The Faculty History Project documents faculty members who have been associated with the University of Michigan since 1837, and the history of the University's schools and colleges. This project is part of a larger effort to prepare resources for the University's bicentennial in 2017. Find out more.
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List of Professors
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James Henry Pottinger |
1914 - 1920 | Assistant Professor of Forestry |
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Karl Frank Lagler |
1940 - 1983 |
Professor of Zoology Professor of 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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Alvin L. Jensen |
1973 - 2005 | Associate Professor of Biometry |
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Archibald B. Cowan |
1975 |
Associate Professor of Natural Resources Director of Camp Filibert |
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Ayers Brinser |
1961 - 1967 | Professor of Environmental Health, Resource Economics |
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Bill H. Wilford |
1931 - 1932 | Junior Instructor in Forestry & Conservation |
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Burton V. Barnes |
1958 - 2006 |
Stephen H. Spurr Professor Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Professor of Forestry |
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Carol Adaire Jones |
1984 - 1989 | Assistant Professor of Economics, Natural Resources |
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Charles Albert Davis |
1901 - 1908 |
Instructor in Forestry Curator of Botanical Herbarium - Dept of Botany |
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Charles E. Olson |
1964 - 1999 |
Professor of Natural Resources Dean of School of Natural Resources |
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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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Claire L. Schelske |
1976 - 1987 | Professor of Natural Resources, Limnology |
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Constance M. Boris |
1980 - 1985 | Assistant Professor of Natural Resources |
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Dale Leslie Rabe |
1980 | Assistant Professor of Natural Resources |
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Dale R. McCullough |
1966 - 1980 | Professor of Wildlife Management |
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Daniel A. Mazmanian |
1996 |
Professor of Natural Resources and Environment Dean of School of Natural Resources |
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Daniel D. Richter Jr |
1984 - 1987 | Assistant Professor of Natural Resources |
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David Foster Hales |
1981 | Samuel Trask Dana Professor of Outdoor Recreation |
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David S. Ellsworth |
2004 - 2006 | Assistant Professor of Place Ecophysiology |
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Donald M. Matthews |
1927 - 1948 | Professor of Forestry Management |
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Donald N. Michael |
1970 - 1981 |
Professor of Psychology Professor of Planning and Public Policy |
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Douglas A Mackinnon |
1977 - 1985 | Professor of Forestry |
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Dow V. Baxter |
1919 - 1966 | Professor of Forest Pathology |
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Earl Cleveland O'Roke |
1929 - 1957 | Professor of Forest Zoology |
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Earl Forest O’Roke |
1929 - 1957 | Professor of Forest Zoology |
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Elizabeth A. Brabec |
1997 - 2004 | Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture |
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Emily D. Silverman |
1999 - 2006 | 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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Ernest V. Jotter |
1924 - 1930 | Assistant Professor of Forestry & Conservation |
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Eugene F. Stoermer |
1976 - 2005 | Professor of Natural Resources |
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Frank F. Hooper |
1948 - 1986 | Professor of Zoology, Fisheries |
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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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Gary E. Belovsky |
1980 - 1991 | Professor of Natural Resources, Biology |
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Gary Fowler |
1969 - 1999 |
Professor of Forestry & Biometry George Willis Pack Professor of Forestry |
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George Carignan |
1959 - 2004 | Research Scientist |
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George Sylvester Hunt |
1953 - 1971 | Associate Profesor of Wildlife Management |
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Glenn Bruneau |
1962 - 1973 | Associate Professor of Natural Resources |
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Glenn L. Smith |
1989 - 1992 | Assistant Professor of Natural Resources |
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Gunter Schramm |
1969 - 1983 | Associate Professor of Resource Economics |
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Gustav Robinson Gregory |
1952 - 1983 | George Willis Pack Professor |
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Harrison L. Morton |
1966 - 2000 |
Professor of Forest Pathology Director of Arboretum 1986-1999 |
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Heather A. Clendenin |
1993 - 1995 | Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture |
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Howard M. Wight |
1928 - 1942 | Associate Professor of Forest Zoology |
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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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James R. Boyle |
1973 - 1981 | Professor of Natural Resources |
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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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John B. Burch |
1955 - 2001 |
Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Professor of Natural Resources & Environment Curator of Mollusks |
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John Carow |
1947 - 1979 |
Professor of Forestry Management Director of Camp Filibert Roth |
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John E Bardach |
1953 - 1971 |
Professor of Fisheries Associate Professor of 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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John Stephen Lansing |
1995 - 1999 | Professor of Anthropology, Natural Resources |
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John Wilcox Brown |
1949 - 1955 | Assistant 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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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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Joseph E. Swierzbinsk |
1988 - 1994 | Assistant Professor Economics, Natural Resources |
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Kenneth Davis |
1949 - 1967 |
Professor of Forestry Management Chairman of Forestry |
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Kenneth H. Shapiro |
1972 - 1983 | Assistant Professor of Natural Resources |
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Kenneth J. Polakowski |
1968 - 1998 | Professor of Landscape Architecture |
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Kenrick I Grandison |
1993 - 2001 | Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture |
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Lee R. Martin |
1963 - 1964 | Visiting Professor of Resource Economics |
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Leigh Jarvis Young |
1911 - 1920 |
Associate Professor of Forestry Mayor of Ann Arbor 1941-1945 |
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Linda Goad |
1974 - 2000 |
Adjunct Professor Natural Resources Research Scientist, Great Lake & Aquatic Sciences |
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Lisa Marie Curran |
1996 - 2001 | Assistant Professor of Ecology and Environmental Biology, Biology |
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Lyle E Craine |
1961 |
Professor of Conservation Chair Department of Conservation 1961-1967 |
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Mary Carol Rossiter Hunter |
2006 - 2009 | Assistant Professor of Natural Resources and Environment |
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Ned Dearborn |
1928 | Assistant Professor of Forestry & Conservation |
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Newell Norton |
1928 - 1932 | Jr. Instructor in Forestry & Conservation |
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Norman C Franz |
1953 - 1968 | Associate Professor of Forestry |
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Olenus Lee Sponsler |
1912 - 1917 |
Junior Professor of Forestry Assistant Professor of Botany |
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Patrick C. West |
1977 - 2000 | Samuel T. Dana Associate Professor of Outdoor Recreation, Natural Resources |
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Paul D. Dalke |
1928 |
Instructor in Forestry & Conservation Research Assistant 1934- |
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Paul E. Marshall |
1976 - 1982 | Assistant Professor of Forestry |
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Paul F. Nowak |
1974 - 1999 | Associate Professor of Natural Resources |
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Peter M. Pollack |
1973 - 1986 | Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture |
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Richard J. Brazee |
1986 | Assistant Professor of Natural Resources |
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Richard Keith Arnold |
1965 - 1969 |
Professor of Natural Resources Dean of Natural Resources |
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Richard L. Patterson |
1970 - 1996 | Professor of Natural Resources |
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Richard Lee Weaver |
1954 - 1964 | Professor of conservation |
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Richard N.L. Andrews |
1972 - 1982 | Associate Professor of Natural Resources and Urban and Regional Planning |
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Robert Craig |
1920 | Assistant Professor of Forestry |
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Robert F. Scheele |
1973 | Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture |
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Robert Zahner |
1959 - 1973 | Professor of Forest Botany |
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Ronald D. Drobney |
1978 - 1983 | Assistant Professor of Natural Resources |
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Ronald T. Rollet |
1977 - 1983 | Assistant Professor of Environmental Communications, Natural Resources |
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Samuel Trask Dana |
1927 - 1953 |
Professor of Forestry Dean of School of Natural Resources |
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Shirley Walter Allen |
1928 - 1954 | Professor of Forestry Management |
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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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Stanley George Fontanna |
1951 - 1963 |
Professor of Forestry Dean 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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Stephen H. Spurr |
1952 - 1971 |
Professor of Silviculture Acting Chair Forestry Department Chair Institute of Public Policy |
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Steven R. Brechin |
1996 - 2004 | Associate Professor of Environmental Sociology |
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Stewart D. Marquis Jr. |
1968 - 1986 | Associate Professor of Planning |
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Stewart Ross Tocher |
1965 - 1981 | Samuel T. Dana Professor of Outdoor Recreation |
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Susan W. Vince |
1978 - 1981 | Assistant Professor of Natural Resources |
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Terry L. Root |
1988 - 2002 | Assistant Professor of Natural Resources, Biology |
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Thomas A. Thomson |
1986 - 1993 | Assistant Professor of Natural Resources |
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Thomas C. Wang |
1977 - 1985 | Associate Professor Landscape Architecture, Natural Resources |
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Walter Louis Chambers |
1958 - 1973 |
Professor of Landscape Architecture Director of Arboretum 1958-1968 |
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Warren William Chase |
1945 - 1966 |
Professor of Wildlife Management Chair Department of Wildlife Management |
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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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Willett F. Ramsdell |
1913 - 1951 | George Willis Pack Professor of Forest Land Management |
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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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William J. Johnson |
1958 - 1989 |
Professor of Landscape Architecture Dean of the School of Natural Resources |
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William Kynoch |
1927 - 1953 | Professor of Wood Tchnology |