Medical School plans renovations for leased property
The Medical School received approval to renovate approximately 30,000 square feet leased at the KMS Building on South State Street in Ann Arbor. The $1.6 million project, funded by the Medical School, will improve the layout and efficiency of its Faculty Group Practice billing unit and is expected to be complete next spring.
Improvements planned for Moore building
The Earl V. Moore Building, home of the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, will receive approximately $5 million in infrastructure updates to improve energy performance, including new windows, insulation and a new boiler plant. The project, funded by investment proceeds and Utility resources, will be completed next fall.
Project to replace health building elevators
Replacement of the three elevators within the Thomas Francis Jr. Public Health Building was approved. The $1.5 million project will be paid for from the General Fund and is expected to be complete in winter 2010
Property purchases approved
The regents authorized the purchase of an apartment building at 210 Glen Ave., Ann Arbor, located next to the Ann Street and Catherine Street parking structures and contiguous to other University property. A purchase price of $495,000 has been negotiated. The purchase of property contiguous to University property in the Wall Street district also was approved. A purchase price of $800,000 has been negotiated for the commercial building located at 990 Broadway.
Administrative appointments
* reappointments
*Richard Abel, chair, Department of Screen Arts and Cultures, LSA, effective July 1, 2008-June 30, 2009.
J. David Allan, acting dean, School of Natural Resources and Environment, effective Sept. 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2009.
*David Baum, assistant dean for student affairs, Law School, effective Sept. 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2011.
Mark Burns, chair, Department of Chemical Engineering, CoE, effective Sept. 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2013.
*Peggy Burns, assistant dean for advancement, LSA, effective July 1, 2008-June 30, 2013.
*Evan Caminker, dean, Law School, effective Aug. 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2013.
*Dr. Darrell Campbell Jr., chief of staff for clinical affairs, U-M Hospitals and Health Centers, effective July 1, 2008-June 30, 2011.
Derek Collins, associate dean for humanities, LSA, effective July 1, 2008-June 30, 2011.
*Herbert Eagle, chair, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, LSA, effective July 1, 2008-June 30, 2011.
Geoff Eley, chair, Department of History, LSA, effective July 1, 2008-June 30, 2011.
*William Fink, director, Museum of Zoology, LSA, effective July 1, 2008-June 30, 2011.
*Kevin Gaines, director, Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, LSA, effective July 1, 2008-June 30, 2010.
*Alec Gallimore, associate dean for academic program and initiatives, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, effective Sept. 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2011.
*Tamas Gombosi, chair, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, College of Engineering (CoE), effective Sept. 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2011.
*Virginia Gordan, assistant dean for international affairs, Law School, effective Sept. 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2011.
Melvin Hochster, chair, Department of Mathematics, LSA, effective July 1, 2008-June 30, 2011.
Susan Juster, associate dean for social sciences, LSA, effective July 1, 2008-June 30, 2011.
Howard Kimeldorf, chair, Department of Sociology, LSA, effective July 1, 2008-June 30, 2010.
Donald Lopez Jr., chair, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, LSA, effective Sept. 1, 2008-June 30, 2011.
*Henry Mosberg, associate dean for research and graduate education, College of Pharmacy, effective July 1, 2008-June 30, 2011.
*Knute Nadelhoffer, director, Biological Station, LSA, effective July1, 2008-June 30, 2013.
M. Bishr Omary, chair, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, professor of molecular and integrative physiology, effective Aug. 1, 2008.
Johanna Prins, chair, Department of Comparative Literature, LSA, effective July 1, 2008-June 30, 2011.
Pamela Raymond, chair, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, LSA, effective July 1, 2008-June 30, 2013.
*MaryAnn Sarosi, assistant dean of public service, Law School, effective Sept. 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2011.
*Mary Schmidt, change in title and reappointment to associate dean for undergraduate education and academic affairs, School of Art & Design, effective July 1, 2008-June 30, 2013.
Charles Shipan, chair, Department of Political Science, LSA, effective July 1, 2008-June 30, 2011.
*Carla Sinopoli, director, Museum of Anthropology, LSA, effective July 1, 2008-June 30, 2011.
Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar, associate dean for academic affairs, School of Education, effective July 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2009.
*David Smith, chair, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, LSA, effective July 1, 2008-June 30, 2011.
*James Steward, director, Museum of Art, effective July 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2013.
Faculty appointments and promotions with tenure
Gordon Belot, professor of philosophy, LSA, effective Sept. 1, 2008.
Susan Crawford, professor of law, Law School, effective Sept. 1, 2008.
Lisa Disch, professor of political science and professor of women’s studies, LSA, effective Sept. 1, 2008.
Andreas Gailus, associate professor of Germanic languages and literatures, LSA, effective Sept. 1, 2008.
William Novak, professor of law, Law School, effective Sept. 1, 2008.
James Robson, associate professor of Asian languages and cultures, LSA, effective Sept. 1, 2008.
Laura Ruetsche, professor of philosophy, LSA, effective Sept. 1, 2008.
Steven Skerlos, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, CoE, effective Sept. 1, 2008.
Roman Vershynin, professor of mathematics, LSA, effective Sept. 1, 2008.
Named professorships
*Susan Ashford, Michael and Susan Jandernoa Professor of Business Administration, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, effective Sept. 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2013.
*Dennis Capozza, Dale L. Dykema Professor of Business Administration, Ross School, effective Sept. 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2013.
*Edward Cooper, Thomas M. Cooley Professor of Law, Law School, effective Sept. 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2013.
Izak Duenyas, John Psarouthakis Research Professor of Manufacturing Management, Ross School, effective Sept. 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2010.
*Jacquelynne Eccles, Wilbert J. McKeachie Collegiate Professor of Psychology, LSA, effective July 1, 2008-June 30, 2013.
*Claes Fornell, Donald C. Cook Professor of Business Administration, Ross School, effective Sept. 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2013.
*Thomas Gladwin, Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, Ross School, effective Sept. 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2013.
*Samuel Gross, Thomas G. and Mabel Long Professor of Law, Law School, effective Sept. 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2013.
*Raffi Indjejikian, Robert L. Dixon Collegiate Professor of Accounting, Ross School, effective Sept. 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2013.
*Timothy Johnson, Bates Professor of Diseases of Women and Children, Medical School, effective July 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2013.
*George Kaplan, Thomas Francis Collegiate Professor of Public Health, School of Public Health (SPH), effective Aug. 1, 2008-July 31, 2013.
*Roman Kapuscinski, Goff Smith Co-Director of the Joel D. Tauber Institute for Global Operations, Ross School, effective Sept. 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2013.
*Gautam Kaul, John C. and Sally S. Morley Professor of Finance, Ross School, effective Sept. 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2013.
*Thomas Kinnear, Eugene Applebaum Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, Ross School, effective Sept. 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2013.
*James Krier, Earl Warren DeLano Professor of Law, Law School, effective Sept. 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2013.
*Aradhna Krishna, Isadore and Leon Winkelman Professor of Retail Marketing, Ross School, effective Sept. 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2013.
*James Levinsohn, J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, effective June 1, 2008-May 31, 2013.
*Catherine MacKinnon, Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law, Law School, effective Sept. 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2013.
*Andrei Markovits, Karl W. Deutsch Collegiate Professor of Comparative Politics and German Studies, LSA, effective Sept. 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2013.
*William Ian Miller, Thomas G. Long Professor of Law, Law School, effective Sept. 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2013.
*Charlotte Mistretta, William R. Mann Professor of Dentistry, School of Dentistry, effective April 1, 2008-March 31, 2013.
*Dennis Severance, Accenture Professor of Computer and Information Systems, Ross School, effective Sept. 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2013.
*Hasan Nejat Seyhun, Jerome B. and Eilene M. York Professor of Business Administration, Ross School, effective Sept. 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2013.
*Edwin Vedejs, Moses Gomberg Collegiate Professor of Chemistry, LSA, effective July 1, 2008-June 30, 2013.
*Mark West, Nippon Life Professor of Law, Law School, effective Sept. 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2013.
Named professorships – additional appointments
Wayne Baker, Jack D. Sparks — Whirlpool Corporation Research Professor of Business Administration, Ross School, effective Sept. 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2010.
Kim Cameron, William Russell Kelly Professor of Business Administration, Ross School, effective Sept. 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2013.
Robert Dittmar, Sanford R. Robertson Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Ross School, effective Sept. 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2009.
Dr. Andrzej Dlugosz, Poth Professor of Cutaneous Oncology, Medical School, effective June 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2013.
Dr. James Elder, Kirk D. Wuepper Professor of Molecular Genetic Dermatology, Medical School, effective June 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2013.
Dr. Charles Ellis, William B. Taylor Professor of Clinical Dermatology, Medical School, effective June 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2013.
Gary Fisher Harry Helfman Professor of Molecular Dermatology, Medical School, effective June 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2013.
Richard Jackson, Graham Family Professor, Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute, effective July 1, 2008-Jan. 31, 2013.
Dr. Sewon Kang, Arthur C. Curtis Professor of Translational Research, Medical School, effective June 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2013.
Roderick Little, Richard D. Remington Collegiate Professor of Biostatistics, SPH, effective June 1, 2008-May 31, 2013.
Dr. Anna Suk-Fong Lok, Alice Lohrman Andrews Research Professor of Gastroenterology, Medical School, effective June 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2013.
Kathy Sue O’Shea, Crosby-Kahn Collegiate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Medical School, effective June 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2013.
Amiyatosh Kumar Purnanandam, NBD Bancorp Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Ross School, effective Sept. 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2009.
Janet Smith, Martha L. Ludwig Professor of Protein Structure and Function, Medical School, effective June 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2013.
Dr. David Wood, Jr., George F. and Sandy G. Valassis Professor of Urology, Medical School, effective June 1, 2008-Aug. 31, 2008.
Ronald Woodard, F.F. Blicke Collegiate Professor of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, effective July 1, 2008-June 30, 2013.
Dearborn campus
*Thomas Baird, vice chancellor for institutional advancement, U-M-Dearborn, effective Sept. 1, 2008.
*Stanley Henderson, vice chancellor for enrollment management and student life, U-M-Dearborn, effective July 1, 2008.
Martin Hershock, chair, Department of Social Sciences, College of Arts, Sciences and Letters, effective July 1, 2008-June 30, 2011.
*Vaman Naik, chair, Department of Natural Sciences, College of Arts, Sciences and Letters, effective July 1, 2008-June 30, 2011.
Donald Bord, interim provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, U-M-Dearborn, effective July 1, 2008-June 30, 2009.
Susan Erickson, chair, Department of Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts, College of Arts, Sciences and Letters, effective July 1, 2008-June 30, 2011.
Rashmi Luthra, chair, Department of Language, Culture, and Communications, College of Arts, Sciences and Letters, effective July 1, 2008-June 30, 2011.
Flint campus
John Stephen Ellis, chair, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences, effective July 1, 2008-June 30, 2011.
Betty Velthouse, interim dean, School of Health Professions and Studies, effective July 1, 2008.
Yener Kandogan, change in title to associate professor of international business, School of Management, effective June 1, 2008.
Ruth Person, chancellor, U-M-Flint, effective Aug. 18, 2008-Aug. 17, 2013.
Retirements
Klaus-Peter Beier, research scientist, Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, CoE, effective June 30. He joined U-M in 1984. He introduced virtual reality to U-M by founding the Virtual Reality Lab in 1993. In 2002 he became director of the 3D Lab at the Duderstadt Center. Recently he has been working with virtual avatar animation, resulting in new methods for scripting complex movements of virtual humans.
Dr. Philip Cascade, professor of radiology and professor of internal medicine, Medical School, effective June 30. He joined the University in 1991. His research and teaching focus is in cardiac imaging. He is the author of 72 peer-reviewed publications, 18 audiovisual educational products and 73 abstracts, book reviews and other communications.
Stephen Darwall, John Dewey Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy, professor of philosophy and director of the Honors Program, LSA, effective May 31. He joined U-M in 1984. He is a leading authority on the British moral philosophers and the author of the textbook “Philosophical Ethics,” which is widely used throughout the world.
Dr. Bartley Frueh, professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, Medical School, effective June 30. He joined the University in 1979. He is an acknowledged world expert on thyroid-associated eye disease, including Graves and blepharospasm. He has been an examiner for the American Board of Ophthalmology for two decades.
David Lewis, professor of business history in the Ross School, effective May 31. He joined U-M in 1965. Lewis was an accomplished historian, author and teacher of business history, including entrepreneurship and automotive history, with a special interest in the life of Henry Ford and the history of the Ford Motor Co. He authored hundreds of articles and nine books on these topics.
Gary Olson, Paul M. Fitts Collegiate Professor of Human-Computer Interaction and professor of information, School of Information, and professor of psychology, LSA, effective June 30. He joined the University in 1975. As associate dean, he was instrumental in reshaping the School of Information after its change in scope and mission in 1996, leading to the revitalization of the doctoral program.
Judith Spencer Olson, Richard W. Pew collegiate Professor of Human-Computer Interaction, professor of information, and associate dean for academic affairs, School of Information, professor of computer and information systems, Ross School, and professor of psychology, LSA, effective June 30. She joined U-M in 1970, left in 1980, and returned in 1983. She is a leading scholar in the fields of human-computer interaction and collaboration.
James Reece, professor of accounting and operations management in the Ross School, effective Dec. 31, 2007. He joined the University in 1975. He was an active teacher in undergraduate and graduate degree programs. He co-authored several accounting textbooks that have been published regularly in updated editions. He received the Victor Bernard teaching Leadership Award in 1997 and the Andy Andrews Distinguished Faculty Service Award in 2007.
