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Ford-Rackham Master’s Award endowed in Michael Barr’s name

December 19, 2022
Photo of Michael Barr speaking to the classes of 2022 from a podium on stage at Elbel Field

A new graduate fellowship has been endowed in honor of former dean Michael S. Barr, thanks to a generous lead gift from Jim Hudak (MPP ’71), chair of the Ford School Committee. The Ford-Rackham Master's Awards (RMA) are one of the Ford School’s and the University of Michigan’s highest honors. They’re awarded to graduate students underrepresented in the public policy field and with outstanding qualifications and tremendous promise. Recipients of the Michael S. Barr Ford-RMA fellowship will receive two years of full tuition, a stipend, and health and dental care.

As dean, Barr grew the number of RMAs the school offers and raised funds to endow seven of these key fellowships.

In addition to Hudak’s contribution, gifts from Joan and Sandy Weill, Hank and Liesel Meijer, Harold L. and Carol K. Kohn, and others made this endowment possible.

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Michael S. Barr

Frank Murphy Collegiate Professor of Public Policy; Roy F. and Jean Humphrey Proffitt Professor of Law
Barr is a governor and vice chair for supervision of the Federal Reserve Board, currently on leave from the University of Michigan. At U-M, Barr conducted research and wrote about a wide range of issues in domestic and international financial regulation, with a particular emphasis on financial services for low-income communities. He served in President Barack H. Obama's Administration as the U.S. Department of the Treasury's assistant secretary for financial institutions, and was a key architect of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010.