The Faculty History Project documents faculty members who have been associated with the University of Michigan since 1837. Key in this effort is to celebrate the intellectual life of the University. This Faculty History Website is intended as a component of the effort to document the extraordinary academic achievements of Michigan’s faculty in building and sustaining one of the world’s great universities. It provides access to a comprehensive database of information concerning the thousands of faculty members who have served the University of Michigan.
Find out more.
The Bentley Historical Library serves as the official archives for the University.
List of Professors
| Name |
Years at Michigan |
Position | |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Samuel P. Lockwood |
1900 - 1933 |
Professor of Music (Piano) Chair Department of Piano |
|
|
Mabel Ross Rhead Field |
1904 - 1948 | Professor of Piano |
 |
Ava Comin Case |
1929 - 1963 | Professor of Piano |
 |
Maud Zencia Okkelberg |
1930 - 1949 | Associate Professor of Music (Piano) |
 |
Joseph Brinkman |
1931 - 1961 |
Professor of Piano Chair Department of Piano |
 |
John Lloyd Kollen |
1934 - 1976 | Professor of Music |
 |
Helen Titus |
1936 - 1959 | Associate Professor of Piano |
 |
Marian Anderson Owen Hunt |
1946 - 1978 | Professor of Music (Piano) |
|
|
Mary S. Fishburne |
1948 - 1955 | Assistant Professor of Music (Piano) |
 |
Benning W. Dexter |
1949 - 1985 |
Professor of Music (Piano) Chair Department of Piano |
|
|
Alice Mahler Kern |
1949 - 1976 | Professor of Music (Piano) |
 |
Charles R. Fisher |
1953 - 1991 | Professor of Music (Piano) |
 |
Robert W. Hord |
1955 - 1984 | Professor of Music (Piano) |
|
|
Kurt Wilhelm Pickut |
1957 - 1977 |
Associate Professor of Music (Piano Technology) Director of Piano Technology |
 |
Gyorgy Sandor |
1961 - 1982 | Earl V. Moore Distinguished School Professor of Music |
|
|
Carl J. Alexius |
1962 - 1984 | Associate Professor of Music |
|
|
Lynne K. Bartholomew |
1966 - 2000 | Associate Professor of Music (piano) |
 |
Louis B. Nagel |
1969 - 2016 | Professor of Music (Piano) |
 |
Edward L. Parmentier |
1976 - 2015 |
Professor of Music (Harpsichord) Arthur F. Thunau Professor of Music Director of Early Music Ensemble |
|
|
William E. Bolcom |
1977 - 2009 | William E. Ross Lee Finney Distinguished University Professor of Music |
|
|
Theodore Lettvin |
1977 - 1987 | Professor of Music (Piano) |
 |
Joanne A. Smith |
1983 - 2001 | Professor of Music (Piano) |
 |
Margo Halsted |
1987 - 2003 |
Associate Professor of Music (Campanology) University Carillonneur |
|
|
Jeffrey P. GIlliam |
1989 - 1992 | Assistant Professor of Music (Piano) |
|
|
Dickran Atamian |
1992 - 1996 | Assistant Professor of Music (Piano) |
|
|
Anton Nel |
1992 - 2000 | Professor of Music (Piano) |
|
|
Sergio De Los Cogos |
1999 - 2000 | Assistant Professor of Music (Piano) |
 |
Philip Bush |
2001 - 2004 | Assistant Professor of Music (Piano) |
 |
Sean Brett Duggan |
2001 - 2004 | Assistant Professor of Piano |
|
|
Barton L. Polot |
2001 | Assistant Professor of Music (Music Education, Piano Pedagogy, Music Technology) |
 |
Jonathan Shames |
2001 - 2004 | Assistant Professor of Piano & Conducting |