University of Detroit Mercy - Notable Faculty

Notable Faculty

• Frank Murphy, a Michigan jurist, Mayor of Detroit, Governor of Michigan, the last Governor-General of the Philippines and the first High Commissioner of the Philippines, United States Attorney General, and United States Supreme Court Associate Justice.
• Joyce Carol Oates taught at the University of Detroit, publishing her first novel, With Shuddering Fall, when she was twenty-six years old. Her novel them received the National Book Award in 1970. She has taught at Princeton University since 1978.
• Richard Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller was visiting Professor in the school of architecture, University of Detroit, 1972 (?)
• C. Don Davidson was a professor of architecture and urban planning, from 1965 to 1969. Davidson was the author of the Pontiac Plan; a 1966-79 urban renewal project for the city of Pontiac, Michigan. Circa 1970, Davidson became the stadium chief project designer of what would later become known as The Pontiac Silverdome under the direction of the architectural firm of O'dell, Hewlett & Luckenbach. In 1972, he started a weekly newspaper called "The Pontiac Times" to help further his vision for the city of Pontiac.