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William K. Frankena
William K. Frankena, the Roy Wood Sellars Distinguished College Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, born on June 21, 1908, in Montana. He received a B.A. from Calvin College (1930), an M.A. from the U-M (1931), and an M.A. (1935) and a Ph.D. from Harvard (1937).
In 1934, Frankena was died in 1978. He is survived by their two sons, Karl R. of Ann Arbor, and Mark W. of Alexandria, Va.; four grandchildren, and one brother.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Nature Conservancy, Michigan Chapter, 2840 E. Grand River, Ste. #5, East Lansing, MI 48873.
Patricia W. Rabinovitz
Patricia W. Rabinovitz, professor emeritus of social work, Born Nov. 15, 1905, in San Francisco, Rabinovitz received a bachelor’s in 1925 and a master’s in social work in 1942, both from Wayne State University.
She is survived by her husband, Sam Rabinovitz; son, Mark (Janet) Papworth; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. She was died here Oct. 6, 1994 at age 70.
Lockett held a B.A. from Indiana University and received his M.D. from Meharry Medical College. He served his residency in adult psychiatry at the U-M and a residency in child psychiatry at the Hawthorn Center in Northville.
He held numerous positions at Hawthorn, including director of the treatment hospital, assistant director of the center and then director. He was a founder and past president of the Hawthorn Center Association and continued as a board member until his death.
He was a member of a number of professional associations and active on the Ann Arbor Board of Education. He worked with several agencies that serve children and was for many years a member of the Spaulding for Children board of directors.
He also was on the board of the Michigan Theater and the Ann Arbor Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
In the early 1970s, Lockett was one of the founding members of the Ann Arbor Black Theater and served as one of its officers and principal supporters.
He is survived by his daughter, Cherie Lockett; his father, Jesse Lockett; four sisters, Mildred Lockett Lipscombe, Marjorie Lockett Wilson, Inez Lockett Lewis and Agnew Lockett Brown, as well as four aunts and a number of cousins, nephews and nieces. His wife, Betty Griffin Lockett, died Sept. 16, 1994 at his home. He was 75 years old.
A member of the National Academy of Engineering, Richart joined the U-M as professor and chair of the Department of Civil Engineering in 1962. He served as department chair until 1969. In 1977, he was named the Walter Johnson Emmons Professor of Civil Engineering, and retired in 1986.
“Under Bill’s leadership, the civil engineering department gained national stature and recognition,” said E. Benjamin Wylie, professor and chair of civil and environmental engineering. “He was an outstanding technical leader and researcher and a recognized authority in his field of geotechnical engineering-specifically soil dynamics and vibration.”
Before joining the U-M faculty, Richart was an associate professor and professor of civil engineering at the University of Florida for 10 years. Prior to that, he was an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Harvard University and a research associate at the University of Illinois. In addition to his academic career, he served as a consultant to many governmental and private agencies.
Richart received his B.S. degree in mechanical engineering in 1940, his M.S. degree in civil engineering in 1946 and his Ph.D. degree in engineering applied mechanics and structures in 1948-all from the University of Illinois, Urbana.
Richart’s more than 70 technical publications and his textbook, Vibrations of Soils and Foundations, formed the basis of the soil dynamics specialty in civil engineering.
Richart was the recipient of many awards from the American Society of Civil Engineering, including the Terzaghi Award-the highest award given in his field of specialty. In 1969, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering-the highest professional distinction that can be conferred upon an engineer.
Richart also received an honorary degree from the University of Florida, and a College of Engineering Alumni Honor Award for Distinguished Service in Engineering from the University of Illinois.
He is survived by his wife, Betty, of Ann Arbor; son John and Nan (Jackson) of Montclair, N.J.; daughter Betsy and David Alan French of Ann Arbor; son Willard Clark and Linda (Knieja) of Ann Arbor; and six grandchildren.
Memorial gifts may be sent to the attention of Prof. E.B. Wylie, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Room 2340, G.G. Brown Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, the Humancare Endowment Fund of the Washtenaw United Way, or the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation.
Stanley A. Cain
Stanley A. Cain, former assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior and a leading figure in the development of science ecology from the 1940s through the 1970s, born June 19, 1902, in Jefferson County, Indiana. His wife, Louise Gilbert Cain, died in October 1993. He is survived by one son, Stephen, and seven grandchildren.
Family members will host an informal remembrance in Santa Cruz in several weeks.
