College of Arts & Letters Emeritus Faculty
A
Charles Africa
Deceased
Assoc. Professor of Foreign Languages
Served from 1965-1984
(29 years)
James Aho
Professor of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice
Served From 1969-2010
(41 years)
Donald E. Asboe
Deceased
Assistant Professor of Speech
Served From 1947-1986
(39 years)
B
Carol Bagley
Deceased
Professor of English
Served From 1965-1984
(19 years)
Merrill D. Beal
Deceased
Professor of History
Served From 1947-1966
(19 years)
Josephine Berryman
Deceased
Professor of Music
Served From 1938-1972
(34 years)
Charles E. "Chick" Bilyeu
Deceased
Professor of Speech and Drama
Served From 1850-1982
(32 years)
Frances E. Bliesner
Professor of Theatre
Served From 1967-1995
(28 years)
Allen Blomquist
Deceased
Professor of Theatre
Served From 1958-1999
(41 years)
Coke Brown
Deceased
Professor of Psychology
Served From 1968-1994
(26 years)
Donald Brown
Professor of Art
Served From 1956-1994
(38 years)
Clifford Bryan
Professor of Criminal Justice
Served From 1971-2001
(30 years)
Mary Jane Burns
Associate Professor of Political Science
Served From 1975-2006
(31 years)
B. Robert Butler
Deceased
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Served From 1960-1989
(29 years)
C
Dante Cantrill
Professor of English/Philosophy
Served From 1974-2005
(31 years)
Clark S. Carlile
Deceased
Professor of Speech
Served From 1947-1973
(26 years)
Robert Chase
Deceased
Professor of Speech
Alan Christelow
Professor of History
Served From 1983-2013
(30 years)
Stephanie Christelow
Professor of History
Served From 1990-2015
(25 years)
William Corbin
Deceased
Associate Professor of Speech
Served From 1955-1980
(25 years)
Lois Cowles
Professor of Sociology and Social Work
Served From 1993-2003
(10 years)
Eleonor Faye Cutchen
Deceased
Associate Professor of Sociology (retired-not emeritus)
Served From 1972-2000
(28 years)
D
Gail Dial
Professor of Art
Served From 1974-2008
(34 years)
Arthur Dolsen
Professor of Languages & Literatures
Served From 1983-2009
(26 years)
E
Terry Engebretsen
Associate Professor of English
Served From 1988-2014
(26 years)
Linda Enloe
Associate Professor of Psychology
Served From 1974-2007
(33 years)
Scott Evans
Professor of Art
Served From 1986-2015
(30 years)
F
Richard (Rick) Foster
Professor of Political Science
Served From 1973-2008
(35 years)
Mahmoud H. Fouad
Deceased
Professor of Economics
Served From 1967-1994
(27 years)
Timothy Frazier
Professor of Mass Communication
Served From 1987-2013
(26 years)
Miles Friend
Professor of Art
Served From 1976-2006
(30 years)
G
W. Marion Gee
Deceased
Assistant Professor of English
Served From 1946-1965
(19 years)
Tom Ritter George
Professor of Music
Served From 1983-2008
(25 years)
Janne Goldbeck
Professor of English
Served From 1976-2006
(30 years)
Audrey Greenwood
Professor of Foreign Languages
Served From 1957-1978
(21 years)
H
Wesley M. Harris
Deceased
Associate Professor of Music
Served From 1947-1977
(30 years)
Alan M. Hartman
Deceased
Professor of Psychology
Served From 1963-1997
(34 years)
Ronald Hatzenbuehler
Professor of History
Served From 1972-2013
(41 years)
Mary Linda Helfant
Deceased
Associate Professor of Journalism
Served From 1948-1964
(16 years)
Victor S Hjelm
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences - Professor of Political Science
Served From 1968-2001
(33 years)
Cornelius A. Hofman
Deceased
Professor of Economics
Served From 1960-1997
(37 years)
Richard Holmer
Professor of Anthropology
Served From 1983-2011
(28 years)
Elizabeth Hoskyn
Deceased
Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages
Served From 1957-1966
(9 years)
Janet House
Professor of Mass Communications
Served From 1985-2002
(17 years)
Wilbur Huck
Associate Professor of English
Served From 1957-1990
(33 years)
Ann Oakes Hunter
Professor of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice
Served From 1991-2013
(22 years)
J
Wilmer F. Jacob
Deceased
Professor of English
Served From 1947-1971
(24 years)
Mary Donna Jensen
Deceased
Associate Professor of English
Served From 1964-1989
(25 years)
Victor Joe
Professor of Psychology
Served From 1969-2003
(34 years)
Paula Jull
Professor of Communication, Media, and Persuasion
Served From 1987-2017
(30 years)
K
John Kijinski
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences - Professor of English
Served From 1985-2007
(22 years)
Kathleen King
Associate Professor of English
Served From 1984-2007
(23 years)
William L. King
Professor of Philosophy
Served From 1960-1994
(34 years)
Leedice Kissane
Deceased
Professor of English
Served From 1938-1970
(32 years)
Rudy Kovacs
Professor of Art
Served From 1980-2012
(32 years)
L
Carl Levenson
Professor of Philosophy
Served From 1981-2016
(35 years)
Sven S. Liljebald
Deceased
Professor of Social Sciences
Served From 1941-1966
(25 years)
Bruce Loebs
Professor of Communication, Media, & Persuasion
Served From 1969-2015
(46 years)
M
Bert Marley
Professor of History
Served From 1967-1989
(22 years)
Anthony (Tony) Martin
Professor of Art
Served From 1977-2015
(38 years)
LeRoy Matthews
Professor of Psychology
Served From 1968-2000
(32 years)
John (Jack) Mauch
Professor of Mass Communication
Served From 1971-1999
(28 years)
Ralph Maughan
Professor of Political Science
Served From 1971-2007
(36 years)
Shanna McGee
Professor of Psychology
Served From 1964-1985
(21 years)
Tracy Montgomery
Associate Professor of English
Served From 1990-2014
(24 years)
Anne Mullin
Associate Professor of English
Served From 1990-2000
(10 years)
Rosemary Myers
Assistant Professor of English
Served From 1982-1999
(17 years)
N
Craig Nickisch
Professor of Foreign Languages
Served From 1988-2004
(16 years)
Doug Nilson
Associate Professor of Political Science
Served From 1989-2009
(20 years)
O
Lorna Obermayr
Deceased
Associate Professor of Art
Served From 1974-1988
(14 years)
J. B. “Jack” Owens
Professor of History
Served From 1975-2011
(36 years)
P
Pamela Park
Professor of Languages
Served From 1985-2015
(30 years)
Donald Pierson
Professor of Sociology/Social Work
Served From 1985-2010
(25 years)
R
Lawrence Rice
Deceased
Professor of English
Served From 1956-1994
(38 years)
Mark Roberts
Professor of Psychology
Served From 1977-2015
(35 years)
JoAnn Ruckman
Deceased
Professor of History
Served From 1974-2001
(27 years)
S
Tahmoores Sarraf
Deceased
Professor of Sociology
Served From 1972-2001
(29 years)
H. Wayne Schow
Professor of English
Served From 1967-1999
(32 years)
LeRoy Shelton
Deceased
Professor of Foreign Languages
Served From 1960-1990
(30 years)
Cecil Simmons
Deceased
Professor of Music
Denzell S. Smith
Professor of English
Served From 1972-1991
(19 years)
Alan Stanek
Professor of Music
Served From 1976-2001
(25 years)
Robert C. Stevenson
Deceased
Professor of Economics
Served From 1929-1962
(33 years)
Anthony Stocks
Professor of Anthropology
Served From 1979-2006
(27 years)
Merwin (Bob) Swanson
Professor of History
Served From 1972-2002
(30 years)
Susan Swetnam
Professor of English
Served From 1979-2013
(34 years)
T
Paul Tate
Professor of Philosophy
Served From 1976-2006
(30 years)
Michael Trinklein
Professor of Mass Communication
Served From 1984-2004
(20 years)
Glen E. Tyler
Deceased
Professor of History
Served From 1955-1974
(19 years)
W
Dennis Walsh
Deceased
Professor of English
Served From 1979-2004
(25 years)
Mary Ellen Walsh
Professor of English
Served From 1969-2002
(33 years)
Jonathon Westphal
Professor of Philosophy
Served From 1990-2011
(21 years)
Waller Wigginton
Deceased
Professor of English
Served From 1961-1994
(33 years)
