, Calif. A prize-winning journalist, he coveredstories ranging from the 1952 presidential campaigns of Dwight D.Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson to the hazards of radiation. In 1949,he won the Chicago Newspaper Guild's Page One Award for a series ofinvestigative stories on would-be auto magnate Preston Tucker. Mr.Larsen left the paper in 1957, after which he devoted his career topublic affairs for the University of Chicago, the SmithsonianInstitution and the IRS. Ewing M. Kauffman, 76, the innovative owner of the Kansas CityRoyals baseball team, died last Sunday in Mission Hills, Kan. Mr.Kauffman, a wealthy pharmaceutical executive, purchased the rightsfor one of two expansion teams in the American League in 1968. Hegained a reputation for minimizing his role in determining how histeam played the game. In 1980, he made an unprecedented move. Afterhis Royals lost the World Series to the Philadelphia Phillies, heannounced that the team would cut off season-ticket sales at 15,000in order to make single-game seats available. Edward Breck, 86, who developed a shampoo and led a small laboratoryinto a nationally known hair-care products company, died July 30 inWatch Hill, R.I. In 1929, Mr. Breck joined his father's Springfield,Mass., laboratory, which produced creams and tonics. He developedBreck shampoo and a number of other scalp treatments before enlistinga Springfield artist, Charles Sheldon, to create the company'ssignature advertising feature, the "Breck Girls" and the slogan"Beautiful Hair Breck," which catapulted the Breck name into ahousehold word. He sold the company in 1963 but remained with thenew owners until 1970. Albert Dahlberg, 84, a University of Chicago professor with aninternational reputation in the field of dental anthropology, diedJuly 31 in Franklin Grove, Ill. He collected hundreds of thousandsof casts of teeth from field research of Native Americans in Alaskaand across the world. He established the university's anthropologydepartment as a leading center for the anthropological study of teethwhich led to him helping police identify crime victims. From 1936 to1988, he had a private dental practice. He joined the Hyde Parkschool in 1949 and retired in 1974. Hans Lowey, 86, who invented pills that prolong a drug's releaseover many hours, died Wednesday in Port Chester, N.Y. A self-taughtchemist, he experimented with formulas on his stove at home. Duringthe early 1950s, he developed his process to prevent the nausea thatsoldiers in the Korean War often suffered when taking large-dose salttablets to help retain water. By coating the salt with cellulose, heextended digestion of the tablets to as long as 12 hours, and thegradual absorption prevented the side effects. In 1985, Mr. Loweyinvented a process to extend it beyond 12 hours. Ronald S. Wronski, 70, the former chief deputy sheriff for the CookCounty Sheriff's office, died Monday in Park Ridge. In 1971, CookCounty Sheriff Richard J. Elrod appointed Mr. Wronski chief deputy ofthe civil process division, which executes court orders such asevictions, summonses and subpoenas. Mr. Wronski was a DemocraticParty stalwart for more than three decades. In his 45th Ward, heserved as a precinct representative, and ward secretary andtreasurer. Edward E. Bluthardt, 76, a lawyer who served as mayor of SchillerPark for eight terms and as state representative for 16 years, diedTuesday in Chicago. Mr. Bluthardt, a Republican, was first electedmayor in 1961. During his 32 years in office, Schiller Park'spopulation grew from 5,000 to 14,000. From 1967 to 1983, he servedhis 5th District in the legislature, while practicing law in FranklinPark. Specializing in municipal law, he helped incorporate theVillage of Rosemont and the North Leyden Fire Protection District.He retired as mayor last spring and from private practice in theearly 1970s. Dr. William G. Niederland, 88, a psychoanalyst whose observations offormer death-camp inmates led him to formulate the "survivorsyndrome" as a distinct condition, died July 30 in Englewood, N.J. Arefugee of Nazi Germany, Dr. Niederland first described the "survivorsyndrome" in 1961 to help people in distress. He later lectured, andwrote more than 200 books and articles on the subject. His conceptnot only was derived from patients who survived the camps, but alsoincluded those who survived natural disasters and automobileaccidents. Some of the symptoms he found were insomnia, nightmares,depressive states, and personality changes. Dr. Mary Albright Annan, 79, who dedicated her career to the care ofcritically ill infants, died Monday in Aurora. Dr. Annan, whopracticed under her maiden name, joined the Chicago Board of Healthin 1967. Until she retired in 1979, she worked with high-riskinfants at board clinics. She served her residencies at the MayoClinic and Children's Memorial Hospital. After working three yearsas a pediatrician for the University of Chicago Lab Schools, shebegan raising a family, but returned to medicine in 1967. Elmar Klos, 83, a Czech movie director who shared an academy awardin 1965, died July 19 in Prague. Along with director Jan Kadar, Mr.Klos shared an Oscar for the best foreign-language film, "The Shop onMain Street," one of the few pictures made in Central Europe thatdealt candidly with the persecution of Jews in the Nazi era. Thepair's other films include "The Accused" and "Adrift." Mr. Klos wasa leader in the New Wave of Czechoslovak films during the 1960s.