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Alfred G. Meyer
Alfred G. Meyer, professor emeritus of political science and former director of the Center for Russian and East European Studies, Born Feb. 5, 1920, in Bielefeld, Germany, Meyer immigrated to the United States in 1939. He served in the U.S. Army, and was promoted to the intelligence division as a prisoner of war interrogator. After World War II, he worked as a counter-intelligence official in Germany.
Meyer received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1950. He taught in the political science departments at Michigan State University before coming to the
U-M in 1966. He was the recipient of the Amoco Good Teaching Award in 1977 and the Sinclair Award for Freshman-Sophomore Counseling in 1979. He retired in 1990.
Meyer was a noted authority on Marxism, Leninism and the Soviet political system, and the author of several books including Marxism: The Unity of Theory and Practice, Leninism, Communism, and The Soviet Political System.
Meyer is survived by brother Hajo who lives in the Netherlands; wife Eva and son Stefan of Ann Arbor; and daughter Vera of Malden, Mass.
Memorial contributions may be sent to Covenant House, Habitat for Humanity or the Nature Conservatory.
Findlay C. Penix
Findlay C. Penix, professor emeritus of education, Born in Spokane, Wash., Penix completed his bachelor's degree in English and education at Eastern Washington University in 1941, his master's degree in curriculum development in 1948 from Columbia University, and his Ph.D. at Northwestern University in 1955.
Penix was a decorated Army infantry captain serving during World War II. He resumed teaching in 1947. In 1949-53, he was an instructor in education at the State University of New York, Potsdam, and in 1953-55 held a similar position at Northwestern University. Penix came to the U-M in 1955 as an assistant professor of education, was promoted to associate professor in 1963 and professor in 1970.
Penix taught graduate and undergraduate students, offering courses in general elementary teaching methods, elementary school curriculum and elementary school social studies. He was the author of several articles on social studies education for The Elementary School Journal and Social Education. Penix also co-authored the book Teaching the Social Studies and contributed chapters to Current Research in Social Studies, New Challenges in the Social Studies and Readings on Elementary Social Studies: Prologue to Change.
Penix served as coordinator of the Elementary Directed Teaching Program from 1963 until his retirement in 1980 and chaired the Student Teaching Committee for 10 years. He was a member of St. Peter the Fisherman Episcopal Church, loved gardening, music and being near the ocean.
Penix is survived by his wife Isabel of New Smyrna Beach; daughter Susan Steinhouse and her husband Sam of Moreland Hills, Ohio; brother Gordon Penix of Seattle, Wash.; sister Janet Kelly of Waldport, Org.; two grandsons Justin and Nicholas Steinhouse; and several nieces and nephews.
Memorial donations may be made to a charity of one's choice.
John G. Wagner
John G. Wagner, the John G. Searle Professor Emeritus of Pharmaceutics in the College of Pharmacy and professor emeritus of pharmacology in the Medical School, Born in Weston, Ontario, Canada, in 1921, Wagner served in the Canada Air Force during World War II, then worked as a research scientist for the Upjohn Co. in 1953-68, joining the U-M in 1968.
Wagner was the author of two books and co-author of more than 340 articles. Throughout his life, he received numerous awards, including the American Pharmaceutical Association (AphA) Ebert Prize, 1961; Academy Fellow of the AphA Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1969; the Centennial Achievement Award, Ohio State University, 1970; the Host-Madsen Medal, Federation Internationale Pharmaceutique, 1972; Outstanding Leadership and Research Award, Delta Chapter of Phi Lambda Epsilon, 1983; AAPS Fellow, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, 1986; and Distinguished Professor, Michigan Association of Governing Boards, 1988.
Following retirement, Wagner worked as a consultant to Upjohn, Schering Corp., Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis, the Food and Drug Administration and others.
Wagner is survived by his wife Eunice; two daughters, Wendy Lynn Fisher of Mountain View, Wy., and Linda Beth Seiss of Florence, S.C.; four grandchildren; and brother, George H. Wagner of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Memorial contributions may be made to the College of Pharmacy or to the Graduate Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, 19 Russell St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S-252.
Maiteland Robert La Motte
Maiteland Robert La Motte, retired chief photographer for News and Information Services, preceded in death by his first wife, Trixie (1982); his brother Malcolm (1984); two sons, Gerald Ray (1948) and George Robert (1984); and one grandson, William Maiteland La Motte (1978).
He is survived by his second wife of 16 years, Betty Turner La Motte of Kentucky; two sons, Jim of East Lansing and Tim of Howell; one daughter, Jeannine of Howell; seven step-children; four grandchildren; 16 step-grandchildren; one great grandson; and three step-great grandchildren.
Paul Makanowitzky
Paul Makanowitzky, whose commitment to the highest musical standards touched every facet of the School of Music and changed it for the better, Born in Sweden to Russian parents on June 20, 1920, he began his violin studies at age four with Ivan Galmaian at the Russian Conservatory in Paris. He also was a pupil of Jacques Thibaud and Nadia Boulanger.
In appearances with orchestras in Europe and the United States, Makanowitzky performed under such renowned conductors as Boulanger, Golschamnn, Koussevitsky, Monteux, Paray and Ozawa.
His recordings include the Brahms Concerto with the Munich Philharmonic, 12 Vivaldi Concerti (Opus 9, Le cetra) with the Vienna State Orchestra, two Mozart concerti with the Saar Chamber Orchestra, and the complete piano-violin sonatas of Beethoven, Brahms and J.S. Bach with pianist Noel Lee. The Bach recording was awarded the Grand Prix du Disque.
Before joining the U-M in 1970, Makanowitzky held appointments at the Juilliard School, the Curtis Institute of Music and Meadowmount School of Music. He also was a visiting professor at Brandeis University, Toho-Gaukuen in Tokyo and the Royal Conservatory in Toronto.
He is survived by his wife, Barbara.
