Obituaries

  1. January 10, 2014

    Obituary: Katalin “Kathy” Berdy

    Katalin “Kathy” Berdy, who formerly worked as the Latino/a coordinator for the Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs Office, died Jan. 3. She was 53. 

  2. January 10, 2014

    Obituary: Dr. George H. Koepke

    Dedicated student, educator, physician and family supporter, George Henry Koepke died Nov. 26, 2013.

  3. January 10, 2014

    Obituary: James Lyle Miller Jr.

    James (Jerry) Lyle Miller Jr., a professor emeritus of higher education at the University of Michigan, died Nov. 4, 2013, in Concord, Calif.

  4. December 6, 2013

    In memoriam: Emeritus Professor of Botany William Anderson

    William Russell Anderson, emeritus professor of botany, died Nov. 2 at the age of 71.

  5. November 22, 2013

    Obituary: Rolf Arnold Deininger

    Rolf Arnold Deininger, professor emeritus of environmental health sciences in the School of Public Health, died at his home in Ann Arbor on Nov. 1. He was 79.

  6. November 15, 2013

    Obituary: Vern Terpstra

    Vern Terpstra, professor emeritus of international business, died Nov. 6. He was 86 years old.

  7. October 17, 2013

    Field hockey team to honor late coach Phyllis Ocker

    The University of Michigan field hockey team will honor former Wolverine coach and U-M women’s athletics pioneer Phyllis Ocker with a commemorative patch affixed on their uniforms for the remainder of the 2013 season.

  8. October 14, 2013

    Math Professor Curtis Huntington dies after battle with cancer

    Curtis E. Huntington, professor and associate chair of mathematics, died Oct. 7 after a four-year battle with cancer.

  9. September 23, 2013

    Obituary

    Marjorie Jackson University of Michigan School of Nursing Associate Professor Emerita Marjorie Jackson died Sept. 5 at the age of 92. Her family invites the public to a memorial service celebrating her life at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, in the Kuenzel Room of the Michigan Union, with a reception to follow. “We have lost…
  10. July 8, 2013

    Obituary

    James C. Snyder Professor Emeritus James C. Snyder, who served as interim dean of the Taubman College of Achitecture and Urban Planning from 1997-98, died June 24 at the age of 73 after an 18-year battle with cancer. Snyder taught at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee before joining U-M in…