Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1963-1966)

SEPTEMBER MEETING, 1965

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and indeed throughout the world. Within the medical faculty and the larger intellectual family of the University, he was an invaluable example of the unified
sensibility, with fully realized capacities for both broad speculation and precise
observation.
As they appoint him Professor Emeritus of Electroencephalography in the
Department of Psychiatry, the Regents of the University express their own thanks
to this richly endowed and versatile man for associating himself with this institution, and warmly extend to him the courtesies accorded the emeritus ranks.
DWIGHT LOWELL DUMOND, noted American historian and authority on D. L. Dumond:
the national struggle for freeing the slaves, relinquished his active status late in Memoir
August after having served on the faculty for thirty-five years.
Professor Dumond earned his baccalaureate from Baldwin-Wallace College
(which also in 1955 conferred on him the degree Doctor of Humane Letters) and
proceeded to earn a master's degree from Washington University and a doctorate
from The University of Michigan. Returning here shortly thereafter as Assistant
Professor of History, he was elevated to Associate Professor in 1935 and to Professor in 1939.
Active in professional and scholarly affairs, he held the presidency of the
Mississippi Valley Historical Association and a number of other such offices voted
him by his colleagues in tribute to his achievements. Locally, he served on the
executive committees of his Department and his College and administered the
doctoral program in history. His primary distinction nevertheless resided in his
scholarly writing. His monumental Antislavery: The Crusade for Freedom in
America, with an exhaustive bibliography separately issued, typified much of his
scholarship in that it possessed high social significance and attracted popular interest as well as scholarly. In 1963, he was fittingly granted the Distinguished Faculty
Achievement Award. And perhaps more than the honors conferred by either scholars
or the general public, he has appreciated the affectionate esteem which American
Negroes have made known for him.
The Regents of the University would express their own abiding gratitude for
his loyal service to this institution and for the honor which he has brought to its
name. They warmly invite him to avail himself of the privileges accorded the title
now formally conferred, Professor Emeritus of History.
Professor CATHERINE BORTIC HELLER, who single-handedly developed C. B. Heller:
the present curriculum in interior design in the College of Architecture and Design, Memoir
entered upon her retirement at the end of this past summer.
After completing her schooling in her native New Jersey, Miss Heller studied
for two years at Pratt Institute. Coming then to the Midwest, she earned a baccalaureate in architecture at The University of Michigan and taught for one year
here and for four years at the Art Institute of Chicago. For the next decade she
worked in New York, designing store interiors and various kinds of decor and
display and teaching meanwhile at the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts
and at Cooper Union. Armed with this experience, she returned to The University
of Michigan in 1938 as Assistant Professor of Design. Appointments as Associate
Professor and as Professor followed in 1946 and 1952.
The students whom Miss Heller trained in interior design met with extraordinary success the rigorous demands of the market place, and she herself continued
to supply professional consultation in her field. She also developed and taught basic
courses in design and color for all students, and proved her versatility by exploring
many paths both of creation and of abstract understanding. In wide demand as a
lecturer, she further became a persuasive representative of her School among the
population of the state generally.
On the occasion of her retirement, the Regents of the University at once thank
and congratulate her for her able and dedicated university career. Appointing her
Professor Emeritus of Design, they join her colleagues in inviting her to retain her
local associations and partake of the privileges of her new rank.
The following staff members were assigned to duty off campus Off-Campus
(p. 948): * Assignments
Henry L. Bretton, Professor of Political Science, University year 1965-66
Leslie Corsa, Professor of Population Planning, August 22, 1965, to September 24,
1965
George H. Forsyth, Professor of the History of Art and Director of the Kelsey
Museum of Archaeology. September 15. 1965, to November 15, 1965
Anthony F. Lalli, Assistant Professor of PR.diology. September 13. 1965, to February 14, 1966