The students said Danilenko was a friend as much as he was a teacher. He always was accessible in his office. You'd go in to talk about a paper you were writing and end up talking for hours. He's very serious about his work, but there were many times we could stand around and joke with him. Administrators were arranging for the students to complete the current term.
Exams begin in about a week.
Northwest Airlines spokeswoman Kathy Peach said she had no details about what had happened. According to Wayne State's Web site, Danilenko joined the Wayne State faculty in 1997 and had served as head of the Center for International Law at the Russian Academy of Sciences. He also taught previously at the University of California at Berkeley School of Law and the University of San Diego School of Law. He had lectured in various countries, including Belgium, England, Germany and Italy, and has been a visiting scholar at several European universities and research centers. Us Copyright 2000, The South End Newspaper, all rights reserved.