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About Marcus Plant
- Marcus L.
- Plant (November 10, 1911 - July 15, 1984) was an American law professor and athletic administrator. Plant was born in New London, Wisconsin.
- He received his B.A.
- and M.A.
- degrees from Lawrence College in 1932 and 1934.
- e worked as a school teacher for two years before enrolling at the University of Michigan Law School.
- After graduating from law school in 1938, Plant worked as a lawyer in private practice in Milwaukee and New York, and also in the World War II-era Office of Price Administration. After the war, Plant joined the faculty of the University of Michigan Law School where he served as a professor for 38 years until his death in 1984.
- Plant became a nationally recognized expert in the area of workers' compensation and employment rights, torts, the law of medical practice, and medical legal problems.
- In 1953, he published the book Cases on Torts, and in 1959 he co-authored the treatise The Law of Medicine.
- He also published a treatise on workers' compensation law.
- taught at the University of Michigan Law School from 1946-1984.
- From 1954-1978, Plant also served as the University of Michigan's faculty representative to the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Big Ten Conference.
- He was the president of the NCAA from 1967-1969 and also served for many years on the NCAA policy-making committees.
- He was also a member of the U.S.
- Olympic Committee from 1969-1972.
- In 1982, Plant retired from active faculty status and became a professor emeritus.
- Plant died suddenly at his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan at age 72.
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