Obituaries

  1. June 5, 2023

    Obituary — Ludwig Koenen

    Ludwig Koenen, the Herbert C. Youtie Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Papyrology at U-M, died May 9.

  2. June 5, 2023

    Obituary — David L. Lewis

    David L. Lewis of Ann Arbor, professor emeritus of business history, remembered as the world’s preeminent expert on the life of Henry Ford for more than a half century, died April 13.

  3. March 13, 2023

    Obituary — James Ward Brown

    James Ward Brown, had a long tenure as a professor of mathematics at UM-Dearborn, holding positions of assistant professor, associate professor, professor, and acting department chair, died Dec. 22, 2022.

  4. March 13, 2023

    Obituary — Barbara Everitt Bryant

    Barbara Everitt Bryant, research scientist emerita in the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, died March 3 in Ann Arbor of natural causes, surrounded by family.

  5. February 6, 2023

    Obituary — John H. Matlock

    John H. Matlock, former executive director of the Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives and associate vice provost, died Jan. 21 at age 76.

  6. January 9, 2023

    Obituary — Lillian M. Simms

    Lillian M. Simms, professor emerita of nursing, of Ann Arbor died peacefully Dec. 11, 2022, at the age of 92.

  7. December 5, 2022

    Remembering faculty member Huei Peng

    Huei Peng, Roger L. McCarthy Professor of Mechanical Engineering, died Nov. 17. Peng joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1993 and served as the director of Mcity from 2016-21.

  8. December 5, 2022

    Obituary — Leroy B. Townsend

    Leroy B. Townsend, Albert B. Prescott Emeritus of Medicinal Chemistry and professor emeritus of chemistry, died Oct. 15, 2022.

  9. December 1, 2022

    Remembering faculty member A. Oveta Fuller

    A. Oveta Fuller, associate professor of microbiology and immunology at the Medical School, died Nov. 18 at age 67.

  10. November 21, 2022

    Obituary — Veronica Latta Smith

    Regent Emerita Veronica Latta Smith, died peacefully at her Grosse Ile, Michigan, home Nov. 13. She was 97. In 1984, she was elected to the Board of Regents, and was known as the “Students’ Regent.”