I Obituaries Obituaries are updated and archived on JNonline.us . B U-M Computer Pioneer Sunday, September 17, 2006 2:00 PM Clover Hill Park Cemetery Chapel A special memorial service will be conducted by the clergy of Congregation Shaarey Zee ek and each family will visit the grave site for a personal prayer. YESHIVA BETH YEHUDAH School for Boys • Beth Jacob School for Girls • Early Childhood Development Center 5751 W. Lincoln Drive • Southfield, MI 48076 • (248) 557-6750 entire world is .sustained by the Torah study of young children" During the coming week, the students of Yeshiva Beth Yehudah will study in memory of the following departed friends. In addition, Kaddish will be said during the daily rninyan. 24 Elul Sept 17, 2006 Peter S. Goldstein Ronald Grant Hyman Krasnick Max Schneider Marvin Bertram Spevakow Harry Thav Libbie Blitzer Dora Chaben Anne H. Helfman Bessie Krause Anna Libowsky Alma Robinson Anna Rosenberg . Regina Rubinstein 25 Elul Sept 18, 2006 Morris Albert Max Averbach Burton Burnstein Albert Davis Yisroel Hoberman Meyer Levy Jacob Miller Paul Miller Jacob Must Harry Praw Helen Alter Anna Gruskin Naomi Esther Portnoy Sophie Scherr Sara Wool 26 Elul Sept 19, 2006 Dave Gooze Harry Krohner Nathan Rosenberg Bernard Waltman Ida Cohen Lena Glazer Shirley Gruber Fay Margolis Ida Schlafman 28 Elul Sept 21, 2006 Chanan Ben Mayer Hakohen Michael Goldman Seymour Katcher Tom Mandel Harry Margolis Harold Metler Elias Rosenthal David Weinstein Solomon Zimner Alice Zack Karp Chernia Knoppow Ruth Moskovitz Sarah Pearl Oppen Norma Aida Shoemaker Anna Wrotslaysky Margaret Yellin Hilda Pauline Yorke Saul Tarnopol Samuel Werber Rabbi M. Zager Minnie Dinkin Eva Glaser Ida Nosanchuk Jessie Novitz 01 Tishrei Sept 23, 2006 Yeruchim Berlin Nochum B u rkow Morris Eizen Isaac Kammerman Donald J. Levitin Samuel Pearistein Solomon Siclder 27 Elul Sept 20, 2006 Abraham Z. Tugman William Adler Jacob Zack Nissi Herman Dzialowski Tillie Berlin Sol Lewinter Brocho Burkow David Maiseloff Marshall Hirsch Reichstein 29 Elul Sept 22, 2006 Fayga Burkow Gertrude Ernst Sam Feldman Isadore Rosenbloom Tillie Feldman Abraham Libowsky Harold K. Seigle Sara Lee Jacob Migdal Joseph Slakter Sarah Rubinstein Miksa Rosenthal Rose Kolodney Martha Schwartz Harry Shulman Gwendolyn Marks Meyer Harry Surowitz Ann Stein Malka Yampolsky The Family of the Late SHIRLEY DINNER Announces the unveiling of a monument in her memory at 11:00 a.m. Sunday, September 17, 2006 at Beth Abraham cemetery, Ferndale. Rabbi Steven Rubenstein is officiating. Family and friends are invited to attend. 1159690 MONUMENT CENTER INC. "Same Location 75 Years" Monuments and Markers Bronze Markers Memorial Duplicating Cemetery Lettering & Cleaning CEMETERY INSTALLATION ANYWHERE IN MICHIGAN Call 248-542-8266 661 E. 8 MILE ROAD FERNDALE 1 112 blocks East of Woodward 1061400 94 September 14 ® 2006 of Computing. In addition, he was ernard A. Galler, 77, of Ann the president of the Software Patent Arbor, died Sept. 4, 2006. Institute (SPI). For 15 years, he served Professor Galler excelled in as an expert witness in numerous mathematics. important legal cases around the He attended the University of country involving computer software Chicago, where he earned a bachelor's issues. degree in mathematics, followed by Professor Galler met his wife of 55 a master's degree from UCLA. He years, Enid Harris, when they were received his Ph.D. in mathematics students at the University of Chicago. from the University of Chicago in They had four children and nine 1955 and joined the Mathematics grandchildren. He excelled in music Department at the University of and played violin in several orchestras Michigan that same year. throughout his life. He also enjoyed In the early 1970s, when the .playing in chamber groups and University of Michigan formed a encouraged each of his children to Computer Science Department, he play a musical instrument. was one of the founding profes- In 2001, he co-founded the sors. He retired from the School of • Ypsilanti Youth Orchestra for children Engineering's Electrical Engineering whose schools did not have string and Computer Science Department music education. From the orchestra (EECS) in 1994. board's inception, Professor Galler Professor Galler was a pioneer in served as a mentor to the students the field of computer science. He was and as the president of the board. He involved in the development of large- was also an active member of the Ann scale operating systems and computer Arbor chapter of Rotary International. languages. He also helped to develop Professor Galler is survived by the computer language called the his wife, Enid; children, Bruce and Michigan Algorithm Decoder. (MAD) Grace Galler of Boulder, Colo., Elaine that was used for several years by and James Levine of Atlanta, Ga., the University of Michigan and some Glenn and Carol Galler of San Jose, other universities. He taught both Calif., Marilyn and Alan Koschik of undergraduate and graduate courses Solon, Ohio; grandchildren, Samuel in computer science during his 39 and Isabel Galler, Olivia, Eleanor years with the university. He also served as an undergraduate counselor and Theodore Levine, Rebecca and Alexander Galler, Evan and Austin and as the adviser to many Ph.D. can- Koschik; sister, Vivian Korn of didates. Ashland, Ore. In an example of a student/teacher Interment at Arborcrest Cemetery. research project, his class developed Contributions may be made to the real-time course scheduling pro- the Friends of the Ypsilanti Youth gram called Computer Registration Orchestra, do Bill Hayes, 1077 Involving Student Participation Jones Street, Ypsilanti, MI 48197; (CRISP), which allowed students to Electrical Engineering Computer register for courses without waiting Science Department of University of in long lines. The university.used the Michigan, 1221 Beal Avenue #2000 CRISP application for over 15 years. LEC, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2102; or From 1968 to 1970, Professor Galler Congregation Beth Israel Ann Arbor, was the president of the Association - 2000 \Arashtenaw, Ann Arbor, MI for Computing Machinery (ACM). 48104. Arrangements by Ira Kaufman Also, he was the founding editor of Chapel. Li the journal the Annals of the History HAROLD BLACK, 85, of Southfield, died Sept. 8, 2006. He is survived by his beloved wife, Ann Black; son and companion, David Black and Linda Niemiec of Illinois; daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Barry Weiner of Champaign, Ill.; sister and brother-in-law, Zelda and Norman Shwedell of Miami, Fla.; grandchildren, Briana Black, Gabriel Black, Jacob Black, Nathaniel Black, Dr. Colleen (Jesse Ryan) McCreery, Dr. Margaret (Duncan) Riley, and Lori Weiner; great-grandson, Asher Liam Riley; brothers-in-law and sister-in-law, Bill Hamburger, Marvin and Dorothy Frumkin. He was the dear brother of the late Frances Hamburger. Interment at the Adat Shalom Memorial Park Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the Birmingham Temple; Congregation Machar in Maryland; the Karmanos Cancer Institute or to a charity of one's choice. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel.