Old School

  1. October 6, 2014

    In my room

    College pennants and a guitar stand out in this photo of a student’s U-M room, from the John Joseph Smolenski scrapbook, 1908-10.

  2. September 29, 2014

    Economist and founding dean

    Edward M. (Ned) Gramlich, circa 1991, was founding dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, which was renamed to honor the former president and U-M alumnus. Gramlich also was a U-M provost, a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve and acting director of the Congressional Budget Office. The school this year celebrates its centennial.

  3. September 22, 2014

    Pioneer

    Dr. Ida Kahn, a Chinese student who studied medicine at the University of Michigan and graduated in 1896, helped inspire Regent Levi L. Barbour in 1914 to establish The Barbour Scholarships for Oriental Women, now known as the Rackham Barbour Scholarship for Asian Women.

  4. September 15, 2014

    Performers

    Soprano Beverly Sills and Tenor John McCollum chat in a September 1977 appearance at Hill Auditorium.

  5. September 5, 2014

    Wind sculpture

    Artist Catherine Spurr tests a wind art sculpture scheduled to join several works on display at a 1978 Fall Art Fair on the Michigan Union lawn.

  6. September 2, 2014

    Jazz icon

    Miles Davis performs on trumpet in September 1981 in Hill Auditorium.

  7. August 11, 2014

    Back to school

    A loaded station wagon pulls up to a dorm in 1979 during student move-in days. 

  8. July 14, 2014

    Old School: Art Fair

    Children look on as an artist works on a wood figure at the 1972 Ann Arbor Art Fair.

  9. June 23, 2014

    Old School: Parade love

    Well-dressed gentlemen and ladies look on, as a clown joins band performers in a Michigan Union Shows parade, circa 1909.

  10. June 9, 2014

    Old School: Jazz legend

    Legendary tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon attends an Ann Arbor Jazz Festival workshop presented by Eclipse Jazz in 1984.