Julia Donovan Darlow

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Julia Donovan Darlow
Member of the Regents of the University of Michigan
In office
2007–2014
OccupationAttorney

Julia Donovan Darlow is an American attorney who is a Regent Emerita of the University of Michigan Board of Regents. [1]

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Education

Darlow earned her J.D. in 1971 from Wayne State University Law School. [2] She had previously earned an A.B. in history from Vassar College in 1963. [3]

Career

Darlow practiced law with the law firm Dickinson Wright in Detroit from 1971 to 2004, focusing on international and domestic business transactions and corporate governance, and then with Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP in Novi, Michigan from 2005 to 2007, focusing on nonprofit law. She taught as adjunct professor at Wayne State University Law School in 1976 and 1996. Darlow’s many achievements [4] have included serving as:

Darlow has served on a number of boards of directors and boards of trustees, [5] including the boards of the Detroit Medical Center, Hutzel Hospital, Michigan Opera Theatre, Marygrove College, Michigan Women's Foundation, the University Musical Society, Hella North America, Inc., North American Lighting, Inc., Intermet Corporation and Hueck Foils, Inc.[ citation needed ]

In 2006 Darlow was one of four candidates who sought one of the two Democratic nominations for the University of Michigan Board of Regents, whose members are elected by Michigan voters to eight-year terms. Also running in that election were incumbent Regent Kathy White; Denise Ilitch, daughter of Little Caesars owner Mike Ilitch; and Democratic activist Casandra Ulbrich. White and Darlow won the Democratic nominations for U-M Regent at the August 2006 Michigan Democratic Party Convention.[ citation needed ]

Darlow was elected to the University of Michigan Board of Regents in the November 7, 2006, election, finishing in second place with 1,633,250 votes. Darlow was sworn in as a Regent on January 1, 2007.[ citation needed ] Darlow did not run for reelection in 2014. She was succeeded by Democrat Mike Behm. [6] [7] [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Julia Donovan Darlow: Women in the law 2010". Michigan Lawyers Weekly. August 27, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Board of Directors". www.girlsgroup.org.
  3. ↑ "Julia Donovan Darlow". www.regents.umich.edu. Archived from the original on January 4, 2007.
  4. ↑ "Julia Donovan Darlow, 55". Crain's Detroit Business. March 29, 2006. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
  5. ↑ Levy, Douglas (August 27, 2010). "Julia Donovan Darlow: Women in the Law 2010". Michigan Lawyers Weekly. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
  6. ↑ Allen, Jeremy (October 31, 2014). "Candidates answer questions as 9 hopefuls vie for 2 University of Michigan Board of Regents seats". mlive. Retrieved October 30, 2025.
  7. ↑ Iseler, James (November 5, 2014). "White re-elected to Board of Regents; Behm wins other seat". The University Record. Retrieved October 30, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Julia Donovan Darlow". Regents of the University of Michigan. Archived from the original on January 4, 2007. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
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