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February 5, 2001
William Warner Coon William Warner Coon, professor emeritus of surgery, died Oct. 5, 2000, of leukemia at University Hospital. He was 75. Coon spent his childhood in Saginaw and completed his undergraduate education at Johns Hopkins University. Following graduation from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1949, he joined the U-M Department of Surgery…
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January 22, 2001
Sergei Raygorodsky Sergei Raygorodsky, a research engineer at the College of Engineering’s Space Physics Research Laboratory, and his wife, Liana, died Jan. 11 at their Ann Arbor home. Raygorodsky, 34, had worked as a space instrument parts engineer at the space physics lab since 1992, where he helped develop equipment for space exploration. “Our laboratory…
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January 22, 2001
By Diane Brown Facilities and Operations Crime alert update Three unknown suspects remain at large following the Dec. 9 armed robbery on North Campus of a Domino’s Pizza delivery driver. Domino’s Pizza continues to offer up to $1,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of these individuals. Call the U-M Tip-line with…
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January 15, 2001
Martin W. Slobin Martin W. Slobin, adjunct lecturer in behavioral sciences and social sciences at U-M-Dearborn, died of natural causes Dec. 6 in his campus office. He was 55. Slobin had taught numerous classes in sociology and political science since joining the Dearborn faculty in 1979. In 1999, Slobin received the campus’ Distinguished Teaching Award.…
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December 18, 2000
Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their December meeting. All appointments are effective Jan. 1, 2001, unless otherwise noted. By Jane R. Elgass Joint degree approved A new joint Ph.D. program in public policy and social science was approved by the Regents at their December meeting. Under the auspices of…
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December 18, 2000
By Diane Brown Facilities and Operations Pizza driver assaulted A Domino’s Pizza driver was assaulted Dec. 9 in Lot NW41 (off McIntyre) after making a delivery. Three males with small baseball bats demanded the driver give up his cash. The suspects then fled the scene through the woods. The driver returned to the Domino’s store…
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December 11, 2000
Herbert P. Galliher Jr. Herbert P. Galliher Jr., professor emeritus of ind-ustrial and operations engineering, died Aug. 16 at Arbor Hospice Residence. He was 81. Galliher held bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in mathematics and mathematical logic from Yale University. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was honorably discharged as…
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December 4, 2000
Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their November meeting. By Mary Jo Frank, Office of the Vice President for Communications, and Jane R. Elgass Academic administrative appointments Appointment of the following academic administrators was approved: Frank P. Stafford, associate director of the Institute for Social Research (ISR) and professor of…
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December 4, 2000
Avedis Donabedian Avedis Donabedian, the Nathan Sinai Distinguished Professor of Public Health recognized throughout the world for his work in the area of quality assessment and monitoring of health serv-ices, died of cancer Nov. 9. Donabedian retired from the University in 1989 after 28 years of service. He was described as a “giant” in the…
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December 4, 2000
By Diane Brown Facilities and Operations Two stolen vehicles recovered in Detroit A 1998 Dodge Stratus and a 2001 Jeep were stolen Oct. 18 and 20, respectively, from Lot NC-53, 2600 Hayward, on North Campus. Both vehicles were later recovered by Detroit Police officers in Detroit. Meanwhile, U-M Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers recovered…
