Michael Dehn Breault, whose business endeavors ranged from insurance to advertising and public relations to being a brand manager for British Airways, died on May 24 in Clarksville, Mo., a few days before his 54th birthday.

Applications are open for New York State's Excelsior Scholarship, through which students from families that earn up to $125,000 in annual, adjusted gross income can attend two or four-year public colleges in the state tuition-free.

Ursula Kalish of Bridgehampton and New York City, who had long careers in art and fitness, died at home in Bridgehampton on May 7. She was 92.

Torin James Gleeson, an East Hampton native, mechanical engineer, and inventor, died early on Saturday in a motorcycle accident in York, N.Y. Mr. Gleeson, who lived in nearby Linwood, in Livingston County in the northwest corner of the state, was 29.