Meles Zenawi

Meles Zenawi: A Complex Legacy Meles Zenawi, born Legesse Zenawi Asres on May 8, 1955, in Adwa, Ethiopia, was a prominent Ethiopian politician and former rebel commander who played a crucial role in the country’s political landscape from the early 1990s until his death in 2012. His tenure as president and later prime minister was …

Nan Bangs McKinnell

Nan Bangs McKinnell: A Legacy in Ceramics Nan Bangs McKinnell (1913–2012) was a prominent American ceramicist and educator whose impact on the field of ceramics endures to this day. As a founding member of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts and a distinguished member of the American Craft Council College of Fellows, …