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October 22, 1996
The University Record, October 22, 1996 Vandermeer will receive Sokol Award, lecture on rainforests Oct. 28 John Vandermeer, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and professor of biology, will receive the 1996-97 Margaret and Herman Sokol Faculty Award in the Sciences for his contributions to graduate education and research. The award will be presented at a public…
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October 22, 1996
The University Record, October 22, 1996 Pritchard, University Wallenberg lecturer, became a rescuer in 1942 By Mary Jo Frank University Relations Photo of Marion van Binsbergen Pritchard Failing to acknowledge the heroic efforts of Jewish rescuers during the Holocaust “is a distortion of history that should not be,” asserts Marian van Binsbergen Pritchard, this year’s…
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October 22, 1996
The University Record, October 22, 1996 Lurie Engineering Center will be the ‘front door’ By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services Friends of the College of Engineering gathered Oct. 18 to officially open the College’s new “front door”—the Robert H. Lurie Engineering Center. Named in honor of College of Engineering alumnus Robert H. Lurie, the…
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October 22, 1996
The University Record, October 22, 1996 Bell Tower dedication pulls out all the stops By Joanne Nesbit News and Information Services From Richard Strauss’s Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare through the world premiere of Chip Davis’s True Blue, and Mussorgsky’s The Great Gate of Kiev, the dedication of the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Tower on North…
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October 22, 1996
The University Record, October 22, 1996 $1 million trust endows chair of U-M-Dearborn Polish studies By Terry Gallagher U-M-Dearborn Frank and Mary Padzieski have established a $1 million trust to endow a chair of Polish studies at U-M-Dearborn. The position, to be called the Frank and Mary Padzieski Endowed Chair in Polish Studies, will be…
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October 22, 1996
The University Record, October 22, 1996 MBA program receives #2 ranking from Business Week In a meteoric leap, the Business School has risen to number two in the nation in Business Week magazine’s latest rankings of the best business schools. U-M was ranked sixth in the last survey, done in 1994. Wharton, at the University…
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October 21, 1996
The University Record, October 21, 1996 On privacy, confidentiality and honor In his closing comments to the Regents, PSAC Chair Jeffrey Lehman offers the committee’s assistance and made a strong point about the importance of honor in protecting the candidates’ confidentiality. First, you have asked us for our advice, and we have come here publicly…
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October 21, 1996
The University Record, October 21, 1996 ‘A stamp of excellence’ Prior to releasing the names of the four recommended candidates, Presidential Search Advisory Committee Chair Jeffrey Lehman elaborated briefly on who they are “and why we as a committee are so enthusiastic about them.” He described the attributes they share, “attributes that we, as your…
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October 21, 1996
The University Record, October 21, 1996 Four emerged from list of 302 individuals Ronald Ablow, President & Chief Executive Officer, Medical Center St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital; David Adamany, President, Wayne State University; Michael Aiken, Chancellor, University of Illinois; Bruce Alberts, President, National Academy of Sciences; Paula Allen-Meares, Dean of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann…
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October 21, 1996
The University Record, October 21, 1996 Regents react to PSAC members’ comments Following the close of the presentations by the PSAC, members of the Board of Regents sat for a few moments in stunned silence. While they had known all along that they carry the great burden of selecting the University’s next president, it ap…
