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Deming Bronson Brown
Deming Bronson Brown, professor emeritus of slavic languages and literatures, died suddenly of a heart attack on Jan. 31, 1999 at home in Boston, Mass.
A member of the Medical School’s Department of Neurology faculty from 1978 to 1991, Penney and his wife, Anne Young, were known for his work, that revolutionized the understanding of the brain and its failure in certain movement disorders. Together, they established the Medical Center’s Movement Disorders Clinic. While at the University, Penney became known for his work on basal ganglia anatomy and neurochemistry, studies of the neurochemistry of disease, and excitatory amino acid neurotransmitter pharmacology. For nearly 20 years, he was a consulting neurologist to the U.S.-Venezuela Collaborative Huntington’s Research Projects, whose work led to the cloning of the gene that causes the disease. His studies in understanding the basal ganglia and the circuitry of the brain were important steps toward new therapies for Parkinson’s disease.
Penney was died Jan. 23, 1999 at the Arbor Hospice Residence in Ann Arbor.
A pioneer in physical therapy education, Wilson was active professionally on a national and state level. She was recognized for her contributions to physical therapy accreditation processes for entry-level programs, and served on numerous national and state physical therapy committees. Wilson was a leader in the state, shepherding through the Legislature the Physical Therapy Practice Act, and served as the first chair of the state’s Licensing Board for Physical Therapists. She had the honor of holding license #0001.
Her professional contributions were recognized by the Michigan Physical Therapy Association in 1973 and 1976 when she received its Outstanding Service Award. In 1981, she received the American Physical Therapy Association’s Lucy Blair Service Award. Along with James W. Rae of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wilson established the curriculum in physical therapy in 1952. She served as its director until 1976, when she retired.
Colleagues in the U-M-Flint physical therapy program, where the program transferred in 1983, as well as those from the Medical Center and around the state credit Wilson and Rae’s foresight, planning, and leadership for maintaining high standards for physical therapy education.
Wilson was died May 8, 1999.
Flanigan was died May 12, 1999 at his home in Gainesville, Fla., after a brief illness.
He was died unexpectedly May 26, 1999.
A native of Iowa, Hobbs, 44, received his doctorate from the University of Iowa and conducted research in immunology at Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif., in 1982-95 before coming to Ann Arbor. He was a leading researcher in the relationship of immunology and the aging process. He excelled in helping young scientists establish careers and is remembered for the breadth of his reading and his delight in long conversations, good wine and jazz.
Hobbs is survived by his wife, Rosemary Rochford; his father, Mervin Hobbs; a brother, Mick Hobbs; a sister, Lisa Anderson; and four nieces and nephews. Memorial contributions may be made to the School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, for a scholarship in Monte Hobbs name.
