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March 25, 1998
The University Record, March 25, 1998 Robert Taylor Blackburn Robert Taylor Blackburn, 74, died March 1 at Arbor Hospice Residence. Blackburn’s principal faculty positions before joining the U-M were on the natural science faculty in Hutchins’ College at the University of Chicago, as an assistant and associate professor of physical science at San Francisco State…
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March 18, 1998
The University Record, March 18, 1998 By Rebecca A. Doyle Student charged with stalking Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers arrested a U-M student Feb. 26 on charges of aggravated stalking. According to the complainant, a female resident student, the man had tried to contact her more than 100 times since she broke off her…
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March 18, 1998
The University Record, March 18, 1998 Daniel Katz Daniel Katz, professor emeritus of psychology, died Feb. 28 at his home. Born in Trenton, N.J., in 1903, Katz was in his 95th year. Although he had become increasingly frail in recent years, his remarkable intellect and his qualities of character remained unchanged. In these frail years,…
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March 11, 1998
The University Record, March 11, 1998 Harlan H. Hatcher President Emeritus Harlan H. Hatcher died Feb. 25 at age 99. Tremendous expansion of the U-M marked Hatcher’s term in office, which ran from 1951 to 1967. From 17,000 students in 1951, enrollment jumped to 37,000 students in 1967. The budget increased from $44.5 million to…
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February 25, 1998
The University Record, February 25, 1998 H. Gardner Ackley H. Gardner Ackley, the Henry Carter Adams Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Political Economy, died Feb. 12 in Ann Arbor. He was 82. A member of the U-M faculty for 43 years, Ackley was a leader in national economic affairs for several decades, including serving as…
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February 25, 1998
The University Record, February 25, 1998 Editor’s Note: The following actions were taken by the Regents at their February meeting. Three faculty chosen for endowed and named chairs Sheldon H. Danziger, professor of social work and public policy and professor of public policy, will hold the Henry J. Meyer Collegiate Professorship of Social Work and…
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February 18, 1998
The University Record, February 18, 1998 Raleigh Morgan Jr. Raleigh Morgan Jr., professor emeritus of Romance linguistics, died Jan. 29 following a lengthy illness. He was 81. Morgan held a Ph.D. from the U-M and was an authority on French Creole and dialects in the New World. He was a faculty member from 1965 to…
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February 18, 1998
The University Record, February 18, 1998 Walker By Rebecca A. Doyle Man arrested for obstructing officer A 37-year-old man not affiliated with the University was arrested Jan. 17 and charged with resisting and obstructing a police officer. The Department of Public Safety (DPS) officer was responding to a report of fighting in the Anderson Room…
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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…
