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List of Professors
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Years at Michigan | Position | |
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Amy J. Warner |
1989 - 2000 | Associate Professor of Information and Library Science |
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Barbara O’Keefe |
1998 - 2000 |
Professor of Information First Director of the Media Union (Duderstadt Center) |
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Carleton Bruns Joeckel |
1928 - 1935 | Professor of Library Science |
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Carolyn Olivia Frost |
1977 - 2010 |
Professor of Information Interim Dean of Information |
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Cecil J. McHale |
1938 - 1948 | Professor of Library Science |
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Charles Hargis Davis |
1971 - 1976 | Associate Professor of Library Science |
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Charlotte Irene Hayner |
1954 - 1963 | Associate Professor of Library Science |
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Constance O. Rinehart |
1948 - 1988 | Professor of Information and Library Studies |
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David W. Hessler |
1977 - 1998 | Professor of Information |
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Donald E. Riggs |
1991 - 1996 |
Professor of Information and Library Studies Dean of the University Library |
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E. Walford Erickson |
1970 - 1972 | Visiting Professor of Library Science |
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Edmon Lowe |
1967 - 1972 | Professor of Library Science |
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Edwin M. Cortez |
1979 - 1983 | Assistant Professor of Library Science |
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Frederick H. Wagman |
1953 - 1982 | Professor of Library Science |
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Gary M. Olson |
1975 - 2008 |
Professor of Human-Computer Interacton Professor of Information Professor of Psychology |
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George W. Whitbeck |
1970 - 1973 | Assistant Professor of Library Science |
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Gwendolyn S. Cruzat |
1970 - 1993 |
Professor of Library Science Professor of Information |
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Harland Abbott Carpenter |
1936 - 1937 | Assistant Profesor of Library Science |
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Harry E. Whitmore |
1973 - 1976 | Assistant Professor of Library Science |
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Helen L. Snoke |
1969 - 1989 |
Professor of Information and Library Studies Associate Professor Emerita of Education |
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Jeanette Mosey |
1981 | Assistant Professor of Library Science |
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Joan C. Durrance |
1979 - 2011 | Professor of Information |
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Jose-Marie Griffiths |
1997 | Professor of Information |
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Judith Hopkins |
1973 - 1976 | Assistant Professor of Library Science |
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Judith Spencer Olson |
1970 - 2008 |
Richard W. Pew Collegiate Professor of Human Computer Interaction Professor of Information Professor of Psychology |
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Julie Beth Todaro |
1980 - 1985 | Assistant Professor of Library Science |
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Kathleen Garland |
1991 - 1995 | Assistant Professor of Information and Library Studies |
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Layton B. Murphy |
1961 - 1966 | Assistant Professor of Library Science |
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Margaret Mann |
1926 - 1938 | Associate Professor of Library Science |
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Mary Duncan Isbell |
1956 - 1966 | Professor of Library Science |
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Mary Eunice Wead |
1917 - 1944 |
Associate Professor of Library Science Curator of Rare Books in the General Library |
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Mary Prescott Parsons |
1933 |
Assistant Professor of Library Science 1933 Special Lecturer 1936 Visiting Professor of Library Science 1952-1953 |
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Maurita Peterson Holland |
1972 - 2007 | Associate Professor of Information |
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Miranda Hsu-Yung |
1986 - 1995 | Professor of Information and Library Studies |
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Raymond E. Durrance |
1975 | Assistant Professor of Library Science |
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Raymond Lincoln Kilgour |
1944 - 1968 | Professor of Library Science |
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Richard M. Dougherty |
1978 - 1997 |
Professor of Library Science Dean of Library Science |
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Robert H. Muller |
1954 - 1971 | Professor of Library Science |
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Robert M. Warner |
1957 - 1980 1985 - 1990 |
Professor of History Director of the Michigan Historical Collections Professor of Library Science |
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Ronald R. Powell |
1979 - 1986 | Assistant Professor of Library Science |
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Rose Mary Magrill |
1970 - 1981 | Professor of Library Science |
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Rose Vainstein |
1968 - 1982 |
Margaret Mann Professor of Library Science Professor 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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Russell E. Bidlack |
1965 - 1985 |
Professor of Library Science Dean of Library Science |
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Sidney Bancroff Mitchell |
1926 - 1927 | Professor of Library Science |
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Thomas P. Slavens |
1965 - 2003 | Professor of Information and Library Studies |
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Wallace J. Bonk |
1957 - 1979 |
Professor of Library Science Chair of Library Science Dean of Library Science |
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Walter B. Panko |
1992 - 1995 | Professor of Information and 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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Warren G. Palmer |
1970 - 1985 | Associate Professor of Education & Library Science |
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William J. Weichlein |
1952 - 1982 |
Professor of Music and Library Science Chair Department of Music History/Musicology |
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William P. Birmingham |
1988 - 2003 |
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Associate Professor of Music Associate Professor of Information |
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William Warner Bishop |
1915 - 1941 |
Librarian of the University Professor of Library Science Chair of Library Science |