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Josephine B. Wenk
Josephine B. Wenk, age 77, preceded in death by her husband, Aldolph J. Wenk.
Josephine was died Oct. 5, 2000, of leukemia at University Hospital. He was 75.
Coon spent his childhood in Saginaw and completed his undergraduate education at Johns Hopkins University. Following graduation from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1949, he joined the U-M Department of Surgery as an intern. His residency was interrupted while he served as chief of surgery, U.S. Army Hospital, Augsburg, Germany, in 1953–55. He completed his postgraduate training in surgery at the U-M in 1956 and joined the faculty at that time as an instructor. He was appointed professor of surgery in 1967 and became professor emeritus in 1996.
His early clinical practice and research on venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism and anticoagulation resulted in more than 100 publications on those topics. Coon’s work on pulmonary embolism and venous thrombosis in the Tecumseh Community Study in the early 1970s is still cited by researchers in the field. He also was very interested in the metabolic consequences of surgery. By 1980, he had begun to focus on the spleen, particularly the role of splenectomy in the staging and treatment of lymphoma and leukemia. This special interest resulted in his final major publication, a monograph titled Surgical Aspects of Splenic Disease and Lymphoma, in 1998.
In the last 20 years, he had been involved primarily in caring for patients with cancer, especially those with breast cancer and melanoma. He continued to see patients until last August.
In 1962, Coon was named assistant director of the newly opened National Institutes of Health-funded Clinical Research Unit, holding that post until 1997. He played a major role in the development of the Medical School’s Institutional Review Board, serving as its chair for 25 years. His commitment to education was recognized by the establishment of an annual award, the William W. Coon Award for Excellence in Resident Teaching in the Department of Surgery. He received the Distinguished Service Award from the Medical Center Alumni Society in 1997.
Coon was a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society of Sigma Xi, Society of University Surgeons, Western Surgical Association, Central Surgical Association, Association for Academic Surgery, Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Surgical Association and Societe Internationale de Chirurgie. He was president of the Frederick A. Coller Surgical Society in 1995–96.
While he was a man of science, he also was a man of the arts, treasuring the time to listen to music and read the classics. He loved a good English mystery. Coon spent many hours baking bread and other treats. Every Christmas, he would make hundreds of tiny fruitcakes for the nurses and staff of the operating rooms, inpatient units and the clinic where he cared for patients. Since his retirement, he was learning to paint and work with clay.
Coon was married in 1985, and his two children, Kathryn Glynis Coon of Ann Arbor and Christopher Warner Coon and his wife, Christina Snyder, of Manchester. Jane Wilson Coon is an assistant professor of nursing.
Memorial contributions may be made to the William W. Coon M.D. Surgical Oncology Patient Care Fund, Medical Center Alumni and Development Office, 301 E. Liberty St., Suite 300, Ann Arbor, MI 48104.
Sergei Raygorodsky
Sergei Raygorodsky, a research engineer at the College of Engineering’s Space Physics Research Laboratory, and his wife, Liana, born Raygorodsky and his wife are survived by their son, Misha (Michael). A scholarship fund will be established for Misha by the Gandy Dancer restaurant, where Liana Raygorodsky, 37, was employed. Contributions may be sent to Grace Singleton, general manager of the Gandy Dancer, 401 Depot St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104.
Peter Fodale
The Department of Linguistics is greatly saddened to report the death of Prof. Emeritus Peter Fodale last fall, after a short illness.
A native of Detroit, he entered the U-M as a freshman after active service in the U.S. Marine Corps and received his B.A. (1952), M.A. (1957) and Ph.D. (1964) from the U-M.
Fodale began his career teaching Italian, Spanish and English as a second language while still a graduate student. Throughout his career, he was known as an inspiring and energetic teacher, and he is remembered fondly by thousands of former students as the man who introduced them to the wonders of their own and other languages. He regularly taught extension courses in addition to his popular LS&A; classes. His many dozens of Ph.D. students are distributed throughout the world in departments of linguistics, English, Romance and other languages.
When he joined LS&A; in 1964, his initial field of interest was English generative syntax, which he introduced to Michigan. In later years, he became interested in nonstandard varieties of English, including African American vernacular English, and in pidgin English and Creole languages. He compiled the first reference grammar of Papiamentu and served as an educational and language planning consultant for a number of groups, including the Peace Corps, the NAACP, and the governments of Canada, Nigeria and Netherlands Antilles.
He retired and received emeritus status in 1986. He was died Dec. 16, 2000. at her home.
She was passed away suddenly Jan. 14, 2001.
Elliker received degrees from several different universities, including a B.M. from the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music; an M.L.S. from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; and an M.A. from the University of Pittsburgh. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois and was a longtime member of the Music Library Association.
“I know I speak for the entire School of Music faculty, staff and student body when I say how shocked and saddened all of us are at the untimely passing of Calvin Elliker,” said Dean Karen Wolff. “Dr. Elliker served in a generous and wholly professional manner as head of the School of Music Library for 11 years. He will be greatly missed by all of us, and we extend our greatest sympathies to the family.”
“Calvin was an accomplished musician and outstanding scholar,” said William A. Gosling, director of the University Library. “He contributed greatly to the advancement of the Music Library, as well as more broadly to the profession through his numerous articles and professional activities. His untimely death leaves a great void in the Library family, and he will be greatly missed.”
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.
