ANN ARBOR—Two University of Michigan faculty members—Peter J. Polverini and Thomas R. Trautmann—were appointed to named collegiate professorships.

Their appointments were approved by the U-M Regents at their Nov. 20-21 meeting.

Polverini, professor of dentistry in the School of Dentistry and professor of pathology in the Medical School, also will hold the Donald A. Kerr Professorship of Dentistry in the School of Dentistry, effective Nov. 1.

Trautmann, the Mary Fair Croushore Professor of Humanities, professor of anthropology, professor of history, and director of the Institute for the Humanities, also will hold the Marshall Sahlins Professorship of History and Anthropology in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, effective

Polverini joined the U-M School of Dentistry in 1992 as professor of dentistry and chief of oral and maxillofacial pathology and was appointed chair of the internal Department of Oral Medicine/Pathology/Surgery in 1995. He was appointed professor in the Department of Pathology, Medical School, in 1995. “His contributions in patient care, teaching, research, and service have been outstanding,” said William E. Kotowicz, dean of the School of Dentistry.

Trautmann, who joined the U-M faculty in 1968, is “considered to be one of the most important historians of anthropology in the country,” said Edie N. Goldenberg, dean of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. He came to Michigan as an assistant professor of history and was promoted to associate professor in 1971 and professor in 1977. In 1984, he was appointed professor of anthropology. He is also serving as director of the Institute for the Humanities.

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