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March 22, 1999
The University Record, March 22, 1999 Ralph E. Hiatt Professor Emeritus Ralph E. Hiatt (M ’47, SM ’51, F ’67, LF ’80) passed away on May 26, 1998, in Charlottesville, Va., after sustaining a fall and severe head injury the day before while trying to put a birdfeeder in a tree. He sacrificed his life…
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March 15, 1999
The University Record, March 15, 1999 Josef Blatt Josef Blatt, professor emeritus of conducting and director emeritus of orchestras and of opera production, died March 2 at his home in Green Valley, Ariz., at age 92. Blatt was born in Vienna in 1906. His prodigious musical talents and abilities were recognized early, and he began…
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February 22, 1999
The University Record, February 22, 1999 Obituaries Deming Bronson Brown Deming Bronson Brown, professor emeritus of slavic languages and literatures, died at the age of 80 Feb. 5 in Ann Arbor. A native of Seattle, Brown earned an A.B. and M.A. in English and American literatures from the University of Washington and received a Ph.D.…
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February 1, 1999
The University Record, February 1, 1999 Obituary Elizabeth Gaspar Brown Former Law School research associate Elizabeth Gaspar Brown died Dec. 28 in Ironwood. She was 85. Brown wrote numerous books and articles during her lengthy career as a legal researcher, and was very active in the Ann Arbor community. She was preceded in death by…
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December 7, 1998
The University Record, December 7, 1998 Obituaries Laurence E. Fogarty Laurence Eugene Fogarty, retired professor of aerospace engineering, died Nov. 6. He was 78. Fogarty, recognized as one of the world’s experts on flight simulation, received an off-campus assignment in 1977 to assist in the development of the A-10 and F-16 flight simulators. His consulting…
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October 28, 1998
The University Record, October 28, 1998 Obituary Josip Matovinovic Josip Matovinovic, professor emeritus of internal medicine, died Aug. 30. Matovinovic was a professor in the Division of Nuclear Medicine and the Department of Internal Medicine in 1959–85. He was educated in Zagreb, Croatia, where he became chief of the Endocrinology and Metabolism Divisions. He was…
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October 21, 1998
The University Record, October 21, 1998 Obituary Mabel E. Rugen Mabel E. Rugen, professor emeritus of public health education and consultant, died at her Ann Arbor home Oct. 15. She was 96. Rugen, who taught at the U-M for 40 years, until her retirement in 1970, was considered a trailblazer in the area of public…
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October 7, 1998
The University Record, October 7, 1998 Obituaries Hayden Kenna Carruth Hayden Kenna Carruth, age 87, died at his home in Ann Arbor Sept. 27 from the effects of Alzheimer’s disease. He was born Sept. 14, 1911, in Auburn, Miss., the sixth child of Samuel Enoch and Myrtis Kennis Carruth. He graduated from Asbury Academy and…
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September 23, 1998
The University Record, September 23, 1998 Obituary William Albright William Albright, professor of music and chair of the Department of Composition, passed away unexpectedly at his home in Ann Arbor on Sept. 17. He was 53. Born in 1944 in Gary, Ind., he was a composition student primarily of Ross Lee Finney and George Rochberg.…
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August 19, 1998
The University Record, August 19, 1998 Obituaries Glenn M. Knudsvig Glenn M. Knudsvig of the Department of Classical Studies died as a result of an accident in Marathon, Fla., on July 24. He was 54. Knudsvig, a teacher of teachers, held himself to the highest professional and personal standards and inspired others to do the…
