Phoenix Memorial Lab to be renovated
The Michigan Memorial-Phoenix Laboratory (PML) will be renovated to create state-of-the-art research facilities for a broad range of energy-related initiatives in engineering and other sciences. The building was constructed in 1955 in honor of Michigan alumni who died during World War II, and was dedicated to providing research into peaceful uses for nuclear energy. The PML building also housed the Ford Nuclear Reactor, which was shut down in 2003. The renovation of approximately 25,000 gross square feet will provide new research laboratory space and extensive infrastructure upgrades. The project is estimated to cost $9.5 million, two-thirds of which will be funded by the State of Michigan FY05 Supplemental Capital Outlay. The University will fund the balance with investment proceeds. The architectural firm of Lord Aeck & Sargent will design the project.
Med Sci renovations for Kresge occupants
Several Kresge building occupants will relocate to remodeled space in the Medical Science buildings following approval of two renovation projects. Approximately 50,000 gross square feet of space in the Medical Science Units I and II will be renovated to meet the modern biomedical research needs of Otolaryngology, Radiation Oncology and the Upjohn Center for Clinical Pharmacology, as well as the Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology. Renovations will include upgrades to casework, floorings, ceilings, lights and walls, as well space reconfigurations to improve efficiency. The Medical School will fund the $16.8 million project. Lord Aeck & Sargent will provide the design. A second project was approved to renovate the second level of the Medical Science Building I in order to consolidate research facilities for Pharmacology and relocate otorhinolaryngology research. U-M’s Architecture, Engineering and Construction will design the project and the Medical School will fund the $3.2 million budget.
Observatory Lodge renovations to begin
The regents authorized issuing the Observatory Lodge renovation project for bids and awarding construction contracts providing the bids are within the approved budget. The building will be completely renovated from an apartment building into classroom and office space for the Division of Kinesiology, while being sensitive to the building’s historic character. The budget is $11.5 million, two-thirds of which will be funded by the State of Michigan FY05 Supplemental Capital Outlay. The University will fund the balance with Kinesiology resources and investment proceeds. Construction is scheduled to be completed in fall 2007.
Faculty appointments
Yang Liu, professor of surgery, Medical School, effective May 19.
Mary Ruffolo, associate professor of social work, School of Social Work, effective Sept. 1.
Kirk Weller, associate professor of mathematics, U-M-Flint, College of Arts and Sciences, effective Sept. 1.
Lu Zhang, associate professor of finance, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, effective Sept. 1.
Administrative appointments
Eugene Anderson, reappointed associate dean, Ross School of Business, effective July 1, 2006-June 30, 2007.
Colonel Douglas Goebel, reappointed chair, Air Force Officer Education Program, effective June 15, 2006-June 14, 2007.
Carolyn Frost, interim dean, School of Information, effective June 1.
Lt. Colonel Robert Lance Hilton, reappointed chair, Army Officer Education Program, effective June 22, 2007-June 21, 2008.
Martin Kaufman, chair, Department of Earth and Resource Science, U-M-Flint, CAS, effective July 1, 2006-Dec. 31, 2006.
John L. King, vice provost for academic information, Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, effective June 1, 2006-Aug. 31, 2010.
Carol Loveland-Cherry, reappointed executive associate dean for academic affairs, School of Nursing, effective July 1, 2006-June 30, 2007.
Peggy McCracken, associate dean for academic programs and initiatives, Rackham School of Graduate Studies, effective Aug. 1, 2006-July 31, 2009.
Susan Work Martin, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, and professor of accounting,
U-M-Dearborn, School of Management, effective July 1.
Philip Pochoda, reappointed university press director, University Press, Rackham School of Graduate Studies, effective Sept. 1, 2006-Aug. 31, 2011.
Raymond Reilly, reappointed associate dean, Ross School of Business, effective July 1, 2006-June 30, 2007.
Homer Rose, Jr., reappointed assistant dean for academic programs, Rackham School of Graduate Studies, effective Sept. 1, 2006-Aug. 31, 2011.
Jonathan Smith, associate dean, U-M-Dearborn, College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, effective July 1, 2006-June 30, 2009.
Daniel Washington, associate dean for faculty affairs and director of minority services, School of Music, effective June 1, 2006-May 31, 2009.
Captain Edward C. Zurey, chair, Naval Officer Education Program, effective July 1, 2006-June 30, 2008.
Named professorships
Hyun-Soo Ahn, Sanford R. Robertson Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Ross School of Business, effective Sept. 1, 2006-May 31, 2007.
Thomas Buchmueller, Waldo O. Hildebrand Professor of Risk Management and Insurance, and professor of business economics and public policy, Ross School of Business, effective Sept. 1.
Kathleen Coulborn Faller, Marion Elizabeth Blue Professor of Children and Families, SSW, effective Sept. 1, 2006-Aug. 31, 2011.
Jason Flinn, Morris Wellman Faculty Development Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering (CoE), effective Sept. 1, 2006-Aug.31, 2008.
David Hess, Bank One Corporation Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Ross School of Business, effective Sept. 1, 2006-Aug. 31, 2007 (also assistant professor of business law.)
David Munson, Jr., Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering, CoE, effective July 1, 2006-Aug. 31, 2011.
Jun Ni, correction to professorship as the Shien-Ming (Sam) Wu Collegiate Professors of Manufacturing Science, CoE, effective April 1.
Dr. Mark W. Russell, Aaron Stern Professor of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical School, effective May 19, 2006-Aug. 31, 2011 (also associate professor of pediatrics and communicable diseases).
Dr. James Seibold, Marvin and Betty Danto Research Professor of Connective Tissue Research, Medical School, effective May 19, 2006-Aug. 31, 2011 (also professor of internal medicine).
Charles Shipan, correction to appointment, J. Ira and Nicki Harris Professor of Social Sciences, professor of political science, LSA, effective Sept. 1.
Robert Joseph Taylor, reappointed Sheila Feld Collegiate Professor of Social Work, SSW, effective Sept. 1, 2006-Aug. 31, 2011.
Dr. Jon-Kar Zubieta, Phil F. Jenkins Research Professor of Depression, Medical School, effective May 19, 2006-Aug. 31, 2011.
Retirements
Layman Allen, professor of law, effective May 31. He served on the faculty of Yale Law School before joining U-M in 1966 as an associate professor. He also served as a senior research scientist in the Mental Health Research Institute from 1966-2001. He is best known for his work in mathematical logic, instructional gaming and artificial intelligence, and is one of the pioneers of game theory.
Erling Blöndal Bengtsson, professor of music, effective May 31. The native of Denmark joined the University in 1990 after a long career at the Royal Danish Conservatory of Music. A cello player who made his first concert appearance at age four, he produced more than 50 recordings, including highly praised performances of all Bach suites for cello and the Kodaly solo sonata, chosen in 1998 by the “Guinness Classical 1,000” as one of the top 1,000 recordings of all time.
James Dapogny, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and professor of music, effective May 31. He joined the University in 1966. He is widely known within the music industry as a performer of early jazz. As a pianist-bandleader-arranger he has appeared in 30 states, on “The Prairie Home Companion” and collaborated with pop icons from the Rolling Stones’ pianist Ian Stewart to Bonnie Raitt.
Rolf Deininger, professor of environmental health sciences in the School of Public Health (SPH), effective May 31. He joined the University in 1964. From 1974-99, he also was a research scientist in the Institute of Environmental and Industrial Health. A water quality expert who has served on numerous national and international panels, he was conducting studies on the security and safety of public water supplies two decades before the topic became a homeland security issue.
Richard Garrison, associate professor of industrial health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences in SPH, May 31. He joined the University in 1985. His research has focused on ventilation design and measurement of particulates in confined spaces. He also made significant contributions to modeling for low volume/high velocity ventilation and the service life of organic respirators in the work place. From 1999-2006 he was a laboratory design coordinator for the University’s Department of Occupational Safety and Environmental Health.
Robert Glasgow, professor of music, May 31. He joined the University in 1962. He was awarded the Harold Haugh Award for excellence in the teaching of performance. He was named International Performer of the Year by the American Guild of Organists New York chapter and was a featured recitalist and lecturer at the American Classic Organ Symposium in the Mormon Tabernacle, marking the renovation of its historic organ.
Subhash Goel, professor of civil engineering in CoE, May 31. He joined the University in 1968. His research in the field of earthquake-resistant design of structures has had an enormous impact on knowledge of the seismic behavior of building structures and on construction practices, especially those related to steel and composite structures. His findings have been incorporated into seismic design codes worldwide since they were first incorporated into the 1994-97 Uniform Building Code.
Brian Hazlett, professor of zoology in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, May 31. He joined the University in 1966. He is regarded as one of the world’s experts on hermit crab behavior. He pioneered the analysis of shell fighting and its significance in optimizing the size and volume of shells. During the 1970s and 1980s, he served three terms as head of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology within the Division of Biological Sciences.
Peter Hinman, professor of mathematics, May 31. He joined the University in 1966. His main area of research concerns the area of mathematical logic known as recursion or computability theory, which deals with theoretical questions about the computability of functions. This area has connections with theoretical computer science and other areas of mathematical logic. He published a graduate level textbook, “Fundamentals of Mathematical Logic,” and has served in several administrative positions within the department including associate chair for graduate studies.
Dr. Arthur Oleinick, associate professor of public health law in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences in SPH, effective May 31. Oleinick, who has medicine and law degrees, joined U-M in 1978 and has devoted his academic career to public health issues related to occupational injuries and applications of environmental law. His research on occupational back strains and musculoskeletal work injuries were significant contributions to the field.
Dennis Papazian, professor of history and director of the Center for Armenian Studies, Research and Publication at U-M-Dearborn, effective April 30. Papazian joined the University in 1960. In his 46-year career at U-M, he has taught courses in Russian/Soviet and Armenian history, including courses on Armenia and world history, Russian intellectual history, early Russian history, imperial Russian and the Russia revolutions.
Dr. William Pratt, professor of pharmacology in the Medical School, Dec. 31, 2005. He joined the University in 1973. His research focused on the mechanisms of steroid receptor transformation and trafficking, heat shock proteins and intercellular transport, and control of steroid hormone receptor function. He has published more than 140 original manuscripts, seven book and many review articles.
Paul Rasmussen, an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, professor of chemistry in LSA, and professor of macromolecular science and engineering in CoE, May 31. Rasmussen joined the University in 1964. His research focused on the coordination chemistry of transition metals and the use of imidazoles as ligands to these metals. In recent years, he has been especially interested in improving minority student representation in the sciences.
Byron Roe, professor of physics in LSA, May 31. He joined U-M in 1959. At the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, he organized the first studies of neutrino interactions in a hydrogen bubble and later, with collaborators from the Soviet Union, he studied anti-neutrino reactions in a heavy liquid chamber. He chaired or co-chaired the dissertation committees of 15 graduate students.
Sonya Rose, the Natalie Zemon Davis Collegiate Professor of History, Sociology and Women’s Studies, and professor of history, professor of sociology and professor of women’s studies in LSA, May 31. She joined U-M in 1993. Rose is a renowned analyst of culture, an archivally based historian who comfortably details and reconstructs social theory. She is a leading historian of working class England in the Victorian period.
Patricia Shure, senior lecturer in mathematics in LSA, May 31. She joined the University in 1982. She developed and implemented a reformed calculus program at U-M, known nationwide as “Michigan Calculus.” It has become a role model for integrating real-life problems, technology and cooperative learning into a calculus course. She also worked in the area of high school mathematics curriculum design at the state and national levels.
Eleanor Singer, research professor in the Survey Research Center, ISR, April 30. She joined the University in 1994. Her research has centered on attitudes toward genetic research and technology, and on factors motivating survey participation, especially attitudes toward privacy and confidentiality. She has written and co-edited several books, including “Methods for Testing and Evaluating Survey Questionnaires.”
Nicholas Steneck, professor of history in LSA, and faculty associate in the Office of the Vice President for Research, May 31. He joined U-M in 1970. He was a research scholar in four fields: medieval intellectual history; the history of science; the development of ethical practice in the health sciences, and the history of U-M. He wrote books and published articles in each of these fields.
John Swales, professor of linguistics in LSA, May 31. He joined U-M in 1985. He is known internationally as a preeminent leader in applied linguistics, recognized for his pioneering work on genre analysis, discourse analysis and the development of teaching materials in English for specific purposes. He was interim director of the English Language Institute from 1985-87, and director from 1987-2001.
