Obituaries
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March 11, 2024
Obituary — Charles Beck
Charles B. Beck, professor emeritus of botany, died Feb. 26 at the age of 96. In 1955, he accepted a faculty position at U-M, ultimately becoming chairman of the Department of Botany.
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February 12, 2024
Obituary — Daniel T. Longone
Daniel (Dan) T. Longone, professor emeritus of chemistry and well known culinary and wine historian, died peacefully Jan. 28 in Ann Arbor at the age of 91.
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January 8, 2024
Obituary — John R. Knott
John Knott, 86, professor emeritus of English, died Jan. 2. At U-M, he developed a national reputation as a scholar of early modern literature.
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January 8, 2024
Obituary — Xiaohong Xu
Xiaohong Xu, assistant professor of sociology, died Dec. 12, 2023, at Angela Hospice near his home in Ann Arbor after a long struggle with cancer. He was 45 years old.
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December 22, 2023
Obituary — Joseph Timothy Marks
Joseph Timothy Marks, 75, died Nov. 23, 2023, surrounded by the love of his family. He dedicated his professional life to academia, retiring as curator emeritus at UM-Dearborn.
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December 18, 2023
Obituary — Ara Paul
Ara G. Paul, dean emeritus of the College of Pharmacy and professor emeritus of pharmacognosy, who grew the college into one of the nation’s premier pharmacy programs, died Nov. 15 at age 94.
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December 18, 2023
Obituary — Leslie Thornton II
Leslie Thornton II, age 77, died peacefully at home on Dec. 5. He was born on Sept. 15, 1946, in Detroit to Katherine and Leslie James Thornton Sr., and was raised in Hamtramck where he went to primary school and graduated high school.
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December 18, 2023
Obituary — L.A. Peter Gosling
Lee Anthony Peter (Pete) Gosling died peacefully, from a recurrence of lymphoma, at his home in Ann Arbor on Dec. 13, 2023, surrounded by his immediate family.
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December 13, 2023
Remembering LSA assistant professor Xiaohong Xu
Xiaohong Xu, assistant professor of sociology and associate director of the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, died Dec. 12 after a long struggle with cancer. He was 45 years old.
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November 13, 2023
Obituary — Roy Penchansky
Roy Penchansky, professor emeritus of health management and policy, took his last cruise with his loving wife, Elizabeth W. Bates, and he disembarked from this world on Oct. 23 in Malta at the age of 89.