DEATHS
DICKERSON
| McMICHAEL | MEYERS | THOMAS
Ms.
Dickerson: Annenberg School
C. Nicole Dickerson, coordinator of undergraduate communications
at Annenberg School, died on July 15 at the age of 25 from lupus.
Ms. Dickerson received her bachelors degree from Northwestern
University, and had recently finished a masters in communications
from Annenberg in May 2001. She joined the Annenberg School staff
after she graduated. She is survived by her mother, Karla; father,
Carl and stepmother, Carol; a sister, Shante; two brothers, Shawn
and Carl D.; maternal grandparents; several aunts and uncles,
cousins and one nephew.
DICKERSON
| McMICHAEL | MEYERS | THOMAS
Dr.
McMichael: Wharton
Dr. John McMichael, emeritus associate professor of accounting
in the Wharton School, died on July 24, a t the age of 80. Dr.
McMichael began his career at Penn as a part time instructor in
1948 after serving in the U.S. Army Signal Corps where he was
a traffic analyst and cryptographer. He joined the faculty fulltime
in 1949 and bacame associate chairman of the accounting department
in 1974, a post he held until 1981. Dr. McMichael retired in 1986.
During his career he was also a consultant for Bell Telephone
of Pennsylvania; the General Accounting Office; Lybrand Ross Bros.
& Montgomery; the U.S. Agency for International Development, U.
S. Mission to Costa Rica and the New York Management Center, Inc.
He is survived by his wife, Helen Saylor; daughter, Marcia McMichael
Laver; son, John Saylor; and grandchildren. Contributions can
be made to the Alzheimer's Association.
DICKERSON
| McMICHAEL | MEYERS | THOMAS
Mr.
Meyers: GSFA
Marshall D. Meyers, a former lecturer and design critic in the
architecture program, died on August 12, at the age of 70. Mr.
Meyers, an independent practictioner, worked on many landmark
projects including the Alfred Newton Richards Medical Research
Building here at Penn. He was also project architect for the Eugene
Ormandy Memorial Listening Center at Van Pelt Library. Mr. Meyers
worked with Louis I. Kahn on the Kimbell Art Museum, wehre he
introduced a totally new quality of controlled ambient lighting
in museums. This innovation renewed interest in the use of daylighting
in art museums and influenced art museum design thereafter. He
received his bachelors from Pratt Institute in 1953 and a masters
of architecture from Yale University in 1957. He is survived by
his wife, Ann; a daughter Pamela; and two granddaughters; Memorial
contributions may be sent to the Architectural Archives, GSFA,
University of Pennsylvania, 102 Meyerson Hall, Philadelphia, PA,
19104-6311.
DICKERSON
| McMICHAEL | MEYERS | THOMAS
Mr.
Thomas: Radiation Safety
John Wright Thomas, retired director of Radiation Safety, died
on August 15, at age 75. Mr. Thomas worked as the director of
Radiation Saftey from 1953 until he retired in 1988. He received
is undergraduate degree from Haverford and his masters from Penn.
He is survived by his daughters, Ellen, Jennie, Paige Fenimore
and Hanna Harbison; four grandchildren; and a sister. Memorial
contributions may be made to the Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis Center,
3901 -B Main St., Suite 304, Phila., PA 19127.
