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Keith Curtis
“Keith was a professional and a gentleman,” said Department of Public Safety (DPS) director William Bess after the funeral service for DPS police
officer Keith Curtis, who died Jan. 22, 2002 in New York City at the age of 67. D’Arms was a faculty member and administrator at U-M for 32 years. D’Arms had a long-standing affiliation with the American Academy in Rome and in 1977, on leave from Michigan, became for three years the resident director of the Academy and the A.W. Mellon professor in its School of Classical Studies.
Since 1997, D’Arms served as president of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), a non-profit federation of 64 national scholarly organizations, where he led the effort to strengthen and expand the ACLS fellowship program for scholars at all levels. D’Arms, himself, was an ACLS fellow 1971–72. In 1994, President Clinton appointed D’Arms to the Council of the National Endowment of the Humanities.
As a classicist, D’Arms was most interested in Roman social, cultural and economic history. He was the author of two books, “Romans on the Bay of Naples” (1970) and “Commerce and Social Standing in Ancient Rome” (1981), both published by Harvard University Press, as well as more than 60 scholarly articles and reviews. At his death he was working on a study of the social and cultural conventions surrounding food and drink in Roman society.
At his death, D’Arms was a trustee of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, the Polish-American Freedom Foundation and the Modern Language Association. He was a member of the American Philosophical Society and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1992. Among many other positions held during his career, he had been a trustee and a distinguished visitor at the National Humanities Center in Research Triangle Park, N.C., a trustee of Princeton University, a John Simon Guggenheim fellow and a Fulbright fellow.
D’Arms was an accomplished jazz pianist and for many years played with a Dixieland group in Ann Arbor, the Olivia Street Stompers.
In addition to his wife, Theresa, he is survived by a son, Justin, and a daughter, Helena, both of Columbus, Ohio; 2 grandchildren; and 2 brothers, Ted of Seattle, Wash., and Phillip of Manlius, N.Y.
Bernard Patrick Maloy
Bernard Patrick, “Pat,” Maloy, died Nov. 7, 2001 at the age of 71.
Weintraub’s research focused on human visual perception-constancies, sensory adaptation, non-sensory perception and the perception of form and patterns, especially visual illusions. But his work was not limited to basic research. His experience as a Navy aviator led him to applied human factors research on head-up displays in aircraft. He was a visiting scientist at the Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory in Pensacola and at NASA’s Ames Research Center. He blended basic science with applied science to solve real-world perceptual problems.
At the University, Weintraub served on many committees and in various administrative roles, including 15 years as director of the Honors Program in psychology. He was a recipient of the University’s Distinguished Service Award.
Weintraub also is remembered for his keen sense of humor and upbeat attitude that he brought to every conversation, the department’s noon bridge game and committee meetings. He was also a valued member of the Psychology Department championship softball and volleyball teams.
In 1954, he received an A.B. in Psychology from Dartmouth. After graduation he spent three years as a Navy pilot and flight instructor. In 1958 he began graduate study at the University of Illinois. Upon completion of his Ph.D. in 1962, he joined the U-M faculty and remained until his 1995 retirement.
Alfred Sussman
Alfred Sussman, who served as a professor, dean, and vice president during a 40-year career at the University of Michigan, Born July 4, 1919, in Portsmouth, Va., Sussman grew up in New York City and graduated from Eastern District High School in 1935. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Connecticut in 1941. He received a Master of Arts degree in botany in 1948 from Harvard University and a Ph.D. from Harvard in 1949.
During World War II, Sussman served for three years in the medical corps, rising from private to captain. He served in Germany, Austria, France and the Philippines.
At the University of Michigan, he authored numerous books and research papers. His research into dormancy and the control over enzyme synthesis in the pink bread mold neurospora was supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health and the American Cancer Society.
Sussman was preceded in death by his wife of 48 years, Selma. He is survived by his second wife, Eleanor; daughter Jean; sons Paul and Harold; sister Evelyn Feit, and four grandchildren. Burial was at the Arborcrest Cemetery in Ann Arbor.
The family suggests memorial donations to:
- The Alfred Sussman Fund, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, 915 E. Washington St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104.
- University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center-Development Office, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0759
- Congregation Beth Israel, 2000 Washtenaw Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48104
