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March 11, 1997
The University Record, March 11, 1997 REGENTS’ ROUNDUP Note: Regents’ Roundup appears as a semi-regular feature in The Record. Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their February meeting. $28.3 million in gifts accepted At their February meeting, the Regents accepted $28,328,867 in gifts received by the University during January. The…
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February 25, 1997
The University Record, February 25, 1997 OBITUARIES: Joseph R. Akerman & Morris Greenhut Joseph R. Akerman Joseph R. Akerman, associate professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, died Feb. 12 at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital. He was 86. An expert in the heating and air conditioning field, Akerman had a diverse career bridging industry and academia and…
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February 18, 1997
The University Record, February 18, 1997 OBITUARY: Ross Lee Finney Ross Lee Finney, professor emeritus of music and composer-in-residence emeritus, died at his home in Carmel, Calif., Feb. 4. He was 90. Finney joined the U-M in 1949, and until his retirement in 1974, headed both the Composition Department and a graduate program in composition…
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February 11, 1997
The University Record, February 11, 1997 OBITUARIES: Edwin N. Goddard Edwin Newell Goddard, professor emeritus of geology and mineralogy, died Feb. 1 in Kalamazoo. He was 92. An expert on geological mapping and a consultant to NASA’s first manned lunar mission, Goddard taught at the U-M for 24 years. “Eddie was the quintessential field geologist,”…
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January 28, 1997
The University Record, January 28, 1997 REGENTS’ ROUNDUP Note: Regents’ Roundup appears as a semi-regular feature in The Record. Regents accept $16.9 million in gifts to the University At their January meeting, the Regents formally accepted a total of $16,962,857 in gifts received by the University during Dec. 1996. The total included $10,147,377 from individuals,…
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January 21, 1997
The University Record, January 21, 1997 OBITUARIES Betty Jean Jones Betty Jean Jones, associate dean of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies and professor of theatre, died Jan. 9 in the crash of Comair Flight 3272 in southeast Michigan. She was 47. Jones, returning from a conference in Las Vegas by way of…
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January 14, 1997
The University Record, January 14, 1997 POLICE BEAT By Rebecca A. Doyle Woman charged with retail fraud A woman not affiliated with the University waived a preliminary hearing scheduled for Jan. 8 and was bound over to Washtenaw County Circuit Court. She is charged on two counts of non-sufficient funds for five checks that she…
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January 7, 1997
REGENTS’ ROUNDUP Note: Regents’ Roundup appears as a semi-regular feature in The Record. The University Record, January 7, 1997 Regents accept $6.3 million in gifts to the U-M At their December meeting the Regents formally accepted a total of $6,318,789 in gifts received by the University during November. The total included $3,351,083 from individuals, $1,947,053…
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December 17, 1996
The University Record, December 17, 1996 POLICE BEAT By Rebecca A. Doyle DPS arrests one for embezzlement DPS officers arrested an employee at a fast-food restaurant in the Michigan League after a call from another worker at the establishment reporting more than $500 missing from the nightly register count. The employee, who is not affiliated…
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November 19, 1996
The University Record, November 19, 1996 POLICE BEAT By Rebecca A. Doyle Three in custody in carjacking Three males, two from the Ann Arbor area and one from the Detroit area, are in custody following the Oct. 12 armed robbery and carjacking from the Church St. carport. The three allegedly approached a woman as she…
