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List of Professors
| Name |
Years at Michigan |
Position | |
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Dean Conant Worcester |
1895 - 1900 | Assistant Professor of Zoology & Biology |
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Lewis Edgar Wehmeyer |
1928 - 1967 | Professor of Botany |
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Reeve Maclaren Bailey |
1944 - 1981 |
Professor of Biological Sciences Curator of Fishes |
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Robert Rush Miller |
1948 - 1986 |
Professor of Biological Sciences Curator of Fisher Museum of Zoology |
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John M. Allen |
1952 - 1989 | Professor of Biology |
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Sally Lyman Allen |
1953 - 1998 | Professor of Biology |
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William R. Dawson |
1953 - 1994 |
Dugald E. S. Brown Professor of Biological Sciences Research Scientist in the Museum of Zoology |
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John B. Burch |
1955 - 2001 |
Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Professor of Natural Resources & Environment Curator of Mollusks |
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Richard D. Alexander |
1957 - 2000 |
Professor of Biology, Biological Chemistry Curator of Insects Theodore H. Hubbell Distinguished University Professor of Evolutionary Biology |
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David G. Shappirio |
1957 - 1998 | Professor of Biological Sciences |
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James N. Cather |
1958 - 1995 |
Professor of Zoology Chair of Experimental Biology Associate Chair, Division of Biological Sciences |
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Michael McCulloch Martin |
1959 - 1999 |
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Professor of Biology Chair of the Division of Biological Sciences |
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Robert Shaffer |
1960 - 1993 |
Lewis E. Wehmeyer and Elaine Prince Wehmeyer Professor of Fungal Taxonomy Director of Fungi |
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Rose M. Rizki |
1962 - 1992 | Research Scientist |
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Helen V. Gay |
1962 - 1986 | Professor of Biological Sciences |
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Dusan Baic |
1964 - 1986 | |
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Hiroshi Ikuma |
1965 - 2000 | Professor of Biology |
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Larry D. Nooden |
1965 - 2003 | Professor of Biology |
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Howard A. Crum |
1965 - 1995 |
Professor of Botany Curator of Bryophytes and Lichens |
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Robert B. Helling |
1965 - 2003 | Professor of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology |
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Robert E. Beyer |
1965 - 1993 |
Professor of Biology Associate Professor of Zoology |
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Brian A. Hazlett |
1966 - 2006 | Professor of Zoology |
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Bruce Oakley |
1966 - 2003 | Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology |
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Bruce M. Carlson |
1966 - 2006 |
Professor of Anatomy Professor of Biological Sciences Senior Research Scientist Institute of Gerontology |
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Lewis J. Kleinsmith |
1968 - 2004 |
Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Arthur F. Thurnau Professor |
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Gerald Smith |
1969 - 2003 |
Professor of Geological Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Curator of Museum of Zoology, Museum of Paleontology |
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Stephen S. Easter Jr. |
1970 - 2003 | Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology |
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Robert B. Payne |
1970 - 2007 |
Professor of Zoology Curator of Birds |
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Harry A. Douthit |
1970 - 1994 | Professor of Botany |
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Julian Adams |
1970 - 2010 |
Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Professor of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology Chair Department of Biology |
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George H. Jones |
1971 - 1990 | Professor of Biological Sciences, Zoology |
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Peter Kilham |
1972 - 1989 | Professor of Biology, Biological Chemistry |
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Douglas Foster |
1973 - 2006 |
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Professor of Biological Sciences |
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Charles F. Yocum |
1973 - 2010 |
Professor of Chemistry Professor of Biological Sciences Alfred S. Sussman Professor of Biology |
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Rowena Matthews |
1974 - 2007 |
Professor of Biological Chemistry & Chemistry Research Professor |
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Michael J. Wynne |
1976 - 2007 |
Professor of Botany Curator of Algae |
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Barbara Sloat |
1976 - 1998 |
Assistant Research scientist Lecturer, Biology in Residential College |
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Fred L. Bookstein |
1977 - 2005 |
Senior Research Scientist, Institute of Gerontology Research Professor in Biostatistics & Biophysics |
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Robert D. Fogel |
1978 - 2003 |
Professor of Biology Curator |
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Robert A. Bender |
1978 - 2010 | Professor of Biology |
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Beverly J. Rathcke |
1978 - 2010 | Associate Profesor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology |
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John P. Langsmore |
1979 - 2002 | Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology |
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John Langmore |
1979 - 2002 |
Professor of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology Research Scientist |
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Gary E. Belovsky |
1980 - 1991 | Professor of Natural Resources, Biology |
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Wesley M. Brown |
1980 - 2002 | Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
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John R. Pringle |
1980 - 1991 | Professor of Biology |
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Richard W. Wrangham |
1983 - 1989 | Associate Professor of Anthropology, Biology |
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Kathryn W. Tosney |
1984 - 2005 | Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology |
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Douglas J. Eernisse |
1986 - 1994 |
Assistant Professor of Biology Assistant Curator of Mollusks, Museum of Zoology |
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Mary C. McKitrick |
1986 - 1993 |
Assistant Professor of Biology Assistant Curator of Museum of Zoology |
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Stuart I. Tsubota |
1986 - 1993 | Assistant Professor of Biology |
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Robert G. Wetzel |
1986 - 1991 | Professor of Biology |
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James Arthur Teeri |
1987 - 2002 |
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Director of Botanical Gardens 1994-2002 |
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Terry L. Root |
1988 - 2002 | Assistant Professor of Natural Resources, Biology |
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Ronald E. Ellis |
1995 - 2003 | Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology |
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Michael Frohlick |
1995 - 2002 |
Assistant Professor Biology Curator of Herbarium |
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Lisa Marie Curran |
1996 - 2001 | Assistant Professor of Ecology and Environmental Biology, Biology |
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Mercede Pascual |
2001 - 2004 | Associate Professor of Biology |
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Douglas J. Futuyma |
2002 - 2004 |
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Chair of Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |