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October 9, 2000
Emmanuel-George Vakalo Emmanuel-George Vakalo, associate professor of architecture at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, died Oct. 2 in Ann Arbor. He was 54. Vakalo was born in Athens, Greece, and served in the Royal Greek Air Force. He received bachelor’s (1970) and master’s (1973) degrees in architecture, and a master’s degree in…
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October 2, 2000
John Hermann Enns John H. Enns, professor emeritus of engineering mechanics, died Aug. 30 in Rancho Bernardo, Calif., following a short illness. He was 93. Enns was born in Russia in 1907 and emigrated to the United States in 1923. He received a B.S. in electrical engineering from Kansas State University in 1932, and studied…
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September 25, 2000
Colin W. Clipson Professor Emeritus of Architecture Colin W. Clipson died Sept. 18 after an extended illness. He was 66. He received his B.A. degree and a graduate diploma from the University of Durham and a M.Sc. degree from the University of Technology, all in his native England. Prior to joining the U-M faculty in…
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September 18, 2000
Gary Bird The University has received word of the death of Gary Bird, assistant professor of music, who died Sept. 12 in Courbevoie, France. He was 49. Bird came to the U-M in 1994 from East Carolina University where he headed a degree program in musical theater in 1991–94. He also taught at Utah State…
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September 5, 2000
Nathan B. Gross Nathan B. Gross, professor emeritus of physiological psychology, otolaryngology, and also of the Kresge Hearing Research Institute, died at University Hospital July 3, one day after a heart attack. Born March 16, 1916, in Buffalo, N.Y., he took his B.A. in biology at the University of Chicago and his Ph.D. at the…
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August 14, 2000
Michael Aldrich Michael S. Aldrich, professor of neurology and founder of the U-M Sleep Disorder Laboratory, died July 18 at his home in Ann Arbor after a long fight against osteosarcoma. He was 51. Known internationally for his work on narcolepsy, Aldrich was considered a pioneer neurologist in the relatively young field of sleep medicine.…
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July 17, 2000
Sheridan Baker Sheridan Baker, educator and author, passed away at St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital June 30 after a short illness. In World War II, he served more than six years with the U.S. Navy on destroyers in both the Atlantic and Pacific theatres, attaining the rank of Lt. Commander. He received his B.A. and advanced…
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July 3, 2000
David Goldberg David Goldberg, a distinguished professor of the University, died of cancer June 13 at his home in Ann Arbor. Goldberg, the son of Russian immigrants, spent some of his undergraduate years in Ann Arbor studying history, but earned his bachelor’s degree from Wayne State University. He came to the U-M in 1952 to…
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June 19, 2000
Heleen W.A.M. Sancisi-Weerdenburg Heleen W.A.M. Sancisi-Weerdenburg died at the age of 56 in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on May 26, after a courageous battle against cancer. Sancisi-Weerdenburg held the Netherlands Visiting Professorship at the University in 1989–90 in the Departments of History and Near Eastern Studies. Building upon the extensive bonds she forged in her year…
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June 5, 2000
Harold Haugh Harold Haugh, professor emeritus of music, died May 24 in Ann Arbor at the age of 94. The Cleveland native joined the U-M faculty in 1948 and continued as a voice teacher until his retirement in 1976. A tenor who started his musical career as a youngster singing in the church where his…
