Michel Huber, Alumni Relations
Michel (Mike) Thomas Huber, W’53, ASC’61, a retired associate vice president of Alumni Relations who was integral to Penn’s Development office for nearly 30 years, died on May 6 at the Penn Hospice at Rittenhouse in Philadelphia. He was 83 years old.
Mr. Huber earned his bachelor’s degree in 1953; he was active in the Mask & Wig Club and was president of his Class. He earned his master’s degree in communications in 1961.
He served in the US Air Force as a lieutenant, air police, in South Dakota and Guam.
Mr. Huber began his career as a news reporter in Portsmouth, Ohio before returning to the University of Pennsylvania in Development and Alumni Relations. In 1967, he directed the University’s New York and Suburban Area Development Office and was then appointed director of Alumni Relations at Penn in 1968. He also carried the titles of executive secretary for the General Alumni Society and publisher of The Pennsylvania Gazette, Penn’s alumni magazine, and Health Affairs, a publication for alumni of Penn’s health care schools. In 1981, he was appointed associate vice president for Alumni Relations. In 1987, he was appointed executive assistant to the vice president for Development and University Relations.
During Alumni Weekends he often gave his popular illustrated retrospective talk, Penn Then and Now, subtitled, Things Aren’t There Anymore. Mr. Huber received the Alumni Award of Merit in January 1995; he retired from Penn in September 1995.
Mr. Huber is survived by his wife, Barbara (Johnson) Huber; a son, Thomas Charles Huber; two grandchildren, Anna Livingston Huber and Otto Edward Huber; a sister, Josie (John) Metzger; numerous nieces and nephews; and his former wife, Dorothy (Mitchell) Huber, CW’55.
A memorial service will be held on campus on Thursday, June 11 in the Terrace Room of Claudia Cohen Hall from 4-6 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the University of Pennsylvania for care of the carillon on top of the Sweeten Alumni House, which was originally installed (Almanac May 16, 1989) to chime in memory of Mr. Huber’s daughter, Michele, who died in an auto accident in 1988, shortly after her graduation from Penn in 1987. Donations should be made payable to the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania and mailed to Alumni House Carillon, c/o Penn Alumni Relations, 3533 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104, or call (215) 898-7811. |