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February 4, 2013
Spickard worked in Office of University Development for 20 years Catherine K. Spickard, 47, died Jan. 11 at her home. A 20-year member of the U-M Office of University Development, she began working as a joint secretary in the Corporate Foundation Relations and Development Reports & Information Offices in 1994. She quickly demonstrated her skills…
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January 21, 2013
Design professor Shaun Jackson dies following Florida plane crash By Rick Fitzgerald Public Affairs Shaun Jackson, a professor of art and design who has received international acclaim for his work, died Jan. 15 from injuries sustained in a Florida plane crash. Jackson, 63, of Ann Arbor, was a passenger in a single-engine airplane that crashed…
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January 14, 2013
Hanes Walton Jr. Hanes Walton Jr., a professor of political science known for his research, humor and dedication to students, died Jan. 7 at age 72. Colleagues and former students fondly remembered the scholar for his positive influence through his teaching and advising, as well as his contributions to political science. “Professor Walton also was…
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December 3, 2012
Joseph Blotner Joseph Leo Blotner, a former U-M professor whose biography of William Faulkner set a new standard for a literary biography, died Nov. 16 in Oakland, Calif. As the editor of the Faulkner letters and then of all Faulkner’s novels for the Library of America, Blotner was the crucial expert of his era on…
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October 22, 2012
Dr. Walter Loesche Dr. Walter Loesche, one of the world’s authorities on caries and periodontal disease, and a former Marcus L. Ward Professor of Dentistry in the Department of Biologic Materials Sciences at the School of Dentistry, died Oct. 14. He was 77. Loesche A School of Dentistry faculty member from 1969 until his retirement…
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October 15, 2012
Christopher Peterson Christopher Peterson, a professor of psychology and organizational studies whose research dealt with character strengths and how they relate to such outcomes as happiness, achievement and physical well-being, died Oct. 9. He was 62. Peterson, who had been at U-M since 1986, was internationally recognized for his research and dedication to students. “This is…
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October 8, 2012
Pauline Steele Pauline Steele, the second director of the dental hygiene program at the School of Dentistry from 1968 to 1988, died Sept. 13 in Columbus, Ohio, after an extended illness. She was 88. After earning a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Miami University in Ohio (1946), she managed a physician’s office…
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October 1, 2012
Pauline Steele Pauline Steele, the second director of the dental hygiene program at the School of Dentistry from 1968 to 1988, died Sept. 13 in Columbus, Ohio, after an extended illness. She was 88. After earning a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Miami University in Ohio (1946), she managed a physician’s office…
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August 13, 2012
Paul McCracken Professor Emeritus Paul W. McCracken, a man who helped shape both U.S. economic policy in Washington, D.C., and the minds of business students at U-M, died Aug. 3 in Ann Arbor at the age of 96. McCracken served as adviser in various capacities to several U.S. presidents, in addition to teaching. But his…
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July 23, 2012
Dr. Gerald Charbeneau Dr. Gerald Charbeneau, who chaired the School of Dentistry’s Department of Operative Dentistry from 1969-86, died July 2. He was 86 years old. Charbeneau earned his dental degree from the School of Dentistry in 1948 and received a master’s degree in pediatric dentistry in 1949. That year he also went into part-time…
