News Notes

1951 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 156

A Geometry Teaching Institute, sponsored by The School of Education with the cooperation of the Department of Mathematics was hold at the University of Michigan on Saturday, January 13, 1951. An audience and panel discussion included brief reports from Josephine Montague of Central Michigan College of Education, Dorothy Noyes of Ann Arbor High School, Clara. Mueller of Cass Technical Iligh School in Detroit, Howard F. Beatty of Saginaw High School and Harold Fawcett of Ohio State University. Discussion and laboratory groups met in the morning and afternoon and were led by Russell Schneider of Lansing Eastern High School, Donald Marshall of Dearborn High School, Norman Anning of the University of Michigan, Gertrude Pratt of Central Michigan College of Education, Kenneth Leisenring of the University of Michigan and Lauren Woodby of the University High School. The principal address was delivered in the afternoon by Professor Fawcett and was entitled “The Interplay of Induction and Deduction in the Teaching of Geometry.”

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1959 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-183

Postgraduate Courses—AAP The first two of a series of postgraduate courses being sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics will be held at the University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 2, 3, 4, and 5, 1959; and at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, on March 17, 18, and 19, 1959. Tuition for these courses is $50 and $40, respectively, for Academy members. Fees for nonmembers will be $70 and $60, respectively. These courses will both be organized so that each day will be devoted to papers and discussions on a different pediatric problem. At the University of Michigan, Dr. James Wilson and the pediatric staff will be hosts, as well as part of the faculty for the course. Other speakers will include members of other departments and the guest speakers, Dr. Warren Wheeler, Professor of Pediatrics and Bacteriology, Ohio State University Medical School, and Dr. Frederick C. Robbins, Director, Department of Pediatrics and Contagious Diseases, Cleveland City Hospital.


1986 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-49
Author(s):  
Robert Gillespie

Robert Gillespie is director of string education and assistant professor of music at The Ohio State University, where he is responsible for the undergraduate and graduate curriculum in string pedagogy and orchestral teaching. He received his Ph.D. from The University of Michigan. A violinist, adjudicator, researcher, and clinician, Dr. Gillespie is currently principal second violin of the PRO MUSICA Chamber Orchestra of Columbus. The founder and director of The Ohio State University-Columbus Symphony Orchestra Junior Strings Youth Orchestra, and of The Ohio String Teachers Middle School Summer Orchestra Camp, he also reviews new music for the American String Teacher. Dr. Gillespie has developed a series of diagnostic videotapes for string teachers which are now available nationally through the American String Teachers Association.


1951 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
James B. Edmonson

While the major contributions of Professor Raleigh Schorling in teaching, research, and writing were largely in the field of mathematics, he made an enviable reputation in other educational work, He had in influential part in the organization of the Lincoln School of Teachers College, Columbia University, and served as the first principal of the school. At the University of Michigan he organized the University High School and served as its first principal. He also planned and directed the first program in student teaching offered by the School of Education of the University of Michigan. In addition to his University duties he served on numerous state and national committees and was an exceedingly valuable member of such committees because of his unusual resourcefulness, marked initiative, and fine professional spirit.


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