Michael VanScoy, Class of 1994
Michael VanScoy, 38, of Lake Bluff, Illinois passed away on March 23, 2010. He was born February 18, 1972, in Hinsdale, Illinois, the son of Mary H. Coan and step-father Robert G. Shaw. He was the youngest of Mary’s three sons. Mike graduated from The University of Michigan in 1994, following in the footsteps of […]
James Michael Meidell, Class of 1981
[Published May 1, 2012] James Michael Meidell September 30, 1958 – May 1, 2012 Resided in Birmingham, MI Jim was a resident of Birmingham, formerly of Ann Arbor. He was a 1976 graduate of Bloomfield Hills Lahser High School where he was a member of the basketball team. He was also a devoted alumnus of […]
John Ghindia, Class of 1950
[Published in the News-Herald on March 20, 2012] OBIT: John Ghindia Published: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 By Dennis Hinzmann John Verle Ghindia of Trenton, a former University of Michigan football player and highly successful Downriver high school coach, died of congestive heart failure Friday, March 16, 2012. He was 86. Mr. Ghindia was born on […]
Remembering Jimmy Maddock, Class of 1957
Athlete, Loyal Brother, Family Man, and Business Founder [Posted September 1, 2011] The Alumni Association mourns the passing of Jimmy Maddock ’57. Maddock was a three-year starting quarterback for the Wolverines. He played 27 games at quarterback for Michigan from 1954-56, winning 20 of them. Maddock’s career moment probably was his last in a Michigan […]
Harold A. “Hap” Langstaff, Class of 1950
[Published in the Golden Eagles web site April 2011] Lieutenant Colonel Harold A. “Hap” Langstaff, USMC (Ret.) made his final takeoff on Friday, April 8, 2011, in Sacramento, CA at age 90. Hap Langstaff was born February 2, 1921, in Pittsburgh, PA. He completed two years at the University of Michigan from the fall of […]
Michael Addleman, Class of 1984
[Published in the Monett Times on December 31, 2010] Michael Duane Addleman, age 49, of St. Louis, formerly of Mt. Vernon and Springfield, Missouri, passed away at 6:45 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010, at the St. Louis University Hospital after battling a long illness. He was born on May 24, 1961, in Corvallis, Oregon, […]
Woodward A. “Chip” Warrick, Jr., Class of 1947
[October 2010] Woodward A. “Chip” Warrick, Jr. ’47 was the 2007 winner of the Ufer Award. Over the last seven decades, Warrick built up a long list of accomplishments at, and in support of, the University. He was a member of the U of M wrestling teams of 1943 and 1944. Warrick earned an Engineering […]
Douglas Fergusson Roby, Jr., Class of 1956
[Posted March 4, 2010] (From the Grosse Pointe News) Douglas Fergusson Roby Jr. Died: Saturday, February 27, 2010 Age: 77 Grosse Pointe Farms resident Douglas Fergusson Roby Jr. peacefully passed away Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010, after a courageous fight with pancreatic cancer. Mr. Roby was born in Detroit on Dec. 3, 1932, to Douglas and […]
Charles (Chuck) T Klein, Class of 1936
Charles (Chuck) T Klein, 95, died on December 2, 2009. He was born in Wichita, KS on June 23, 1914, to Blanche Thackeray and Charles Klein. The family moved to Tulsa in 1919. Charles graduated from Tulsa Central High School in 1932. He attended the University of Kansas and transferred to the University of Michigan […]
Benjamin Sandipher Smith, Class of 1943
(From the Ft. Myers, Florida News-Press.com on July 29, 2009) Benjamin Sandipher Smith, age 88 a retired Detroit businessman and fine amateur golfer died on July 21, 2009, in the Naples Community Hospital, Naples, Florida. Ben was born to the late Mr./Mrs. Amos Tuttle Smith of Fort Myers, Florida and was preceded in death by […]