History and Traditions of the University Committee (University of Michigan) interviews, 1991-2004.

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History and Traditions of the University Committee (University of Michigan) interviews, 1991-2004.

Interviews (audio-tapes and transcripts) with University of Michigan presidents, wives of presidents, regents, and administrators, including Allan and Alene Smith, Anne and Harlan Hatcher, Robben and Sally Fleming, Harold and Vivian Shapiro, Robert Forman, Richard Kennedy, Gertrude E. Huebner, Thomas Roach, James F. Brinkerhoff, Peter O. Steiner, and Wilber Pierpont; also videocassettes of conversation with University of Michigan presidents Harlan Hatcher, Robben Fleming, Allan Smith, Harold Shapiro, and James Duderstadt; also visual materials.

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University of Michigan. President.

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Lee C. Bollinger served as president of the University of Michigan from 1997 to 2001. His tenure was marked by defense of the university's affirmative action policies in two landmark legal cases, and efforts to enhance the arts and interdisciplinary initiatives, including the Life Sciences Institute. Campus planning was a major initiative including work with the firm Venturi Scott Brown and Associates. From the description of Lee C. Bollinger subgroup, 1997-2...

Duderstadt, James J., 1942-....

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Nuclear engineer and eleventh president of the University of Michigan (1988-1996), James J. Duderstadt worked both to position the university as a leader in higher education and to transform the university into a new institutional "model" for higher education -- an institutional model that could readily adapt to the changing needs of society. Evidence of Dr. Duderstadt's work toward transforming the university can be found in the cultural and physical changes...

Forman, Robert G.

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University of Michigan. History and Traditions of the University Committee.

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The University Committee on History and Traditions was appointed by University of Michigan President James J. Duderstadt in 1991 to facilitate the preservation, promotion, and appreciation of the history and traditions of the University of Michigan as a leading institution of higher learning and education. Some of the activities the committee has undertaken in order to promote aspects of the university’s history include a marker program, an oral history program, and the presentation...

Hatcher, Anne S.

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Roach, Thomas A., 1929-

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Michigan Democratic Party official; party treasurer, 1975-1987; member of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, 1975-1990. From the description of Thomas A. Roach papers, 1970-2002. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85778481 From the description of Thomas A. Roach papers, 1970-1991. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 82211591 Thomas A. Roach is an attorney, an active participant within the Michigan Democratic party, ...

Hatcher, Harlan, 1898-1998

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Author. From the description of Harlan Hatcher papers, ca. 1930's. (University of Kentucky Libraries). WorldCat record id: 13514624 Historian of the Great Lakes, professor of English and vice president of Ohio State University, and president of University of Michigan, 1951-1967. From the description of Harlan Henthorne Hatcher papers, 1837-1998 (bulk 1891-1986). (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 84044751 Historian of the Great Lakes, professo...

Smith, Allan Frederick, 1911-

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Pierpont, Wilbur K., 1914-

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Shapiro, Vivian

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Kennedy, Richard L., 1940-

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Smith, Alene Jackson, 1937-

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Brinkerhoff, James F.

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Fleming, R. W. 1916-2010.

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Huebner, Gertrude, 1915-

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Executive with Maxon, Inc., advertising agency, regent of the University of Michigan, 1967-1975. From the description of Gertrude Huebner papers, 1942-1980. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420193 ...

Steiner, Peter Otto, 1922-....

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Fleming, Sally

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Wife of University of Michigan president Robben Fleming; active in civic and cultural organizations. From the description of Sally Fleming papers, 1928-1988. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 321042569 ...

Shapiro, Harold T., 1935-....

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University of Michigan.

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Outside of museum holdings, no comprehensive survey and inventory of campus artwork had been attempted since 1937. With support from the Michigan Commission on Art in Public Places, 1,076 items were inventoried during 1988-1990. Additional inventory work was undertaken in 1997-1998 for risk management purposed, but generated little new information. From the description of Inventory of University of Michigan-owned art, 1988-1990, 1997-1998. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id...