Feliz Ozel received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in architecture from the Middle East Technical University and her doctorate in architecture from the University of Michigan. Since joining ASU, Ozel has been teaching graduate and undergraduate-level courses in the area of digital design as well as in design computation. Ozel has served as associate vice provost for Graduate Academic Programs at ASU among other administrative positions.
Robert Osterhoudt was a professor of humanistic subjects (mainly concerning sport) for 35 years. He is also an U.S. Army veteran, a Fulbright Fellow, a widely published author (most notably his two-volume “Sport as a Form of Human Fulfillment”) and a state, national and world champion medalist in the hurdles, throws and decathlon.
M. Scott Norton has served as a classroom teacher, coordinator of curriculum, associate superintendent and superintendent of schools. He served as a professor and vice chair of the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, and chair of the then Department of Administration and Policy Studies at ASU, where he is currently an Emeritus Professor.
Don L.F. Nilsen earned his doctorate in linguistics from the University of Michigan. He studies humor to illustrate the complexities of everyday language. In the 1980s, he organized six April Fools' Day Humor Conferences at ASU, which laid the foundation for the founding of the International Society of Humor Studies. In 2000, he and his wife, Alleen Pace Nilsen, wrote “The Encyclopedia of 20th Century American Humor.”
Alleen Pace Nilsen earned her doctorate at The University of Iowa, where she specialized in literature for young adults. In the 1980s, she was co-editor of the English Journal for the National Council of Teachers of English. She is also the founding editor of The ALAN Review and co-author of “Literature for Today's Young Adults.” Nilsen is a past-editor of Emeritus Voices.
Frances New was born in Tientsin, China, to Christian parents who had been educated in the United States. Between 1932 and 1942, their home was one of the gathering places for Christians of all denominations. New came to the U.S. in 1947. She and her husband became citizens under the 1948 Displaced Persons Act. She worked in ASU libraries from 1970 to 1996, and completed her master’s degree in fine arts at ASU in 2004.
John Metz (1944–2016) joined the music faculty at ASU in 1980 and for the next 24 years taught piano and harpsichord and built an early-music program in Baroque performance techniques. Early retirement in 2004 allowed him and his wife to move to Waterford, Connecticut, where they set up a private school for talented cellists and pianists, and he began composing. The response to his output has been rewarding as shown by the success of Anthony's Cosmic Adventures, which premiered in December, 2014. The Metz's returned to Arizona and reside in Gold Canyon.
Charles F. Merbs received his doctorate in anthropology and medical genetics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and taught at the University of Chicago for 10 years before coming to ASU in 1973 to head the then Department of Anthropology. His specialties include the human skeleton and paleopathology.
Christine Marin received her doctorate from ASU. She served as the archivist and historian of the Chicano/a Research Collection and the Arizona Collection in the Department of Archives and Special Collections, in the Hayden Library at ASU, for more than 35 years. She is currently researching the history and stories of African American women in Globe and Miami, Arizona.
Ann Ludwig spent 24 years in the then Department of Dance, teaching studio courses and criticism, and directing the graduate program at ASU. As artistic director and choreographer of A Ludwig Dance Theater for 35 years, she has received numerous grants, commissions and awards, including the 2011 Governor's Award for Arts in Education.