Giving it up for DUPs — Medical School honors 23 distinguished faculty

The University of Michigan Medical School is honoring 23 faculty members who have been named Distinguished University Professors, or DUPs, with a new digital display in Medical Science Building I.

The U-M Board of Regents established the DUP program in 1947 to recognize faculty for their great contributions to the University and the nation. The honor specifically recognizes faculty for exceptional scholarly and/or creative achievements, national and international reputation, superior teaching and mentoring, and an impressive record of service. 

The display, located next door to the Admissions Office near the Medical School circle drive, is changed periodically to highlight other significant awards, including an interactive display featuring active UMMS faculty who have been named to the National Academy of Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies).

A full list of DUPs who have a Medical School affiliation follows:

1947:

Thomas Francis, Jr., M.D. — Henry Sewall Distinguished University Professor of Epidemiology (also a faculty member in the Department of Pediatrics in the Medical School)

Howard Bishop Lewis, Ph.D. — John Jacob Abel Distinguished University Professor of Biological Chemistry

1966:

James V. Neel, M.D., Ph.D. — Lee R. Dice Distinguished University Professor of Human Genetics

1968:

Jerome W. Conn, M.D. — L. H. Newburgh Distinguished University Professor of Internal Medicine

1983:

Minor J. Coon, Ph.D. — Victor C. Vaughan Distinguished University Professor of Biological Chemistry

1989:

Frederick C. Neidhardt, Ph.D. — Frederick G. Novy Distinguished University Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

1995:

Vincent Massey, Ph.D. — J. Lawrence Oncley Distinguished University Professor of Biological Chemistry

Rowena G. Matthews, Ph.D. — G. Robert Greenberg Distinguished University Professor of Biological Chemistry

1999:

Huda Akil, Ph.D. — Gardner C. Quarton Distinguished University Professor of Neurosciences

2002:

Michael A. Savageau, Ph.D. — Nicolas Rashevsky Distinguished University Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

2003:

David Ginsburg, M.D. — James V. Neel Distinguished University Professor of Internal Medicine and Human Genetics

2004:

Don B. Chaffin, Ph.D. — Richard G. Snyder Distinguished University Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering (also professor emeritus of biomedical engineering in the Medical School/College of Engineering)

Martha L. Ludwig, Ph.D. — J. Lawrence Oncley Distinguished University Professor of Biological Chemistry

2006:

Noreen Clark, Ph.D. — Myron E. Wegman Distinguished University Professor of Public Health (also professor of pediatrics and communicable diseases in the Medical School)

2011: 

Miriam H. Meisler, Ph.D. — Myron Levine Distinguished University Professor of Human Genetics

2013:

Christin Carter-Su, Ph.D. — Anita H. Payne Distinguished University Professor of Physiology

Carol A. Fierke, Ph.D. — Jerome and Isabella Karle Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry (also professor of biological chemistry in the Medical School)

Mark B. Orringer, M.D. — Cameron Haight Distinguished University Professor of Thoracic Surgery

2014:

Robert T. Kennedy, Ph.D. — Hobart H. Willard Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry (also professor of pharmacology in the Medical School)

Harry L.T. Mobley, Ph.D. — Frederick G. Novy Distinguished University Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

Susan A. Murphy, Ph.D. — Herbert E. Robbins Distinguished University Professor of Statistics (also professor of psychiatry in the Medical School)

2015:

Gilbert S. Omenn, M.D., Ph.D. — Harold T. Shapiro Distinguished University Professor of Medicine

Peter J. Polverini, D.D.S., D.M.Sc. — Jonathan Taft Distinguished University Professor of Dentistry (also professor of pathology in the Medical School)