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April 11, 2011
Guy Mermier Guy Mermier, professor emeritus of French, died March 23 at the U-M Hospital. Mermier was a teacher and scholar of medieval French literature in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. He was born in 1931 in Grenoble, France, and lived through the occupation during World War II. He first came to the…
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April 4, 2011
Robert L. Frost Robert L. Frost, associate professor in the School of Information, died March 26 at his home in Ann Arbor. He was 58. Though diagnosed with cancer more than two years ago, he continued to teach a full course load, mentor his students and even develop new courses during his illness. “Many generations…
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March 21, 2011
The following items were approved at the Board of Regents at its March 17 meeting. Renovations planned at University Hospital The medical procedures unit on the second level of University Hospital will be expanded by approximately 4,000 gross square feet in a project that will create additional prep/recovery bays, procedure rooms and storage space, and…
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March 14, 2011
February 2011 crime map > Arrest made in indecent exposure incidents near Oxford Housing On March 9 the Department of Public Safety and Ann Arbor Police Department officers arrested a 30-year-old man in connection with several indecent exposure incidents near and on campus in late 2010. Christopher Filipek, 30, who is not affiliated with the…
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March 14, 2011
Douglas Hayes Douglas Hayes, professor emeritus of finance, U-M Business School, died Feb. 28 in Naples, Fla. He was 93. Hayes earned his Master of Business Administration degree at the Business School in 1940, and volunteered for the U.S. Navy while working toward his doctorate. He was the first doctoral student to study under Professor…
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February 21, 2011
The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its Feb. 17 meeting. Lloyd Hall renovation receives final approval The regents authorized issuing bids and awarding construction contracts for the Alice Crocker Lloyd Hall Renovation project. The $56 million project includes new plumbing, heating, cooling, ventilation, fire detection and suppression, wired and wireless…
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February 14, 2011
Kendrick Kelley Kendrick Matthew Kelley, a lecturer in the Sweetland Center for Writing and Lloyd Hall Scholars Program who was beloved by his students and faculty colleagues, died Feb. 7 after collapsing in the Rackham Building. Kelley Kelley, 41, of Ann Arbor collapsed about 2:35 p.m. after dismissing a graduate class, said Diane Brown, public…
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February 14, 2011
January 2011 crime map > Vehicle passengers assault pedestrians Two sets of pedestrians told police Jan. 29 that passengers in a minivan had assaulted them with projectiles. No one reportedly sought medical treatment. One pedestrian, at the corner of South State Street and South University Avenue, reported to university police that he was struck in…
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January 24, 2011
The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its Jan. 20 meeting. Capital outlay request submitted to the State In December the Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses each submitted annual requests for capital funding and a five-year capital plan to the State of Michigan. When capital outlay funding is made available…
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January 24, 2011
A.W. Brian Simpson A.W. Brian Simpson, a Michigan Law professor who was recognized around the world as one of the leading academic lawyers of his generation, died at his home in England Jan. 10 at the age of 79. Simpson’s scholarly interests included the historical development of law and legal institutions, legal philosophy, the European…
