Obituaries

  1. April 4, 2022

    Obituary — Michael Woodroofe

    Michael Barrett Woodroofe, the Leonard J. Savage Professor Emeritus of Statistics, died Feb. 22, 2022, at age 81.

  2. February 21, 2022

    Obituary — Larry Stanford Matthews

    Larry Stanford Matthews, professor emeritus of orthopaedic surgery, died Nov. 27, 2021, in Tucson, Arizona, at age 84.

  3. February 7, 2022

    Obituary — Jerome Martin Clubb

    Jerome Martin Clubb, professor emeritus of history and research scientist emeritus, died Dec. 15, 2021, in Vancouver, Washington.

  4. January 4, 2022

    Remembering LGBTQ+ pioneer, Spectrum Center co-founder Jim Toy

    Spectrum Center co-founder and U-M alumnus Jim Toy died Jan. 1 at age 91, leaving a legacy for his work advancing LGBTQ+ rights in Ann Arbor, the state of Michigan and the nation.

  5. December 6, 2021

    Obituary — Jan Smith

    Jan Smith of Pittsfield died Nov. 19 at Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor at the age of 67. She was active with the University of Michigan Retirees Association and is a retiree from the faculty of the School of Nursing.

  6. November 8, 2021

    Obituary — Malcolm Alfred Lowther

    Malcolm Alfred Lowther, professor emeritus of education, died at home Oct. 7 after a short illness. He retired from U-M in 1995 as professor emeritus of education.

  7. October 25, 2021

    Obituary — Thomas Mellanby Dunn

    A memorial service is planned Nov. 13 for Thomas Mellanby Dunn, professor emeritus of chemistry, who died Nov. 6, 2020, at the Summit Hills Nursing Home in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

  8. October 18, 2021

    Obituary — Eugene Walter Nissen

    Eugene W. Nissen died peacefully at home Sept. 27, two days before his 96th birthday. He worked at U-M for almost 30 years, 20 of them as the assistant dean of student academic affairs for LSA.

  9. October 4, 2021

    Obituary — H. Don Cameron

    H. Don Cameron, professor emeritus of classical studies, died July 17. Born Aug. 8, 1934, in Pontiac, Michigan, Don spent almost his entire academic life at U-M, receiving his A.B. in 1956 and beginning his first faculty position in 1959.

  10. October 4, 2021

    Obituary — Lee West Jones Jr.

    Lee West Jones Jr., D.D.S., died at home, peacefully in his sleep, Sept. 6. He was 87 years old. In 1971, Jones became the first minority admissions recruiter for the School of Dentistry.