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February 18, 2008
Frank R. Kennedy Frank R. Kennedy, a professor at U-M Law School for 25 years, died Feb. 1 in Ann Arbor after suffering a heart attack. He was 93. Kennedy was a pioneer in the field of bankruptcy law and widely considered to be the leading national expert in the field during his tenure at…
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February 11, 2008
Mary L. Wilson Mary L. Wilson, a 20-year employee of U-M Hospital, died Jan. 28 at her home in Ypsilanti. She was 70. Wilson was born in Ypsilanti Sept. 3, 1937, the daughter of Virgil and Evelyn Mary (Townsend) Rockwell. On Dec. 14, 1959, she married Russell Wilson. She retired from U-M Hospital in 2000.…
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January 28, 2008
Wilfred Kaplan Wilfred Kaplan, professor emeritus of mathematics, died Dec. 26, 2007, after a short illness. He was 92. Kaplan Kaplan was born Nov. 28, 1915, in Boston, Mass., the son of Jacob and Anne (Levenson) Kaplan. After graduation from Boston Latin School, he entered Harvard University, where he completed his A.B. degree in mathematics…
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January 7, 2008
Theodore Parker Theodore “Ted” Parker, a former union steward and maintenance employee at U-M, died Dec. 6. He was 74. Parker was born May 11, 1933, in Harrisburg, Pa., the son of Theodore and Pansy Parker. He served in the military and in 1953 graduated from Ann Arbor High School, where he met June, whom…
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December 10, 2007
Robert Flora Former U-M Athletic Facilities Director Robert Flora died Dec. 4 in a car accident near St. Ignace, Mich., family members say. Flora, 92, was a resident of Wildwood Shores, near Brevort, Mich. Flora was born Nov. 23, 1915, in Muskegon, Mich. He was a World War II veteran, serving from 1942-45. He graduated…
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November 12, 2007
Elizabeth Sparks Adams Elizabeth (Betty) Sparks Adams, the first curator of the Michigan Historical Collections, died Oct. 11 in Waterford, Mich. She was 95. (Photo courtesy Adams Family) Adams graduated as valedictorian from Pontiac High School in 1930 and received a bachelor’s degree in 1934 from Eastern Michigan University. She then earned a master’s degree…
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October 22, 2007
Joseph Veroff Joseph Veroff, a professor of psychology and research scientist at the Institute for Social Research (ISR), died Sept. 30 in Ann Arbor. He was 77. (Photo courtesy Veroff family) Veroff directed a landmark study tracing how American values, attitudes and behavior changed from 1957-76. His research provided some of the first empirical data…
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October 15, 2007
Joseph Veroff Joseph Veroff, a professor of psychology and research scientist at the Institute for Social Research (ISR), died Sept. 30 in Ann Arbor. He was 77. (Photo courtesy Veroff family) Veroff directed a landmark study tracing how American values, attitudes and behavior changed from 1957-76. His research provided some of the first empirical data…
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September 24, 2007
John S. King John S. King, professor emeritus of nuclear engineering, died Aug. 30 at his home in Ann Arbor following a two-year battle with lung cancer. He was 86. (Photo by Jens Zorn) A distinguished nuclear physicist, King’s reputation for innovation in neutron spectroscopy — a powerful tool for viewing the deepest structure of…
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September 17, 2007
Stanley Garn Stanley Garn, professor emeritus of nutrition in the School of Public Health, professor emeritus of anthropology in LSA and emeritus fellow in the Center for Human Growth and Development, died of complications from peripheral vascular disease on Aug. 31 in Ann Arbor. He was 84. (Photo courtesy Center For Human Growth and Development)…
