Obituaries

  1. November 1, 2017

    Obituary: Roger Fleming Hackett

    Roger Fleming Hackett, emeritus professor of history at the University of Michigan and pioneer in the field of Asian studies, died Oct. 26 in Ann Arbor. He was 95 years old.

  2. November 1, 2017

    Obituary: Ross Chambers

    Ross Chambers, 84, Marvin Felheim Distinguished University Professor of French and Comparative Literature, Emeritus, died Oct. 18 in Ann Arbor following a brief illness.

  3. August 10, 2017

    Obituary: Frederick L. Goodman

    Professor Emeritus Frederick L. Goodman died Aug. 8 in Thousand Oaks, California.

  4. May 19, 2017

    Obituary: Max Arthur Heirich

    Max Arthur Heirich, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Michigan, died April 27 at the age of 85 after a long illness.

  5. May 19, 2017

    Obituary: Roland ‘Red’ Hiss

    Roland “Red” Hiss died Dec. 15, 2016, at the University of Michigan Hospital, surrounded by his family.

  6. May 19, 2017

    Obituary: Carolyn ‘Toni’ Kessler

    Carolyn “Toni” Kessler, who spent almost four decades working in the Office of the Registrar, died April 1 at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital following a short illness.

  7. April 17, 2017

    Obituary: William R. ‘Bill’ Uttal

    William R. “Bill” Uttal, professor emeritus of psychology, was a scholar in the most ideal sense of the word. He died Feb. 9.

  8. March 20, 2017

    Obituary: Bruce H. Karnopp

    Bruce H. Karnopp, 78, of Ann Arbor, died peacefully Jan. 1 in the company of his beloved family. For nearly 40 years Karnopp was a professor at the University of Michigan and taught College of Engineering students. 

  9. February 3, 2017

    Obituary: Edward Bagale

    Edward Bagale, who retired as vice chancellor for government relations at the University of Michigan-Dearborn in 2012, died Jan. 18 in Holland, Michigan. He was 70 years old and had been suffering from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

  10. November 18, 2016

    Obituary: Ralph Cicerone

    Ralph Cicerone, former University of Michigan faculty member in Space Physics in the College of Engineering and recent past president of the National Academy of Sciences, died suddenly Nov. 5 at his home in New Jersey.