Obituaries
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May 26, 2020
Obituary: Richard L. Tannen
Richard L. Tannen, 82, chair of the Department of Nephrology at the Medical School from 1978-88, passed away peacefully on Feb. 22, in New York City, following a long illness.
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May 4, 2020
Obituary: Ejner Jacob Jensen
Ejner Jacob Jensen, 83, of Philadelphia, professor emeritus of English language and literature, died April 21 at the Phoebe Allentown Home in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
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February 24, 2020
Obituary: Jeremiah G. Turcotte
Jeremiah (Jerry) G. Turcotte, professor emeritus of surgery, passed away Feb. 12 at age 87.
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February 3, 2020
Obituary: Ralph F. Knopf
Ralph F. Knopf, professor emeritus of internal medicine, died peacefully at his home Jan. 11 at the age of 93.
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February 3, 2020
Obituary: Pamela J. MacKintosh
Pamela J. MacKintosh, longtime librarian at the U-M Library, died Dec. 22 at the age of 60.
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February 3, 2020
Obituary: Samuel David Epstein
Samuel David Epstein, the Marilyn J. Shatz Collegiate Professor of Linguistics and Cognitive Science, died at home Nov. 29.
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October 14, 2019
Obituary — Gary Bron
Gary Bron, who was an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology from 1969-75, died Sept. 13.
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October 7, 2019
Obituary: William (Buzz) Alexander
William (Buzz) Alexander, who founded the Prison Creative Arts Project and trained thousands of students, teachers, activists and prisoners to illuminate and work to end mass incarceration, died at his home in Ann Arbor on Sept. 19 at the age of 80 from frontal temporal degeneration. Alexander was a professor emeritus of English language and… -
September 3, 2019
Obituary — Rane Curl
Rane Curl, professor emeritus of chemical engineering whose colleagues and students will remember his clear enunciation of the high standards of performance expected in his classes and in graduate research, died May 12.
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August 15, 2019
Obituary — Jonathan Bulkley
Jonathan Bulkley, Peter M. Wege Professor Emeritus of Sustainable Systems, died July 14 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, at age 81 from lung cancer.