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Martin W. Slobin
Martin W. Slobin, adjunct lecturer in behavioral sciences and social sciences at U-M-Dearborn, died Jan. 8, 2001, following a brief illness. She was 49.
Lawson, who joined the Dearborn faculty in 1985, taught classes in 18th-century British and 20th-century American literature, as well as press law, ethics and the history of journalism.
Lawson earned her bachelor’s degree in English and journalism and a master’s degree in English from Western Washington University. She also held a master’s degree in English from Simmons College and a Ph.D. in English from Brown University.
A gifted and dedicated teacher, Lawson was especially committed to the liberal arts and to the education of working-class students. Her enthusiasm in the classroom won the admiration of her students and the respect of her colleagues.
Lawson was awarded Dearborn’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 1986, her first year at Dearborn, and received a Distinguished Faculty Award in 1989 from the Michigan Association of Governing Boards of State Universities. In 1998, she received the Faculty Appreciation Award from student-athletes for her outstanding support of academics and athletics.
“Her admirable and energetic performance of this role has been appreciated by faculty throughout the University of Michigan,” said Dearborn Chancellor Daniel Little. “Jackie made a powerful mark on the institution during her years at U-M-Dearborn and profoundly affected all with whom she interacted, including students, faculty and staff. We will remember her for her intellectual vitality, her concern for the University and her unflagging willingness to speak her mind about the issues that were important to her.”
As a scholar, Lawson was the author of several articles on Vietnam War literature, one of which received the American Culture Association’s Carl Bode Award in 1990, as well as of a book on the 18th-century British novel.
An ardent defender of faculty governance and academic freedom, she served the University and her colleagues in a variety of elected roles.
At Dearborn, she served on numerous campus committees and was chair of the Faculty Senate in 1995–96.
She also served as Dearborn’s elected representative to Senate Assembly for three years and was elected chair of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA) on the Ann Arbor campus for 2000–01, the first faculty member from Dearborn or Flint to be elected to that position.
She was a member of the Academic Affairs Advisory Committee (AAAC) and of the board of directors of the Academic Freedom Lecture Fund.
“Jackie was a model citizen of our scholarly community, always willing to give of herself for the common good,” said Provost Nancy Cantor. “She made a powerful mark on all of us as a person of intelligence, integrity and decency. I will personally miss our colleagueship and friendship a great deal, but I feel privileged to have worked closely with Jackie on both AAAC and SACUA.”
Regent Rebecca McGowan said that Lawson’s “effectiveness in communicating with the Board of Regents while chair of SACUA was remarkable. She put the University’s values front and center, she was completely prepared in every instance, and she conducted the conversation with commitment and grace. Her welcome smile never belied the firmness of her presentation. She has left us far, far too soon.”
Lawson was married Jonathan Smith, also a member of the Dearborn faculty, in 1994. In addition to her husband, Lawson is survived by her brothers, Ron Lawson of Houston and Gary Lawson of Acton, Mass., and their families; mother, Lillian, of Seattle; and many devoted friends. She was died Aug. 16, 2000 at Arbor Hospice Residence. He was 81.
Galliher held bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in mathematics and mathematical logic from Yale University. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was honorably discharged as a captain.
After serving on the mathematics faculty at New Haven State Teachers College and then at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), he was appointed associate director of MIT’s Operations Research Center in 1956. He joined the University in 1963.
At the U-M, Galliher taught and developed courses in inventory and production and stochastic processes and mathematical modeling, and served the University in a variety of administrative positions.
“He is recognized as one of the founders of the field of operations research,” the Regents noted upon his retirement in 1982. “His contributions span a range of applications. He developed and named the ‘stuttering Poisson’ distribution to describe demand processes in supply situations. He was one of the first to use quereing theory to analyze landing congestion of aircraft. And in recent years, he has pioneered the use of stochastic models to represent disease processes, and has contributed to the literature on the management of cervical cancer, arteriosclerosis and breast cancer.
“His encyclopedic knowledge, quick wit and ready availability have made him a favorite instructor for many students, and a valued colleague to his fellow faculty,” the Regents added.
Galliher was the founding editor of International Abstracts in Operations Research and associate editor of Operations Research and the SIMA Journal on Applied Mathematics. He also was a consultant to a variety of corporations and government agencies.
He was married Shirley Crane (Walton).
Galliher is survived by his wife Shirley; children, Caroline (Charles) Orr of Sudbury, Mass., Parrish (Valerie) Galliher of Littleton, Mass., Scott (Kitty) Galliher of Brooklyn, New York, and Delia (Joseph) Jackson of Richmond, Vt.; his stepchildren, John (Ann) Walton of Marshall, Mich., Elizabeth (Jim) Boyd of Montgomery, Texas, Blake (Ann) Walton of Sarasota, Fla., and Mark (Nancy) Walton of Milan, Mich.
He also is survived by 16 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; his sister, Susan (Doug) Berndt of Cape Elizabeth, Maine; and his former wife, Dorothy Dewherst of Mass. Memorial contributions may be made to the First Unitarian Church Building Fund, 4901 Ann Arbor-Saline Road.
Lee A. Lillard
Lee A. Lillard III, director of the U-M Retirement Research Center, senior research scientist at the Institute for Social Research (ISR) and professor of economics, Born Nov. 12, 1943, in Arlington, Texas, Lillard received a B.S. in mathematics in 1966 from the University of Texas at Arlington, an M.A. in economics in 1968 from Southern Methodist University (SMU), and an M.S. in 1970 and a joint Ph.D. in 1972 in economics and statistics from North Carolina State University. Before joining RAND in 1978, he served as a research associate and project director at the National Bureau of Economic Research. During his career, he also held visiting positions at the City University of New York; the University of California, Santa Clara; the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; the University of California, Los Angeles; California Institute of Technology; and the University of Southern California.
“Lee was painstakingly careful with data,” said Finis Welch, distinguished professor of economics at Texas A & M University, a friend and colleague who was Lillard’s teacher and mentor at SMU. “He was also an extraordinarily competent analyst and the most energetic researcher I have ever known. I have seen many hard workers. Most burn out after a few years. None surpassed Lee in dedication and effort.”
Lillard is survived by his daughter, Jennifer, of Los Angeles, Calif.; his father, Lee A. Lillard II, of Granbury, Texas; and his grandmother, Lucille Lillard of Arlington, Texas. He was preceded in death by his mother, Harriet Jean Lillard. Burial will be in Arlington, with a memorial service planned for January in Ann Arbor.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, National Office, 1701 North Beauregard St., Alexandria, VA 22311, or on the Web at www.diabetes.org/ada/mem/mem.asp.
