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March 4, 2002
Murray Jackson Murray Jackson, a poet, retired college professor and community and civil rights activist, died Feb. 5 following a lengthy illness. He was 75. The U-M offered Jackson a tenured faculty position in 1972 that he held until his appointment as associate professor emeritus of urban higher education in 1992. He also served as…
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February 11, 2002
Linda Smrcka Linda Smrcka, 39, a nurse in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) at University Hospital, died unexpectedly the evening of Jan. 31. After completing a 12-hour day shift, Linda was driving home when she stopped to assist at a rollover accident, and was struck by another vehicle. Linda was married to Larry Smrcka,…
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February 4, 2002
By Diane Brown Facilities and Operations Keith Curtis “Keith was a professional and a gentleman,” said Department of Public Safety (DPS) director William Bess after the funeral service for DPS police officer Keith Curtis, who died Jan. 24 after a courageous battle with leukemia. Curtis was 32. “He was talking just last week about working…
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January 28, 2002
John H. D’Arms John Haughton D’Arms, former dean of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, died Jan. 22 in New York City at the age of 67. D’Arms was a faculty member and administrator at U-M for 32 years. D’Arms had a long-standing affiliation with the American Academy in Rome and in 1977,…
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January 14, 2002
Kenneth G. Lutterman Kenneth G. Lutterman, 72, of Potomac, Md., died unexpectedly Dec. 1, 2001. Born in Black Hawk, Wis., in 1929, Lutterman had a distinguished career in the health sciences, including as associate director of services and intervention research at the National Institute of Mental Health, and most recently as assistant dean for research…
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December 17, 2001
Bernard Patrick Maloy Bernard Patrick, “Pat,” Maloy, died Nov. 28 after a courageous battle with cancer. His family was at his bedside. In 1986, he became assistant professor at the Division of Kinesiology, Department of Sports Management and Communication. In 1993, he was promoted to associate professor, teaching courses in the legal aspects of sport…
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December 10, 2001
Daniel Weintraub Professor Emeritus of Psychology Daniel J. Weintraub died Nov. 7 at the age of 71. Weintraub’s research focused on human visual perception—constancies, sensory adaptation, non-sensory perception and the perception of form and patterns, especially visual illusions. But his work was not limited to basic research. His experience as a Navy aviator led him…
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December 3, 2001
Alfred Sussman Alfred Sussman, who served as a professor, dean, and vice president during a 40-year career at the University of Michigan, died Nov. 19 at the U-M Hospital in Ann Arbor. He was 82. When Sussman received the U-M’s Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award in 1972, he was praised as a “model of all that…
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November 19, 2001
David C. Chandler David C. Chandler, a preeminent educator and highly respected Great Lakes research scientist, died Nov. 8 in Schaumburg, Ill. He was 95. Born in Walnut Grove, Minn., Chandler attended Greenville College in Greenville, Ill., receiving an A.B. in biology. He then attended the U-M where he received an A.M. and Ph.D. in…
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November 5, 2001
Marcellus L. Wiedenbeck Marcellus Wiedenbeck died June 16, 2001, in Philadelphia. He was born Oct. 11, 1919, in Lancaster, N.Y., the son of George and Catherine Roskey Wiedenbeck. After graduation from Canisius College in 1941, he received a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Notre Dame in 1945. During World War II, he taught…
