Michigan Greats

MICHIGAN GREATS

The Vice President for Research presents these features about members of the University of Michigan community at meetings of the UM Board of Regents. The featured individuals have made contributions through research, scholarship or the creative arts that has had a lasting impact on our world.

Karen Uhlenbeck (presented Nov. 1999)
This 1964 Honors Program graduate has become one of the nation's leading mathematicians and a role model for other women mathematicians.
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James Blight (presented Oct. 1999)
Flint Roots Lay Foundation for Foreign Policy Scholar.
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David and Peter Turnley (presented Sept. 1999)
These Residential College graduates have become world-renowned photojournalists.
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Marshall Nirenberg (presented July 1999)
This 1957 graduate shared the 1968 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work uncovering the role of messenger RNA in the protein synthesis process.
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Robert Kahn (presented June 1999)
This co-founder of the field of organizational psychology has inspired work around the world of interest to psychologists, business scholars, and other social scientists.
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Samuel C. C. Ting (presented May. 1999)
This Nobel Laureate in Physics earned B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the University in only six years (1956-1962).
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Amalya Lyle Kearse (presented April 1999)
This 1962 graduate of the Law School is an outstanding judge and legal scholar with many additional talents.
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Jessye Norman (presented March 1999)
This 1968 graduate of the School of Music is an award-winning soprano without peer.
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Charles M. Correa (presented Feb. 1999)
This 1953 graduate of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning has become a major figure in contemporary architecture.
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Claude E. Shannon (presented Jan. 1999)
A 1936 graduate in mathematics and engineering, his work created the field of information theory and laid the foundations for the information age we live in.
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