April 20, 2009
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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…
March 2, 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…
February 16, 2009
Faith Vlcek Faith Vlcek, a University employee for more than 10 years, was killed Feb. 10 in a car accident. Vlcek was as a program administrator for the International Policy Center at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Prior to joining the Ford School in 2007, she worked at the Stephen M. Ross…
February 9, 2009
Emanuel Hertzler Emanuel Hertzler, emeritus professor of biology at U-M-Dearborn, died Jan. 28 in Granger, Ind. He was 92. Hertzler, who held a doctorate in biology, also taught at Kent State University. He was born Jan. 7, 1917, in Norristown, Penn. On June 14, 1942, he married Myrtle Schnell in Orville, Ohio. Hertzler is a…
