Obituaries

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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. 

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. November 20, 2015

    Obituary: Donald Rossin

    Longtime University of Michigan-Dearborn faculty member Donald Rossin died Nov. 8. The associate professor of management studies was 68.

  8. October 30, 2015

    Obituary: Marcel Muller

    Marcel Nicolas Muller, 89, professor emeritus of French, died at his home in Ann Arbor on Oct. 14. A world-renowned specialist in the works of Marcel Proust, Muller was a member of the Michigan faculty from 1966 until his retirement in 1995.  

  9. October 2, 2015

    Obituary: David D. Bien

    David D. Bien, age 85, professor emeritus of French history at the University of Michigan, died under hospice care Sept. 25 after a lengthy illness. 

  10. September 22, 2015

    Obituary: Peter Smereka

    Peter Smereka, professor of mathematics, died Sept. 15 after suffering an unexpected heart attack.