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Administrative and Faculty Emeriti

Dates in parentheses indicate the first year of service and year current position became effective.

  • Dorothy M. Anderson, Dean of Students Emerita; B.A. 1962, Susquehanna University; M.A. 1964, Syracuse University. (1967, 2002)

  • George C. Boone, Professor Emeritus of Biology; B.S. 1960, Lock Haven University; M.A. 1963, University of Kansas; Ph.D. 1978, West Virginia University. (1963, 2003)

  • Kenneth A. Brakke, Charles B. Degenstein Professor Emeritus of Mathematics; B.S. 1972, University of Nebraska; Ph.D. 1975, Princeton University. (1983, 2022)

  • David Bussard, Associate Professor Emeritus of Business; B.A. 1965, Bucknell University; MBA 1969, University of Michigan; Ph.D. 1991, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business. (1978, 2015)

  • Ronald A. Cohen, Vice President for University Relations Emeritus; B.A. 1992 Syracuse University (1991, 2018)

  • Wanda L. Cordero-Ponce, Associate Professor Emerita of Spanish; B.A. 1978, Universidad de Puerto Rico; M.A. 1982, Indiana State University; 1993, Pennsylvania State University. (1994, 2018)

  • Michael A. Coyne, Executive Vice President Emeritus; B.S. 1985, Pennsylvania State University; M.S. 1998, Johns Hopkins University. (2002, 2019)

  • Joel L. Cunningham, President Emeritus; B.A. 1965, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; M.A. 1967, Ph.D. 1969, University of Oregon. (1979, 2000)

  • Kathleen J. Dalton, Assistant Professor and Information Literacy Librarian Emerita; B.A. 1969, Glassboro State College; M.L.S. 1972, University of Iowa. (1973, 2018)

  • Galen H. Deibler, Professor Emeritus of Music; B.Mus. 1953, New England Conservatory of Music; B.Mus. 1954, M.Mus. 1955, Yale School of Music. (1959, 1993)

  • Michele DeMary, Associate Professor Emerita of Political Science; B.A. 1980, Marquette University; Ph.D. 2002, University of Massachusetts. (2000, 2018)

  • Bruce C. Evans, Associate Professor Emeritus of Political Science; B.A. 1961, Purdue University; M.A. 1965, Indiana University. (1967, 2001)

  • Hans Eugene Feldmann, Professor Emeritus of English; B.A. 1962, Hofstra University; M.A. 1965, Ph.D. 1974, University of Maryland. (1969, 1999)

  • Gary W. Fincke, Charles B. Degenstein Professor Emeritus of English; B.A. 1967, Thiel College; M.A. 1969, Miami University; Ph.D. 1974, Kent State University. (1980, 2016)

  • Kenneth O. Fladmark, Professor Emeritus of Management; B.A. 1948, Augustana College (S.D.); M.Litt. 1949, University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D. 1969, Pennsylvania State University. (1961, 1992)

  • Frank William Fletcher, Charles B. Degenstein Professor Emeritus of Environmental Science; B.A. 1959, Lafayette College; Ph.D. 1964, University of Rochester. (1962, 1999)

  • John E. Fries, Associate Professor Emeritus of Music; B.S. 1961, Susquehanna University; M. Mus. 1962, Indiana University. (1966, 1986)

  • Warren H. Funk, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy; B.A. 1965, St. Olaf College; B.D. 1969, Luther Theological Seminary; Ph.D. 1981, Columbia University. (1995, 2011)

  • Gerald R. Gordon, Professor Emeritus of History; B.A. 1959, M.A. 1961, Ph.D. 1967, University of Maine. (1962, 1997)

  • Fred A. Grosse, Professor Emeritus of Physics; B.S. 1955, Muhlenberg College; M.S. 1957, Ph.D. 1966, Lehigh University. (1960, 2012)

  • Kathleen Gunning, Director Emerita, Blough-Weis Library; B.A. 1969, Brown University; M.L.S. 1974, University of Rhode Island. (1994, 2013)

  • Jerrell W. Habegger, Associate Professor Emeritus of Accounting; Allen C. Tressler Professor in Accounting; B.A. 1969, Pennsylvania State University; M.Acct. 1975, Ph.D. 1988, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. (1989, 2022)

  • Donald J. Harnum, Director Emeritus, Athletics and Physical Education; B.S. 1962, University of Maine; M.Ed. 1964, University of Delaware. (1969, 2003)

  • Carol Jensen Harrison, Assistant Professor Emerita of Mathematics; B.A. 1962, Wartburg College; M.A. 1965, University of Nebraska. (1967, 2005)

  • Susan M. Hegberg, Professor Emerita of Music; B.Mus. 1966, St. Olaf College; M.Mus. 1968, University of Michigan; Mus.D. 1978, Northwestern University. (1980, 2007)

  • David C. Henry, Director Emeritus, Facilities Management. (1979, 2010)

  • Randall W. Hines, Professor Emeritus of Communications; B.A. 1969, M.A. 1974, Kent State University; M.Div. 1975, Bethel Theological Seminary; Ph.D. 1990, Texas A&M University. (2002, 2013)

  • Carlos A. Iudica, Associate Professor Emeritus of Biology; Licentiate 1984, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina; M.A. 1994, Ph.D. 2000, The University of Florida at Gainesville. (2004, 2025)

  • Sara Kirkland, Executive Vice-President Emerita; A.B. 1970, Duke University; M.A. 1972, University of Hawaii. (1985, 2015).

  • M. L. Klotz, Associate Professor Emerita of Psychology; B.S. 1981, Louisiana State University; M.A. 1986, Ph.D. 1986, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (1990, 2023)

  • L. Jay Lemons, President Emeritus & Sr. Fellow; B.S. and B.A. 1983, Nebraska Wesleyan University; M.Ed. 1985, University of Nebraska; Ph.D. 1991, University of Virginia. (2001, 2018)

  • Barbara A. Lewis, Associate Professor Emerita of Psychology: B.A. 1971, University of Rochester; M.S. 1972, Ph.D. 1978, Purdue University. (1979, 2014)

  • Gretchen Lovas, Associate Professor Emerita of Psychology; B.S. 1985, M.A. 1990, Boston University; M.A. 1997, Ph.D. 2002, University of California at Davis. (2004, 2021)

  • Leona Martin, Professor Emerita of Spanish; B.A. 1959, Wellesley College; M.A. 1965, 1969, Michigan State University; Ph.D. 1990, Pennsylvania State University. (1982, 2014)

  • Thomas A. Martin, Professor Emeritus of Psychology; B.S. 1978, Eastern Mennonite College; M.A. 1984, Ph.D. 1986, University of Nebraska. (1987, 2022)

  • Thomas W. Martin, Associate Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies; B.A. 1976, M.A. 1979, Oral Roberts University; D.Phil. 1986, Oxford University. (2003, 2025)

  • Valerie Martin, Associate Professor Emerita of Music; B.M.E. 1985, Murray State University; M.M. 1988, D.M.A. 1994, University of Alabama. (1994, 2023)

  • Barbara Woods McElroy, Professor Emerita of Accounting; A.A.B. 1979, Stark Technical College; B.G.S. 1989, Ohio University; MBA 1993, Kent State University; Ph.D. 1997, Pennsylvania State University. (2002, 2021)

  • Thomas F. McGrath, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry; B.S. 1950, Franklin and Marshall College; Ph.D. 1954, University of Pittsburgh. (1963, 1992)

  • Marian E. McKechnie, Associate Professor Emerita of History; B.A. 1950, Macalester College; M.A. 1955, University of North Dakota; Ph.D. 1970, American University. (1968, 1993)

  • Linda McMillin, Charles B. Degenstein Professor Emeritus of Leadership; Professor of History; B.A., Loyola Marymount University; M.A. 1986, Ph.D. 1990, University of California, Los Angeles. (1989, 2021)

  • Robert G. Mowry, Associate Professor Emeritus of Spanish; B.A. 1959, Oberlin College; M.A. 1962, D.M.L. 1972, Middlebury College. (1962, 2003)

  • Helen S. Nunn, Director Emerita of Financial Aid; B.A. 1976, Grove City College; M.A. 1978, Indiana University of Pennsylvania. (1986, 2014)

  • Richard E. Orwig, Associate Professor Emeritus of Management; B.S. 1975, University of Illinois; MBA 1990, University of Arizona; Ph.D. 1995 University of Arizona. (2004, 2019)

  • Lynn Elizabeth Palermo, Associate Professor Emerita of French; B.A. 1981, Pennsylvania State University; M.A. 1992, University of Delaware; Ph.D. 2003, Pennsylvania State University. (2001, 2023)

  • Margaret T. Peeler, Charles B. Degenstein Professor of Biology; B.A. 1980, Franklin and Marshall College; Ph.D. 1986, Duke University. (1989, 2025) 

  • Thomas Peeler, Associate Professor Emeritus of Biology; B.S. 1977, North Carolina State University; M.S. 1980, University of Florida; Ph.D. 1986, Duke University. (1990, 2022)

  • John A. Pendley, Associate Professor Emeritus of Accounting; B.A. 1982, Georgia State University; MPA 1998, Georgia State University: Ph.D. 1994, The University of Georgia. (2010, 2019)

  • Mark Wm. Radecke, Chaplain Emeritus to the University and Associate Professor of Religion; B.A. 1974, University of Maryland; M.Div. 1978, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg; S.T.M. 1999, Trinity Lutheran Seminary; D.Min. 2007, Princeton Theological Seminary. (1997, 2013)

  • Anne Reeves, Associate Professor Emerita of Education; B.A. 1965, George Washington University; M.A. 1969, University of Washington; Ph.D. 2001, University of Michigan. (2000, 2015)

  • Jan Reichard-Brown, Associate Professor Emerita of Health Care Studies and Biology; B.A. 1976, Gettysburg College; Ph.D. 1982, University of Cincinnati. (2001, 2025)   

  • William A. Remaley, Professor Emeritus of Business; B.S. 1964, MBA 1965, Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D. 1971, New York University. (1973, 2002)

  • Alison A. Richard, Registrar Emerita; M.A. 1976, Aberdeen University (U.K.). (1996, 2021)

  • David Richard, Presidential Professor Emeritus of Biology; B.S. 1981, University of Stirling (U.K); M.S. 1982, University of Dundee; Ph.D. 1987, University of Edinburgh. (1993, 2023)

  • Beverly V. Romberger, Professor Emeritus of Communications; B.A. 1972, M.A. 1977, Ph.D. 1985, Pennsylvania State University. (1985, 2002)

  • Antonin Rusek, Associate Professor Emeritus of Economics; M.A. 1972, Prague School of Economics; M.A. 1980, Ph.D. 1984, State University of New York at Stony Brook. (1986, 2018)

  • William J. Sauer, Professor Emeritus of Management; B.S. 1968, M.S. 1970, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Ph.D. 1975, University of Minnesota. (1989, 2002)

  • Susan Schürer, Professor Emerita of Modern Languages; B.S. 1971, University of Rhode Island; M.A. 1981, University of Vermont; Ph.D. 1986, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (1986, 2015)

  • Edward S. Schwan, Allen C. Tressler Professor Emeritus in Accounting; B.A., B.E. 1959, Union College (N.Y.); MBA 1963, Cornell University; Ph.D. 1973, University of Colorado; CPA (Pa.). (1985, 2002)

  • Alex G. H. Smith, Registrar Emeritus; B.A. 1975, Bowdoin College; M.A. 1976, University of Chicago. (1976, 2015)

  • Michael Smyth, Associate Professor Emeritus of Sociology; B.S. 2001, Antioch University; M.A. 2004, Ph.D. 2009, University of California at Irvine. (2008, 2020)

  • James D. Sodt, Charles B. Degenstein Professor Emeritus of Communications; B.S. 1965, Miami University; M.S. 1970, State University of New York at Brockport; M.S.L.S. 1974, Ph.D. 1979, Syracuse University. (1991, 2015)

  • Nina Tober, Associate Professor Emerita of Music; B.A. 1976, Chatham College; M.A. 1979, University of Colorado; D.M.A. 1994, Claremont Graduate School. (1994, 2015)

  • Tammy Tobin, Professor Emerita of Biology; B.S. 1985, Cornell University; Ph.D. 1990, Texas A&M University. (1994, 2022)

  • Robert L. Tyler, Associate Professor Emeritus of Mathematics; B.A. 1960, M.A. 1965, Ph.D. 1972, Syracuse University. (1969, 2001)

  • Peter B. Waldeck, Professor Emeritus of German; B.A. 1962, Oberlin College; M.A. 1966, Ph.D. 1967, University of Connecticut. (1970, 1989)

  • J. Thomas Walker, Professor Emeritus of Sociology; B.A. 1964, Greenville College; M.A. 1966, Roosevelt University; Ph.D. 1980, St. Louis University. (1967, 2007)

  • Pamela White, Dean Emerita of Academic Services; B.A. 1973, Albright College. (1983, 2015)

  • Cindy Whitmoyer, Assistant Professor Emerita; Public Services Librarian; B.S. 1979, Kutztown University; M.L.S. 2001, Clarion University of Pennsylvania. (2006, 2006)

  • David N. Wiley, Professor Emeritus of Religion; B.A. 1960, College of Wooster; B.D. 1964, McCormick Theological Seminary; Ph.D. 1971, Duke University. (1967, 2002)

  • Rebecca A. Wilson, Associate Professor Emerita; Associate Director of the Library; Public Services Librarian; A.A. 1964, St. Petersburg Junior College; B.A. 1966, M.S.L.S. 1967, Florida State University; Ph.D. 1997, Pennsylvania State University. (1987, 2014)

  • Ali H. M. Zadeh, Professor Emeritus of Finance; B.A. 1971, University of Tehran; M.S. 1984, Ph.D. 1982, Michigan State University. (1987, 2023)

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