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DIED. MOSES GUNN, 64, actor; from complications of asthma; in Guilford, Connecticut. Cofounder of the Negro Ensemble Company, Gunn, the oldest of seven children of a St. Louis, Missouri, laborer, made his off-Broadway debut in the legendary New York premiere of Jean Genet's provocative The Blacks (1962). Gunn won Obie awards for his work in Titus Andronicus (1967) and The First Breeze of Summer (1975), and was admired for his Othello. Movie credits included The Great White Hope (1970) and Shaft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: DIED: MOSES GUNN | 11/3/2005 | See Source »

...didn’t forge friendships any more easily than he lured ladies. In 1792, Beethoven moved to Vienna to study under the aging composer Joseph Haydn in an all-star match-up of historical heavyweights akin to Alexander and Aristotle, or Rocky and Tommy Gunn. The teacher and pupil never clicked though, and Beethoven was soon free to pursue his own devices. His skills were a key to the world of the privileged, and he picked up many friends among the aristocracy. By the age of 25, he had performed before the king of Prussia...

Author: By David Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BookEnds: After Teddy Rex and Reagan, Morris Turns His Pen to Beethoven | 10/20/2005 | See Source »

According to Timothy Gunn, chair of fashion design at Parsons, a lot of Asians are coming to the U.S. to pursue fashion careers because there are so few fashion schools in countries like South Korea and Japan. In the Parsons fashion department alone, 40% of the students are Asian--mostly from Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Malaysia and now also China. "Within the next couple of seasons we'll be seeing even more Asian designers coming onto the scene," says Gunn. "This is a global time for fashion, and such cultural diversity adds a real design diversity. They have a very...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VISIONS FROM THE EAST | 9/27/2004 | See Source »

Ruggiero was selected in lieu of two other finalists—Northeastern goalie Chanda Gunn and Minnesota-Duluth forward Jenny Potter—for the top prize...

Author: By John R. Hein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ruggiero Named Kazmaier Winner as Nation’s Best | 4/5/2004 | See Source »

Ruggiero was selected in lieu of two other finalists—Northeastern goalie Chanda Gunn and Minnesota-Duluth forward Jenny Potter—for the top prize. Ruggiero has played as a teammate of both players at various levels, dating back to playing with Gunn in California...

Author: By John R. Hein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ruggiero Named Nation's Top Player | 3/26/2004 | See Source »

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