SAMUEL LIPMAN
Samuel Lipman, 60, a pianist and publisher of the conservative arts journal the New Criterion, died of leukemia Dec. 17 at a hospital in Manhattan.
Mr. Lipman also served from 1982 to 1988 on the National Council on the Arts, which advises the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. In 1988, he played a major role in preparing "Toward Civilization," a report by the arts endowment that sought to shift arts education in a conservative direction, emphasizing concepts such as "cultural literacy," "hard work and discipline" and "knowledge and understanding."
Before he became publisher of the New Criterion in 1982, Lipman was known as a concert pianist and the music critic of Commentary. He also had lectured and written essays on political and cultural topics.
HELENA E. HUMANN
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Helena Enize Humann, 52, an actress who drew praise for her role as the bossy "Peach" in the 1989 TV miniseries "Lonesome Dove," died Dec. 13 in Dallas. The cause of death was not reported.
In the original CBS "Lonesome Dove," she portrayed a feisty widow who was the sister-in-law of Sheriff July Johnson. Peach badgered the Arkansas lawman into going after her husband's killer.
Ms. Humann recently played Mother Superior in the comedy movie "Problem Child." She got her start in films playing the town tart, Jimmy Sue, in "The Last Picture Show" in 1971. She also appeared in more than a dozen TV and film productions, including "Tender Mercies" and the award-winning PBS show "Who Built This Place?"
ROLAND D. CIARANELLO
Psychiatry Professor
Roland D. Ciaranello, 51, a Stanford University psychiatry professor who was best known for research on the biochemical sources of childhood behavior and the search for genes that may cause infantile autism, died Dec. 15 after an apparent heart attack.
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Dr. Ciaranello was stricken while jogging in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he was attending a conference.
He joined the Stanford faculty in 1978 and was named chief of the division of child psychiatry and child development in 1984. He was a founder of the Neurex Corp., a company based in Menlo Park, Calif., that researches and develops neuroscience projects.
HARRY TOBIAS
Harry Tobias, 99, a lyricist who wrote such old favorites as "I'll Keep the Lovelight Burning" and "It's a Lonesome Old Town," died Dec. 15 at a nursing home in St. Louis. The cause of death was not reported.
His works included "The Road to Happiness," "You Are the World to Me" and "That's a Mother's Love." In 1929, he collaborated with his brothers Henry and Charlie on their first big hit, "Miss You," which was later recorded by Rudy Vallee. The Tobias brothers were known in music circles as the Esquires of Tin Pan Alley.
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STEPHEN A. GAYMONT
Yogurt Promoter
Stephen A. Gaymont, 89, a bacteriologist who introduced yogurt to the U.S. mass market in the early 1940s, died of an aortic aneurysm Dec. 16 at a hospital in Chicago.
Dr. Gaymont, a native of Hungary, came to this country in 1939. He started Gaymont Laboratories in New York and moved the company to Chicago in 1944. His company produced the culture that enabled more than 500 companies to make a product that has the consistency and taste of sour cream but one-sixth the calories.
He also is said to have invented frozen yogurt and to have pioneered production of whipped cream cheese, pre-made dairy dips and low-fat sour cream.
BARBARA WEBB
AIDS Patient
Barbara Webb, 68, one of several people who health officials believe contracted the AIDS virus from Florida dentist David Acer, died Dec. 17 in Stuart, Fla.
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The former English teacher was one of six patients believed to have been infected by Acer. Four of the six patients have now died of AIDS complications, as has Acer.
The dentist is the only health professional believed to have transmitted the human immunodeficiency virus to patients.
After learning she had HIV, Mrs. Webb appeared on dozens of national talk shows and spoke about AIDS at high schools, colleges and state legislatures across the country.
HARLAN LOGAN
Journalist and Politician
Harlan Logan, 90, a former editor of Scribners and Look magazines who had served as majority leader of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, died Dec. 16 in Hanover, N.H. The cause of death was not reported.
He was named editor and publisher of Scribners in 1936 and later was editor of Look. He also spent a year in Washington as director of press services for the United States Information Agency under President Eisenhower.
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He moved to Meriden, N.H., in 1960, and was elected to the New Hampshire House in 1968. A Republican, he was majority leader from 1970 to 1972.
E.E. SIMAN
Music Publisher
E.E. Siman, 73, a music publisher and talent scout who helped promote the careers of pop and country stars Brenda Lee and Chet Atkins, died of cancer Dec. 16 in Springfield, Mo.
Before he retired in 1987, he and longtime business partner John B. Mahaffey published many hit songs through their company, Earl Barton Music, which they started in 1953.
Their biggest successes came with songwriter Wayne Carson Thompson, known for "The Letter," "Soul Deep" and "Always On My Mind."
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