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June 11, 2012
Dr. James Rogers Hayward World-renowned oral surgeon Dr. James Rogers Hayward died May 20 in Naples, Fla. He was 91. During a distinguished career at the School of Dentistry and the Medical School, Hayward trained 83 residents in oral surgery and was known as an extraordinarily gifted surgeon who demanded knowledge, preparation, and excellence in…
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May 21, 2012
William C. Parkinson William C. Parkinson, professor emeritus of physics, died March 19 at the age of 94. A native of Ontario, Canada, Parkinson earned his collegiate degrees at U-M, his Bachelor of Science in 1940, Master of Science in 1941, and a Ph.D. in 1948 as a student of Physics Professor H.R. Crane. He…
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May 21, 2012
April 2012 crime map > Two charged with robbery Two subjects have been charged with three felonies in connection with an unarmed robbery near Cram Circle in early April. Both campus visitors, the two have been arraigned on charges of unarmed robbery, felonious assault with a motor vehicle and possession of drugs with intent to…
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May 21, 2012
The Board of Regents approved the following items at its May 17 meeting. New Survival Flight hangar planned The Board of Regents approved a 20-year lease in a new building being constructed by the Livingston County Emergency Medical Services department at the Livingston County Spencer J. Hardy Airport. The move from the currently leased space…
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April 23, 2012
The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its April 19 meeting. Renovations planned at the Law School The Board of Regents approved the $7 million Law School Renovation Phase II project that will renovate approximately 30,000 gross square feet of space within Hutchins Hall and the William W. Cook Legal Research…
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April 16, 2012
Radio and television journalist and U-M alumnus Mike Wallace died on April 7. He was 93 years old. Wallace’s stature as a broadcast journalism icon was rooted in his over 40-year tenure with the CBS News program “60 Minutes.” Wallace, AB ’39, HLLD ’87, of New York City was part of the original “60 Minutes”…
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April 16, 2012
March 2012 crime map > Student robbed in Arb, suspect in jail A 26-year-old Saginaw man has been charged in connection with a March 19 unarmed robbery in the Arboretum. A student had reported that she was punched in the face around 4:40 p.m. as she walked in the Arb and her cell phone and…
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April 9, 2012
Hubert (Hu) English Hubert (Hu) English, emeritus professor of English, LSA, died suddenly Feb. 8 in a manner wholly in keeping with the civility of his life, family members say, while walking with his wife and their dog in a park. English was born July 2, 1925, in Gary, Ind. At 18, he entered national…
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April 2, 2012
Celebrated civil rights litigator John Payton has died at age 65. He was the lead counsel throughout the university’s landmark case Gratz v. Bollinger, the LSA undergraduate admissions case argued in 2003 before the Supreme Court of the United States. Payton was remembered by President Barack Obama as a “personal friend” and “a true champion…
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March 19, 2012
The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its March 15 meeting. ANN ARBOR CAMPUS Faculty appointments with tenure Dr. Amr H. Sawalha, associate professor of internal medicine, Medical School, effective April 1. Bruno E. Simma, professor of law, Law School, effective Sept. 1. Named professorships Dr. Ann A. Little, James W.…
