May 9, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank Henry D. Baier will become the University’s director of Occupational Safety and Environmental Health (OSEH), effective June 1. Baier, coordinator of the OSEH’s hazardous materials unit since January 1992, will succeed Kenneth C. Schatzle, who retires June 30. OSEH, with 52 employees, is responsible for laboratory safety and industrial hygiene, radiation…
May 9, 1994
To speed up delivery of campus mail to Wolverine Tower offices, drop boxes will be installed at eight locations for deposit of mail for departments at Wolverine Tower. Mail will be picked up from these drop boxes every two hours. The drop boxes, a neutral putty color, will hang on a wall and be clearly…
May 9, 1994
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services U-M physicists helped make history on April 26 when scientists working at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory announced evidence for the elusive top quark, which researchers around the world have been searching for since 1977. Even though the announcement presented evidence, not a conclusive discovery, it was enough to…
May 9, 1994
President James J. Duderstadt will recommend to the Regents at their May meeting the appointment of Charlie Nelms, chancellor of Indiana University East, as chancellor at U-M-Flint. If the Regents approve the appointment, Nelms will begin his new duties Aug. 1. Nelms will succeed Clinton B. Jones as Flint chancellor, who is returning to teaching…
May 9, 1994
Staff members who wish to add a newborn child or new spouse to their insurance benefits need to act quickly and should contact the Benefits Office as soon as possible for forms. They will be asked to complete a Health Insurance Change Form to add the new baby or spouse. The completed form must include…
May 9, 1994
Anthropology Prof. Henry T. Wright has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Wright is one of 60 new members and 15 foreign associates elected to the Academy. The Academy is a private organization of approximately 2,000 scientists and engineers dedicated to the furthering of science and its use for the general welfare. Election…
May 9, 1994
By Rebecca A. Doyle Robert G. Forman, who has served as director of the Alumni Association for the past 28 years, will be honored at a Universitywide reception 4–6 p.m. May 18 in the Founders Room, Alumni Center. He will retire June 30. “Over time, some people come to personify the institutions they represent. Bob…
May 9, 1994
This fall, students living in the Bursley and Baits residence units will be able to connect their personal computers to the campus network and campus computing sites using Ethernet, allowing them to take full advantage of the expanding array of distributed computing services currently under development at the University. The students will be able to…
May 9, 1994
Margaret Grace Dow Towsley, Ann Arbor civic leader and philanthropist, died of a stroke May 2 at St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital. She was 88. A generous supporter of the Univer-sity, Towsley was vice president and trustee of the Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation, a philanthropic organization founded in 1959. She was the first…
May 9, 1994
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services Ronni L. Sanlo of Jacksonville, Fla., has been named the new coordinator of the University’s Lesbian-Gay Male-Bisexual Programs Office, effective June 1. Since 1987, Sanlo has served as human services program manager in the AIDS Surveillance Program Office, Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services. “I am very…
