James Duderstadt

James Johnson Duderstadt (December 5, 1942 – August 21, 2024) was an American academic administrator who served as the 11th President of the University of Michigan from 1988 to 1996.On April 30, 2015, the National Science Board announced that James Duderstadt would receive its Vannevar Bush Award.James Johnson Duderstadt[1] was born on December 5, 1942, in Fort Madison, Iowa, and was raised in Carrollton, Missouri.[5] In 1972, he worked for the NASA Lewis Research Center, then for the U.S. Army Missile Command from 1973 to 1975, and eventually for the Argonne National Laboratory from 1975 to 1979.Formerly called the Media Union, it houses the Art, Architecture & Engineering Library and also contains computer clusters, audio and video editing laboratories, galleries, and studios, as well as usability and various digital media laboratories, including virtual reality.
University of Michigan faculty portrait of Duderstadt in 1995
The Duderstadt Center
President of theUniversity of MichiganHarold Tafler ShapiroLee BollingerFort Madison, IowaAnn Arbor, MichiganAlma materYale UniversityCalifornia Institute of TechnologyThesisPresident of theUniversity of MichiganNational Academy of EngineeringNational Science BoardVannevar Bush AwardCarrollton, MissouriNoel CorngoldNASA Lewis Research CenterU.S. Army Missile CommandArgonne National Laboratoryassistant professornuclear engineeringassociate professorCollege of EngineeringPresident's HouseNational Science FoundationNational Commission on the Future of Higher EducationDepartment of EnergyBig Ten Athletic ConferenceUniversity of Michigan HospitalsUnisysCMS EnergyGlion ColloquiumThe Millennium ProjectAnn ArborRobben Wright FlemingPresident of the University of MichiganHomer A. NealLee C. BollingerPresidents of the University of MichiganJohn MonteithHenry Philip TappanErastus Otis HavenHenry Simmons FriezeJames Burrill AngellHarry Burns HutchinsMarion LeRoy BurtonAlfred Henry LloydC. C. LittleAlexander Grant RuthvenHarlan HatcherAllan F. SmithJames Johnson DuderstadtB. Joseph WhiteMary Sue ColemanMark SchlisselSanta Ono