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Dr. Mei-Yu Yu

Dr. Mei-Yu Yu, a research associate professor in the School of Nursing, Born Feb. 21, 1944, in Chongqing, China, Yu grew up in Nanjing. She attended the Shanghai First Medical University and received her medical degree in 1968. She was a physician in Changsha, China, from 1968-81 before coming to the United States in 1981 to study at the University of Texas at Austin. There, she received her doctorate in sociology in 1986.

After completing her postdoctoral work in 1988, Yu joined the U-M faculty. She introduced numerous research and teaching projects in the School of Nursing, mentored more than 30 postdoctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students, and received over $2 million in research grants. She also produced more than 50 publications, including four chapters contributed to as many books.

Yu served as the Asian American/Pacific Islander Advisory Council for the Komen Foundation and Michigan chair for National Asian Women's Health Organization. Among her various other professional and academic affiliations, she was a member of the Midwest Nursing Research Society, International Council on Women's Health Issues, National Breast Cancer Coalition, Colorectal Cancer Advisory Committee of the Michigan Cancer Consortium, and Cervical Cancer Control Program Steering Committee of Washtenaw County and Oakland County.

Yu was died July 9, 2005. He was 74.

Colleagues describe Harris, who also served as Ann Arbor mayor from 1969-73, as caring and civic-minded. "He spent a lot of time talking to me about current events, such as fair housing and racial integration," says Rick Hills, a law professor who knew Harris for 12 years. "I thought he had more energy than some of my colleagues. I was impressed with him."

Harris's tenure as mayor came during turbulent times. Faced with protests against the Vietnam War, he worked with activists and University and city officials to keep the demonstrations peaceful and the city safe.

Ted Stanton, emeritus professor of law, taught the same course on first-year contracts when he arrived at the Law School in 1965. Harris gave Stanton course outlines and offered him teaching tips, such as "don't hesitate to confess ignorance if you don't know the answer. Be honest with the students."

"He emphasized not the substance of the material, but organizing it so it comes across clearly and with flair," Stanton says.

Harris was died July 8, 2005 in Palo Alto, Calif., after a long illness. He was 80.

In 1973, Stevenson traveled to China as part of the first delegation of foreign researchers to visit the country a year after Richard Nixon's historic trip. He began to conduct significant cross-cultural studies of children's academic achievement in the United States, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe.

Richard Gonzalez, chair of the Psychology Department, recalls his first trip to China and how Stevenson sought him out and took him under his wing for an afternoon to explain all the unique aspects of Chinese culture he'd learned over many years.

"He was the one who brought cross-culture interests to developmental psychology," Gonzalez says. "For years, development psychology looked at development in the U.S., but his awareness grew when he made one of the first cross-cultural exchanges to China."

He helped establish exchange programs between Chinese and U.S. scholars and founded a collaborative research center between U-M and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Prior to joining the U-M faculty, Stevenson was director of the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota, which achieved international recognition in the area of educational research for children.

Stevenson helped found nursery schools in Texas, Minnesota and Michigan designed for the children of graduate students in education and psychology. Stevenson and his wife, Nancy, a clinical psychologist, established one of the first racially integrated preschools in the country in the early 1950s in Austin, Texas.

Stevenson served as president of the Division of Developmental Psychology of the American Psychological Association, and the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development. He also was director of the Child Development and Social Policy program at U-M.

A fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in Palo Alto, he also was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and chairman of the Council for International Exchange of Scholars Committee on Psychology.

He chaired or was a member of many national boards and committees, including those advising the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council, and the visiting committee for the School of Education at Harvard University.

Stevenson wrote and edited numerous books and manuscripts, including "The Learning Gap: Why Our Schools Are Failing and What We Can Learn from Japanese and Chinese Education," with James Stigler, in 1992.

He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado and master's and doctoral degrees in psychology from Stanford University. Stevenson served in the Navy during World War II, where he studied in the Japanese language program.

Stevenson is survived by his wife, Nancy Guy Stevenson; four children, Peggy Stevenson of Palo Alto; Janet Zimmerman of Plymouth, Mich.; Andy Stevenson of Charlottesville, Va.; and Patricia Stevenson of Chicago; seven grandchildren; a brother, Robert Stevenson of Post Falls, Idaho; and seven nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held in late August in Ann Arbor. The family hopes to establish a fund in Stevenson's memory, through the Society for Research in Child Development, to support international study and research in developmental psychology.-Joe Serwach, News Service

Ruth Harris

Ruth Harris, professor emerita of kinesiology, died July 16 in Wilmington, N.C. He was 81.

Vaughn taught for the Division of Kinesiology/Physical Education from 1970-84, when he retired and was given emeritus status. He went on to serve as chair of the physical education department at Grambling State University before returning to U-M. From 1986-96 he held appointments with the Department of Gerontology, School of Education, Physical Education and LSA.

Vaughn made many contributions to the Ann Arbor community, among other things, with his work on the Ann Arbor School Board. He was an active participant in several state and national organizations, including the American Alliance for Health, Recreation, Physical Education and Dance, the American Association of Leisure and Recreation, and the American Public Health Association.

Kinesiology Professor Dee Edington says Vaughn was an outstanding leader in physical education in the area of recreation for the handicapped and physical activity for the aged. His many interests and leadership activities laid the foundation for several departmental programs.

Vaughn received a bachelor of science degree from Fisk University in 1948, a master of arts from Columbia University in 1949, and a doctorate from Springfield College in 1968.

Vaughn is survived by his wife, Frances H. Vaughn; children Laura Lynn Vaughn-Allen of Wilmington; Joseph E. Vaughn III and Celeste Brown of Las Vegas; Kenneth Vaughn of San Diego; and five grandchildren.

Contributions may be made in his name to Fisk University, General Scholarship Fund, Advancement Office, 1000 17th Avenue North, Nashville, TN, 37205.

A memorial service will be held in Ann Arbor at a future date.

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