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April 24, 2000
Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their April meeting. By Wono LeeNews and Information Services Appointments to professorships Faculty appointments to endowed and named professorships that were approved by the Regents include: Robert Jon Feigal, professor of dentistry, will hold the Samuel D. Harris Collegiate Professorship of Dentistry, effective April…
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April 24, 2000
John Arthos John Arthos, professor emeritus of English, died April 11. He was 92. Arthos was a Russel Lecturer and the Hereward T. Price Distinguished University Professor of English. In adopting his retirement memoir in 1979, the Regents noted that Arthos’ “many books and articles range over several periods of English, American and continental literature.…
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April 17, 2000
Eleanor S. Collins On the evening of April 5, Eleanor S. Collins, the first appointed curator of the Slide and Photograph Collection at the Department of the History of Art, died peacefully after a brief illness. She had recently celebrated her 92nd birthday with family and friends whom she cherished and whose lives she greatly…
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April 17, 2000
By Rebecca A. Doyle Bursley Residence Hall evacuated for fire Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers helped evacuate residents of Bursley’s Hamilton House on March 29 after smoke in the hallway of the second floor prompted a call for help. Officers and fire officials evacuated the building and found a computer closet was the source.…
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April 10, 2000
Robert H. Hawkes Robert H. Hawkes, a mechanic with the Health System for 33 years, died March 29 in Belleville. Hawkes served in the U.S. Army and received the National Defense Service medal, the Vietnam Service medal, Vietnam Campaign medal and the Army Commendation medal. He was born June 23, 1947, in Ann Arbor. He…
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April 3, 2000
Charles Jaslow Charles Jaslow, professor emeritus of dentistry, died March 19 in Sun City, Ariz., where he and his wife, Carol, moved following his retirement in 1982. Born April 12, 1919, in Detroit, Jaslow received his bachelor’s degree from the U-M in 1941, after which he spent four years as a fighter pilot with the…
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March 27, 2000
Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their March meeting. By Wono Lee News and Information Services Fox named to endowed chair The appointment of law Prof. Merritt B. Fox to the Louis and Myrtle Moskowitz Research Professorship of Business and Law was approved, effective March 1. The professorship, established in…
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March 13, 2000
Arthur F. Coxford Jr. Arthur F. Coxford Jr., professor of mathematics education, School of Education, died March 5. He was 63. Coxford graduated summa cum laude from Albion College in 1959, received his master’s degree with honors from the U-M in 1960 and earned his Ph.D in mathematics education from the U-M in 1965. He…
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March 13, 2000
By Rebecca A. Doyle Officers looking for male suspect Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers are still looking for a man who reportedly exposed himself to a woman and her companion Feb. 26 on the south side of the Chemistry Building near the Diag. The woman reported that he was a white male, about 25…
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March 6, 2000
Editor’s Note: The Regents approved the following renovation projects at their February meeting. By Wono LeeNews and Information Services Elevators in Simpson Circle Parking Structure The elevators in the Simpson Circle Parking Structure, in continuous operation since they were installed in 1963, will be replaced at an estimated cost of $700,000. School of Public Health…
