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On Tuesday, May 3, former University of Michigan Athletic Director
Donald Canham was admitted to the U-M Emergency Department, after
being involved in a single-car accident on Saline Road and
transferred to U-M from Saline Hospital...Unfortunately, Mr. Canham
had suffered so much internal bleeding before reaching U-M that,
despite the success of the three-hour operation to repair his aorta,
he passed away shortly after 4 p.m.- UM Hospital Press Release
A Great Loss...
The University of Michigan community has suffered a great loss.
Former Athletic Director Don Canham, who lead the modern renaissance
of Michigan athletics, passed away. He was 87 years old.
Canham's
accomplishments are too many list. Quite simply he is the
architect behind the juggernaught that the Michigan Athletic
Department is today.
He is the giant on whose shoulders every athletic director since him
has stood.
It's Time to Expand Michigan Stadium by One
The University of
Michigan owes a huge debt a to Fielding Yost the visionary who laid
the groundwork Michigan Athletic dominance. Michigan honored
him by adding a seat to Michigan Stadium in his
Don Canham
continued the great work of Fielding Yost. Prior to Canham
Michigan was in danger of becoming irrelevant on the national sports
scene. Without Canham there would be no 30 years of
consecutive sell-outs at Michigan Stadium and no national prominence
in Olympic sports. Under his watch Michigan teams in all
sports won 72 Big Ten Championships. Has also had a great
recording in hiring coaches- Bo Schembechler, Ice hockey coach Red
Berenson, softball coach Carol Hutchins, swimming coach Jon
Urbanchek.
It's only right
that Michigan honor Canham by adding an honorary seat to Michigan
Stadium. Not next season, not years from now but TOMORROW.
Canham deserves it.
*Michigan Stadium
Capacity
Go Blue!
Phil
Callihan
UMGoBlue.COM, Editor-in-Chief
phil@umgoblue.com
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in 1993 and has been a football season ticket holder since 1994.
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