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Gilbert Whitaker Jr.
Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr., former provost and former dean of the Business School, died July 2, 2007 at his home in Webster Township.
Davis was died June 26, 2007. He was 90.
Graber’s affiliation with the School of Dentistry began in 1958 when he was asked by Dr. Robert E. Moyers, then chair of the Department of Orthodontics, to serve as a visiting faculty member. He served as a visiting faculty member under two successive chairs, including Dr. Lysle Johnston, Jr.
For nearly 20 years, Graber was a participant in the annual Moyers Symposium, sponsored jointly by the Center for Human Growth and Development, which he helped found, and the School of Dentistry.
In 1994 he delivered the Jarabak Lecture, one of the school’s most prestigious named lectures. In December of that year, he received an honorary Doctor of Science degree at the University’s Winter Commencement ceremonies.
Graber formalized a $1.2 million commitment to the School of Dentistry in 1995 to fund the Thomas M. Graber Professorship in Orthodontics. Dr. James McNamara holds that professorship.
When he made the gift to fund the professorship, Graber, in an interview in the Summer/Fall 1995 issue of the School of Dentistry’s alumni magazine, DentalUM, said, “I’m not trying to leave a monument in my name. …Despite the fact that I’m affiliated with the University of Illinois, I consider Michigan’s Department of Orthodontics to be the best in the country. …Very few schools in the entire country can say they have people the caliber of Lysle Johnston and Jim McNamara.”
Dr. James McNamara, the Thomas M. and Doris Graber Endowed Professor of Dentistry, said, “Tom was a tireless worker, a personal friend, and a great role model for all of us. We’ll miss him.”
A memorial service for Graber will be held on July 20 at the Donnellan Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd., Skokie, IL.
Andrew Ladd
Andrew Ladd, 28, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science, died July 3, 2007.
After a distinguished career in the Pacific Theater during World War II, Lynch went on to receive his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from Williams College and his doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania. He joined the U-M-Flint faculty in 1966 and was promoted to full professor in 1972.
At the time of his arrival, the Foreign Language Department had no faculty in Spanish. Lynch was responsible for founding the Spanish program, which became the most popular language program at U-M-Flint. He went on to offer classes in Portuguese and Latin.
"Dr. Lynch was an excellent scholar, a devoted teacher and a loyal colleague. Students gravitated to his gentle, kindly manner, and flourished under his patient tutelage," recalls College of Arts and Sciences Dean D.J. Trela. "I was privileged to meet him on a number of occasions and recall with real delight our conversations about literature, his fascination with the Tarot, and his distinguished service in west Asia during WWII, which he was always reluctant to discuss."
Lynch retired in May 1993. He spent 27 of his 43 teaching years at U-M-Flint.
"We are deeply grateful for his devotion to the Foreign Languages Department and the College of Arts and Sciences," Trela says. "We honor his memory and his example."
