UChicago News

Morris Philipson, former director of University of Chicago Press, 1926-2011

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:26 -0500

Morris Philipson, director emeritus of the University of Chicago Press and a leading figure in academic book publishing, died Thursday, Nov. 3. Philipson, 85, was a resident of Chicago.

He was a lion in the publishing world and served as director of the Press from 1967 to 2000. During his tenure — the longest of any director in the Press’s 119-year history — he raised the bar in academic publishing to...

Alice Chandler, University employee for more than 75 years, 1918-2011

Fri, 13 May 2011 14:53 -0500

Update: "Remembering Alice: A Celebration of the Life of Alice Chandler" will be held on Wednesday, June 15, at 4:30pm in the Cloister Club of Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th St. A reception will follow at 5:30pm, also in the Cloister Club.

Alice Chandler, a widely treasured colleague, whose University career of more than 75 years included serving as the office manager for the President and Provost’s offices,...

Melvin Griem, radiation therapy pioneer, 1925–2011

John Easton — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:22 -0500

A leader in the early days of radiation therapy for cancer, Melvin L. Griem, professor emeritus in radiation and cellular oncology, died of pneumonia Feb. 7 at The Grove at Lincoln Park in Chicago. He was 85.

Griem was a pioneer who helped to establish radiation oncology—the use of radiation to treat cancer—as a separate field from radiology, which focused on diagnostic imaging. He was among the first to work with heavy particle emitters instead of X–rays, and...

Miriam Hansen, renowned film scholar, 1949-2011

Susie Allen — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:58 -0500

Update: A commemorative gathering to honor the life and accomplishments of Miriam Hansen is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Monday, March 14, in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. This University memorial service is open to the entire University community and the public.

Film scholar Miriam Hansen, who founded the University’s Cinema and Media Studies program, died Saturday, Feb. 5, after a long battle with cancer. She was 61.

Over the course of her career,...

John Haugeland, scholar and former Philosophy Department chair, 1945–2010

Susie Allen — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:00 -0500

John Haugeland, a scholar known for his work on philosophy of mind, died June 23 following a May 22 heart attack that occurred during a conference held in his honor. He was 65.

At the conference, James Conant, Chairman of Philosophy and the Chester D. Tripp Professor in Humanities, Philosophy and the College, praised Haugeland’s “profound and lasting contributions to many...

Don Browning, Divinity School scholar of marriage and the family, 1934–2010

Susie Allen — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:00 -0500

Don Browning, a professor in the Divinity School and a leading scholar on marriage in America, died June 3 at his home in Hyde Park. He was 76.

A service for Browning will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 10 at the Hyde Park Union Church. The Divinity School plans to hold an additional memorial service in the fall.

Don Browning, the Alexander Campbell Professor Emeritus of Ethics and the Social Sciences in the Divinity School, studied the influence of religion on...