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Harold Cruse
Harold Cruse, former director of the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies (CAAS), born to teach. He was born March 8, 1916, in Petersburg, Va., and then moved to New York with his family. He spent four years in the Army, and was stationed in Italy, North Africa, Northern Ireland and Scotland.
He attended City College in New York after the war, but never graduated.
"Harold was a self-made academic who started writing without any training," says Bradford Perkins, professor emeritus of history. "His books were impressive."
In "Havana Up in Harlem: LeRoi Jones, Harold Cruse and the Making of a Cultural Revolution," author Cynthia Young wrote about Cruse's July 1959 visit to Cuba, where he watched the Rebel Army take over the Cuban government. The trip shaped his ideas about the relationship between First World protest and Third World revolution.
"Consideration of their political and cultural activism lends critical insight into the U.S. Third World Left, a group of African-American, U.S. Latino/a, and U.S. Asian writers, artists and activists who created cultural material and ideological links to the Third World in order to challenge U.S. economic, racial and cultural hierarchies," Young wrote.
Cruse is survived by two half-sisters and a cousin. He will be cremated and a memorial service is tentatively planned for later this month.-Jared Wadley, News Service
Frank Livingstone
Frank Livingstone, professor emeritus and pioneering anthropology researcher, born Dec. 8, 1928, in Winchester, Mass., to Guy P. Livingstone and Margery Brown Livingstone.
On Aug. 13, 1960, he born July 10, 1961. On Dec.19, 1986, she died March 21, 2005 in St. Petersburg, Fla., after a brief illness. He was 82.
"In an era in which we in public health are placing increasing emphasis on global health, it is especially poignant to learn of Bob Grosse's death," says former colleague Kenneth Warner, the Avedis Donabedian Distinguished University Professor of Public Health. "He played a significant role in bringing formal methods of health planning to public health colleagues in developing countries. Through his work alone, U-M SPH alumni groups sprouted in such countries as Indonesia."
Grosse joined the University faculty in 1968. He initiated the program in health and economic development in 1974 and was its director until 1985. He served as chair of the Department of Health Planning and Administration from 1980-82.
In 1985, he was appointed professor in the Department of Population Planning and International Health, and directed until his retirement in 1992 its international health degree program at both the master's and doctoral levels. In 1990, he was appointed professor of urban, technological and environmental planning in what was then the College of Architecture and Urban Planning.
A health-planning model Grosse developed has been used by a number of countries to help make decisions about the allocation of public funds to the health sector. His research on identifying the determinants of health status in developing countries led to studies on the effects of water supply and sanitation investments, and the relationship of literacy and education to health status. His work with the World Health Organization and other entities took him to Asia, South America, Europe, Australia and the Middle East.
"When working overseas, he was the anti-ugly American," recalls Grosse's son, Daniel. "He thoroughly immersed himself in each region's literature, culture, history and politics."
Grosse was died in 1991.
John D. Stevens
John D. Stevens, a former chair of the Department of Communication, died Aug. 23, 2005 of cancer. She was co-director of the School of Social Work (SSW) Center for Poverty, Risk, and Mental Health.
From 1996-2001, Mowbray was the SSW associate dean of research. Her nationally and internationally cited research and many publications focused on community integration and recovery for adults with serious mental illnesses, especially homeless people and those with co-occurring substance-use disorders. She also helped develop a special emphasis on women who are mentally ill-especially mothers and their children. Mowbray developed and evaluated the effectiveness of intervention for disadvantaged mentally ill populations, focusing especially on consumer-run and supported education programs in various locations.
“Carol was one of the profession’s intellectual giants,” says Paula Allen-Meares, professor and dean of SSW. “Although I could identify a litany of her intellectual contributions, one that is most notable is that she designed and conducted the only experimental trial of supported education-an intervention designed to assist adults whose postsecondary education was interrupted due to mental illness. This community-based intervention is being replicated throughout the country.”
Mowbray earned her bachelor of science degree in psychology and mathematics and her master of science degree in psychology from Tufts University, and her doctorate in developmental psychology from U-M. Prior to joining SSW in 1994, she was an associate professor and director of the Research Office at the Wayne State University School of Social Work, and was a clinical professor of ecological/community psychology at Michigan State University.
For nearly a decade, Mowbray was the director of research and demonstration projects for the Bureau of Program Development and Quality Assurance at the Michigan Department of Mental Health (MDMH). Prior to that, she held several positions as an evaluator for MDMH.
“I could never possibly express my gratitude for Carol’s influence on me both as a professional and as a person,” says Rich Visengardi, acting director of the Wayne County Mental Health Board. “The experience of working for Carol at MDMH exceeded all my expectations and became much more then simply working for this bright and passionate woman who was clearly ahead of her time. She became both a mentor and a friend. Her legacy is a key motivating factor for all of us to pursue the right things.”
Mowbray was a tireless advocate of psychosocial rehabilitation, especially supported education, and a willing and capable mentor to countless doctoral students, junior faculty members and colleagues during her career.
“Carol’s focus on psychosocial rehabilitation grew from the idea that everyone, regardless of disability, can have a productive role in the life of the community,” says colleague and friend Mark Holter, assistant professor of social work. “This is completely congruent with Carol’s well-deserved reputation for mentoring colleagues and students.
“She enjoyed collaboration and truly valued diverse input. In recognition of her important research contributions and her mentoring, Carol was deeply respected by mental health researchers from around the world.”
Assistant Professor of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis and U-M alumna Deborah Megivern says, “Dr. Mowbray believed passionately in the potential of research to improve the lives of people with serious mental illness. Over the years, many former clients who have benefited from her interventions approached her to express their gratitude for her stigma-challenging program ideas.
“Dr. Mowbray was also known for her amazing mentoring abilities, in part because of her willingness to mentor professionals who have serious mental illnesses. Just as she worked to cultivate positive change in research populations, she energetically offered her expertise to future generations of mental health researchers,” Megivern says.
Mowbray was a prolific author, contributing more than 130 scientific articles, chapters and books. The recipient of numerous honors and awards during her career, she was honored as the 2005 recipient of the American Psychological Association’s Harold Hildreth Award. The award is given annually to a senior professional whose career and accomplishments embody the highest principles of public service. In addition, the U.S. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association announced recently that its Early Career Research Award has been renamed the Carol T. Mowbray Award.
Mowbray is survived by two sons, Orion and Nick. She was preceded in death by her husband, Sherman Mowbray. Condolences may be sent to Orion and Nick Mowbray, 5460 Prairieview, Brighton, MI, 48116.
Her funeral will be held at 7 p.m. Aug. 30 at First United Methodist Church, 400 E. Grand River, Brighton, Mich. For information, call (810) 229-8561. A memorial service will be at 4 p.m. Sept. 9 in the Michigan League Ballroom.
At Mowbray’s request, in lieu of flowers, a scholarship fund to support doctoral students planning to conduct research in the area of psychosocial rehabilitation has been established. Contributions may be sent to the Carol T. Mowbray Scholarship Fund, U-M School of Social Work, 1080 S. University, Room 4733, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1106. Gifts also can be made by credit card by calling the School of Social Work Development Office at (734) 615-3402.
