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May 7, 2001
Russell T. Woodburne Russell T. Woodburne, professor emeritus of anatomy and former chair of the Department of Anatomy, died April 11 at Ann Arbor’s Glacier Hills Retirement Community. He was 96. Woodburne devoted his entire career to teaching, research and service in the Medical School. He began teaching U-M medical students in 1936 as an…
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April 16, 2001
By Mary Jo Frank, Office of the Vice President for Communications, and Diane Brown, Facilities and Operations Gifts The Regents accepted $13,278,809 in gifts, with $6,783,436 from individuals and $6,495,373 from corporations, foundations, associations and others. Tenure appointments The following tenure appointments were approved: Lillian G. Dawes, chief of general surgery at the Veterans Affairs…
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April 16, 2001
By Diane Brown Facilities and Operations Student robbed near Stockwell Hall The Department of Public Safety (DPS) issued a crime alert April 10 following an armed robbery in front of Stockwell Hall. A male student reported to police that he was robbed by two men after he withdrew money from an automated teller machine around…
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April 9, 2001
William R. Mancini William R. Mancini, assistant professor of pharmacology and member of the Upjohn Center for Clinical Pharmacology, died Feb. 23 at University Hospital after an extended illness. He was born March 1, 1948, in Pawtucket, R.I., and grew up in southeastern Massachusetts. He served as a corpsman in the U.S. Navy, including a…
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March 26, 2001
James Allen Roberts James Allen Roberts, formerly of Saline, a Stanford gynecologic oncologist and father of three, died March 16 at his home in Los Altos Hills, Calif. He was 53. A native of Los Altos, Roberts is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Roberts, Jr. An Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts…
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March 19, 2001
Editor’s Note: The following items were approved by the Regents at their March meeting. By Diane Brown, Facilities and Operations, and Jane R. Elgass Gifts The Regents accepted $7,911,365 in gifts, with $2,941,849 from individuals and $4,969,516 from corporations, foundations, associations and others. Tenure appointments The following tenure appointments were approved: Suresh K. Mukherji of…
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March 12, 2001
By Diane Brown Facilities and Operations Alice Lloyd fire alarm damaged The fire alarm system at Alice Lloyd was rendered inoperative Feb. 22 after an unknown person(s) sprayed ammonium chloride into the main fire alarm panel. Housing Security officers provided a “fire watch” through the remainder of the night and following day until repairs could…
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February 12, 2001
Gilbert Brooks Lee Gilbert B. Lee passed away Jan. 19 at his home in Phoenix, Ariz. He was the beloved patriarch of the Lee family and an Ann Arbor resident from the mid-’50s to the early ’90s. Gilbert’s passing was peaceful in his sleep, befitting his long involvement in the peace and antiwar movements so…
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February 12, 2001
By Diane Brown Facilities and Operations Autopsy results pending Department of Public Safety (DPS) Detectives are waiting for autopsy results from the Washtenaw County Medical Examiner’s office to help in the investigation of the death of Laning Davidson, who was found dead in his vehicle Jan. 28 in the Glen Street parking structure. The preliminary…
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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…
