Regents approve tenure appointments

July 15, 1999
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ANN ARBOR—Faculty appointments, with tenure, approved by the University of Michigan Regents at their July 15 meeting included:

Hyman Bass, a faculty member at Columbia University, will be professor of mathematics at U-M, effective Sept. 1.

Iain D. Boyd, a faculty member at Cornell University, will be professor of aerospace engineering at U-M, effective Sept. 1.

Sergey Fomin, a faculty member at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will be associate professor of mathematics at U-M, effective Sept. 1.

Judith Temkin Irvine, a faculty member at Brandeis University, will be professor of anthropology at U-M, effective Jan. 1, 2000.

Richard M. Laine, associate professor of materials science and engineering, with tenure, and associate professor of chemistry, without tenure, at U-M, will become professor of materials science and engineering, with tenure, and associate professor of chemistry, without tenure, effective Sept. 1.

James A. Levinsohn, associate professor of economics and public policy, with tenure, and associate professor of public policy, without tenure, at U-M, will become professor of economics and public policy, with tenure, and professor of public policy, with tenure, effective Sept. 1.

Peggy McCracken, a faculty member at the University of Illinois, Chicago, will be associate professor of French at U-M, effective Sept. 1.

Laurel Lindhout Northouse, a faculty member at Wayne State University, will be professor of nursing at U-M, effective Sept. 1.

Omar M. Yaghi, who taught at Arizona State University, will be professor of chemistry at U-M, effective Sept. 1.

David T. Young, from Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, will be professor of atmospheric, oceanic and space sciences at U-M, effective Sept. 1.

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