Remembering Dr. Griffiths

Marquette announced through email yesterday that Dr. Griffiths passed away after a heart attach last week. The email read as follows:

Dr. T. Daniel “Dan” Griffiths, vice provost for research and graduate programs, died today.  He had been hospitalized since suffering a heart attack on Thursday.  He was 57.

“Dan was a valued member of our senior leadership team, and he will be greatly missed.  The prayers and sympathy of all of us here in the Marquette community are with Dan's wife, Barbara, and all the other members of the Griffiths family,” said Marquette President Robert Wild, S.J.

Griffiths joined Marquette in 2003 after serving at Northern Illinois University as a faculty member from 1981 to 2002 and acting vice provost for research and dean of the graduate school during 2002-03. At NIU he helped to establish a new Ph.D. program in biological science.  Active in his research specialties in radiation biology and the biology of aging and vision, he was awarded nearly $1 million in federal grants.

“Dan had a passion for research. In him, we have lost a fine researcher, but more so we have lost a gentle, kind man. He was dedicated to building the research enterprise at Marquette. This is his legacy,” said Provost Madeline Wake. 

His achievements at Marquette include increasing the number of Ph.D. graduates, increasing funds for internal research awards to faculty, and establishing the Marquette Research Institute, a faculty development program, with an inaugural conference scheduled for January 12, 2005.

Griffiths was an active member of the Milwaukee Quaker Friends Community.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara, and sons Michael, Eric, and Justin.  Memorial arrangements are pending.

Condolences can be sent to the Griffiths family at:

1852 W. Brantwood Ct.
Milwaukee, WI 53209

Please remember the Griffiths family in your prayers.