Obituaries
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December 10, 2018
Obituary: Walter Jacob Weber Jr.
Walter Jacob Weber Jr., 84, died Oct. 18 at Huron Woods Memory Center, with family at his side, after a brief illness. He was professor emeritus and the Gordon M. Fair and Earnest Boyce Distinguished University Professor of Environmental and Ecological Sciences and Engineering.
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September 14, 2018
Obituary: James L. Waters
James L. Waters, a former University of Michigan regent, prominent attorney, entrepreneur and philanthropist, died suddenly and very unexpectedly Aug. 31 at his home in Muskegon, Michigan.
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September 14, 2018
Obituary: Minor Jesser “Jud” Coon
Minor Jesser “Jud” Coon, retired Victor C. Vaughan Distinguished Professor who worked in the University of Michigan Department of Biological Chemistry, died Sept. 5.
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April 12, 2018
Obituary: Arthur Coffman Wolfe
Arthur Coffman Wolfe, 87, a long-time research associate and University of Michigan alumnus, died Dec. 28, 2017, at Pinecrest, the 114 year old Wolfe family enclave along Crystal Lake near Beulah, Michigan.
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April 10, 2018
Obituary: Barbara C. Hodgdon
Barbara C. Hodgdon, retired professor of English (2005-2012), and an affiliated faculty member of Screen Arts & Cultures, died early March 22, after living so remarkably well with COPD and lung cancer for six years.
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March 14, 2018
Obituary: Jean M. Malouin
Jean M. Malouin, assistant professor of family medicine, died unexpectedly March 10 from medical causes.
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January 12, 2018
Obituary: Richard Meisler
Longtime faculty member Richard Meisler died after complications of pancreatic cancer on Feb. 21, 2017.
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January 10, 2018
Obituary: James N. Morgan
James N. Morgan, an economist who created the longest-running intergenerational household survey in the world, died Jan. 8 at University of Michigan Hospital. He was 99 and lived in Ann Arbor.
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January 8, 2018
Obituary: Paul Ilie
Paul Ilie, professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature, scholar and critic in the fields of the history of ideas in Europe, and former University of Michigan professor, died July 18 in Los Angeles. He was 84.
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November 13, 2017
Obituary: Joel Smoller
Joel Smoller, 81, a recently retired professor of mathematics at the University of Michigan, died Sept. 27 after a prolonged illness.