Campus News

  1. November 5, 1997

    Obituaries

    The University Record, November 5, 1997 Anneke de Bruyn Overseth Anneke De Bruyn Overseth died Oct. 29 of pancreatic cancer. She was 63. Born in Amsterdam, Overseth moved to the United States in 1941, where her late father, Peter, was a professor of anatomy at the University of Chicago. As a young child, she won…
  2. November 5, 1997

    Regents’ Roundup

    The University Record, November 5, 1997 Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their October meeting. Other actions were reported in the Oct. 29 issue of the Record. $14 million in private gifts accepted The Regents accepted $14,601,556 in gifts received in September. The total included $10,402,985 from individuals, $1,430,345 from…
  3. October 29, 1997

    Obituaries

    The University Record, October 29, 1997 Alexander Makarewich Alexander J. Makarewich, financial manager in the Financial Operations office, died Oct. 19 in Bloomington, Ind., of a possible heart attack. He was 58. Makarewich was born May 12, 1939, in Highland Park. He earned a B.A. in accounting from Eastern Michigan University in 1962, served with…
  4. October 29, 1997

    Regents’ Roundup

    The University Record, October 29, 1997 Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their October meeting. Two appointed to named collegiate professorships Two faculty members were appointed to named collegiate professorships. Phoebe C. Ellsworth, the Kirkland and Ellis Professor of Law in the Law School and professor of psychology, also will…
  5. October 15, 1997

    Obituaries

    The University Record, October 15, 1997  Obituaries Roy A. Rappaport Roy A. Rappaport, professor of anthropology and director of the University¹s Program on Studies in Religion, died Oct. 9 at his home of cancer. He was 71. Rappaport was an internationally respected scholar, and devoted most of his work to the study of religion, in…
  6. October 15, 1997

    Police Beat

    The University Record, October 15, 1997 By Rebecca A. Doyle Amnesia sufferer is really con artist Early in September, the Department of Public Safety (DPS) asked for help from the University community in identifying a white male, 6 feet, 4 inches tall weighing 195 pounds who had presented himself at University Hospital with no identification…
  7. September 24, 1997

    Regents’ Roundup

    The University Record, September 24, 1997 Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their September meeting. $39 million in gifts accepted The Regents accepted $39,562,221 in gifts received in June, July and August. The total includes $22,663,031 from individuals, $7,852,883 from corporations, $6,784,058 from foundations, and $2,262,249 from associations and others.…
  8. September 24, 1997

    Obituaries

    The University Record, September 24, 1997 Najaf Gholizadeh Gangei Najaf Gholizadeh Gangei, health science research associate at the Kresge Hearing Research Institute, died Aug. 19 from pancreatic cancer. Born in Tabriz, Iran, on Dec. 31, 1929, he received his medical degree from the University of Tehran and completed a four-year residency in ophthalmology there, followed…
  9. July 30, 1997

    Regents Roundup

    The University Record, July 30, 1997 Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at t heirJuly meeting. Renovation projects OK’d The original building systems in the office areas of Medical ScienceBuilding I are no longer capable of maintaining a controlled working environment.Past changes in the space, including the ins tallation of open…
  10. July 30, 1997

    Obituaries

    The University Record, July 30, 1997 D.E. (Dick) Morley Dourossoff E. (Dick) Morley, professor emeritus of speech pathology, died July 13 in Ann Arbor after a long series of health problems. He was 85. Morley retired from the U-M in 1978 after 30 years on the faculty. At the time of his retirement, he held…