Vincent helped bring the Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins to the big leagues.
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He won a gold medal in the 4×400 meter relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
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Suzuki helped turn the company whose name he shared into a global competitor.
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He rose from a working-class upbringing to lead some of the world’s biggest companies.
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He was a billionaire and a cable TV visionary.
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Wharton was the first African American president of a major, majority-white university.
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She and her late husband, Tom Love, founded the company in 1964.
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Baldanza introduced the budget airline model now common throughout the U.S.
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Marcus was also a notable philanthropist and political activist.
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He was also a prominent business owner who frequently gave back to his community.