Obituaries
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October 28, 2016
Obituary: Eunice Burns
Eunice Burns — an Ann Arbor civil servant, a long-standing community and environmental leader, a University of Michigan alumna and retired employee — died Oct. 20 at the age of 93. She worked as executive assistant to the dean at the School of Education from 1970-82.
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October 17, 2016
Visitation, services set for chief health officer Dr. Robert Winfield
Dr. Robert Winfield, the university’s chief health officer and executive director of University Health Service, died Friday. Visitation will take place from 4:30-8 p.m. Tuesday at the U-M Museum of Art.
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September 30, 2016
Obituary: Dr. Charles Bruce Smith
Dr. Charles Bruce Smith, (“Tad”), died Aug. 25 at his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with his beloved wife of 37 years, Peggie, by his side.
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September 2, 2016
Obituary: Bernard Van’t Hul
Bernard Van’t Hul, professor emeritus in the English department at the University of Michigan, died in Needham, Massachusetts, on Aug. 21 after a long decline.
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May 23, 2016
Obituary: Dale E. Briggs
Dale E. Briggs, professor emeritus of chemical engineering, died March 17 at the age of 85 after living a long, productive and inspirational life.
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March 4, 2016
Obituary: Elizabeth L. Eisenstein
Elizabeth L. Eisenstein, who died in January at the age of 92, was a renowned historian and a member of the University of Michigan faculty from 1975 to her retirement in 1988.
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March 4, 2016
Gerard Voland, engineering professor and former provost at UM-Flint, dies
Gerard Voland, former provost and current professor at UM-Flint, died Feb. 2. He taught in the Department of Computer Science, Engineering, and Physics until the time of his death.
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February 10, 2016
Obituary: Leslie Raymond Bassett
Leslie Raymond Bassett, the Albert A. Stanley Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Music, died Feb. 4 at his residence in Oakwood, Georgia. He was 93 years old.
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January 22, 2016
Obituary: Lewis William ‘Bill’ Shurtliff
Lewis William “Bill” Shurtliff, who worked as a parking supervisor at the University of Michigan and head of duplicating services at the Hatcher Graduate Library until he retired in 1999, died Jan. 2, 2016.
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December 4, 2015
Obituary: A. Kent Christensen
A. Kent Christensen, emeritus faculty member in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology as well as a former chair of the department, died Nov. 17 due to complications following a stroke in Provo, Utah. He was 87.
