LSA conducted a ceremony April 14 dedicating the Homer A. Neal Laboratory. Neal, who died in 2018, was a trailblazing U-M physics professor, vice president for research and interim president. The Neal Laboratory is the first academic building on Central Campus to be named after a Black member of the U-M community.
U-M President Emeritus James Duderstadt speaks at the dedication of the Homer A. Neal Laboratory.The dedication included a tour of the laboratory and its experiments.From left are Homer Neal’s granddaughter Arianna Brangman, his daughter Sharon-Denise Neal, his son Homer A. Neal Jr., and grandson Lucas Neal.Click an image to open a larger version in your browser window.
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Robert Lougheed
on April 17, 2023 at 8:51 am
In 2014 the UM Physics department held a Homer Neal Symposium, consisting or presentations by Homer Neal’s mentors, colleagues, former students and associates covering his remarkable achievements. These presentations were recorded by the Physics department and the College of Engineering, and are available for viewing at http://leccap.engin.umich.edu/leccap/site/pas4boi2b3zz1ygc39z
Robert Lougheed
In 2014 the UM Physics department held a Homer Neal Symposium, consisting or presentations by Homer Neal’s mentors, colleagues, former students and associates covering his remarkable achievements. These presentations were recorded by the Physics department and the College of Engineering, and are available for viewing at
http://leccap.engin.umich.edu/leccap/site/pas4boi2b3zz1ygc39z