The Lewis and Lillian Becker Professorship in Dermatology

Timothy M. Johnson, M.D., on October 9 was installed as the inaugural Lewis and Lillian Becker Professor of Dermatology. Johnson first came to the U-M in 1988 for fellowship training. In 1990 he became assistant professor in the departments of Dermatology, Otolaryngology and Surgery (Plastic Surgery Division), and was promoted to professor with tenure in those departments in 2003. Johnson is an international leader in the field of cutaneous oncology who has developed, with the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Dermatology, one of the leading multidisciplinary melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer programs in the United States.

Lillian and Lewis Becker; John Voorhees (M.D. 1963, Residency 1969), chair, Department of Dermatology; Timothy Johnson; Robert Kelch Photo: Lin Jones

Lewis and Lillian Becker have been dedicated to philanthropy for many years. Lewis Becker, an Army veteran, holds degrees in mechanical and industrial engineering and management, and Lillian in business administration and education. In 1967 Lewis Becker transformed an Ohio metal-stamping factory into a multi-plant corporation supplying original-equipment metal-stamping parts and subassemblies to automobile manufacturers. He retired from active management in 1994. 

—Scott Shrake

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The Lewis and Lillian Becker Professorship in Dermatology