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April 10, 2006
Dr. Ian Higgins Dr. Ian Thomas Twistington Higgins, professor emeritus of epidemiology, and environmental and industrial health, died March 26 at home in California. He was 87. (Photo courtesy Higgins Family) Higgins was an international expert in epidemiology of chronic respiratory diseases, cancer and other ailments stemming from occupational and environmental exposures, including cigarette smoking.…
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March 20, 2006
Robert Smock Robert B. Smock, professor emeritus of sociology at U-M-Dearborn, died Feb. 25 in Plymouth, Mich. He was 80. (Photo courtesy Smock Family) Smock taught and held senior administrative positions at U-M-Dearborn for 27 years and retired in 1990. He joined U-M-Dearborn as an assistant professor of sociology and director of the Center for…
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March 6, 2006
Richard Sacks Professor of Chemistry Richard Sacks died Feb. 11 at his home in Ann Arbor after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 63. Sacks (Photo by Bob Foran) Sacks received his bachelor of science in chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1965, and his doctorate in analytical chemistry from the…
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February 20, 2006
Paul Carter Paul Carter, professor emeritus of education at U-M-Dearborn, died Jan. 27 of heart failure. He was 96. (Photo courtesy U-M-Dearborn) Carter was instrumental in building the education programs offered at U-M-Dearborn, including the creation of the master’s degree in education in 1975. As coordinator of teacher certification in the liberal arts division, Carter…
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February 13, 2006
Paul Carter Paul Carter, professor emeritus of education at U-M-Dearborn, died Jan. 27 of heart failure. He was 96. (Photo courtesy U-M-Dearborn) Carter was instrumental in building the education programs offered at U-M-Dearborn, including the creation of the master’s degree in education in 1975. As coordinator of teacher certification in the liberal arts division, Carter…
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February 6, 2006
James Wendel James Gutwillig Wendel, emeritus professor of mathematics, died Jan. 16 in Portland, Ore., of complications from cancer. He was 83. (Photo courtesy Department of Mathematics) Wendel was born April 18, 1922, in Portland, where he lived until graduating from Reed College in 1943. His collegiate years were interrupted by World War II, during…
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January 30, 2006
Louis Kazda Louis Frank Kazda, emeritus professor of electrical engineering and computer science, died Jan. 15 at his home in Las Cruces, N.M. (Photo courtesy EECS) Kazda was born in 1916 in Dayton, Ohio and graduated from Stiverson High School in 1934. He received a bachelor of science in electrical engineering in 1940 and a…
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January 23, 2006
Dr. Caesar Briefer Former director of the University Health Service (UHS) Dr. Caesar “Cy” Briefer died Jan. 12 at his home in Ann Arbor. He was 76. Briefer (File Photo/U-M Photo Services) During his tenure as director from 1981-99, UHS instituted a full student health fee to cover office visits and many other procedures such…
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January 15, 2006
David Fleisher David Fleisher, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences at the School of Pharmacy, died Jan. 7 at his home in Ann Arbor after a long battle with lymphoma. He was 61. Fleischer (Photo by Andy Oberdick, Palmer Studios) Born in Rochester, N.Y., Fleisher earned a bachelor of science in pharmacy from the The State…
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January 9, 2006
Emmett Leith Emmett Leith, a professor known widely as one of the founders of modern holography, died Dec. 23 at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital. He was 78. Leith (Photo courtesy College Of Engineering) In 1964, Leith and colleague Juris Upatnieks displayed a revolutionary laser transmission hologram of a toy train at the Optical Society Spring…
