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July 6, 1999
The University Record, July 6 , 1999 G. Hoyt Whipple G. Hoyt Whipple, professor emeritus of environmental and industrial health and research scientist, Institute of Environmental and Industrial Health, died May 12 at his home in Gainesville, Fla., after a brief illness. He was born in San Francisco May 4, 1917, and grew up in…
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June 7, 1999
The University Record, June 7, 1999 Monte V. Hobbs Monte V. Hobbs, associate research scientist in the School of Public Health, died unexpectedly May 26. A native of Iowa, Hobbs, 44, received his doctorate from the University of Iowa and conducted research in immunology at Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif., in 1982-95 before…
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May 10, 1999
The University Record, May 10 , 1999 William E. Porter William E. Porter, professor emeritus of journalism, died April 21 at Hurley Hospital in Flint. He was 80. Porter, whose retirement in 1989 signaled the end of an era of sorts for Michigan journalism, considered himself “a writer and writing teacher first, a researcher and…
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April 12, 1999
The University Record, April 12, 1999 Martin Mayman Martin Mayman, age 74, professor emeritus of psychology and clinical psychologist, Psychological Clinic, Institute of Human Adjustment, died unexpectedly March 18. He had retired from active faculty status Dec. 31, 1997, and was granted emeritus status by the Regents March 20, 1998. He was born April 2,…
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April 5, 1999
Obituary The University Record, April 5, 1999 Louis A. Ferman Louis A. Ferman, professor emeritus of social work and a well-known labor expert, died of stomach cancer March 25 in Ann Arbor. He was 72. Ferman, also research scientist emeritus at the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations (ILIR), was widely regarded as the “father…
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March 22, 1999
The University Record, March 22, 1999 Ralph E. Hiatt Professor Emeritus Ralph E. Hiatt (M ’47, SM ’51, F ’67, LF ’80) passed away on May 26, 1998, in Charlottesville, Va., after sustaining a fall and severe head injury the day before while trying to put a birdfeeder in a tree. He sacrificed his life…
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March 15, 1999
The University Record, March 15, 1999 Josef Blatt Josef Blatt, professor emeritus of conducting and director emeritus of orchestras and of opera production, died March 2 at his home in Green Valley, Ariz., at age 92. Blatt was born in Vienna in 1906. His prodigious musical talents and abilities were recognized early, and he began…
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February 22, 1999
The University Record, February 22, 1999 Obituaries Deming Bronson Brown Deming Bronson Brown, professor emeritus of slavic languages and literatures, died at the age of 80 Feb. 5 in Ann Arbor. A native of Seattle, Brown earned an A.B. and M.A. in English and American literatures from the University of Washington and received a Ph.D.…
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February 1, 1999
The University Record, February 1, 1999 Obituary Elizabeth Gaspar Brown Former Law School research associate Elizabeth Gaspar Brown died Dec. 28 in Ironwood. She was 85. Brown wrote numerous books and articles during her lengthy career as a legal researcher, and was very active in the Ann Arbor community. She was preceded in death by…
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December 7, 1998
The University Record, December 7, 1998 Obituaries Laurence E. Fogarty Laurence Eugene Fogarty, retired professor of aerospace engineering, died Nov. 6. He was 78. Fogarty, recognized as one of the world’s experts on flight simulation, received an off-campus assignment in 1977 to assist in the development of the A-10 and F-16 flight simulators. His consulting…
