Obituaries
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.