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Physiology Department - University of Michigan Fall 1975 To view the entire department photo in 1975 click: PHOTO Reflections on my mentors Dr. Arthur Vander Although I did not work closely with Dr. Vander, I learned how to motivate students at a creative level beyond the simple transfer of knowledge when I attended his lectures on renal physiology and watched him teach undergraduates in advanced topics in his physiology courses.  I have also learned how to convey physiology effectively through using his textbooks over the last 25 years.  I have taught from his 3rd through the 8th editions of Human Physiology. Dr. James Sherman Dr. Sherman taught the second semester version of Human Physiology to 500 undergraduates during the winter semester.  I worked with him as laboratory coordinator for many years.  Of course his influence on the text book Human Physiology with Arthur Vander and Dorothy Luciano had direct impact on who I am as a teacher today.  His support for my employment as Laboratory Coordinator helped me to learn how to teach students, but also how to teach teachers of students as I trained other graduate students to become lab teaching fellows.