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November 12, 2007
Elizabeth Sparks Adams Elizabeth (Betty) Sparks Adams, the first curator of the Michigan Historical Collections, died Oct. 11 in Waterford, Mich. She was 95. (Photo courtesy Adams Family) Adams graduated as valedictorian from Pontiac High School in 1930 and received a bachelor’s degree in 1934 from Eastern Michigan University. She then earned a master’s degree…
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October 22, 2007
Joseph Veroff Joseph Veroff, a professor of psychology and research scientist at the Institute for Social Research (ISR), died Sept. 30 in Ann Arbor. He was 77. (Photo courtesy Veroff family) Veroff directed a landmark study tracing how American values, attitudes and behavior changed from 1957-76. His research provided some of the first empirical data…
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October 15, 2007
Joseph Veroff Joseph Veroff, a professor of psychology and research scientist at the Institute for Social Research (ISR), died Sept. 30 in Ann Arbor. He was 77. (Photo courtesy Veroff family) Veroff directed a landmark study tracing how American values, attitudes and behavior changed from 1957-76. His research provided some of the first empirical data…
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September 24, 2007
John S. King John S. King, professor emeritus of nuclear engineering, died Aug. 30 at his home in Ann Arbor following a two-year battle with lung cancer. He was 86. (Photo by Jens Zorn) A distinguished nuclear physicist, King’s reputation for innovation in neutron spectroscopy — a powerful tool for viewing the deepest structure of…
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September 17, 2007
Stanley Garn Stanley Garn, professor emeritus of nutrition in the School of Public Health, professor emeritus of anthropology in LSA and emeritus fellow in the Center for Human Growth and Development, died of complications from peripheral vascular disease on Aug. 31 in Ann Arbor. He was 84. (Photo courtesy Center For Human Growth and Development)…
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September 10, 2007
Marilynn Rosenthal When Marilynn Rosenthal’s son died in the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center, the U-M-Dearborn professor emerita of sociology turned her research toward terrorism. (Photo courtesy U-M-Dearborn) “She was interested in learning, intellectually, what happened,” says her daughter, Helen, according to the Detroit News. Rosenthal, who was almost finished with…
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September 4, 2007
Marilynn Rosenthal When Marilynn Rosenthal’s son died in the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center, the U-M-Dearborn professor emerita of sociology turned her research toward terrorism. (Photo courtesy U-M-Dearborn) “She was interested in learning, intellectually, what happened,” says her daughter, Helen, according to the Detroit News. Rosenthal, who was almost finished with…
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August 13, 2007
Rhetaugh Dumas Rhetaugh Dumas, who served as dean of the School of Nursing 1981-94 and was an esteemed international leader in nursing and health care, died July 22 at age 78. Her exemplary career had a major impact in the advancement of nursing, health care and academic programs at the University, colleagues say. (Photo courtesy…
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July 23, 2007
Theophilus Lynch Theophilus “Professor Ted” Lynch, who founded the Spanish Program at U-M-Flint, died July 3. After a distinguished career in the Pacific Theater during World War II, Lynch went on to receive his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from Williams College and his doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania. He joined…
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April 16, 2007
Noah Sherman Physics Emeritus Professor Noah Sherman, who left U-M for a time to work with Dr. Edward Teller at the Livermore Laboratory at the University of California and eventually became an award-winning lawyer, died June 11, 2006. (File Photo/News Service/Bentley Historical Library) Sherman, born in New York City on June 24, 1921, received his…
