Stephen Joshua Solarz

(September 12, 1940, New York, New York-Alive). U.S. Representative (D-NY), 1975-1993.

Rav Ahron HaLevi Soloveitchik, ZT"l

(May 1, 1917, Khaslavichy, Russia-October 4, 2001, Chicago, Illinois). Orthodox Jewish Rabbi and Talmudic Scholar. Emigrated to the United States, 1930. Ordained Rabbi. Obtained law degree, 1946. Founding Member, Ben Zakkai Honor Society. President, Hebrew Theological College, Skokie, Illinois, 1966-1974. Founder, Yeshivas Brisk, Chicago, Illinois, 1974. Rosh HaYeshiva, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, Yeshiva University. Son of Moshe Soloveitchik and brother of Yosef Dov Soloveitchik. Noted for his support for civil rights and his opposition to the Vietnam War.

Rav Chaim Soloveitchik

(1853-1918). The Brisker Rav and Orthodox Jewish Rabbi. Said to be the most original and brillian mind in the world of halacha in the 20th Century. Leader of the Yeshiva of Voloshin. Founder of the "yeshiva approach to Talmudic study." Anti-Zionist.

Rav Joseph Ber Soloveitchik

(February 27, 1903, Pruzhan, Poland-April 8, 1993, Boston, Massachusetts). Orthodox Jewish Rabbi, Talmudist and Philosopher. Also known as Yosef Dov Soloveitchik. Grandson of Chaim Soloveitchik, zt'l and great grandson of Rabbi Yosef Ber Solveitchik, zt'l. President, RIETS Rabbinical School, Yeshiva University, 1941, c. 1981. Author of The Lonely Man of Faith. Associated with the Mizrachi Religious Zionists of America and the Orthodox Rabbinical Council of America. A proponent of "modern Orthodoxy" in Jewish life. Ordained over 2,000 Orthodox rabbis at Yeshiva University. Pro-Zionist.

Robert Merton Solow

(August 23, 1924, Brooklyn, New York-Alive). American economist. Nobel Prize in Economics, 1987.

Sir George Solti

(October 21, 1912-September 5, 1997). Hungarian-British Conductor. Born Gyorgy Stern. Knighted, 1971. Music Director, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 1969-1991. Principal Conductor, London Philharmonic Orchestra, 1979-1983.

Stephen Joshua Sondheim

(March 22, 1930, New York, New York-Alive). American composer and lyricist for stage and screen. Pulitzer Prize in Drama for Sunday in the Park With George (1985). Academy Award for Best Song for "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)," (1990).

Susan Sontag

(January 16, 1933, New York, New York-December 28, 2004, New York, New York). American essayist, intellectual, filmmaker and activist. Born Susan Rosenblatt, but took her stepfather's surname at age 12. An outspoken defender of civil liberties. Longtime lover of Annie Leibovitz. Received National Book Award for In America, 2000.