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Arthur F. Southwick
Arthur F. Southwick, professor emeritus of health services management and policy at the School of Public Health and professor emeritus of business law at the Business School, died Feb. 12, 1997 at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital. He was 86.
An expert in the heating and air conditioning field, Akerman had a diverse career bridging industry and academia and combining research and teaching.
Akerman joined the U-M faculty in 1956 following 11 years of work as an industrial engineer and nine years on the mechanical engineering faculty of the University of Wisconsin. From 1956 until his retirement from the U-M in 1980, he was an associate professor of mechanical engineering. After 1967, he held an additional appointment as associate professor of mechanical engineering in architecture. Following his retirement from the University, Akerman formed a private consulting business in the field of heating, air conditioning and ventilation.
During his professional career, Akerman was active in research and teaching in the heat transfer and thermal fluids areas. Through combined courses with the College of Architecture and Urban Planning, he taught heating and air conditioning to many engineering and architecture students.
Akerman received a B.S. degree from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1932, an M.S. from the U-M in 1933 and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin in 1952.
He was a member of the American Society of Heating and Air Conditioning Engineers, the American Society for Engineering Education and Sigma Xi. He also was a charter member and elder of Ann Arbor's Westminster Presbyterian Church.
Akerman is survived by his wife, Martha of Ann Arbor; his son, Thomas Kelly of Ypsilanti, his daughter, Jane Schepler of Fenton; a sister, Elizabeth Withrow of Morganton, N.C.; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
Cremation has already taken place and a memorial service was held Feb. 22. Memorial contributions may be made to the Westminster Presbyterian Memorial Fund or the Michigan Heart and Vascular Institute at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Morris Greenhut
Morris Greenhut, professor emeritus of English, born Aug. 22, 1908, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Poland) and came to the United States in 1920 when his family moved to Detroit.
He is survived by wife Jacquelyne of Ann Arbor; son Christopher, daughter-in-law Darlene and grandson Nikolas of Colorado Springs, Colo.; and sister Gloria Middledorf of Florence, Italy.
A memorial service was held Feb. 21.
Memorial contributions may be made to the U-M Alzheimer Disease Research Study, c/o Norman Foster, Department of Neurology, U-M Medical Center, 1920/0316 Taubman Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0316; or to Hospice of Washtenaw, 806 Airport Blvd., Ann Arbor, MI 48108.
Ross Lee Finney
Ross Lee Finney, professor emeritus of music and composer-in-residence emeritus, died Feb. 1, 1997 in Kalamazoo. He was 92.
An expert on geological mapping and a consultant to NASA's first manned lunar mission, Goddard taught at the U-M for 24 years. "Eddie was the quintessential field geologist," says Henry N. Pollack, professor of geological sciences. "He directed the department's summer field camp for years. More than anything, he loved being out among the rocks."
Goddard first came to Ann Arbor as an undergraduate in 1923 and subsequently earned three U-M degrees---a B.A. in 1927, M.S. in 1928 and Ph.D. in 1936. He served as an instructor in geology from 1928 to 1930, when he joined the staff of the U.S. Geological Survey where he worked as principal geologist and geological map editor and published several articles on mining districts in the western United States.
In 1949, he returned to the U-M as a professor of geology and director of geological field work. Goddard served as chair of the geology department from 1951 to 1956. He retired from U-M in 1970 and moved to California. He was living in Portage, Mich., at the time of his death.
As consultant to the NASA Geology Experiments Team, he was part of a team of geologists who directed astronauts in their geological experiments during the first manned lunar landing and analyzed rock samples collected on the moon.
Goddard was active in many professional organizations including the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Geological Society of America, the Mineralogical Society of America, American Geophysical Union, the Michigan Geological Society and Sigma Xi.
Goddard is survived by his wife, Betty Stumm of Portage; three daughters, Patricia Vavrick of Blaine, Wash., Judy Goddard of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Bobbie Lam of Kalamazoo; three stepchildren, Virginia Christensen of Peterborough, N.H., Diana Stumm of Palo Alto, Calif., and Ernie Stumm of Portage; and seven grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be sent to the Summer Field Camp Fund, c/o Dept. of Geological Sciences, 2534 C.C. Little Bldg., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1063.
