Obituaries

  1. 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. 

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.