Obituaries

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. November 15, 2013

    Obituary: Vern Terpstra

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

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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…
  7. 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…
  8. June 24, 2013

    Obituary

    Dr. Herbert Dean Millard Dr. Herbert Dean Millard, who chaired the School of Dentistry’s first Department of Oral Diagnosis and served in that position for nearly 30 years, died June 4. He was 89. Millard received his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the U-M School of Dentistry in 1952 and immediately joined the School…
  9. June 10, 2013

    Obituaries

    Bryan Rogers, former dean of Art & Design, dies at age 72 Submitted by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design Bryan Rogers, professor and former dean of what is now the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, died May 28 at home, after a lengthy illness and in the care…
  10. May 20, 2013

    Obituary

    Carolyn Annette Myers (nee Sutton) Carolyn Annette Myers (nee Sutton), who worked as a new patient scheduler in the Rheumatology Department at the U-M Health System, died May 12 of cancer. She was 45. She is survived by her husband, Verne; her sisters, Theresa Sutton, Mary Breijak (Sutton) and Patty Sutton; her brother, Peter Sutton;…