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List of Professors
| Name |
Years at Michigan |
Position | |
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Douglass Houghton |
1839 - 1845 | Professor of Mineralogy, Geology, Chemistry & Pharmacy |
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Alexander Winchell |
1853 - 1891 |
Professor of Physics Professor/Chair Civil Engineering 1853-1855 Professor Geology, Zoology and Botany 1855-1873 |
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Israel Cook Russell |
1892 - 1906 | Professor of Geology |
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William Herbert Hobbs |
1906 - 1934 |
Professor of Geology Head of the Department of Geology Director of the Geological Laboratory |
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Ermine Cowles Case |
1907 - 1941 |
Chairman of the Geology Department Curator of Vertebrates Director of the Museum of Paleontology |
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Irving Day Scott |
1907 - 1948 | Associate Professor of Physiographical Geology |
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Charles Wiford Cook |
1909 - 1920 | Professor of Geology |
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Frank Leverett |
1910 - 1926 | Lecturer on Glacial Geology |
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Frank Carney |
1912 - 1913 | Professor of Geology |
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Jesse Perry Rowe |
1918 - 1922 | Professor of Geology |
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George Marion Ehlers |
1919 - 1961 |
Professor of Geology Curator of Paleozoic Invertebrates |
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Laurence McKinley Gould |
1919 - 1932 | Associate Professor Geology |
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Darrell Haug Davis |
1920 - 1922 | Assistant Professor of Geology, Geology |
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Maurice William Senstius |
1926 - 1958 | Associate Professor of Geology |
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Lewis Burnet Kellum |
1928 - 1967 |
Professor of Geology Director of Museum of Paleontology |
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Ralph Leroy Belknap |
1930 - 1961 | Associate Professor of Geology |
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Armand John Eardley |
1930 - 1949 |
Professor of Geology & Mineralogy Director Geological Field Work at Camp Davis |
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Russell Claudius Hussey |
1937 - 1959 | Professor of Geology |
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James Tinley Wilson |
1940 - 1978 |
Professor of Geology Chair Department of Geology Director Institute of Science & Technology |
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Kenneth Knight Landes |
1941 - 1969 | Professor of Geology & Mineralogy |
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Claude William Hibbard |
1946 - 1973 |
Professor of Geology Curator of Fossil Vertebrates, Museum of Paleontology |
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Eberhardt William Heinrich |
1947 - 1983 | Professor of Geological Sciences, Chemistry & Mineralogy |
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Frederick Stewart Turneaure |
1947 - 1969 | Professor of Geology & Mineralogy |
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Erwin C. Stumm |
1947 - 1969 |
Professor of Geology & Mineralogy Curator of Paleozoic Invertebrates, Museum of Paleontology |
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Robert V. Kesling |
1949 - 1984 | Professor of Geological Sciences |
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Edwin Newell Goddard |
1949 - 1973 |
Professor of Geology & Mineralogy Chair of Department of Geology Director of Geological Field At Camp Davis |
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Louis Isaac Briggs Jr |
1950 - 1979 | Professor of Geology and Mineralogy |
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James H. Zumberge |
1950 - 1962 | Professor of Geology |
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John A. Dorr Jr. |
1952 - 1986 | Professor of Geological Sciences and English |
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Donald F. Eschman |
1953 - 1988 | Professor of Geological Sciences |
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Charles B. Beck |
1956 - 1991 |
Professor of Botany, Paleobotany Curator in the Museum of Paleontology |
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William C. Kelly |
1956 - 1994 |
Professor of Geological Sciences Vice President of Research |
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Paul L. Cloke |
1959 - 1986 | Professor of Geological Sciences |
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John M. DeNoyer |
1961 - 1968 | Associate Professor of Geology & Mineralogy |
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Donald R. Peacor |
1963 - 2002 | Professor of Geological Sciences |
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Henry N. Pollack |
1964 - 2005 | Professor of Geological Sciences |
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Jack Hough |
1964 - 1975 |
Professor of Geology and Oceanic Science Research Geologist Great Lakes Division of the Institute of Science & Technology Professor of Meteorology & Oceanography |
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William R. Farrand |
1965 - 2000 | Professor of Geological Sciences |
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Brian A. Hazlett |
1966 - 2006 | Professor of Zoology |
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Frank Harold Trevor Rhodes |
1968 - 1977 |
Professor of Geology & Mineralogy Dean of LSA 1971-1974 Vice-President for Academic Affairs 1974-1977 |
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Eric J Essene |
1968 - 2008 | Professor of Geological Sciences |
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Gerald Smith |
1969 - 2003 |
Professor of Geological Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Curator of Museum of Zoology, Museum of Paleontology |
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Samuel I. Outcalt |
1970 - 1995 | Professor of Geological Sciences |
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Rob Van der Voo |
1970 - 2016 |
Professor of Geological Sciences Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences |
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Philip A. Meyers |
1972 - 2007 |
Professor of Geological Sciences Research Scientist, Center for Great Lakes and Aquatic Sciences |
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Bruce Wilkinson |
1973 - 2006 | Profesor of Geological Sciences |
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David K. Rea |
1975 - 2007 | Professor of Geological Sciences |
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Robert M. Owen |
1975 - 2012 |
Professor of Marine Geochemistry, Environment Arthur F. Thurnau Professor |
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Frederick J. Mauk |
1977 - 1980 | Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences |
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Stephen E. Kesler |
1977 - 2011 | Professor of Geological Sciences |
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James Lee Wilson |
1979 - 1985 | Professor of Geological Sciences |
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James Walker |
1980 - 2000 |
Professor of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences Professor of Geological Sciences |
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Jennifer A. Kitchell |
1984 - 1989 | Associate Professor of Geological Sciences |
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Alexander N. Halliday |
1985 - 1998 | Professor of Geological Sciences |
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Michael C. Gurnis |
1988 - 1993 | Associate Professor of Geological Sciences |
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Thorne Lay |
1988 - 1990 | Associate Professor of Geological Sciences |
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James R. O’Neil |
1988 - 1998 | Professor of Geological Sciences |
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James R. O'Neil |
1988 - 1998 | Professor of Geological Sciences |
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Theodore C. Moore Jr. |
1989 - 2004 | Professor of Geological Sciences |
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Samuel Mukasa |
1989 |
Professor of Geological Sciences Chair Department of Geological Sciences |
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Lynn M. Walter |
1989 - 2011 | Professor of Geological Sciences |
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Michael Joseph Foote |
1990 - 1994 | Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences |
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Kenji Satake |
1990 - 1995 | Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences |
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Gerald J Keeler |
1990 - 2011 |
Professor of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences Professor of Geological Sciences Professor of Environmental Health Sciences |
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Michael Fröhlich |
1995 - 2003 |
Assistant Professor of Biology Assistant Curator in the Herbarium |
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Peter Van Keken |
1996 - 2015 | Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences |
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Rodney Ewing |
1997 - 2014 |
Professor of Materials Science & Engineering Professor of Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences Professor of Geological Sciences |
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Josep M. Pares |
1998 - 2011 | Associate Research Scientist, Geological Sciences |
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Maria Clara Cruz da Silva Castro |
1999 - 2022 | Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences |
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Anja Maria Schleicher |
2007 - 2015 | Assistant Research Scientist, Earth & Environmental Sciences |
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Sarah M. Aciego |
2010 - 2016 |
Assistant Professor of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences Assistant Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences |