Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1963-1966)

SEPTEMBER MEETING, 1963

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ther graduate study, he earned a master's degree in public health in 1944. In 1951
he became Director of Continued Education for his school.
By virtue of his own practical background, Mr. Miller was an apt intermediary between theoretical hygienic science and the uses and potentialities of
sanitation engineering. By virtue of his unique combination of technical and social
gifts, he was a particularly able interpreter of environmental health skills to
public-health workers in other specialties. As a moving spirit in the diverse
continued education program of the School of Public Health, he made a distinguished contribution to it and to all public-health professions.
The Regents of the University take the occasion of his retirement to express
their personal appreciation for his dedicated service. Appointing him Lecturer
Emeritus in Public Health Engineering and Sanitation, they cordially invite him
to partake of the privileges accorded the emeritus faculty.
IVAN HENRY WALTON, Professor of English in the College of Engineering,
concluded his forty-fourth year on the University faculty in June and relinquished
his active status on August 10, his seventieth birthday.
A native of Mount Pleasant, Professor Walton studied for two years at the
College of Education there before coming to Ann Arbor to earn his baccalaureate
in 1917. After a brief career in journalism and a term of military service as a
fighter pilot, he returned to the University to teach in the College of Engineering
and to undertake graduate study. He earned his master's degree in 1921 and
subsequently completed further graduate work here and at the University of
Chicago. In the Engineering College, he rose to a full professorship in 1946.
Professor Walton's field of special interest was regional folklore, in particular
the songs and folkways of Great Lakes sailors. He himself founded the Michigan
Folklore Society, which he served for two terms as president and subsequently as
permanent executive secretary. The liveliness which this interest betokened was
apparent also in his teaching, which commanded the respect of his students and
his colleagues alike. He further devoted himself ably and loyally to committee
work on behalf of his department, his college, and the University, and to timeconsuming community service in the town.
The University is beholden to Professor Walton, and the Regents take this
opportunity to tender him their warm personal thanks. They trust that he will
long avail himself of the privileges due to the rank hereby conferred, Professor
Emeritus of English in the College of Engineering.
The following leaves of absence, extensions of leave of absence, and
changes in leave of absence were approved (p. 34):
Stephen S. Attwood, Dean of the College of Engineering and Professor of Electrical Engineering, sick leave with salary, July 11, 1963, to September 3, 1963
MIargarete Baum, Assistant Professor of Art, University year 1963-64, without
salary, to teach in Hamburg, West Germany
Ruth B. Bordin, Curator of Manuscripts, Michigan Historical Collections, September 1, 1963, to July 1, 1964, to accompany her husband, Professor Edward S.
Bordin, to Washington, D.C., where he will spend his sabbatical year (R.P.,
1960-63, p. 1088)
Bud R. DeJonge, Instructor in Surgery, sick leave with salary, April 13, 1963,
through May 19, 1963
Richard M. Doolen, Assistant Curator, Michigan Historical Collections, September 1, 1963, to August 31, 1964, without salary, to work on his doctoral
degree
Wilford J. Eiteman, Professor of Finance, second semester of the University year
1963-64, without salary, to serve as Carnegie Visiting Professor of Finance
at the University of Hawaii. Professor Eiteman's sabbatical leave with salary
granted for the second semester of the University year 1963-64 (R.P.,
1960-63, p. 1090) is postponed to the first semester of the University year
1964-65.
Judith A. Ericsson, Instructor in Anesthesiology, December 1, 1963, through
January 31, 1964, without salary, for personal reasons
*Daniel H. Glicksberg, Lecturer, English Language Institute, University year
1963-64, without salary, to accept a Fulbright appointment as Lecturer in
English at the Tokyo University of Education, Japan
Nelda B. Holmgren, Research Associate in Epidemiology, sick leave with salary,
July 15, 1963, through August 14, 1963
Robert F. House, Assistant Research Psychologist, Mental Health Research Institute, September 1, 1963, through June 30, 1964, without salary, for research
at the Mental Health Research Institute under a postdoctoral training fellowship
* It is understood that he will be responsible for his and the University's share of the
premiums due on his annuity policy during the leave without salary.

I. H. Walton:
Memoir
Leaves of Absence