In Memoriam
We memorialize here our departed colleagues whose companionship we will always value.
John L. Aguilar
Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
Founding Director of the Emeritus Art Collection
2025
Charles Brownson
Librarian Emeritus
First Editor of Emeritus Voices
2024
John Schlacter
Professor Emeritus of Marketing
2024
Barrie Wells
Professor Emeritus of Social Transformation
2024
Joseph Comfort
Professor Emeritus of Physics
2024
Caroline Turner
Professor Emerita of Educational Leadership
2024
Harold Fearon
Professor Emeritus of Management
2023
Lawrence Golden
Professor Emeritus of Marketing
Associate Member from University of Akron
2023
Arleen Metha
Professor Emerita of Counseling Education
2024
Robert Stahl
Professor Emeritus of Education
2023
Harold Nelson
Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering
2023
Raymond Marquardt
Professor Emeritus of Agribusiness
2023
Donald Kelley
Professor Emeritus of Engineering
2023
Ivar D. Nering
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
2023
John Alcock
Professor Emeritus of Zoology
2023
Sarah Jane Tobiason
Professor Emerita of Nursing
2023
J. Jeffries (Jeff) McWhirter
Professor Emeritus of Counseling
2023
Douglas Wiseman
Professor Emeritus of Education
2022
Mark Reader
Professor Emeritus of Political Science
2022
Winifred Walsh Doane
Professor Emerita of Zoology
Emeritus College Founding Council Member
2022
Darwin Linder
Professor Emeritus of Psychology
2022
Gene Valentine
Professor Emeritus of English
2022
Lou-ellen A. Finter
Professor Emerita of Music Education
Associate Member
2022
James Rapp
Professor Emeritus of Architecture
2021
Wayne Senner
Professor Emeritus of Education
2021
Vladimir (Vlad) Borovansky
Librarian Emeritus
2021
Donald Llewellyn Howell, Jr.
Professor Emeritus of International Management
2021
Anthony Gully
Professor Emeritus of Art
2021
Santos Vega
Professor Emeritus of Hispanic Studies
2021
Jacob (Jack) Fuchs
Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
2021
Philip Borgo
Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering
2020
Manuel Barrera
Professor Emeritus of Psychology
2020
Leonard (Aryeh) Faltz
Professor Emeritus of Linguistics
2020
Rolf Wigand
Professor Emeritus of Information Science
2020
Douglas Moore
Professor Emeritus of Statistics
2020
Michael O'Dell
Professor Emeritus of Accounting
2020
Leonard Maximon
Professor Emeritus of Physics
2020
Richard L. Smith
Professor Emeritus of Industrial Engineering
2020
Sylvia Gaines
Professor Emerita of Anthropology
2020
Russell Bickart
Professor Emeritus of Engineering
2019
Robert H. Fenske
Professor Emeritus of Education
2019
Robert Trennart, Jr.
Professor Emeritus of History
2019
David Bedworth
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
2019
Donald Stewart
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
2018
Martha Pearce
Professor Emerita of Aerospace Engineering
2018
Joyce Foster Larson
Professor Emerita of Life Sciences
2018
John X Evans
Professor Emeritus of English
2018
Troy Crowder
Professor Emeritus of Journalism
2018
Raghunath Acharya
Professor Emeritus of Physics
2018
William W. Phillips
Professor Emeritus of History
2018
Lonnie Boggs
Professor Emeritus of Business
2018
William Uttal
Professor Emeritus of Industrial Engineering
2017
Martin Sours
Professor Emeritus of Geography
2017
Jerome (Jerry) Aronson
Professor Emeritus of Plant Biology
2017
Philip Glenn Stiles
Professor Emeritus of Agribusiness
2017
Zeke Prust
Professor Emeritus of Graphic Communication
2017
James Edward Maisel
Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering
2017
Bernita Steffl
Professor Emerita of Nursing
2016
Jean Schmidt
Professor Emerita of Life Sciences
2016
Elbadawy Elsharawy
Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering
2016
Eugene Lombardy
Professor Emeritus of Music
2016
Wolfgang F. E. Preiser
Professor Emeritus of Architecture
Associate Member
2016
Leonard Goodstein
Professor Emeritus of Psychology
2016
Bruce D. Merrill
Professor Emeritus of Political Science/Journalism
2016
Neil A. Weiss
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
2016
John Metz
Professor Emeritus of Music
2016
Theodore Brown
Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
2016
Jack Stuler
Professor Emeritus of Art
2015
Elizabeth (Bets) Manera
Professor Emerita of Secondary Education
Emeritus College Council Member
2015
James Schoenwetter
Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
Director of the Emeritus Press
2015
Leonard A. Gordon
Professor Emeritus of Sociology
Emeritus College Founding Council Member
Dean Emeritus of the Emeritus College
2015
Thomas Dezelsky
Professor Emeritus of Exercise and Wellness
2015
Billie G. Wood
Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Technology
2015
Bevie Sanders
Professor Emeritus of Accounting
2015
Michael Anbar
Professor Emeritus of Medicine
2014
Liz Prather
Professor Emerita of Speech and Hearing
Emeritus College Council Member
2014
William W. Wooten
Professor Emeritus of History
2014
Delmar (Del) G. Kehl
Professor Emeritus of English
2014
Jo Ann Hennington
Professor Emerita of Business
2013
Ellamae Branstetter
Professor Emerita of Nursing
2013
Alan L. Bieber
Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
2012
Benjamin Silver
Professor Emeritus of Journalsim
2012
Frank Williams
Professor Emeritus of Business
2011
Teresa Valdivieso
Professor Emerita of Spanish
2011
Stanley Smith
Professor Emeritus of Journalism
2011
Lester Satterthwaite
Professor Emeritus of Education
2011
Takayori Atsumi
Professor Emeritus of Music
Emeritus College Founding Council Member
2011
Ronald H. Alvarado
Professor Emeritus of Zoology
Emeritus College Founding Council Member
2011
Jacqueline J. Taylor
Professor Emerita of Nursing
2010
Douglas Dalgleish
Professor Emeritus of Political Science
2010
John R. Cronin
Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry
2010
Louis H. Grossman
Professor Emeritus of Marketing
2009
Nelson L. Haggerson
Professor Emeritus of Education
2009
Roland C. Hanson
Professor Emeritus of Physics
2009
Richard S. Juvet
Professor Emeritus of Analytical Chemistry
2009
Brent Brown
Professor Emeritus of Public Affairs
2008
Ronald R. Clothier
Professor Emeritus of Zoology
2008
William F. Podlich
Professor Emeritus of Elementary Education
2008
Jules Heller
Professor Emeritus of Art
Dean Emeritus of the Herberger College of the Arts
2007
H. William Welch, Jr.
Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering
2007
Merle Packer
Professor Emerita of Physical Education and Kinesiology
2007
Paul Hubbard
Professor Emeritus of History
2007
Gary Huston
Professor Emeritus of Information Systems
2006
Fred Staley
Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction
2006
Rena Gordon
Associate Member
Sociology
2005
James Case
Professor Emeritus of
Speech and Hearing Science
2005
Marianne Brose
Professor Emerita of English
2005
Norman Fuchs
Professor Emeritus of Physics
Associate Member from Purdue University
2024
Alan Matheson
Professor Emeritus of Law
2024
Elizabeth Ludlow
Professor Emerita of Nursing
2024
Kristin Valentine
Professor Emerita of Communication
2024
James Odenkirk
Professor Emeritus of Physical Education
2024
John S. Hall
Professor Emeritus of Public Affairs
2024
Jeffrey Chapman
Professor Emeritus of Public Affairs
2023
Naomi Wamacks
Professor Emerita of Education
2023
Elaine Surbeck
Professor Emerita of Education
2023
Mary Killeen
Professor Emerita of Nursing
2023
Cray A.Cavender
Professor Emeritus of Justice Studies
2023
Ruth S. Ludermann
Professor Emerita of Nursing
2023
Phyllis Primas
Professor Emerita of Nursing
2023
John Venables
Professor Emeritus of Physics
2023
Ernest L. (Ernie) Stech
Professor Emeritus of Communication
Associate Member from Western Michigan U.
2023
Glenn A. Wilt, Jr.
Professor Emeritus of Business
2023
S. Daniel Swaim
Professor Emeritus of Music
2023
John B. Page
Professor Emeritus of Physics
2023
Carleton Bryant Moore
Professor Emeritus of Geochemistry
2023
Marjory Bong-Ray Liu
Professor Emerita of Music Therapy
2022
Harold C. (Hal) White
Professor Emeritus of Management
2022
Alan P. Johnson
Professor Emeritus of English
2022
Robert (Bob) Gryder
Professor Emeritus of Secondary Education
2022
Robert Ellis
Professor Emeritus of Journalism
2023
William (Bill) C. Moor
Professor Emeritus of Industrial Engineering
2021
Michael Berch
Professor Emeritus of Law
2021
Barbara P. Fargotstein
Professor Emerita of Nursing
2021
Peter Iverson
Professor Emeritus of History
2021
Richard W. Kelly
Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering
2021
Sheldon Simon
Professor Emeritus of Political Science
2021
Mary Marzke
Professor Emerita of Anthropology
2021
Clifford Keuter
Professor Emeritus of Dance
2020
Sue Jane Perrot Siford
Professor Emerita of Supply Chain Management
2020
Patricia Dorothy Moore
Professor Emerita of Nursing
2020
Robert Arthur Schoen
Professor Emeritus of Technology
2020
Joyotpaul "Joy" Chaudhuri
Professor Emeritus of Political Science
2020
Marvin Fisher
Professor Emeritus of English
2020
Robert Keim
Professor Emeritus of Information Systems
2020
Judson Matthias
Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering
2019
Dhira Mahoney
Professor Emerita of English
2019
Raul Leyba
Professor Emeritus of Social Work
2019
Jeanne Otis Fronske
Professor Emerita of Art
2019
Donald Keefer
Professor Emeritus of Supply Chain Management
2019
Lasca J. Beck
Professor Emerita of Nursing
2019
Ann Nevin
Professor Emerita of Education
2018
Robert Goyer
Professor Emeritus of Communication
2018
Mary Laner
Professor Emerita of Sociology
2018
William Raby
Professor Emeritus of Accountancy
2018
Helen Elizabeth Nebeker
Professor Emerita of English
2018
Donald Pinkava
Professor Emeritus of Botany
2017
Elina Mooney
Professor Emerita of Dance
2017
Donald Gieschen
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
2017
Lewis Tambs
Professor Emeritus of History
2017
Joan Moyer
Professor Emerita of Education
2017
Donald Fausel
Professor Emeritus of Public Programs
2017
Harry Magill
Professor Emeritus of Accountancy
2016
Bill Tillery
Professor Emeritus of Science Education
2016
Rachel Ginnis Fuchs
Regents Professor Emerita of History
2016
Charles M. Woolf
Professor Emeritus of Zoology
Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research
Dean of the Graduate College
2016
Louis Weschler
Professor Emeritus of Political Science
2016
Willis Buckingham
Professor Emeritus of English
2016
Frank Stalzer
Professor Emeritus of Music
2016
James F. Christie
Professor Emeritus of Sociology
2016
Wayne Luchsinger
Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
2016
Nicholas Salerno
Professor Emeritus of English
2016
Betty Hunter
Professor Emerita of Family Development
2015
S. P. "Si" Fullinwider
Professor Emeritus of History
2015
Murray Sirkis
Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering
2015
Kenneth Maddie
Professor Emeritus of Agribusiness
2015
Keith Shriver
Professor Emeritus of Accounting
2015
Marjorie Lightfoot
Professor Emerita of English
2015
Warren W.Hoffer
Professor Emeritus of Music
2015
Mary Green
Professor Emerita of English
2015
Herbert "Mac" Bohlman
Professor Emeritus of Business
2015
Jack Foquette
Professor Emeritus of Life Sciences
2015
Edward Sylvester
Professor Emeritus of Journalism
2014
Kenneth Morrison
Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies
2014
Christie G. Turner II
Regents Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
2013
Robert J. Kastenbaum
Professor Emeritus of Communication
2013
Nicholas V. Findler
Professor Emeritus of Computer Science
2013
Roy M. Johnson
Professor Emeritus of Microbiology
2013
Jefferson Eugene Grigsby, Jr.
Professor Emeritus of Art Education
2013
Edward A. Brawley
Professor Emeritus of Social Work
2013
Thelma S. Richard
Professor Emerita of English
2013
Sivon Resnikov
Professor Emerita of Architecture
2013
Patricia A. Etter
Curator Emerita
Emeritus College Council Member
2013
John E. Bell
Professor Emeritus of Secondary Education
Emeritus College Founding Council Member
2013
E. Grant Moody
Professor Emeritus of Agriculture
2012
Joseph Harris
Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
2011
Arthur Hayley
Professor Emeritus of Community Resources and Development
2011
Thomas Karnes
Professor Emeritus of History
2010
Jackson Drake
Professor Emeritus of Education
2010
Howard G. Voss
Professor Emeritus of Physics
Emeritus College Founding Council Member
2010
General Frank J. Sackton
Professor Emeritus of Public Administration
Founding Dean of the College of Public Programs
2010
David Burstein
Professor Emeritus of Astronomy
2009
Hildegarde S. Crane
Professor Emerita of Design
2009
Victor J. Miller
Professor Emeritus of Agriculture
2009
Jack Pfister
Professor Emeritus of Public Affairs
2009
Roland Strawn
Professor Emeritus of Electronic
and Computer Engineering Technology
2008
Kenneth L. Rowe
Professor Emeritus of Marketing
2008
Anne M. Pittman
Professor Emerita of Health and Physical Education
2008
Loretta Hanner Bardewyck
Dean Emerita of the College of Nursing
2007
Clyde Watson
Professor Emeritus of Art
2007
Gale Richards
Professor Emeritus of Communication
2007
Fred S. Fehr
Professor Emeritus of Psychology
Emeritus College Founding Council Member
2006
William J. Acker
Professor Emeritus of Geography
2006
Richard S. Gordon
Professor Emeritus of Agribusiness and Resource Management
2006