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Benning Dexter
Benning Dexter, professor emeritus in the School of Music, died in 1969. Memorial contributions may be made to the School of Music to establish a scholarship in his name.
Betty Jean Jones
Betty Jean Jones, associate dean of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies and professor of theatre, preceded in death by her mother, Irene.
A memorial service is scheduled for 5 p.m. Thurs. (Jan. 23) at Rackham Amphitheatre, followed by a celebratory reception at Trueblood Theatre in the Frieze Building. A family service was held Jan. 15 in Albany, Ga.
Contributions to a scholarship fund in her name can be sent to the Department of Theatre and Drama, 2550 Frieze Bldg., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285, or by calling 764-5350.
R. Clay Porter
R. Clay Porter, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, died March 17, 1997 at Riverview of Ann Arbor after an extended illness resulting from Parkinson's Syndrome and related disorders. He was 76.
An educator and internationally known expert on organic polymer chemistry, Overberger also was an adviser, consultant, editor and author of hundreds of technical papers. He was responsible for the development of a large number of Ph.D. students and was a teacher for scientists from the United States and other countries.
"Prof. Overberger was an early giant in organic polymers who helped establish the field as a major subdiscipline in chemistry," said Robert L. Kuczkowski, chair of the Department of Chemistry. "His leadership in establishing the interdisciplinary degree programs in the U-M Molecular Science and Engineering Center preceded the current wide interest in these programs. He strengthened the U-M chemistry department as a researcher, teacher and chair."
Overberger was died Feb. 15, 1997 in Davis, Calif. He was 85.
A pioneering researcher in the fields of photonics, fiberoptics and solid-state electronics, Yeh was a member of the faculty for 20 years.
Yeh came to Ann Arbor in 1956 as a research engineer at Willow Run Laboratories. In 1961, he joined the faculty as an associate professor of electrical engineering and was promoted to professor in 1964.
During his long and productive career, Yeh published more than 100 papers in scholarly journals and symposium proceedings on radio electronics, microwave electronics, solid-state electronics and opto-electronics. After his retirement in 1981, Yeh published two books, Handbook on Fiber Optics (1990) and Applied Photonics (1994).
Before joining the U-M, Yeh was a visiting professor at the University of Kansas in 1948-1956. He was a research engineer at the Radio Research Institute and professor at the Southwestern Associated University in Kumming, China, in 1936-1945 and a professor at Tsinghua University in Peking, China, in 1945-1947. A native of China, he received his B.S. in electrical engineering from Chekiang University in 1932, his M.S. in 1934 and his D.Sc. in 1936 from Harvard University.
Yeh was a member of the first Distinguished Chinese-American Scholars Delegation to visit China in 1972 and returned many times to serve as an adviser to Tsinghua University and Chekiang University. He was appointed an honorary professor of the Shanghai University of Science and Technology in 1980.
He was a member of several professional and honorary societies, including the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu and Sigma Xi.
Yeh is survived by his wife, Ida, of Davis, Calif.; two sons and their wives, Yin and Elizabeth Tang Yeh of Davis, Calif., and Jen and Susan Fillin-Yeh of Portland, Ore.; a sister, Jing Guo Yeh of Ann Arbor; three granddaughters, two great-grandchildren and one nephew.
A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. on March 24 in the East Room, Pierpont Commons.
