University of Michigan Board of Regents Portrait Collection ca. 1860-ca. 1970

Estabrook, Joseph, 1820-1894.

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Regent of the University of Michigan (1870-1878) and Michigan Superintendent of Public Instruction (1887-1891), teacher and Congregational minister in Ypsilanti, East Saginaw, and Olivet, Mich. From the description of Joseph Estabrook papers, 1864-1893. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 320956819 ...

Murfin, James O. (James Orin), 1875-1940

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Republican politician and regent of University of Michigan. From the description of James Orin Murfin papers, 1896-1940. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422988 James O. Murfin was born January 7, 1875, in Portsmouth, Ohio. He attended the University of Michigan and received literary and law degrees in 1895 and 1896. From 1897 to 1908 Murfin was a member of the law firm of Bowen, Douglas, Whiting and Murfin in Detroit, Michigan. Murfin served as a Republican m...

Hayward, Ralph A., 1895-1951

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Cutcheon, Byron M., 1836-1908

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Resident of Ypsilanti, Michigan, and officer in the 20th Michigan Infantry and the 27th Michigan Infantry, during the Civil War; later Regent of University of Michigan and U.S. Congressman. From the description of Byron Mac Cutcheon autobiography, 1883-1888 [microform] (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 80095196 From the description of Byron Mac Cutcheon autobiography, 1883-1888. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422798 Resident of Ypsilanti...

Cram, Esther Marsh.

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Matthaei, Frederick Carl, 1925-

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Mason, Stevens Thomson, 1811-1843

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Stevens Thomson Mason was born in Virginia (October 27, 1811) and educated in Kentucky where his father had emigrated in 1812. In 1830, his father, John Mason, was appointed secretary of the Territory of Michigan by President Andrew Jackson. He resigned a year later and left for Texas and Mexico perhaps on a mission for the president. In his place, Jackson named the nineteen year old Stevens Mason to the vacant secretariat, taking his oath of office on July 25, 1831. As secretary Mason was also ...

Cocker, W. J. (William Johnson), 1846-1901

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Doan, Leland I. (Leland Ira), 1894-1974

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Knappen, Loyal E. (Loyal Edwin), 1854-1930

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Norris, Lyman, 1823-1894.

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Hemans, Charles Fitch, 1896-

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McInally, William Keith, 1905-1964

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Spaulding, Mr. (Oliver Lyman), 1833-1922

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Soldier from St. Johns, Michigan who served in Co. A., Twenty-third Michigan Infantry during the Civil War, later Regent of the University of Michigan, teacher, lawyer, Republican Congressman from Michigan, and U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. From the description of Oliver Lyman Spaulding photograph series [microform]. 1860s. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 55059993 Soldier from St. Johns, Michigan who served in Co. A, Twenty-third Michigan Infantry d...

Cook, Franklin Mead, 1863-

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Dean, Henry Stewart, 1830-1915.

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Resident of Ann Arbor, Michigan, officer in the 22nd Michigan Infantry during the Civil War, later regent of University of Michigan. From the description of Henry Stewart Dean papers, 1862-1916. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422738 ...

Joy, James F. (James Frederick), 1810-1896

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James F. Joy was born in Durham, New Hampshire in December 1810. He was a teacher in a country school before entering Harvard Law School. Joy was an instructor of Latin at Dartmouth College. He came to Detroit in 1836 and was admitted to the Michigan Bar one year later. For many years, beginning in 1837, he was a law partner of George F. Porter, in the firm Joy & Porter. Joy presently became involved in banking matters, and, in about the 1840s, in railroad activities, which were to dominate ...

Murphy, Irene Ellis, 1900-

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Birmingham, Michigan businesswoman, Democratic regent of University of Michigan. From the description of Irene E. Murphy papers, 1917-1983. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420542 Irene Ellis Murphy was born in Connersville, Indiana in the years 1900. She received her M.A. from the University of Michigan in 1928 and began a career as a social worker with the Detroit Department of Public Welfare and the Council of Social Agencies. She worked here u...

Palmer, Charles Henry, 1814-1887.

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Regent of University of Michigan from Pontiac, Michigan. From the description of Papers, 1875-1879. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419633 ...

Stockwell, Cyrus Moses, 1823-1899

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Lynch, John David, 1890-1946

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Carey, Harry Westronae, 1850-1911

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Eckert, Otto E., 1890-

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Lansing, Michigan businessman and regent of University of Michigan. From the description of Otto E. Eckert papers, 1941. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418302 ...

University of Michigan Board of Regents portrait collection

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The regents portrait collection was assembled from a variety of sources by Bentley Historical Library staff. From the guide to the University of Michigan Board of Regents Portrait Collection, ca. 1860-ca. 1970, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan) ...

McClelland, Robert, 1807-1880

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Robert McClelland was a Michigan congressmen and governor. He was born in Greencastle, Pennsylvania on August 1, 1807, and graduated from Dickinson College, Carlistle, Pennsylvania in 1829. He worked as a teacher before his admission to the Pennsylvania bar in 1831. McClelland moved to Monroe, Michigan two years later, becoming delegate in the state constitution convention in 1835. Robert McClelland served as Governor of Michigan, 1851-1853 and Secretary of the Interior, 1853-1857. He died in De...

Grosvenor, Ebenezer Oliver, 1820-1910

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Pitcher, Zina, 1797-1872

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Professor in the Medical School of the University of Michigan. From the description of Zina Pitcher papers, 1829-1880. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418673 U.S. Army surgeon, and Detroit resident for many years. Born Apr.14, 1797, in Washirgtcn Co., N.Y., the son of - Nathaniel and Margaret (Stevenson) Pitcher. Received a sound education in the local schools, studied medicine with neighboring physicians, and took a medical degree at...

Shearer, James, 1823-1896.

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Fletcher, Frank Ward, 1853-1922.

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Frank Ward Fletcher was born in Boston on May 16, 1853. At a young age, he moved with his parents to Detroit where he received his early education. He received his B.A. degree from the University of Michigan in 1875, then completed his education at the Boston Institute of Technology and the Columbia School of Mines. He joined his father in George N. Fletcher's extensive lumbering and mining interests in the vicinity of Alpena, Michigan. The younger Fletcher devoted his energy to increasing and d...

Grant, Claudius Buchanan, 1835-1921.

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Regent of University of Michigan and chief justice of Michigan Supreme Court. From the description of Claudius B. Grant papers, 1855-1905. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418335 From the description of Claudius B. Grant papers, 1830s-1924. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 78376986 From the description of Claudius B. Grant papers, 1830s-1924 [microform]. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 78554710 ...

McIntyre, Donald, 1807-1891.

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University of Michigan regent. From the description of Donald McIntyre papers, 1858 and 1863. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423635 ...

Kearsley, Jonathan, 1786-1859.

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Born in Dauphin Co.,Pa.,Aug.20,1786; grad. at Washington Coll., Pa. 1811; lieutenant in war of 1812; briu. captain, 1813; Garrison Major, 1814; receiver of Land office, Detroit, 1819-50; recorder of Detroit, 1826; Justice of the Peace, 1827; Mayor of Detroit, 1829; Regent of Michigan University, 1836-50; died in Detroit, Aug.31,1859. (from Michigan Biographies. ; Farmer's Detroit, v.2, p.1030.) (blue index cards) From the description of Jonathan Kearsley correspondence, 1826-1827 (De...

Spaulding, Mr. (Oliver Lyman), 1833-1922

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Soldier from St. Johns, Michigan who served in Co. A., Twenty-third Michigan Infantry during the Civil War, later Regent of the University of Michigan, teacher, lawyer, Republican Congressman from Michigan, and U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. From the description of Oliver Lyman Spaulding photograph series [microform]. 1860s. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 55059993 Soldier from St. Johns, Michigan who served in Co. A, Twenty-third Michigan Infantry d...

Cudlip, William B., 1904-1988

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William B. Cudlip was born in Iron Mountain, Michigan on March 4, 1904. He attended Swarthmore College (1921-1922), then graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1926. After being admitted to the bar of Michigan, he joined the firm of Campbell, Bulkley & Ledyard in Detroit. He became a partner in the firm in 1933 and in the firm's successor, Dickinson, Wright, McKean & Cudlip. In 1961-1962, Cudlip was a delegate to the Michigan Constitutional Convention. In 1963, he was el...

Sill, John Mahelm Barry, 1831-1901

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Kiefer, Hermann 1825-1911

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Detroit, Michigan physician and regent of University of Michigan. From the description of Hermann Kiefer papers, 1838-1911. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418360 ...

Bentley, Alvin M. (Alvin Morell), 1918-1969

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Businessman, Foreign Service officer, and U.S. Representative, of Owosso, Michigan. From the description of Alvin M. Bentley papers, 1945-1969. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422291 Alvin M. Bentley, III, the only child of Alvin M. Bentley, Jr., and Helen Webb Bentley, was born in Portland, Maine August 30, 1918, three months before his father died while serving in France during World War I. Although fatherless, Bentley was not penniless for he ...

Kipke, Harry G., 1899-1972.

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Football player at University of Michigan, later coach of the football team. From the description of Harry G. Kipke papers, 1917-1938. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423321 Kipke was born March 26, 1899 in Lansing, Michigan. As a high school athlete, Kipke earned thirteen letters, four each in football, basketball and football, and one in track. Entering the University of Michigan in 1921, Kipke became Michigan's first nine letter man as he won ...

Beal, Junius E. (Junius Emery), 1860-1942

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Ann Arbor, Michigan, businessman, publisher of Ann Arbor Courier, Republican politician, and regent of University of Michigan. From the description of Junius Emery Beal papers, 1869-1946. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 82628269 From the description of Junius Emery Beal papers, 1882-1946. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34421837 Junius E. Beal was born February 23, 1860 in Port Huron, Michigan. He graduated from the Universit...

Leland, Frank Bruce.

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Cook, Peter Napoleon, b. 1840

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Burt, Hiram Austin, b. 1839.

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Stockwell, Cyrus M. (Cyrus Moses), 1823-1899

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White, Peter, 1830-1908

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Born in Rome, Oneida Co., N.Y. Early settler of Marquette, MI; merchant, lawyer, established First National Bank of Marquette, state representative, and state senator. From the description of Papers, 1897-1907. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 31944885 Marquette, Michigan businessman, Democratic state senator, and Republican regent of University of Michigan. From the description of Peter White papers, 1848-1915. (University of Michigan). WorldCat ...

Cocker, William Johnson, 1846-1901

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Connable, Alfred B. (Alfred Barnes), 1904-

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Republican regent of the University of Michigan. From the description of Alfred B. Connable papers, 1925-1992 (bulk 1941-1957). (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423217 Alfred B. Connable, Jr. served as a regent of the University of Michigan for sixteen years beginning in 1941. Connable, who was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan on February 20, 1904, graduated from the University of Michigan in 1925. After completing a master's degree in business adminis...

Stone, Ralph, 1868-1956.

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Ralph Stone was born in Wilmington, Delaware, November 20, 1868. He was graduated from Swarthmore College in 1889, then from the University of Michigan Law School in 1892. At the U-M, Stone was a member of the first editorial staff of the Michigan Daily and editor-in-chief of the Michigan Law Journal . In succeeding years Stone was active in alumni affairs and fundraising. He was trustee of the Alumni Fund from its incorporation in 1920 until 1941. He began practicing la...

Barbour, Levi L. (Levi Lewis), 1840-1925

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Born in Monroe, Michigan, son of John Barbour; graduated from University of Michigan in 1863; became a lawyer; served as regent of the University; married Harriet Hooper; instrumental in securing Belle Isle as a city park. (from L.L. Barbour MSS) (blue index cards) From the description of Levi Lewis Barbour papers, 1878-1891. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 318446691 Lawyer and regent of the University of Michigan, 1892-1898 and 1902-1908. From the ...

Green, Sanford M. (Sanford Moon), 1807-1901

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White, Peter, 1830-1908

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Born in Rome, Oneida Co., N.Y. Early settler of Marquette, MI; merchant, lawyer, established First National Bank of Marquette, state representative, and state senator. From the description of Papers, 1897-1907. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 31944885 Marquette, Michigan businessman, Democratic state senator, and Republican regent of University of Michigan. From the description of Peter White papers, 1848-1915. (University of Michigan). WorldCat ...

Walker, Edward Carey, 1820-1894.

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Regent of the University of Michigan, 1864-1882. From the description of Edward Carey Walker correspondence, 1841 and 1863-1881. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422465 ...

Stevens, Kenneth Molyneaux, 1892-

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Clements, William L. (William Lawrence), 1861-1934

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Bay City, Michigan, industrialist, Republican member of the the University of Michigan Board of Regents, 1909-1933, and founder of the William L. Clements Library. From the description of William Lawrence Clements papers, 1920-1933. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420263 Henry John Temple was born in Westminster, London, England, on October 20, 1784, the eldest son of Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston (1739-1802), and Mary Mee (1754-1805). He attended Har...

Hanchett, Benjamin Sawtell, 1868-1933.

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Grand Rapids, Michigan, farmer, businessman, and regent of University of Michigan. From the description of Benjamin S. Hanchett papers, 1888-1958. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423445 From the description of Benjamin S. Hanchett papers, 1888-1958. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 78061107 Benjamin Sawtell Hanchett was a Grand Rapids, Michigan, farmer, businessman, and regent of University of Michigan, 1911-1929. Hanchett w...

Bishop, Russell Spencer, 1886-

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Portraits

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Sawyer, Walter H. (Walter Hulme), 1861-1931

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Hillsdale, Michigan physician, member of the Michigan State Board of Registration in Medicine, member of the Republican State Central Committee, and Regent of University of Michigan. From the description of Walter H. Sawyer papers, 1900-1931. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85777070 From the description of Walter H. Sawyer papers, 1901-1931. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420046 Walter H. Sawyer was born August 10, 1861 in...

Blair, Austin, 1818-1894

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Republican governor of Michigan, 1861-1864. From the description of Austin Blair papers, 1861-1863 and 1882. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422843 Governor of Michigan, 1861-64, state legislator and U.S. congressman, 1866-1870. From the description of Austin Blair papers, 1838-1921. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 55628517 Blair was a Governor of Michigan, 1861-1864, a Michigan representative in Congress, 1867-1872, and a r...

Bishop, Russell Spencer, 1886-1946

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Howard, Henry, 1833-1894

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Briggs, Robert Peter, 1903-

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Professor of accounting at the University of Michigan, also university administrator and member of its Board of Regents. From the description of Robert Peter Briggs papers, ca. 1890-1981. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420181 From the description of Robert Peter Briggs papers, ca. 1890-1981. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 81641526 Robert P. Briggs was born in Monroe, Michigan on April 3, 1903, the son of Rose Pierce Brigg...

Hill, Arthur, 1847-1909.

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Hebard, Charles, 1831-1902

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Willett, Charles Joseph, b. 1849

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Comstock, William Alfred, 1877-1949

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The Republic was an association of Syracuse High School students who agreed to meet regularly to discuss current events under the guidance of William K. Wickes, a teacher at the school. From the description of Syracuse High School Republic scrapbook, 1892. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155416535 Alpena, Michigan, businessman, University of Michigan regent and Democratic governor of Michigan, 1933-1934. From the description of William ...

Sill, John Mahelm Berry, 1831-1901.

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Educator in Michigan and U.S. Minister to Korea. From the description of John Mahelm Berry Sill papers, 1894-1901. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419054 ...

Cutcheon, Byron M., 1836-1908

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Resident of Ypsilanti, Michigan, and officer in the 20th Michigan Infantry and the 27th Michigan Infantry, during the Civil War; later Regent of University of Michigan and U.S. Congressman. From the description of Byron Mac Cutcheon autobiography, 1883-1888 [microform] (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 80095196 From the description of Byron Mac Cutcheon autobiography, 1883-1888. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422798 Resident of Ypsilanti...

Herbert, J. Joseph, 1894-1956

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J. Joseph Herbert was born in Lafayette, Indiana on August 26, 1894. He attended Lafayette College in Pennsylvania before coming to the University of Michigan where he graduated from the literary college in 1915 and the law school in 1917. He served as an Army officer in World War I then began his law practice in Manistique in 1920. He was a past State Commander of the American Legion (1925-1926), a past president of the Upper Peninsula Development Bureau (1939-1940), and a legal advisor to the ...

Cudlip, William B., 1904-1988

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William B. Cudlip was born in Iron Mountain, Michigan on March 4, 1904. He attended Swarthmore College (1921-1922), then graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1926. After being admitted to the bar of Michigan, he joined the firm of Campbell, Bulkley & Ledyard in Detroit. He became a partner in the firm in 1933 and in the firm's successor, Dickinson, Wright, McKean & Cudlip. In 1961-1962, Cudlip was a delegate to the Michigan Constitutional Convention. In 1963, he was el...

Clements, William L. (William Lawrence), 1861-1934

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Bay City, Michigan, industrialist, Republican member of the the University of Michigan Board of Regents, 1909-1933, and founder of the William L. Clements Library. From the description of William Lawrence Clements papers, 1920-1933. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420263 Henry John Temple was born in Westminster, London, England, on October 20, 1784, the eldest son of Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston (1739-1802), and Mary Mee (1754-1805). He attended Har...

Whitman, Charles Rudolphus, b. 1847

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Codd, George Pierre, 1869-1927

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Smith, Richard Root, 1869-1940

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Physician, resident of Grand Rapids, Michigan, who served with U.S. Army Hospital Group Q in France during World War I and was appointed a regent of the University of Michigan in 1931. From the description of Richard Root Smith papers, ca. 1917-1940. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34421071 ...

Baits, Vera Burridge, 1892-1963

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Regent of the University of Michigan. From the description of Vera Burridge Baits papers, 1950-1959. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34421801 ...

Crowley, David Henry, 1882-

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Butterfield, Roger Williams, b. 1844

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University of Michigan. Board of Regents

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Elected governing body of the University of Michigan. From the description of Board of Regents (University of Michigan) records, 1817-[ongoing]. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422511 The Board of Regents is the governing body of the University of Michigan. From the description of Board of Regents (University of Michigan) agendas, 1996-[ongoing] (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85778783 See the finding aid for Board of Regent...