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Ralph M. Gibson
Ralph M. Gibson, professor emeritus of psychology in pediatrics and communicable diseases, died June 8, 2001 at home after suffering a heart attack. He was 42.
Thomas was married Toni Hoover. She survives him.
After receiving his medical degree in 1988 from the U-M, Thomas served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. He completed a tour of duty in Panama and a three-year tour as director of the outpatient clinic at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Mount Clemens.
In 1996, Thomas completed his anesthesiology residency at the U-M and joined the Department of Anesthesiology, working both as a clinician and assistant professor of anesthesiology. He also had staff privileges at the Veterans Administration Medical Center.
Thomas was a member of the American Society of Anesthesiology, the Harvard Alumni Association of Southeastern Michigan and the University Musical Society. He enjoyed the performing arts, traveling, sports, cooking and gardening.
In addition to his wife and mother, Thomas is survived by sisters Kimberly Humes, Jacqueline Thomas and Christina Thomas; and a brother, Anthony Thomas.
Hyman Kornbluh
Hyman Kornbluh, a well-known labor educator and organizer, died June 5, 2001 at Arbor Hospice. He was 80.
Wilson was married Vera Jean Fouch Aug. 31, 1946.
Wilson graduated from Wayne State University and received a Ph.D. in psychology from the U-M. He began his professional career as a student counselor in Vermont. Later, he came to Ann Arbor to work for the Argus Camera Co. In the early 1960s, Wilson joined the U-M Extension Service as director of correspondence study. In 1971, Wilson was named an assistant director of the Extension Service but retained the responsibility of director of the Department of Independent and Correspondence Study.
One of Wilson’s major contributions to continuing higher education was the transformation of the conventional correspondence course (by mail) to an independent study course. Wilson and several of his counterparts from other major universities, under the auspices of the National University Continuing Education Association, discussed the problems most correspondence study students had studying on their own: These students did not meet in regular class settings. They did not have classmates to share ideas with. They did not meet face to face with an instructor. They had to motivate themselves to study a course outline and do the assignments; in fact, they were studying independently.
Wilson and his colleagues worked with their respective faculties to find ways to motivate students to study independently more effectively. Thus, old courses were revised, and new courses were written, to include such motivators as self-help tests, periodic summaries, audio tapes, and scheduled telephone conferences between the student and the instructor.
Wilson also was an artist. His portrait drawings and photographic skills were legendary. Several years ago, there was an exhibition of his photographs of flowers.
Wilson is survived by his wife; his daughter, Jude (Mark Hassett) of Ann Arbor; sons Jon of Ann Arbor, Tim (Ruth) of Chelsea, Toby (Cindy) of Romeo and Michael (Alison) of Pinckney; grandchildren Emily, Joshua, Liviya, Eliza, Jacob, Jesse, Clayton, Samuel, Camran, Joseph, Sarah, Anna, Robert and Nicholas; brothers John of Ann Arbor and William of Traverse City; and many nieces and nephews.
Marcellus L. Wiedenbeck
Marcellus Wiedenbeck born Oct. 11, 1919, in Lancaster, N.Y., the son of George and Catherine Roskey Wiedenbeck. After graduation from Canisius College in 1941, he received a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Notre Dame in 1945. During World War II, he taught physics to military officers at the University of Notre Dame and took part in research supporting the Manhattan Project.
In 1946 Wiedenbeck joined the U-M Department of Physics, serving on the faculty until his retirement in 1986. At U-M he taught both large undergraduate lecture courses and advanced seminars and coauthored numerous research articles in the field of nuclear spectroscopy including the 5th edition of the textbook Electrical Measurements. He chaired the doctoral thesis committees of 40 graduate students. Wiedenbeck served as associate chairman of the Department of Physics, 1978–86, and co-chaired the Engineering Physics Program for many years. In 1984 he received the Amoco Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching.
Wiedenbeck was married to Jane Kathryn Young from 1946 until her death in 1974. He is survived by his second wife, Betty Nieset Wiedenbeck, of Boulder, Colo.; and by six children and their families: Mary George of Trenton, N.J.; Mark Wiedenbeck of Altadena, Calif.; Susan Wiedenbeck of Merion, Pa.; Peter Wiedenbeck of Olivette, Mo.; Jan Wiedenbeck of Blacksburg, Va.; Michael Wiedenbeck of Potsdam, Germany. He also is survived by his sister, Rose Arns of Buffalo, N.Y.
A memorial fund has been established at the University of Michgan to benefit the Department of Physics. At the family’s request, checks made payable to the University of Michigan can be sent to the Marcellus L. Wiedenbeck Fund, College of LS&A;, Office of Development and External Relations, 524 S. Main St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2921.
