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List of Professors
| Name |
Years at Michigan |
Position | |
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Rev. Henry Colclazer |
1837 | Librarian |
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Abram Sager |
1842 - 1874 |
Professor of Zoology and Botany (Librarian 1848-1850) Professor of Obstetrics & Physiology Chair OB/GYN 1850-1874 |
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Andrew Ten Brook |
1844 - 1851 1864 - 1877 |
Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy Chair of Philosophy Librarian |
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John Livingston Tappan |
1853 - 1963 |
Librarian Secretary of the Board of Regents |
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Raymond Cazallis Davis |
1868 - 1872 1877 - 1905 |
Librarian Emeritus Lecturer on Biblography |
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Frederick Parker Jordan |
1880 - 1922 | Associate Librarian Emeritus |
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Byron Alfred Finney |
1891 - 1916 | Reference Librarian |
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William C. Hollands |
1896 - 1909 1909 - 1944 |
Assistant Librarian in change of Bindery Superintendent of Printing and Binding |
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Theodore Wesley Koch |
1904 | Librarian |
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Fredericka Botsford Gillette |
1905 - 1919 |
Superintendent of Circulation and Stacks Acting Reference Librarian |
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Francis Lee Dewey Goodrich |
1906 |
Associate Librarian Visiting Professor |
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William Warner Bishop |
1915 - 1941 |
Librarian of the University Professor of Library Science Chair of Library Science |
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Rudolph H. Gjelsness |
1925 - 1928 1937 - 1965 |
Assistant Librarian Professor of Library Science Chair of Library Science |
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Warner Grenelle Rice |
1929 - 1969 |
Director of the University Library Professor of English Language and Literature Chair of English Language and Literature 1947-1968 |
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Robert G. Carter |
1957 - 1998 | Senior Associate Librarian Emeritus |
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Charlotte A. Wolfe |
1960 - 2011 | Senior Associate Librarian Emerita |
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Sharon Balius |
1962 - 1998 | Senior Associate Librarian Emerita |
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Choo W. Suh |
1963 - 1998 | Senior Associate Librarian Emerita |
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Susan I. Seger |
1964 - 1996 | Senior Associate Librarian Emerita |
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Wei-Ying Wan |
1964 - 1966 1969 - 2003 |
Librarian Emeritus |
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John W. Weigel II |
1964 - 1997 | Librarian Emeritus |
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Om P. Sharma |
1966 - 1995 | Librarian Emeritus |
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Ronald Austin |
1967 - 1995 | Senior Associate Librarian Emeritus |
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Joseph Placek |
1967 - 1995 | Associate Librarian Emeritus |
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Nancy Karp |
1968 - 2007 | Senior Associate Librarian Emerita |
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Judith C. Avery |
1968 - 2009 | Senior Associate Librarian Emeita |
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Wen-Hsueh Yang |
1969 - 2002 | Associate Librarian Emerita |
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Grace A. York |
1969 - 2009 | Librarian Emerita - Law School |
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Judith J. Wilhelme |
1969 - 2009 | Senior Associate Librarian Emerita |
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Holde H. Borcherts |
1970 - 2002 | Senior Associate Librarian Emerita |
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Jean L. Loup |
1971 - 2002 | Librarian Emerita |
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Dorothy Riemenschneider |
1971 - 2006 | Senior Associate Librarian Emerita |
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Jane M. Lucas |
1971 - 1995 | Associate Librarian Emerita |
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Lynn F. Marko |
1971 - 2009 | Librarian Emerita |
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Adye Bel Evans |
1972 - 2003 | Associate Librarian Emerita |
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Marylee Dalton |
1972 - 2007 | Librarian Emerita- Law Library |
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Julie C. Grygotis |
1972 - 2009 | Senior Associate Librarian Emerita |
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Margaret A. Leary |
1973 - 2011 | Librarian Emerita - Law School |
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John P. Downey |
1974 - 2003 | Associate Librarian Emeritus |
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Barbara L. Rosen |
1974 - 2007 | Associate Librarian Emerita |
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Mary Ruth Townsend |
1974 - 2004 | Senior Associate Librarian Emerita |
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Phyllis A. Valentine |
1974 - 2007 | Librarian Emerita |
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Joy Alexander Blouin |
1975 - 2001 | Senior Associate Librarian Emerita |
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Doris D. Mahony |
1976 - 1997 | Associate Librarian Emerita |
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Donald Wilcox |
1976 - 2007 | Librarian Emeritus |
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Patricia B. Yocum |
1977 - 2009 | Librarian Emerita |
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Theresa S. Lee |
1978 - 1999 | Senior Associate Librarian Emerita |
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L. Yvonne Wulff |
1978 - 1997 | Librarian Emerita |
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Barbara A. MacAdam |
1979 - 2011 | Librarian Emerita |
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Dorothy Huntwork Shields |
1982 - 1996 | Associate Librarian Emerita |
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Kathryn L. Beam |
1983 - 2009 | Librarian Emerita |
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Brenda L. Johnson |
1985 - 2007 | Associate Librarian Emerita |
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Robert Kelly |
1985 - 2006 | Senior Associate Librarian Emeritus |
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William A. Gosling |
1986 - 2008 |
University Librarian Emeritus Curator Emeritus of Children's Literature Collection |
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Linda K. TerHarr |
1987 - 2008 | Librarian Emerita |
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Yasuko Matsudo |
1988 - 1998 | Senior Associate Librarian Emerita |
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Daisy T. Wu |
1988 - 1998 | Librarian Emerita |
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Alan P. Pollard |
1991 - 2004 | Librarian Emeritus |
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Patricia M. Redman |
1991 - 2007 | Librarian Emerita |
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Anthony R. Aguirre |
1993 - 2003 | Librarian Emeritus |
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Patricia W. Martin |
1993 - 2009 | Senior Associate Librarian Emerita |