Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1963-1966)

JULY MEETING, 1963

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Ann Arbor, he earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree in 1924, remained to
teach for three years in the Dental School and, after a term of private practice
joined the dental faculty permanently in 1933. His professorship dates from 1935.
From 1935 to 1946, he directed the Operative Clinic of his School; from 1937
until his retirement, he was in charge of the graduate and postgraduate education
program sponsored by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. He was appointed Dean
in 1950.
Dr. Jeserich united a devotion to the highest standards of technical proficiency
with a responsible social concern for the general availability of dental care. The
chief testimony to his talents as dental educator is, and will remain, the profes
sional excellence of the University's Dental School graduates, which has long been
acknowledged among practitioners generally, and which was specifically attested
by the Council on Dental Education of the American Dental Association two years
ago. More personal honors were conferred on Dr. Jeserich by the American Dental
Association, which elected him president in 1959, by the Royal College of Surgeons
(London), which elected him to its dental section in the same year, and by other
professional associations near and far. His high sense of civic and social responsibility was illustrated by his many services to local, state, and national agencies
including the Ann Arbor Veterans Hospital and the Joint Council of the Health
Professions to Improve the Health Care of the Aged.
The Regents of the University, who now appoint Dr. Jeserich Dean Emeritus
of the School of Dentistry, Director Emeritus of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation
Institute: Graduate and Postgraduate Dentistry, and Professor Emeritus of Dentistry, express their respectful gratitude to him for his able and dedicated labors.
Warmly extending to him the privileges accorded to the emeritus faculty, they
trust that he will long retain his associations within the University community.
ALBERT LUCONI, Associate Professor of Clarinet, formally relinquished his A. Luconi:
active faculty status at the last Commencement, after having taught at the Univer- Memoir
sity for twenty years.
A native Italian, Mr. Luconi earned a master's diploma at the Royal Academy
of Saint Cecilia in Rome in 1919. and performed as first clarinetist with the
Augusteum and the La Scala-Toscanini orchestras before assuming the same office
with the Detroit Symphony in 1923. Thereafter he performed with the Manhattar
Opera Company and radio station WJR, taught briefly at Wayne University, and
supervised the state W.P.A. Music Project in Lansing. He accepted his first
appointment at the University in 1943. Devoting an increasing amount of time to
instruction here, he was elevated to Assistant Professor in 1952 and Associate
Professor in 1960.
In his service at the University. Mr. Luconi went far beyond the call of duty.
selflessly nurturing the individual careers of each one of his students. His own
superior artistry was manifested in his performances with the University Woodwind
Quintet. which he assisted in founding, and in his several appearances with the
Stanley Quartet.
On this occasion of conferring on him the title Associate Professor Emeritus
of Clarinet, the Regents of the University express their warm regard for him as
man and as musician, and their gratification that he will continue to lend his
distinguished talent to the School of Music for the first semester of the next
school year.
JULIUS CLARK PALMER, Professor of Engineering Graphics, completed J. C. Palmer:
his terminal furlough on June 8 and entered upon his retirement. He taught his Memoir
first class at the University nearly fifty years ago.
Professor Palmer came here immediately upon his graduation from the
University of Illinois in 1914, and was advanced to Assistant Professor in 1920.
to Associate Professor in 1929, and to Professor in 1945. During the major
portion of his teaching career, he was responsible for course organization and text
materials in the field of descriptive geometry, a subject which, since it translates
abstract mathematical ideas into visible concretion, is emblematic of all engineering studies. Though numbers of other schools used his materials, he claimed no
royalties for them. His students freely attest the value of his precise and thoroug]
instruction. He further ably served the students and his college by advising and
classifying the engineering freshmen over a period of many years. During summer
intervals he lent his talents and his wide experience to the cities of Detroit and
Jackson and to private engineering firms.
The Regents of the University. now appoint him Professor Emeritus of Engineering Graphics, warmly thank him for his long and dedicated service, and trust
that he will for many years enjoy the hospitality extended to the emeritus faculty.