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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…
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July 8, 1998
The University Record, July 8, 1998 Obituaries Irwin Robert Titunik With profound sadness, the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures reports the death Jan. 25, 1998, of Irwin R. Titunik who was a mainstay of its faculty for nearly four decades, from his initial appointment as an instructor in 1959 until well after his retirement…
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June 24, 1998
The University Record, June 24, 1998 Obituaries Lenin A. Baler Lenin A. Baler, professor emeritus of community mental health and of psychology, passed away April 30 at University Hospital after courageously battling multiple life-threatening illnesses. He was 76. Born in Waltham, Mass., March 24, 1922, Baler graduated from Boston Latin School and served honorably in…
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June 10, 1998
The University Record, June 10, 1998 Obituary Richard John Ross Richard John Ross, professor emeritus of English in the College of Engineering, died May 29 at University Hospital. A specialist in the poetry of Robert Herrick, Ross retired from the University in 1984 after 37 years of service. Born Nov. 6, 1918, in Ludhiana, Punjab,…
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May 20, 1998
The University Record, May 20, 1998 Obituaries Clifford P. Lillya Clifford P. Lillya, professor emeritus of music, died May 3 at Glacier Hills Nursing Center. A professor of trumpet and cornet at the School of Music for 32 years, Lillya retired in 1979. In 1974, he was named the Earl V. Moore Professor of Music,…
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May 6, 1998
The University Record, May 6, 1998 Obituaries Maiteland Robert La Motte Maiteland Robert La Motte, retired chief photographer for News and Information Services, died March 22 in Kentucky following a short illness. He was 79. La Motte was a familiar face on campus for 21 years, after joining the University in 1952. Prior to that…
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April 15, 1998
Warren T. Norman Warren T. Norman, professor emeritus of psychology, died of a heart attack April 8. He was 67. Norman was an internationally recognized expert on the structure of personality and on the use of innovative statistical procedures in personality assessment. He wrote several seminal articles in these areas, works that have continued to…
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March 25, 1998
The University Record, March 25, 1998 Robert Taylor Blackburn Robert Taylor Blackburn, 74, died March 1 at Arbor Hospice Residence. Blackburn’s principal faculty positions before joining the U-M were on the natural science faculty in Hutchins’ College at the University of Chicago, as an assistant and associate professor of physical science at San Francisco State…
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March 18, 1998
The University Record, March 18, 1998 Daniel Katz Daniel Katz, professor emeritus of psychology, died Feb. 28 at his home. Born in Trenton, N.J., in 1903, Katz was in his 95th year. Although he had become increasingly frail in recent years, his remarkable intellect and his qualities of character remained unchanged. In these frail years,…
