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During my brief flirtation with the undergraduate honors program I was fortunate enough to spend a semester with Allan Seager in his American Lit class. Professor Seager was a writer-in-residence who taught selected English classes. He was also a Rhodes Scholar, a roommate (so the legend goes) of Arthur Miller's, and a personal friend of William Faulkner's.
We spent most of the semester reading Faulkner. Toward the end of the semester, when we puzzled over a particularly opaque passage in Absalom, Absalom!, Professor Seager would often preface his remarks with "Bill (Faulkner) always said that . . ."
During the semester I had a couple one-on-one's with him. Professor Seager was an engaging person with whom to discuss issues of weighty (or so undergraduates thought) interest. He once remarked that as an undergraduate, before a course began he would read the assigned textbook through and spend the rest of the term reading books listed in the bibliography. Good advice, but people (including me) very seldom followed it.
Anyway, that semester in Allan Seager's classroom remains one of my fondest Michigan memories.
International Finance - econ in the mid '80's. He was great and provided some interesting perspective on occassion considering he was from Argentina. Interestingly, he made a point of driving an american car (at one of many times the domestic oem's were struggling against Japanese imports).
I also had a great english prof but I can't remember her name. She was french and fit the classic stereotype though... thin, attractive for an older women (probably in her 40's at the time) and a chain smoker. Very demanding but my writing benefits to this day (and my kid's) thanks to her.
Dr Jason Daida -- was in his Engineering 100 & 101 classes back in the late 00's. His 100 course ("Design in the Real World") blew my mind and I still take a lot from his message of using engineering for the purpose of making a better planet.
Sadly Dr Daida passed a few years back. Way too early for him to go
Just make sure to do the wave during class in 1800!
Business Law. An excellent human being.
Victor Lieberman, Kali Israel, David Hancock, Juan Cole.
Hugh Cohen who would sit in the back of our Religion In FIlm screenings drinking brandy and laughing at inappropirate moments. His office in East Quad was filled with bullfighting paraphernalia, he would describe things as "sexy" without a trace of irony.
Giorgio Bertellini for introducing me to Galloises and lecturing on the importance of The Sopranos.
Peter Bauland had the best hour long tangents I've ever heard.
David Fitzpatrick, former West Pointer and artillery officer who taught a Vietnam War course, an incredible lecturer, had an unreal mind for details.
Can't narrow down to one; mine are: In English Language and Lit. dept.,Tobin Siebers (2-course intro, to literary theory); in the Law School, J.J. White (commercial transactions) and Sam Gross (evidence workshop).
Ugg...this thread is making me feel melancholy and nostalgic. All you students out there - take advantage of this possibly greatest time of your life. Like Tom Brady said to the football team, you are so lucky because you are at Michigan.
Glad to see a vote for Peter Bauland - seconded! Great teacher and human being.
Also from the English Dept., Prof. McNamara (Irisih Lit) and Zebrun (creative writing)
Woman professor for one of the 16-17c poetry sections.. strong Irish accent, can't remember her name.
Amazing so many remember the American Wars class. He was an excellent lecturer. Number one lesson learned was that in the end, what men fight for is each other.
Also a couple English dept profs I really liked included Constantinos Patrides and Ejner Jensen, both of whom are probably long gone. Jensen's Shakespeare course was riveting.