May 18, 2009
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May 4, 2009
Helen Mataya Graves Helen Mataya Graves, associate professor emerita at UM-Dearborn who launched hundreds of students into careers in public service as director of the campus’s political internship program, died April 21 at her home in Rhode Island. She was 84. (Photo courtesy Graves Family) raves worked with more than 1,700 student interns while on…
April 27, 2009
The Record accepts obituaries from University departments, family members and funeral homes acting on behalf of the family. All obituaries must be for active or retired faculty and staff members.
April 20, 2009
The Record accepts obituaries from University departments, family members and funeral homes acting on behalf of the family. All obituaries must be for active or retired faculty and staff members.
April 13, 2009
The Record accepts obituaries from University departments, family members and funeral homes acting on behalf of the family. All obituaries must be for active or retired faculty and staff members.
April 6, 2009
Sidney Fine Sidney Fine, a retired Department of History chairman who once joked that every year he had to talk “a little faster” to keep his late 20th-century history class current, died March 31. At his retirement in 2001, Fine’s 53 years at U-M were credited as representing the longest active teaching career at the…
March 30, 2009
Frederick Haddock Frederick Haddock, an astronomy professor and former director of the Radio Astronomy Observatory, died Feb. 20 at his home in Ann Arbor of lung cancer. He was 89. (Photo courtesy Haddock Family) Haddock was born in Independence, Mo., in 1919. He spent his childhood and teen years in Tulsa, Okla. He studied physics…
March 23, 2009
Matthew Hilton-Watson UM-Flint Associate Professor Matthew Hilton-Watson died unexpectedly March 16 doing what he loved — teaching students. Hilton-Watson was an associate professor of foreign languages and chair of the Department of Foreign Languages as well as director of the International and Global Studies Program. He was heavily involved in the Honors Program, working with…
March 16, 2009
Merla Wolk Merla Wolk, a senior lecturer in the Department of English Language and Literature, died Feb. 10. Wolk received her doctorate in English from Wayne State University in 1981. She joined U-M as a lecturer in 1986 and continued to teach until shortly before her death. In 2002 she was awarded the distinction of…
March 9, 2009
Thomas McClure Tom McClure, emeritus professor of art, died Feb. 11 at Glacier Hills Nursing Home. He was 88. McClure was a well-known sculptor and artist. He taught at U-M for more than 30 years. His work can be seen in many museums including the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), the Syracuse Museum of Fine…
