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February 11, 1998
The University Record, February 11, 1998 Edwin A. Engel Edwin A. Engel, professor emeritus of English, passed away Jan. 23 at the Rosa Coplon Nursing Home in Buffalo, N.Y., from the effects of a stroke suffered in May. He was 90. Engel had been a member of the Department of English for nearly 40 years,…
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January 28, 1998
The University Record, January 28, 1998 William A. Jenkins William A. Jenkins, chancellor emeritus of the U-M-Dearborn, died of pneumonia Jan. 20 in Wisconsin. He was 75. Jenkins served as Dearborn’s chancellor from 1980 to 1988. During his tenure as the campus’s second chancellor, U-M-Dearborn grew from 6,000 students to 7,316 students. and the campus…
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January 21, 1998
The University Record, January 21, 1998 By Rebecca A. Doyle DPS looking for suspect in robbery Department of Public Safety (DPS) Sgt. Kevin McNulty says officers are still searching for a man who stopped a female student on the Washtenaw Avenue footbridge near the Central Campus Recreation Building and demanded money. The victim, who was…
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January 21, 1998
The University Record, January 21, 1998 Isadore A. Bernstein Isadore A. Bernstein, professor emeritus of biological chemistry and environmental and industrial health, died of cancer Jan. 11. He was 78. Internationally known for his work in environmental toxicology and cutaneous biochemistry, Bernstein won numerous honors throughout his career for his research in dermatology. “Isadore Bernstein…
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January 21, 1998
The University Record, January 21, 1998 Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their January meeting. Bollinger passes muster; gets raise President Lee C. Bollinger passed a performance review in a closed session at last week’s Regents’ meeting, resulting in a 4.5 percent raise. His new salary, effective Feb. 1-Aug. 31,…
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January 14, 1998
The University Record, January 14, 1998 Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their December meeting. McLaughlin named Flint provost Renate McLaughlin, interim provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at U-M-Flint, was appointed to the post on a permanent basis. She also is professor of mathematics. In recommending her appointment,…
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December 17, 1997
By Rebecca A. Doyle More vehicle thefts reported Department of Public Safety (DPS) Capt. James Smiley reports that DPS officers, working with the Michigan State Police Auto Theft Team and the Detroit Police Department, have recovered two more automobiles that were reported stolen from University parking facilities. Eight thefts of vehicles from University parking areas…
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December 17, 1997
Jane G. Likert Jane Gibson Likert died Nov. 29 at age 95 at her home in Hawaii. She and her husband, Rensis Likert, moved to Honolulu in 1969 after his retirement as director of the Institute for Social Research. Their ties to Ann Arbor and the University were many and strong, however, and continued throughout…
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December 10, 1997
The University Record, December 10, 1997 Jonathan King Jonathan King, U-M professor emeritus of architecture and recently retired visiting professor at Texas A&M University College of Architecture, died of cancer Nov. 19 in Houston. He was 71. King was perhaps best known for his work in building systems that changed the shape of American schoolhouses.…
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December 10, 1997
The University Record, December 10, 1997 Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their November meeting. Two faculty members receive named collegiate professorships Peter J. Polverini and Thomas R. Trautmann were appointed to named collegiate professorships. Polverini, professor of dentistry and of pathology, also will hold the Donald A. Kerr Professorship…
