Board of Regents of the University of Michigan
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The Board of Regents of the University of Michigan is the legal corporation that controls the University of Michigan
, comprising the campuses at Ann Arbor, Flint
, and Dearborn
. The Board of Regents was created by the Organic Act of March 18, 1837 that established the modern University of Michigan. The terms of the Regents and their method of selection have undergone several changes since 1837, but the Board has served as a continuous body since then.
Although the Board of Regents was formed as a new legal entity in 1837, the Michigan Supreme Court
ruled in 1856 that it was legally continuous with the Board of Trustees of the University of Michigan that was formed in 1821, and with the Catholepistemiad, or University, of Michigania that was formed in 1817. That act makes the University of Michigan officially, if not actually, the oldest university in the Big Ten; in actuality, Indiana University, founded in 1820 and granting degrees before the University of Michigan was in existence, is the oldest Big Ten school. The present-day University of Michigan recognizes 1817 as the year of its founding, and this article considers all of these bodies.
Michigan
is one of four states with public university governing boards elected directly by the people (along with Colorado
, Nebraska
, and Nevada
). The Board of Regents is one of three elected university governing boards in the state (the others being the Michigan State University
Board of Trustees and the Wayne State University
Board of Governors).
as an ex officio member. The Regents (excepting the President) serve without compensation, and meet once a month in public session. As of February 2011, the Board consists of six Democrats and two Republicans:
(or its territorial equivalents), and the Board of Regents and its predecessors were subject to oversight and control by the Legislature. The state constitution of 1850 elevated the Board of Regents to the level of a constitutional corporation, making the University of Michigan the first public institution of higher education in the country so organized. The Legislature did not give up its control easily, and the Board of Regents engaged in a number of battles with legislators before the matter was settled, several of them involving the establishment of a school of homeopathy
.
In 1851, a group of citizens who supported the homeopathy movement petitioned the Legislature to force the Board of Regents to add professors of homeopathy to the medical school staff. The board took no action, but Dr. Zina Pitcher
wrote a detailed account of their thinking to leave for their incoming replacements (the first class of elected regents in 1852):
Nothing further happened until 1855, when the Legislature revisited the subject and modified the Organic Act to include the provision that "there shall always be one Professor of Homœopathy in the Department of Medicine." The Board of Regents again took no action to comply. In 1867, the Legislature used the power of the purse
and passed a statewide property tax to benefit the university "provided the board of regents would comply with the law of 1855, and appoint at least one professor in the medical department of the university." Although the money was desperately needed, the regents again refused to comply, and two years later the money was released by the Legislature without restriction. By 1871, the expressed public desire for a Homeopathic School led the Board of Regents to consider establishing one at Detroit, separate from the Medical School. In 1875, the school was actually established, but in Ann Arbor, not Detroit.
In 1895, the positions were reversed, and the Legislature tried to force the regents to move the Homeopathic School from Ann Arbor to Detroit. The regents refused, and the Michigan Supreme Court
ruled that the state constitution explicitly defined the powers of the Board of Regents independently of the Legislature, while every other corporation the constitution created had its powers specified by the Legislature. Justice Claudius Grant wrote: "No other conclusion was...possible than that the intention was to place the institution in the direct and exclusive control of the people themselves, through a constitutional body elected by them."
This ruling established the precedent that the Board of Regents is an independent branch of the state government, answerable to the people of the state, not to the Governor or Legislature. The Homeopathic School at the center of the battle was eventually merged into the Medical School in 1922.
in 1817, following a plan devised by Chief Justice Augustus Woodward. The Catholepistemiad was self-governed by the professors (or Didactors) that held its thirteen professorships (didaxiim). In fact, the thirteen didaxiim were divided up between just two men, who thus controlled the entire institution:
As it was common during this era for the Governor to be absent, the various men who served as Acting Governor are included in this list in italics, but no specific dates should be inferred as to when exactly they were Acting Governor. Also, no predecessor/successor relationship among specific Trustees should be inferred from their relative position in the table. Using the terms in office cited in the historical sources, at some points there are up to 22 simultaneous Trustees, even though only 20 were called for.
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with the consent of the Senate
, along with the Governor himself, the Lieutenant Governor
, the Justices of the Michigan Supreme Court
, and the Chancellor of the state. The act also created the office of Chancellor of the University, who was to be appointed by the Regents and serve as ex officio President of the Board. In fact, however, the Regents never appointed a Chancellor, instead leaving administrative duties up to a rotating roster of professors, and the Governor chaired the board himself.
Although the name of the institution they governed was the same, the Board of Regents was a distinct legal entity from the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees transferred all of their property to the new Board of Regents, but forgot to include the lot in Detroit where the Catholepistemiad had first been located. The court case involving the eventual recovery of this property led to the Michigan Supreme Court deciding in 1856 that the Board of Regents, the Board of Trustees, and the Didactors of the Catholepistemiad were a legally continuous entity. The Regents continued to treat 1837 as the founding year of the University of Michigan until 1929, when they reversed policy and adopted 1817 as the official founding date. That act makes the University of Michigan officially, if not actually, the oldest university in the Big Ten; in actuality, Indiana University, founded in 1820 and granting degrees before the University of Michigan was in existence, is the oldest Big Ten school.
Note: While dates and successions are well-defined for the ex officio Regents, readers are cautioned not to infer specific predecessor/successor relationships for the appointed Regents, except where specifically noted below by an asterisk (*) which denotes Regents explicitly named as a successor to the previous one.
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, who was to be an ex officio member and preside over the Board without a vote. The first regents elected under the new system were elected in 1852.
Originally, one regent was elected from each of the eight judicial circuits in Michigan, for a six-year term, with all regents up for election simultaneously. By the time of the next election, the number of circuits had grown to ten, so ten regents were elected for the term beginning in 1858. This fluctuation in the size of the board, combined with the controversy over the regents' firing of President Henry Philip Tappan
just before the end of their term in 1863, led to a new law that fixed the size of the board at eight members, elected on a statewide basis to an eight-year term, with terms staggered such that two are up for election every two years. The constitutional convention of 1908 added the Superintendent of Public Instruction as an ex officio member of the Board, a move which was reversed by the constitutional convention of 1963.
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University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
, comprising the campuses at Ann Arbor, Flint
Flint, Michigan
Flint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River, northwest of Detroit. The U.S. Census Bureau reports the 2010 population to be placed at 102,434, making Flint the seventh largest city in Michigan. It is the county seat of Genesee County which lies in the...
, and Dearborn
Dearborn, Michigan
-Economy:Ford Motor Company has its world headquarters in Dearborn. In addition its Dearborn campus contains many research, testing, finance and some production facilities. Ford Land controls the numerous properties owned by Ford including sales and leasing to unrelated businesses such as the...
. The Board of Regents was created by the Organic Act of March 18, 1837 that established the modern University of Michigan. The terms of the Regents and their method of selection have undergone several changes since 1837, but the Board has served as a continuous body since then.
Although the Board of Regents was formed as a new legal entity in 1837, the Michigan Supreme Court
Michigan Supreme Court
The Michigan Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is known as Michigan's "court of last resort" and consists of seven justices who are elected to eight-year terms. Candidates are nominated by political parties and are elected on a nonpartisan ballot...
ruled in 1856 that it was legally continuous with the Board of Trustees of the University of Michigan that was formed in 1821, and with the Catholepistemiad, or University, of Michigania that was formed in 1817. That act makes the University of Michigan officially, if not actually, the oldest university in the Big Ten; in actuality, Indiana University, founded in 1820 and granting degrees before the University of Michigan was in existence, is the oldest Big Ten school. The present-day University of Michigan recognizes 1817 as the year of its founding, and this article considers all of these bodies.
Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
is one of four states with public university governing boards elected directly by the people (along with Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
, Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....
, and Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
). The Board of Regents is one of three elected university governing boards in the state (the others being the Michigan State University
Michigan State University
Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
Board of Trustees and the Wayne State University
Wayne State University
Wayne State University is a public research university located in Detroit, Michigan, United States, in the city's Midtown Cultural Center Historic District. Founded in 1868, WSU consists of 13 schools and colleges offering more than 400 major subject areas to over 32,000 graduate and...
Board of Governors).
Current Board
The current Board of Regents consists of eight Regents, two of whom are elected on a partisan statewide ballot every two years to an eight-year term, plus the President of the University of MichiganPresident of the University of Michigan
The President of the University of Michigan is the principal executive officer of the University of Michigan. The office was created by the Michigan Constitution of 1850, which also specified that the president was to be appointed by the Regents of the University of Michigan and preside at their...
as an ex officio member. The Regents (excepting the President) serve without compensation, and meet once a month in public session. As of February 2011, the Board consists of six Democrats and two Republicans:
- Mary Sue Coleman, ex officio, 13th President of the University of Michigan
- Julia Donovan DarlowJulia Donovan DarlowJulia Donovan Darlow, J.D. is an American attorney and member of the University of Michigan Board of Regents.-Education and career:Darlow serves as an adjunct professor at the Wayne State University Law School, where she earned her J.D. in 1971. She had previously earned a B. A...
, Democrat from Ann Arbor, first elected in 2006 - Laurence B. Deitch, Democrat from Bingham Farms, first elected in 1992
- Olivia P. Maynard, Democrat from GoodrichGoodrich, MichiganGoodrich is a village in Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,353 at the 2000 census. The village is a suburb of Flint located within Atlas Township.-Geography:...
, first elected in 1996 - Denise IlitchDenise IlitchDenise Ilitch is a Detroit-area businessperson, lawyer, and member of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan. Ilitch was rumored to be a Democratic Party candidate for Governor of Michigan in 2010, after having met with the White House in early January to discuss a potential run, though...
, Democrat from Bingham Farms, first elected in 2008 - Andrea Fischer Newman, Republican from Ann Arbor, first elected in 1994
- Andrew C. Richner, Republican from Grosse Pointe ParkGrosse Pointe Park, MichiganGrosse Pointe Park is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 11,555 at the 2010 census. Bordering on Detroit with frontage on southern Lake Saint Clair, it is the westernmost of the noted Grosse Pointe suburbs, with the oldest overall housing stock of the five cities...
, first elected in 2002 - S. Martin Taylor, Democrat from Grosse Pointe Farms, first elected in 1996
- Katherine E. White, Democrat from Ann Arbor, first elected in 1998
Legal independence and the Homeopathic School
Prior to 1850, the University of Michigan in its various incarnations was a product of the Michigan LegislatureMichigan Legislature
The Michigan Legislature is the legislative assembly of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is organized as a bicameral body consisting of the Senate, the upper house, and the House of Representatives, the lower house. Article IV of the state's Constitution, adopted in 1963, defines the role of the...
(or its territorial equivalents), and the Board of Regents and its predecessors were subject to oversight and control by the Legislature. The state constitution of 1850 elevated the Board of Regents to the level of a constitutional corporation, making the University of Michigan the first public institution of higher education in the country so organized. The Legislature did not give up its control easily, and the Board of Regents engaged in a number of battles with legislators before the matter was settled, several of them involving the establishment of a school of homeopathy
Homeopathy
Homeopathy is a form of alternative medicine in which practitioners claim to treat patients using highly diluted preparations that are believed to cause healthy people to exhibit symptoms that are similar to those exhibited by the patient...
.
In 1851, a group of citizens who supported the homeopathy movement petitioned the Legislature to force the Board of Regents to add professors of homeopathy to the medical school staff. The board took no action, but Dr. Zina Pitcher
Zina Pitcher
Zina Pitcher was an American physician, politician, educator, and academic administrator. He was a president of the American Medical Association, a two-time mayor of Detroit and a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan.-Early life:Zina Pitcher was born in Sandy Hill, New York...
wrote a detailed account of their thinking to leave for their incoming replacements (the first class of elected regents in 1852):
...shall the accumulated results of three thousand years of experience be laid aside, because there has arisen in the world a sect which, by engrafting a medical dogma upon a spurious theology, have built up a system (so-called) and baptized it Homœopathy? Shall the High Priests of this spiritual school be specially commissioned by the Regents of the University of Michigan, to teach the grown up men of this age that the decillionth of a grain of sulphur will, if administered homœopathically, cure seven-tenths of their diseases, whilst in every mouthful of albuminous food they swallow, every hair upon their heads, and every drop of urine distilled from the kidneys, carries into or out of their system as much of that article as would make a body, if incorporated with the required amount of sugar, as large as the planet Saturn?
Power of the purse
The power of the purse is the ability of one group to manipulate and control the actions of another group by withholding funding, or putting stipulations on the use of funds. The power of the purse can be used to save their money and positively or negatively The power of the purse is the ability...
and passed a statewide property tax to benefit the university "provided the board of regents would comply with the law of 1855, and appoint at least one professor in the medical department of the university." Although the money was desperately needed, the regents again refused to comply, and two years later the money was released by the Legislature without restriction. By 1871, the expressed public desire for a Homeopathic School led the Board of Regents to consider establishing one at Detroit, separate from the Medical School. In 1875, the school was actually established, but in Ann Arbor, not Detroit.
In 1895, the positions were reversed, and the Legislature tried to force the regents to move the Homeopathic School from Ann Arbor to Detroit. The regents refused, and the Michigan Supreme Court
Michigan Supreme Court
The Michigan Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is known as Michigan's "court of last resort" and consists of seven justices who are elected to eight-year terms. Candidates are nominated by political parties and are elected on a nonpartisan ballot...
ruled that the state constitution explicitly defined the powers of the Board of Regents independently of the Legislature, while every other corporation the constitution created had its powers specified by the Legislature. Justice Claudius Grant wrote: "No other conclusion was...possible than that the intention was to place the institution in the direct and exclusive control of the people themselves, through a constitutional body elected by them."
This ruling established the precedent that the Board of Regents is an independent branch of the state government, answerable to the people of the state, not to the Governor or Legislature. The Homeopathic School at the center of the battle was eventually merged into the Medical School in 1922.
Catholepistemiad, or University, of Michigania (1817-1821)
The Catholepistemiad, or University, of Michigania, was established by the Governor and Judges of Michigan TerritoryMichigan Territory
The Territory of Michigan was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 30, 1805, until January 26, 1837, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Michigan...
in 1817, following a plan devised by Chief Justice Augustus Woodward. The Catholepistemiad was self-governed by the professors (or Didactors) that held its thirteen professorships (didaxiim). In fact, the thirteen didaxiim were divided up between just two men, who thus controlled the entire institution:
- Rev. John MonteithRev. John MonteithReverend John Monteith was a Presbyterian minister and a founding father of the University of Michigan, formerly known as University of Michigania, also known as the Catholepistemiad...
, President (and holder of seven professorships) - Father Gabriel Richard, Vice-President (and holder of six professorships)
Board of Trustees of the University of Michigan (1821-1837)
In 1821, the Governor and Judges of Michigan Territory renamed the Catholepistemiad to the University of Michigan, and placed control of the University in the hands of a Board of Trustees consisting of 20 citizens plus the Governor. Their previous positions abolished, Father Richard and Rev. Monteith were both appointed to the Board of Trustees; Monteith left that summer for a professorship at Hamilton College, while Richard remained on the board until his death in 1832.As it was common during this era for the Governor to be absent, the various men who served as Acting Governor are included in this list in italics, but no specific dates should be inferred as to when exactly they were Acting Governor. Also, no predecessor/successor relationship among specific Trustees should be inferred from their relative position in the table. Using the terms in office cited in the historical sources, at some points there are up to 22 simultaneous Trustees, even though only 20 were called for.
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| 1821 | Lewis Cass Lewis Cass Lewis Cass was an American military officer and politician. During his long political career, Cass served as a governor of the Michigan Territory, an American ambassador, a U.S. Senator representing Michigan, and co-founder as well as first Masonic Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Michigan... |
William Woodbridge William Woodbridge William Woodbridge was a U.S. statesman in the states of Ohio and Michigan and in the Michigan Territory prior to statehood... |
John Biddle John Biddle (Michigan) John Biddle was a delegate to the United States Congress from the Michigan Territory.-Early life and military career:... , Nicholas Boilvin Nicholas Boilvin Nicholas Boilvin was a 19th-century American frontiersman, fur trader and U.S. Indian Agent. He was the first appointed agent to the Winnebagos, as well as the Sauk and Fox, and one of the earliest pioneers to settle in present-day Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. His sons Nicholas Boilvin, Jr. and... , Daniel LeRoy, John Anderson, John R. Williams John R. Williams John R Williams was an American soldier, merchant, and politician who is most well known for serving as the first mayor of Detroit, Michigan. In total, he served as Detroit's mayor for five other terms... , Solomon Sibley Solomon Sibley Solomon Sibley was a United States politician and jurist in the Michigan Territory.-Early life: 1769–1815:... , John L. Leib, Peter J. Desnoyers Peter J. Desnoyers Peter John Desnoyers was a silversmith and businessman, and a leading citizen of early Detroit, Michigan.-Early life:... , Austin E. Wing, William Woodbridge William Woodbridge William Woodbridge was a U.S. statesman in the states of Ohio and Michigan and in the Michigan Territory prior to statehood... , William Brown (all 11 served 1821-1837) |
William H. Puthoff | Rev. John Monteith Rev. John Monteith Reverend John Monteith was a Presbyterian minister and a founding father of the University of Michigan, formerly known as University of Michigania, also known as the Catholepistemiad... |
Henry Jackson Hunt Henry Jackson Hunt (Mayor of Detroit) Henry Jackson Hunt was a politician and businessman from Detroit, Michigan.Henry Jackson Hunt was born in New York, the first son of American Revolutionary War colonel Thomas Hunt. He arrived in Detroit around 1800 and went into the mercantile and real estate business, in some cases in... |
John Hunt | Charles Larned Charles Larned General Charles Larned was an American lawyer, military officer, and politician. He fought in the War of 1812 and was Attorney General of Michigan Territory.- Early life :... |
Philip Lecuyer | Father Gabriel Richard | Benjamin Stead | Christian Clemens Christian Clemens Christian Clemens is a German footballer who plays as a forward for 1. FC Köln.He started his career with SC Weiler-Volkhoven, joined 1. FC Köln at the age of ten and progressed through the club's youth system. He made his first-team debut in a 1–0 win against FC St. Pauli... |
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Noah M. Wells | James Kingsley James Kingsley James Kingsley was an attorney and mayor of Ann Arbor from 1855-1856.Attorney James "Honest Jim" Kingsley, who came to Ann Arbor in 1826, was the first member of the Washtenaw County Bar, a probate judge, and a member of both the territorial and later the state legislature, as well as Ann Arbor's... |
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| John S. Horner John S. Horner John Scott Horner also known as Little Jack Horner was a U.S. politician, Secretary and acting Governor of Michigan Territory, 1835–1836 and Secretary of Wisconsin Territory, 1836-1837.-Early life:... |
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| Ross Wilkins Ross Wilkins Ross Wilkins was an American politician and lawyer from Pennsylvania, who later served as a territorial and U.S... |
John Norvell John Norvell John Norvell was a newspaper editor and one of the first U.S. Senators from Michigan.-History:Norvell was born in Danville, Kentucky, then still a part of Virginia, where he attended the common schools.... |
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Appointed Board of Regents of the University of Michigan (1837-1852)
The Organic Act of March 18, 1837, created the modern Board of Regents. In its original form, it consisted of 12 members appointed by the GovernorGovernor of Michigan
The Governor of Michigan is the chief executive of the U.S. State of Michigan. The current Governor is Rick Snyder, a member of the Republican Party.-Gubernatorial elections and term of office:...
with the consent of the Senate
Michigan Senate
The Michigan Senate is the upper house of the Michigan Legislature. The Senate consists of 38 members, who are elected from constituencies having approximately 212,400 to 263,500 residents....
, along with the Governor himself, the Lieutenant Governor
Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
The Lieutenant Governor of Michigan is the second-ranking official in U.S. state of Michigan, behind the governor, and one of four great offices of state...
, the Justices of the Michigan Supreme Court
Michigan Supreme Court
The Michigan Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is known as Michigan's "court of last resort" and consists of seven justices who are elected to eight-year terms. Candidates are nominated by political parties and are elected on a nonpartisan ballot...
, and the Chancellor of the state. The act also created the office of Chancellor of the University, who was to be appointed by the Regents and serve as ex officio President of the Board. In fact, however, the Regents never appointed a Chancellor, instead leaving administrative duties up to a rotating roster of professors, and the Governor chaired the board himself.
Although the name of the institution they governed was the same, the Board of Regents was a distinct legal entity from the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees transferred all of their property to the new Board of Regents, but forgot to include the lot in Detroit where the Catholepistemiad had first been located. The court case involving the eventual recovery of this property led to the Michigan Supreme Court deciding in 1856 that the Board of Regents, the Board of Trustees, and the Didactors of the Catholepistemiad were a legally continuous entity. The Regents continued to treat 1837 as the founding year of the University of Michigan until 1929, when they reversed policy and adopted 1817 as the official founding date. That act makes the University of Michigan officially, if not actually, the oldest university in the Big Ten; in actuality, Indiana University, founded in 1820 and granting degrees before the University of Michigan was in existence, is the oldest Big Ten school.
Note: While dates and successions are well-defined for the ex officio Regents, readers are cautioned not to infer specific predecessor/successor relationships for the appointed Regents, except where specifically noted below by an asterisk (*) which denotes Regents explicitly named as a successor to the previous one.
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| 1837 | Stevens T. Mason Stevens T. Mason Stevens Thomson Mason , also known as Stevens T. Mason, Tom Mason, The Boy Governor, and lesser known nicknames Young Hotspur and The Stripling, was the territorial governor of the Michigan Territory, and later the first Governor of the state of Michigan. Mason guided the Michigan Territory into... |
Edward Mundy Edward Mundy (politician) Edward Mundy was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan, serving as its first Lieutenant Governor.-Biography:... |
Elon Farnsworth Elon Farnsworth (Michigan Attorney General) Elon Farnsworth was an American lawyer and politician. He served as both Attorney General and Chancellor of the state of Michigan.- Biography :... |
William A. Fletcher | George Morrell | Epaphroditus Ransom Epaphroditus Ransom Epaphroditus Ransom was the seventh Governor of Michigan and Michigan Supreme Court justice from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Early life in Massachusetts and Vermont:... |
Thomas Fitzgerald | Ross Wilkins Ross Wilkins Ross Wilkins was an American politician and lawyer from Pennsylvania, who later served as a territorial and U.S... |
John Norvell John Norvell John Norvell was a newspaper editor and one of the first U.S. Senators from Michigan.-History:Norvell was born in Danville, Kentucky, then still a part of Virginia, where he attended the common schools.... |
Lucius Lyon Lucius Lyon Lucius Lyon was a U.S. statesman from the state of Michigan. He was born in Shelburne, Vermont, where he received a common school education and studied engineering and surveying... |
Isaac E. Crary Isaac E. Crary Isaac Edwin Crary was the first elected U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan.Crary was born in Preston, Connecticut, where he attended the public schools and graduated from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, in its first class in 1827... |
Samuel Denton | John J. Adam | Michael Hoffman | Zina Pitcher Zina Pitcher Zina Pitcher was an American physician, politician, educator, and academic administrator. He was a president of the American Medical Association, a two-time mayor of Detroit and a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan.-Early life:Zina Pitcher was born in Sandy Hill, New York... |
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft | Robert McClelland Robert McClelland (American politician) Robert McClelland was a U.S. statesman, serving as U.S. Representative from Michigan, the ninth Governor of Michigan, and United States Secretary of the Interior.-Early life in Pennsylvania:... |
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| Charles W. Whipple | Jonathan Kearsley Jonathan Kearsley Jonathan Kearsley was an American military officer and politician. He fought in the War of 1812 and was a two-time mayor of Detroit.- Early life:... * |
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| Charles C. Trowbridge* | George Duffield George Duffield (Presbyterian) George Duffield was a leading nineteenth-century New School Presbyterian minister who bore the same name as his father and grandfather... * |
Joseph W. Brown Joseph W. Brown general Joseph W. Brown was the brother of major general Jacob Brown, the founder of Brownville, New York. General Brown , along with his brother-in-law Musgrove Evans , their cousin Austin Wing and a dozen or so pioneers founded the town of Tecumseh, Michigan in 1824... * |
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| William Woodbridge William Woodbridge William Woodbridge was a U.S. statesman in the states of Ohio and Michigan and in the Michigan Territory prior to statehood... |
James Wright Gordon James Wright Gordon James Wright Gordon , usually referred to as J. Wright Gordon, was a Whig politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Gordon was born in Plainfield, Connecticut and studied law.-Life and politics in Michigan:... |
Samuel W. Dexter | Michael A. Patterson* | Francis J. Higginson | Daniel Hudson Daniel Hudson Daniel Claiborne Hudson is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Hudson stands 6 feet, 4 inches and weighs 220 pounds.-College career:... * |
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| James Wright Gordon James Wright Gordon James Wright Gordon , usually referred to as J. Wright Gordon, was a Whig politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Gordon was born in Plainfield, Connecticut and studied law.-Life and politics in Michigan:... |
Thomas J. Drake Thomas J. Drake For other Thomas Drakes, please see Thomas Drake Thomas Jefferson Drake was a politician from the U.S... ? |
Oliver C. Comstock* | John Owen* | Martin Kundig | George Goodman | |||||||||||||||
| 1842 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| John S. Barry John S. Barry For the American businessman John S. Barry, see John Barry .John Stewart Barry was the fourth and eighth Governor of the U.S. state of Michigan. He was Michigan's only three-term governor in the 19th century... |
Origen D. Richardson Origen D. Richardson Origen Drew Richardson was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan, and in the Nebraska Territory.-Biography:Richardson was born in Woodstock, Vermont, where he studied and practiced law... |
Randolph Manning | Alpheus Felch Alpheus Felch Alpheus Felch was the fifth Governor of Michigan and U.S. Senator from Michigan.-Early life:Felch was born in Limerick, Maine. He was left an orphan at the age of three and lived with his grandfather Abijah Felch, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War... |
Elisha Crane | Andrew M. Fitch | William A. Fletcher | ||||||||||||||
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| Daniel Goodwin | Epaphroditus Ransom Epaphroditus Ransom Epaphroditus Ransom was the seventh Governor of Michigan and Michigan Supreme Court justice from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Early life in Massachusetts and Vermont:... |
Marvin Allen | Lewis Cass Lewis Cass Lewis Cass was an American military officer and politician. During his long political career, Cass served as a governor of the Michigan Territory, an American ambassador, a U.S. Senator representing Michigan, and co-founder as well as first Masonic Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Michigan... * |
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| Alexander H. Redfield* | Edward Mundy Edward Mundy (politician) Edward Mundy was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan, serving as its first Lieutenant Governor.-Biography:... |
Robert R. Kellogg* | George Duffield George Duffield (Presbyterian) George Duffield was a leading nineteenth-century New School Presbyterian minister who bore the same name as his father and grandfather... |
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| Warner Wing | Austin E. Wing | Minot Thayer Lane | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Alpheus Felch Alpheus Felch Alpheus Felch was the fifth Governor of Michigan and U.S. Senator from Michigan.-Early life:Felch was born in Limerick, Maine. He was left an orphan at the age of three and lived with his grandfather Abijah Felch, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War... |
William L. Greenly William L. Greenly William L. Greenly was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan serving as the sixth Governor of Michigan.-Early life in New York:Greenly was born in Hamilton, New York... |
Elon Farnsworth Elon Farnsworth (Michigan Attorney General) Elon Farnsworth was an American lawyer and politician. He served as both Attorney General and Chancellor of the state of Michigan.- Biography :... |
George Miles | Charles Coffin Taylor | Elijah Holmes Pilcher | Elon Farnsworth Elon Farnsworth (Michigan Attorney General) Elon Farnsworth was an American lawyer and politician. He served as both Attorney General and Chancellor of the state of Michigan.- Biography :... |
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| 1847 | (office abolished) | |||||||||||||||||||
| William L. Greenly William L. Greenly William L. Greenly was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan serving as the sixth Governor of Michigan.-Early life in New York:Greenly was born in Hamilton, New York... |
Charles P. Bush Charles P. Bush Charles P. Bush was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Biography:Bush was born in Ithaca, New York and moved to Michigan in 1836, becoming one of the first residents of Handy.... |
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| Epaphroditus Ransom Epaphroditus Ransom Epaphroditus Ransom was the seventh Governor of Michigan and Michigan Supreme Court justice from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Early life in Massachusetts and Vermont:... |
William Matthew Fenton | Sanford M. Green | Edward Mundy Edward Mundy (politician) Edward Mundy was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan, serving as its first Lieutenant Governor.-Biography:... |
John Guest Atterbury | Justus Goodman | Benjamin F. H. Witherell Benjamin F. H. Witherell Benjamin Franklin Hawkins Witherell was a jurist in the U.S. state of Michigan. He served as a justice on the Michigan Supreme Court in 1857.... |
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| John S. Barry John S. Barry For the American businessman John S. Barry, see John Barry .John Stewart Barry was the fourth and eighth Governor of the U.S. state of Michigan. He was Michigan's only three-term governor in the 19th century... |
Abner Pratt | Robert McClelland Robert McClelland (American politician) Robert McClelland was a U.S. statesman, serving as U.S. Representative from Michigan, the ninth Governor of Michigan, and United States Secretary of the Interior.-Early life in Pennsylvania:... |
Gustavus Lemuel Foster* | Epaphroditus Ransom Epaphroditus Ransom Epaphroditus Ransom was the seventh Governor of Michigan and Michigan Supreme Court justice from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Early life in Massachusetts and Vermont:... * |
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Elected Board of Regents of the University of Michigan (1852-present)
The state constitution of 1850 made the Board of Regents a statewide elected body, and created the office of President of the University of MichiganPresident of the University of Michigan
The President of the University of Michigan is the principal executive officer of the University of Michigan. The office was created by the Michigan Constitution of 1850, which also specified that the president was to be appointed by the Regents of the University of Michigan and preside at their...
, who was to be an ex officio member and preside over the Board without a vote. The first regents elected under the new system were elected in 1852.
Originally, one regent was elected from each of the eight judicial circuits in Michigan, for a six-year term, with all regents up for election simultaneously. By the time of the next election, the number of circuits had grown to ten, so ten regents were elected for the term beginning in 1858. This fluctuation in the size of the board, combined with the controversy over the regents' firing of President Henry Philip Tappan
Henry Philip Tappan
Henry Philip Tappan was an American philosopher, educator and academic administrator. He is officially considered the first president of the University of Michigan....
just before the end of their term in 1863, led to a new law that fixed the size of the board at eight members, elected on a statewide basis to an eight-year term, with terms staggered such that two are up for election every two years. The constitutional convention of 1908 added the Superintendent of Public Instruction as an ex officio member of the Board, a move which was reversed by the constitutional convention of 1963.
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| 1852 | Henry Philip Tappan Henry Philip Tappan Henry Philip Tappan was an American philosopher, educator and academic administrator. He is officially considered the first president of the University of Michigan.... |
Andrew Parsons Andrew Parsons Andrew Parsons was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Early life in New York:Parsons was born in Hoosick, New York... |
Elisha Ely | James Kingsley James Kingsley James Kingsley was an attorney and mayor of Ann Arbor from 1855-1856.Attorney James "Honest Jim" Kingsley, who came to Ann Arbor in 1826, was the first member of the Washtenaw County Bar, a probate judge, and a member of both the territorial and later the state legislature, as well as Ann Arbor's... |
Edward S. Moore | Charles H. Palmer | William Upjohn | Michael A. Patterson | Elon Farnsworth Elon Farnsworth (Michigan Attorney General) Elon Farnsworth was an American lawyer and politician. He served as both Attorney General and Chancellor of the state of Michigan.- Biography :... |
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| 1853 | Henry H. Northrop | |||||||||||
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| 1858 | George W. Pack | John Van Vleck | Luke H. Parsons | Benjamin L. Baxter | Levi Bishop | George Bradley | Ebenezer Lakin Brown | James E. Johnson | Donald McIntyre | William M. Ferry | ||
| Henry Whiting | Oliver L. Spaulding Oliver L. Spaulding Oliver Lyman Spaulding was a soldier and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Biography:Spaulding was born in Jaffrey, New Hampshire. He completed preparatory studies, graduated from Oberlin College of Ohio in 1855, and moved to Michigan where he taught school. He studied law, was... |
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| 1863 | Erastus Otis Haven Erastus Otis Haven Erastus Otis Haven was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1880, and the president of several universities.-Biography:... |
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| 1864 | Alvah Sweetzer | Thomas J. Joslin | Henry C. Knight | James A. Sweezey | George Willard George Willard George Willard was a politician and newspaperman from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and was also instrumental in opening the University of Michigan to women.- Biography :... |
Thomas D. Gilbert | Edward C. Walker | |||||
| 1865 | Cyrus M. Stockwell | |||||||||||
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| 1867 | John M.B. Sill | |||||||||||
| 1868 | Hiram A. Burt | |||||||||||
| 1869 | Henry Simmons Frieze Henry Simmons Frieze Henry Simmons Frieze was an American educator and academic administrator. He was an instructor at Brown University and its University Grammar School, a professor at the University of Michigan, and served three separate times as acting president of the University of Michigan.- Early Life & Brown... |
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| 1870 | Joseph Estabrook | Jonas H. McGowan Jonas H. McGowan Jonas Hartzell McGowan was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.McGowan was born in Smith Township, Ohio . He was the eighth of ten children of Samuel and Susan McGowan. His paternal -Irish ancestors had fled religious persecution and settled in Pennsylvania... |
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| 1871 | James Burrill Angell James Burrill Angell James Burrill Angell was an American educator, academic administrator, and diplomat. He is best known for being the longest-serving president of the University of Michigan . Under his leadership Michigan gained prominence as an elite public university... |
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| 1872 | Claudius B. Grant | Charles Rynd | ||||||||||
| 1873 | ||||||||||||
| 1874 | Andrew Climie | |||||||||||
| 1875 | ||||||||||||
| 1876 | Byron M. Cutcheon Byron M. Cutcheon -See also:*List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: A–F-References:... |
Samuel S. Walker | ||||||||||
| 1877 | Victory P. Collier | |||||||||||
| George Duffield, Jr. George Duffield, Jr. George Duffield, Jr. D.D. was an American Presbyterian minister and hymnodist, the son of Presbyterian minister George Duffield. He graduated from Yale College and the Union Theological Seminary in New York... |
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| 1878 | George L. Maltz | |||||||||||
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| 1880 | Ebenezer O. Grosvenor Ebenezer O. Grosvenor Ebenezer Oliver Grosvenor, Jr. was a politician from the U. S. state of Michigan.-Early life:Grosvenor was born in Stillwater, New York and received a common school and academic education... |
Jacob J. Van Riper Jacob J. Van Riper Jacob J. Van Riper was an American lawyer and politician. He served as the Attorney General of the State of Michigan from 1881 to 1885. He later served as a probate judge in Berrien County, Michigan from 1893 to 1901. He also served on the University of Michigan Board of Regents from 1880 to 1886.... |
James Shearer | |||||||||
| 1881 | Austin Blair Austin Blair Austin Blair , also known as the Civil War Governor, was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan... |
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| 1882 | James F. Joy | |||||||||||
| 1883 | Lyman D. Norris | |||||||||||
| 1884 | Arthur M. Clark | Charles J. Willett | ||||||||||
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| 1886 | Moses W. Field Moses W. Field Moses Whelock Field was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Field was born in Watertown, New York and moved with his parents to Cato, New York. He attended public schools and graduated from the academy in Victor, New York. He moved to Detroit, Michigan in 1844 and engaged in mercantile... |
Charles S. Draper | Charles R. Whitman | |||||||||
| 1887 | ||||||||||||
| 1888 | Charles Hebard | Roger W. Butterfield | ||||||||||
| 1889 | Hermann Kiefer | |||||||||||
| 1890 | William J. Cocker | |||||||||||
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| 1892 | Henry Howard Henry Howard (Michigan) Henry Howard was a banker and businessman, and served as the mayor of Port Huron, Michigan and in the Michigan state legislature.-Biography:... |
Peter N. Cook | Levi L. Barbour | |||||||||
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| 1894 | Henry S. Dean | Frank W. Fletcher | ||||||||||
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| 1896 | Charles H. Hackley | |||||||||||
| George A. Farr | ||||||||||||
| 1897 | Harry Burns Hutchins Harry Burns Hutchins Harry Burns Hutchins was the fourth president of the University of Michigan .He was initially named interim president for one year to succeed James Burrill Angell, but his term was later extended after several other candidates, including Woodrow Wilson, were offered the presidency and declined... |
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| 1898 | James Burrill Angell James Burrill Angell James Burrill Angell was an American educator, academic administrator, and diplomat. He is best known for being the longest-serving president of the University of Michigan . Under his leadership Michigan gained prominence as an elite public university... |
Charles D. Lawton | ||||||||||
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| 1900 | Eli R. Sutton | |||||||||||
| 1901 | Arthur Hill | |||||||||||
| 1902 | Henry W. Carey | Levi L. Barbour | ||||||||||
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| 1904 | Peter White Peter White (Michigan) Peter Quintard White was one of the original settlers of Marquette, Michigan. He was a banker, businessman, real estate developer, and a philanthropist; and was involved in a number of the area's iron mining-related businesses, including acting as a director the Cleveland Iron Company... |
Loyal Edwin Knappen Loyal Edwin Knappen Loyal Edwin Knappen was a United States federal judge.Born in Hastings, Michigan, Knappen received a B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1873 and read law to enter the bar in 1875, thereafter receiving an M.A. from the University of Michigan in 1876... |
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| 1906 | Walter H. Sawyer | |||||||||||
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| 1908 | Chase S. Osborn | Frank B. Leland | Junius E. Beal | |||||||||
| 1909 | Harry Burns Hutchins Harry Burns Hutchins Harry Burns Hutchins was the fourth president of the University of Michigan .He was initially named interim president for one year to succeed James Burrill Angell, but his term was later extended after several other candidates, including Woodrow Wilson, were offered the presidency and declined... |
Luther L. Wright | John H. Grant | |||||||||
| 1910 | George P. Codd George P. Codd George Pierre Codd was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Biography:Codd was born on December 7, 1869 in Detroit, Michigan, the son of George C. and Eunice Lawrence Codd... |
William L. Clements | ||||||||||
| 1911 | Lucius L. Hubbard | Harry C. Bulkley | Benjamin S. Hanchett | |||||||||
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| 1913 | Fred L. Keeler | William A. Comstock | ||||||||||
| 1914 | Victor M. Gore | |||||||||||
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| 1918 | James O. Murfin | |||||||||||
| 1919 | Thomas E. Johnson | |||||||||||
| 1920 | Marion LeRoy Burton Marion LeRoy Burton Marion LeRoy Burton was the second president of Smith College, serving from 1910 to 1917. He left Smith to become president of the University of Minnesota from 1917 to 1920.... |
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| 1924 | Ralph Stone | |||||||||||
| 1925 | Alfred Henry Lloyd Alfred Henry Lloyd -Life:Lloyd received both his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Harvard. He studied philosophy at Göttingen University in Berlin and Heidelberg University, before returning to Harvard for his Ph.D., which he received in 1893. Upon returning from Europe in 1891, Lloyd was recruited by John Dewey as an... |
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| C. C. Little C. C. Little Clarence Cook "C.C." Little was an American genetics, cancer, and tobacco researcher and academic administrator.-Biography:... |
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| 1926 | Wilford L. Coffey | |||||||||||
| 1927 | Webster H. Pearce | |||||||||||
| 1928 | ||||||||||||
| 1929 | Alexander Grant Ruthven Alexander Grant Ruthven Alexander Grant Ruthven was the President of the University of Michigan from 1929 to 1951.-Biography:Alexander Grant Ruthven was born in 1882. In 1906, he received a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Michigan. He worked as a professor, director of the University Museum, and Dean. He became... |
Esther M. Cram | ||||||||||
| 1930 | R. Perry Shorts | |||||||||||
| 1931 | Richard R. Smith | |||||||||||
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| 1933 | Paul F. Voelker | Edmund C. Shields | ||||||||||
| 1934 | Charles F. Hemans | James O. Murfin | Franklin M. Cook | |||||||||
| 1935 | Maurice R. Keyworth | |||||||||||
| Eugene B. Elliott | ||||||||||||
| 1936 | David H. Crowley | |||||||||||
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| 1938 | John D. Lynch | Edmund C. Shields | ||||||||||
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| 1940 | Harry G. Kipke Harry G. Kipke Harry George Kipke was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He was the head football coach at Michigan State College in 1928 and at the University of Michigan from 1929–1937, compiling a career record of 49–30–5... |
J. Joseph Herbert | ||||||||||
| 1941 | ||||||||||||
| 1942 | Earl L. Burhans | Alfred B. Connable | ||||||||||
| Franklin M. Cook | ||||||||||||
| 1943 | Vera B. Baits | |||||||||||
| 1944 | Ralph A. Hayward | R. Spencer Bishop | ||||||||||
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| 1946 | Roscoe O. Bonisteel | Otto E. Eckert | Charles S. Kennedy | |||||||||
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| 1948 | Kenneth M. Stevens | |||||||||||
| 1949 | Lee M. Thurston | |||||||||||
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| 1951 | Harlan Henthorne Hatcher | Murray D. Van Wagoner | ||||||||||
| 1952 | Leland I. Doan | |||||||||||
| 1953 | Clair L. Taylor | |||||||||||
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| 1956 | Paul L. Adams Paul L. Adams Paul L. Adams was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court in 1962 and also from 1964-1972.Adams was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. He received a bachelor's, master's and a law degree all from the University of Michigan. He was mayor of Sault Ste... |
Eugene B. Power | ||||||||||
| 1957 | Lynn M. Bartlett | |||||||||||
| 1958 | Donald M.D. Thurber | Carl Brablec | Irene Ellis Murphy | |||||||||
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| 1960 | Frederick C. Matthaei, Sr. | William K. McInally | ||||||||||
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| 1962 | Allan R. Sorenson | Paul G. Goebel Paul G. Goebel Paul Gordon Goebel was an American football end who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1920 to 1922. He was an All-American in 1921 and was the team's captain in 1922. He played professional football from 1923 to 1926 with the Columbus Tigers, Chicago Bears, and New York Yankees... |
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| 1963 | (no longer ex officio Regent) | |||||||||||
| 1964 | William B. Cudlip | Robert P. Briggs | ||||||||||
| 1965 | ||||||||||||
| 1966 | Alvin M. Bentley | |||||||||||
| 1967 | Frederick C. Matthaei, Jr. | Robert J. Brown Robert J. Brown Robert J. Brown was an American football center and university regent. He played college football for the University of Michigan from 1923 to 1925. He later served as a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan from 1967 to 1974... |
Otis M. Smith Otis M. Smith Otis M. Smith was the first African American justice on the Michigan Supreme Court and the General Counsel for General Motors.Smith graduated from law school at The Catholic University of America in 1950, where he was a member of the first volume of the school's Law Review.He then went to Flint,... |
Gertrude V. Huebner | ||||||||
| 1968 | Robben Wright Fleming Robben Wright Fleming Robben Wright Fleming was the President of Wisconsin-Madison from 1964 to 1967, and the University of Michigan from 1968 to 1978.-Biography:... |
Lawrence B. Lindemer | ||||||||||
| 1969 | Robert E. Nederlander | Gerald R. Dunn | Lawrence B. Lindemer | |||||||||
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| 1971 | James L. Waters | Paul W. Brown Paul W. Brown Paul Wesley Brown was a Republican lawyer in the U. S. State of Ohio who served two non consecutive terms as a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court sandwiched around being appointed Ohio Attorney General.-Biography:... |
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| 1973 | Deane Baker | |||||||||||
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| 1975 | Sarah Goddard Power Sarah Goddard Power Sarah Goddard Power was a United States Democratic Party activist and University of Michigan Regent who committed suicide by falling out a window at the Burton Tower on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor.... |
David Laro David Laro David Laro is a senior judge of the United States Tax Court.Laro graduated from the University of Michigan in 1964, earned a J.D. from the University of Illinois Law School in 1967 and an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University Law School in 1970.He was admitted to Michigan Bar, and United... |
Thomas A. Roach | |||||||||
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| 1979 | Allen T. Smith | |||||||||||
| 1980 | Harold Tafler Shapiro | |||||||||||
| 1981 | Nellie M. Varner | |||||||||||
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| 1985 | Veronica Latta Smith | Neal D. Nielson | ||||||||||
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| 1987 | Philip H. Power | |||||||||||
| 1988 | James Johnson Duderstadt James Johnson Duderstadt James Johnson Duderstadt was the President of the University of Michigan from 1988 to 1996. He currently holds the title of President Emeritus and University Professor of Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan.-Biography:... |
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| 1991 | Shirley M. McFee | |||||||||||
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| 1993 | Laurence B. Deitch | Rebecca McGowan | ||||||||||
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| 1995 | Andrea F. Newman | Daniel D. Horning | ||||||||||
| 1996 | Homer S. Neal | |||||||||||
| Lee C. Bollinger | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | Olivia P. Maynard | S. Martin Taylor | ||||||||||
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| 1999 | David Brandon David Brandon David A. Brandon is the director of intercollegiate athletics for the University of Michigan. He was formerly chairman of the board, chief executive officer, and manager of Domino's Pizza. He is also a former regent of the University of Michigan. Brandon took over Domino's in March 1999 when... |
Katherine E. White | ||||||||||
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| 2002 | B. Joseph White B. Joseph White Bernard Joseph White is President Emeritus of the University of Illinois and James F. Towey Professor of Business and Leadership at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is Dean Emeritus of the Stephen M... |
Andrew C. Richner | ||||||||||
| Mary Sue Coleman | ||||||||||||
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| 2007 | Julia Donovan Darlow Julia Donovan Darlow Julia Donovan Darlow, J.D. is an American attorney and member of the University of Michigan Board of Regents.-Education and career:Darlow serves as an adjunct professor at the Wayne State University Law School, where she earned her J.D. in 1971. She had previously earned a B. A... |
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