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July 1, 2002
Elizabeth ‘Libby’ Douvan Elizabeth Douvan, a social psychologist who tracked the mid-century changes in the American psyche through national surveys, died June 15 at her home after a long illness. She was 76. Her pioneering research on the social and psychological condition of Americans before and after the 1960s painted an intriguing portrait of shifts…
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June 3, 2002
Richard ‘Andy’ Andrews A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. today (June 3) at the Business School’s Hale Auditorium for Richard W. (Andy) Andrews, associate professor of statistics, who died of a heart attack May 29 in Brazil. He was 61. Andrews, who had taught at the Business School since 1974, was also…
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May 6, 2002
Gale Edward Jensen Gale Edward Jensen, professor emeritus of education and community development, died April 15. Jensen joined the School of Education faculty in 1956 as an associate professor specializing in community development adult education. When he retired in 1984, he was a professor of education and community development. Jensen received his B.S. from the…
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April 8, 2002
James Edward Lesch James Edward Lesch, 80, died on March 24, at the Saline Evangelical Home. Lesch was a widely respected research administrator whose U-M career spanned 33 years. He served as director of the Division of Research Development and Administration (DRDA) from 1973 until his retirement in 1987. Prior to that appointment he worked…
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March 25, 2002
Nancy Foran Nancy Foran, associate professor of accounting at U-M–Dearborn, died Feb. 25. She was 57. Foran joined the Dearborn faculty in 2000, after serving as a faculty member at Wichita State University for more than 20 years. She wrote numerous articles in professional journals, primarily on tax-related issues in accounting. “She was an honored…
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March 4, 2002
Murray Jackson Murray Jackson, a poet, retired college professor and community and civil rights activist, died Feb. 5 following a lengthy illness. He was 75. The U-M offered Jackson a tenured faculty position in 1972 that he held until his appointment as associate professor emeritus of urban higher education in 1992. He also served as…
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February 11, 2002
Linda Smrcka Linda Smrcka, 39, a nurse in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) at University Hospital, died unexpectedly the evening of Jan. 31. After completing a 12-hour day shift, Linda was driving home when she stopped to assist at a rollover accident, and was struck by another vehicle. Linda was married to Larry Smrcka,…
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February 4, 2002
By Diane Brown Facilities and Operations Keith Curtis “Keith was a professional and a gentleman,” said Department of Public Safety (DPS) director William Bess after the funeral service for DPS police officer Keith Curtis, who died Jan. 24 after a courageous battle with leukemia. Curtis was 32. “He was talking just last week about working…
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January 28, 2002
John H. D’Arms John Haughton D’Arms, former dean of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, died Jan. 22 in New York City at the age of 67. D’Arms was a faculty member and administrator at U-M for 32 years. D’Arms had a long-standing affiliation with the American Academy in Rome and in 1977,…
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January 14, 2002
Kenneth G. Lutterman Kenneth G. Lutterman, 72, of Potomac, Md., died unexpectedly Dec. 1, 2001. Born in Black Hawk, Wis., in 1929, Lutterman had a distinguished career in the health sciences, including as associate director of services and intervention research at the National Institute of Mental Health, and most recently as assistant dean for research…
