Obituaries

  1. October 12, 2020

    Obituary — George Wieland

    George Wieland, a retired study director at the Institute for Social Research and associate research scientist at the School of Public Health, died Sept. 29, 2020, at the age of 84.

  2. September 14, 2020

    Obituary: James S. Jackson

    James S. Jackson, the Daniel Katz Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Psychology and professor emeritus of psychology in LSA, and research professor emeritus in ISR’s Research Center for Group Dynamics, died Sept. 1.

  3. August 31, 2020

    Obituary: John Allen Witter

    John Allen Witter of Ann Arbor, professor emeritus of entomology, died unexpectedly at home on Aug. 4. He was 76.

  4. August 31, 2020

    Obituary: Peter Larkin Duren

    Peter Larkin Duren, professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, died July 10 in Superior Township, Michigan, after a long and courageous struggle with Parkinson’s disease.

  5. July 16, 2020

    Obituary: Richard Anders Johnson

    Richard Anders Johnson of Ann Arbor, retired clinical professor in the School of Dentistry, died June 28 at age 78.

  6. July 16, 2020

    Obituary: Charles E. Olson Jr.

    Charles E. Olson Jr., professor emeritus in the School for the Environment and Sustainability, died June 28.

  7. May 26, 2020

    Obituary: Richard L. Tannen

    Richard L. Tannen, 82, chair of the Department of Nephrology at the Medical School from 1978-88, passed away peacefully on Feb. 22, in New York City, following a long illness. 

  8. May 4, 2020

    Obituary: Ejner Jacob Jensen

    Ejner Jacob Jensen, 83, of Philadelphia, professor emeritus of English language and literature, died April 21 at the Phoebe Allentown Home in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

  9. February 24, 2020

    Obituary: Jeremiah G. Turcotte

    Jeremiah (Jerry) G. Turcotte, professor emeritus of surgery, passed away Feb. 12 at age 87.

  10. February 3, 2020

    Obituary: Ralph F. Knopf

    Ralph F. Knopf, professor emeritus of internal medicine, died peacefully at his home Jan. 11 at the age of 93.