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List of Professors
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Linda Goad |
1974 - 2000 |
Adjunct Professor Natural Resources Research Scientist, Great Lake & Aquatic Sciences |
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Joseph E. Swierzbinsk |
1988 - 1994 | Assistant Professor Economics, Natural Resources |
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Lisa Marie Curran |
1996 - 2001 | Assistant Professor of Ecology and Environmental Biology, Biology |
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Carol Adaire Jones |
1984 - 1989 | Assistant Professor of Economics, Natural Resources |
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Ronald T. Rollet |
1977 - 1983 | Assistant Professor of Environmental Communications, Natural Resources |
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Paul E. Marshall |
1976 - 1982 | Assistant Professor of Forestry |
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Robert Craig |
1920 | Assistant Professor of Forestry |
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James Henry Pottinger |
1914 - 1920 | Assistant Professor of Forestry |
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John Wilcox Brown |
1949 - 1955 | Assistant Professor of Forestry |
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Ned Dearborn |
1928 | Assistant Professor of Forestry & Conservation |
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Ernest V. Jotter |
1924 - 1930 | Assistant Professor of Forestry & Conservation |
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Heather A. Clendenin |
1993 - 1995 | Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture |
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Constance M. Boris |
1980 - 1985 | Assistant Professor of Natural Resources |
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Richard J. Brazee |
1986 | Assistant Professor of Natural Resources |
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Susan W. Vince |
1978 - 1981 | Assistant Professor of Natural Resources |
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Thomas A. Thomson |
1986 - 1993 | Assistant Professor of Natural Resources |
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Glenn L. Smith |
1989 - 1992 | Assistant Professor of Natural Resources |
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Emily D. Silverman |
1999 - 2006 | Assistant Professor of Natural Resources |
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Kenneth H. Shapiro |
1972 - 1983 | Assistant Professor of Natural Resources |
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Daniel D. Richter Jr |
1984 - 1987 | Assistant Professor of Natural Resources |
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Dale Leslie Rabe |
1980 | Assistant Professor of Natural Resources |
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Ronald D. Drobney |
1978 - 1983 | Assistant Professor of Natural Resources |
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Ernest A. H. Woodman |
1957 - 1978 |
Assistant Professor of Natural Resources Professor of Military Science Chair Department of Military Science |
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Mary Carol Rossiter Hunter |
2006 - 2009 | Assistant Professor of Natural Resources and Environment |
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Terry L. Root |
1988 - 2002 | Assistant Professor of Natural Resources, Biology |
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David S. Ellsworth |
2004 - 2006 | Assistant Professor of Place Ecophysiology |
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George Sylvester Hunt |
1953 - 1971 | Associate Profesor of Wildlife Management |
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Thomas C. Wang |
1977 - 1985 | Associate Professor Landscape Architecture, Natural Resources |
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Alvin L. Jensen |
1973 - 2005 | Associate Professor of Biometry |
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Steven R. Brechin |
1996 - 2004 | Associate Professor of Environmental Sociology |
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Howard M. Wight |
1928 - 1942 | Associate Professor of Forest Zoology |
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Leigh Jarvis Young |
1911 - 1920 |
Associate Professor of Forestry Mayor of Ann Arbor 1941-1945 |
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Norman C Franz |
1953 - 1968 | Associate Professor of Forestry |
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Elizabeth A. Brabec |
1997 - 2004 | Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture |
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Robert F. Scheele |
1973 | Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture |
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Peter M. Pollack |
1973 - 1986 | Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture |
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Kenrick I Grandison |
1993 - 2001 | Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture |
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Archibald B. Cowan |
1975 |
Associate Professor of Natural Resources Director of Camp Filibert |
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Paul F. Nowak |
1974 - 1999 | Associate Professor of Natural Resources |
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Glenn Bruneau |
1962 - 1973 | Associate Professor of Natural Resources |
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Richard N.L. Andrews |
1972 - 1982 | Associate Professor of Natural Resources and Urban and Regional Planning |
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Stewart D. Marquis Jr. |
1968 - 1986 | Associate Professor of Planning |
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Gunter Schramm |
1969 - 1983 | Associate Professor of Resource Economics |
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Stanley A. Cain |
1950 - 1973 |
Charles Lathrop Pack Professor of Conservation and Professor of Botany Chairman of Dept. of Conservation Director of the Institute for Environmental Quality |
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Garry D. Brewer |
1991 - 1998 |
Dean of School of Natural Resources Professor of Resource Management Policy Professor of Business Administration |
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Gustav Robinson Gregory |
1952 - 1983 | George Willis Pack Professor |
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Willett F. Ramsdell |
1913 - 1951 | George Willis Pack Professor of Forest Land Management |
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Charles Albert Davis |
1901 - 1908 |
Instructor in Forestry Curator of Botanical Herbarium - Dept of Botany |
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Paul D. Dalke |
1928 |
Instructor in Forestry & Conservation Research Assistant 1934- |
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Newell Norton |
1928 - 1932 | Jr. Instructor in Forestry & Conservation |
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Bill H. Wilford |
1931 - 1932 | Junior Instructor in Forestry & Conservation |
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Olenus Lee Sponsler |
1912 - 1917 |
Junior Professor of Forestry Assistant Professor of Botany |
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Jonathan W. Bulkley |
1968 - 2011 |
Peter M. Wege Professor of Sustainable Systems Professor of Resources Policy Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering |
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Warren “Herb” Wagner |
1951 - 1991 |
Profesor of Botany & Natural Resources Chair Department of Botany Director Matthaei Botanical Gardens 1966-1971 |
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John Stephen Lansing |
1995 - 1999 | Professor of Anthropology, Natural Resources |
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Alfred M Beeton |
1976 - 1986 |
Professor of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences Professor of Natural Resources |
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Lyle E Craine |
1961 |
Professor of Conservation Chair Department of Conservation 1961-1967 |
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Richard Lee Weaver |
1954 - 1964 | Professor of conservation |
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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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Ayers Brinser |
1961 - 1967 | Professor of Environmental Health, Resource Economics |
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John E Bardach |
1953 - 1971 |
Professor of Fisheries Associate Professor of Zoology |
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Robert Zahner |
1959 - 1973 | Professor of Forest Botany |
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Dow V. Baxter |
1919 - 1966 | Professor of Forest Pathology |
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Harrison L. Morton |
1966 - 2000 |
Professor of Forest Pathology Director of Arboretum 1986-1999 |
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Earl Forest O’Roke |
1929 - 1957 | Professor of Forest Zoology |
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Earl Cleveland O'Roke |
1929 - 1957 | Professor of Forest Zoology |
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John R. Bassett |
1968 - 1994 1994 - 1996 2000 - 2001 |
Professor of Forestry Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Natural Resources |
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Douglas A Mackinnon |
1977 - 1985 | Professor of Forestry |
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Samuel Trask Dana |
1927 - 1953 |
Professor of Forestry Dean of School of Natural Resources |
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Stanley George Fontanna |
1951 - 1963 |
Professor of Forestry Dean of Natural Resources |
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Gary Fowler |
1969 - 1999 |
Professor of Forestry & Biometry George Willis Pack Professor of Forestry |
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John Witter |
1972 |
Professor of Forestry & Biometry George Willis Pack Professor of Forest Entomology |
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John Carow |
1947 - 1979 |
Professor of Forestry Management Director of Camp Filibert Roth |
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Kenneth Davis |
1949 - 1967 |
Professor of Forestry Management Chairman of Forestry |
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Donald M. Matthews |
1927 - 1948 | Professor of Forestry Management |
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Shirley Walter Allen |
1928 - 1954 | Professor of Forestry Management |
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Charles W. Cares Jr. |
1956 - 1986 |
Professor of Landscape Architecture Chair Landscape Architecture 1969-1978 Director of Arboretum 1968-1986 |
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Kenneth J. Polakowski |
1968 - 1998 | Professor of Landscape Architecture |
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William J. Johnson |
1958 - 1989 |
Professor of Landscape Architecture Dean of the School of Natural Resources |
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Walter Louis Chambers |
1958 - 1973 |
Professor of Landscape Architecture Director of Arboretum 1958-1968 |
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James R. Boyle |
1973 - 1981 | Professor of Natural Resources |
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Eugene F. Stoermer |
1976 - 2005 | Professor of Natural Resources |
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Stephen B. Preston |
1950 - 1985 |
Professor of Natural Resources Associate Dean of School of Natural Resources |
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Richard L. Patterson |
1970 - 1996 | Professor of Natural Resources |
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Charles E. Olson |
1964 - 1999 |
Professor of Natural Resources Dean of School of Natural Resources |
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Richard Keith Arnold |
1965 - 1969 |
Professor of Natural Resources Dean of Natural Resources |
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Daniel A. Mazmanian |
1996 |
Professor of Natural Resources and Environment Dean of School of Natural Resources |
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Gary E. Belovsky |
1980 - 1991 | Professor of Natural Resources, Biology |
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Claire L. Schelske |
1976 - 1987 | Professor of Natural Resources, Limnology |
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James (Jim) E. Crowfoot |
1970 - 1994 |
Professor of Natural Resources, Urban Planning and Regional Planning Dean of School of Natural Resources |
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Donald N. Michael |
1970 - 1981 |
Professor of Psychology Professor of Planning and Public Policy |
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William B. Stapp |
1964 - 1994 |
Professor of Resource Planning and Conservation Arthur F. Thurnau Professor |
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William D. Drake |
1964 - 2003 | Professor of Resource Policy and Conservation, Urban, Technological, and Environmental Planning |
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Stephen H. Spurr |
1952 - 1971 |
Professor of Silviculture Acting Chair Forestry Department Chair Institute of Public Policy |
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James T. McFadden |
1969 - 1977 |
Professor of Wildlife & Fisheries Chair of Wildlife & Fisheries Dean School of Natural Resources |
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Dale R. McCullough |
1966 - 1980 | Professor of Wildlife Management |
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Warren William Chase |
1945 - 1966 |
Professor of Wildlife Management Chair Department of Wildlife Management |
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William Kynoch |
1927 - 1953 | Professor of Wood Tchnology |
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Karl Frank Lagler |
1940 - 1983 |
Professor of Zoology Professor of Natural Resources |
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Frank F. Hooper |
1948 - 1986 | Professor of Zoology, Fisheries |
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George Carignan |
1959 - 2004 | Research Scientist |
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Patrick C. West |
1977 - 2000 | Samuel T. Dana Associate Professor of Outdoor Recreation, Natural Resources |
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Stewart Ross Tocher |
1965 - 1981 | Samuel T. Dana Professor of Outdoor Recreation |
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David Foster Hales |
1981 | Samuel Trask Dana Professor of Outdoor Recreation |
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Burton V. Barnes |
1958 - 2006 |
Stephen H. Spurr Professor Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Professor of Forestry |
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Lee R. Martin |
1963 - 1964 | Visiting Professor of Resource Economics |