June 9, 2008
Walter Clark Jr. Walter Clark Jr., associate professor emeritus of English Language and Literature at LSA, died May 11 in Hancock, N. H., where he had built a house and retired in 1993. He was born Oct. 6, 1931, in Pittsfield, Mass., the son of Walter and Ruth O’Brien Clark. The family spent parts of…
June 9, 2008
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May 27, 2008
Arthur Burks Computer science and philosophy professor Arthur Burks, whose late-1940s work on the logic of computer programming helped to lay the foundation for the digital age, died May 14 in Ann Arbor. He was 92. Burks, an active faculty member for 40 years, also was one of the principal engineers of the first general…
May 27, 2008
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May 12, 2008
Dr. David Kurnit Dr. David Kurnit, former professor of pediatrics, died Jan. 30 at the age of 60. He was born Dec. 24, 1947, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the son of Victor and Helen (Oxhandler) Kurnit. He completed his Bachelor of Science degree, Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Brooklyn College and his M.D.…
May 12, 2008
The following items were approved by the Board of Regents at its May 15 meeting. New engineering learning center planned The first floor of the Engineering Programs Building will receive renovations to create two new learning laboratory spaces for the Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Civil Engineering programs. Slated for completion in…
May 12, 2008
April 2008 crime map > Armed robberies reported on, near campus Officers with the Department of Public Safety (DPS) and Ann Arbor Police Department (AAPD) are working to determine any connections in a series of armed robberies. The most recent incident (as of press time) was reported at 10:57 p.m. May 3 when a female…
April 28, 2008
Andrew Ehrenkreutz Andrew Ehrenkreutz, professor emeritus, scholar, historian, political activist and U-M football fan, died April 6 in Melbourne, Australia, following a crippling stroke. Friends and family remembered him as an individual who once thrust onto the stage of world history never stepped down, and in the process became bigger than life. Born in 1921…
April 28, 2008
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April 21, 2008
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