Alex Manoogian, a Turkish immigrant, founded a small machine shop in Detroit and became successful through the development and marketing of a single-handle faucet.
The University's Armenian Studies Program courses, activities and prestigious Armenian Language Summer Institute have garnered national acclaim.
The Special Collections Library is home to a world-renowned collection of rare books and manuscripts that specialize in ancient Egyptian papyri, radical social movements, literature and drama.
Rowe served at the University for 28 years before retiring in 1979.
Rowe was the first educator to be elected president of the Michigan Pharmaceutical Association and was named Pharmacist of the Year in 1975. He received his Ph.D in 1940 from the University of Wisconsin and joined the University of Michigan's College of Pharmacy in 1951 as dean and a professor.
He served as dean from 1951-75 and as a professor of pharmacy at the University from 1951-79.
Contributions for the Irving Hermelin Judaica Curatorship, which would provide a source in Jewish history and culture, arrived from many corners of the country and finalized the establishment of the curatorship by January 1997.
The Hermelin family donated the largest amount of money, $325,000, for the curatorship. The University's Frankel Center for Judaic Studies and the University library gave the rest of the funds for the $1 million endowment.
The new post will provide a full-time expert on Judaic studies who is primarily responsible for providing research assistance to University faculty members and students. The position is not currently filled, but the library plans to announce a curator by the fall.
Three LSA seniors received monetary awards for the Research Award Competition. First-place winner Curt Winnie received $250 for his entry, titled, "Negative Stereotypes of Homosexual Men: The Possible Carry-over into the Realms of Cognitive Ability."
The purpose of the program is to encourage University undergraduates to complete research and write reports on their findings.
- Compiled from staff reports.