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Jane G. Likert
Jane Gibson Likert married Rensis Likert, also a U-M graduate, and they moved to New York and later Washington, D.C. They returned to Ann Arbor in 1946 when Rensis Likert became the founding director of the Survey Research Center (Institute for Social Research).
Jane Likert was a founder of the Center for the Education of Women (1964) and a project director and counselor there in 196569.
In much of Rensis Likert's influential writing on organizations, Jane Likert was an active and gratefully acknowledged collaborator. They co-authored New Ways of Managing Conflict (McGraw-Hill, 1976).
Beyond the University, Jane Likert's organizational ability made her a leader in the League of Women Voters, both locally and nationally. She also served as chair of the board of Rensis Likert Associates, a survey and consulting group founded shortly after Rensis Likert's retirement from the University in 1970. And in Hawaii, as in Ann Arbor, the Likert home was a place of welcome for friends as well as family.
Jane Likert is survived by her sister, Elizabeth Morrison Hunter of Hanover, N.H.; her daughter and son-in-law, Elizabeth and Martin David of Madison, Wis.; her daughter and son-in-law, Patricia and James Pohlman of Columbus, Ohio; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Research Fund of the Center for the Education of Women or the charity of one's choice. A memorial service will be held in Ann Arbor at a later date.
Jonathan King
Jonathan King, U-M professor emeritus of architecture and recently retired visiting professor at Texas A&M University College of Architecture, died Nov. 11, 1997 after a month-long illness. He was 85.
Lyon attended Wayne State University and the U-M, from which he held four degrees, a B.S.E. in electrical engineering and in mathematics and an M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering.
Prior to joining the U-M he was on the faculty at the Johns Hopkins University and Northwestern University, where he also was chair of electrical engineering for six years. He was with the U-M for 23 years and served one year as interim chair of the department.
He served in the Navy during World War II in radar and electronic development.
Lyon was the author and co-author of numerous technical papers and was a consultant to the U.S. Army for the protection of electric power systems from nuclear detonations.
He was cited as a Distinguished Alumnus by the College of Engineering and received the Western Electric Fund Award for Excellence in Instruction of Engineering Students and the Stephen S. Attwood Distinguished Engineering Achievement Award. He served as president of the National Electronics Conference and national president of Eta Kappa Nu, and was a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Lyon was preceded in death by his wife, Betty. He is survived by his son, William, of Ada, Okla.; daughter, Nancy, of Ann Arbor; and granddaughters, Laura Curtis and Beth Kirton, both of Ann Arbor.
Memorial contributions may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, 1432 Washtenaw Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48104.
Raleigh Morgan Jr.
Raleigh Morgan Jr., professor emeritus of Romance linguistics, born Nov. 12, 1916, in Nashville, Tenn., and graduated from high school at age 16.
His wife, Virginia Moss, preceded him in death in 1993, as did his daughter Phyllis Adrien.
He is survived by daughters Carol Russell (Donald) of Rockville, Md., and Jill Burrows (Stanley) of Cambridge, Mass.; grandchildren Gwyneth and Jeremy Bragdon of Ann Arbor and Donna, Joan, Jeanette and Suzanne Russell of Maryland; and great-grandchildren Anais Bragdon-Ducasse and Giovanni Russell.
Memorial tributes may be made to the American Diabetes Association or to the U-M for a scholarship to be established in his name.
Clifford P. Lillya
Clifford P. Lillya, professor emeritus of music, born Jan. 20, 1910, in Joliet, Ill. He began his trumpet studies in the public schools of Joliet, but by his sophomore year in high school was studying with H.A. VanderCook at the VanderCook College of Music in Chicago. Regarded as a trumpet player of exceptional promise, Lillya won first place in the State Solo Contest for all instruments in 1925, and a year later was again awarded first place in a similar state cornet contest. A year after graduating from high school, Lillya auditioned for Edward Llewellyn and was offered a membership in the Chicago Civic Orchestra, an offer he declined in favor of attending VanderCook College of Music. He received his bachelor of music degree from that institution in 1931, and a master of music degree from Northwestern University, where he studied with Veran Florent, in 1944.
After teaching instrumental music at Chicago's Van Steuben Junior High School, and at Englewood and Marshall High Schools in Chicago, Lillya came to Michigan and joined the School of Music faculty in 1947. Considered one of the very finest teachers of cornet and trumpet in the world, Lillya's students enjoyed formidable success in prominent performing and teaching positions across the United States. Four of Lillya's students were recipients of the Stanley Medal, the highest honor an undergraduate student at the School of Music can receive.
Well known as an adjudicator and as a conductor of music clinics, Lillya also was the author of articles, musical arrangements and instructional texts, including the celebrated Lillya Cornet Method. In 1971, he was named chair of the Department of Wind and Percussion Instruments, succeeding William D. Revelli.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Clifford P. Lillya Scholarship Fund, School of Music, 1100 Baits Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2085.
