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Emeriti/Emeritae Faculty

(Dates in parentheses indicate years of first appointment at and official retirement from Macalester.)

Paul J. Aslanian. Professor of Economics (19671995); B.A., University of Washington, 1963; M.B.A., University of Washington, 1967; C.P.A., State of Washington, 1968.

Joel H. Baer. Associate Professor of English (19662005); A.B., University College (NYU), 1960; M.A., Princeton University, 1965; Ph.D., Princeton University, 1969.

Duncan Hall Baird. Professor of Political Science (19611988); B.A., Yale University, 1939; LL.B., University of Michigan, 1942; M.A., University of Minnesota, 1960; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1960.

Donald Betts. Professor of Music (19592001); M.M., Indiana University, 1959.

Douglas Bolstorff. Associate Professor of Physical Education (19592002); B.S., University of Minnesota, 1957; B.S., University of Minnesota, 1959; M.A., University of Minnesota, 1966.

Anthony Caponi. Professor of Art (19491991); B.S., University of Minnesota, 1948; M.Ed., University of Minnesota, 1949.

Sarah N. Dart. Associate Professor of Linguistics (19962006); B.A., Pitzer College, 1979; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 1983; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1991.

Richard Bruce Dierenfield. Professor of Education (19511988); B.A., Macalester College, 1948; M.Ed., Macalester College, 1951; Ed.D., University of Colorado, 1958.

William P. Donovan. Professor of Classics (19661992); A.B., Washington University, 1951; M.A., Washington University, 1952; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 1961.

R. Ellis Dye. DeWitt Wallace Professor of German (19662006); B.A., University of Utah, 1960; M.A., Rutgers University, 1963; Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1966.

J. Michele Edwards. Professor of Music with dual appointment in Women’s and Gender Studies (19742001); B.M., University of Iowa, 1967; M.A., University of Iowa, 1971; D.M.A., University of Iowa, 1983.

Lincoln G. Ekman. Associate Professor of Education (19621982); B.E.E.-ASTP, New York University, 1944; B.E.E., University of Minnesota, 1947; LL.B., Minneapolis College of Law, 1951; B.S., University of Minnesota, 1956; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1966.

Sears A. Eldredge. Professor of Theater and Dance (19862007); B.A., Barrington College, 1958; M.F.A., Boston University of Fine Arts and Applied Arts, 1966; Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1975.

Jerry K. Fisher. Professor of Humanities and Media and Cultural Studies and History (19692006); B.A., Macalester College, 1959; M.Div., Union Theological Seminary, 1964; Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1974.

Louis Edouard Forner. Professor of Music (19702004); B.A., Stanford University, 1955; M.A., Stanford University, 1956.

Giles Y. Gamble. Associate Professor of English (19672004); A.B., Earlham College, 1956; Ph.D., Stanford University, 1969.

Juanita Garciagodoy. Visiting Assistant Professor of Hispanic and Latin American Studies (19832007); B.A., Macalester College, 1974; M.A., Harvard University, 1976.

Diane Glancy. Professor of English (19882009); A.B., University of Missouri, 1964; M.A., Central State University of Oklahoma, 1983; M.F.A., University of Iowa, 1988.

Charles Raymond Green. Professor of Political Science (19652005); B.A., Augustana College, 1957; M.A., University of Illinois, 1959; Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1960.

Alvin D. Greenberg. Professor of English (19652002); B.A., University of Cincinnati, 1954; M.A., University of Cincinnati, 1960; Ph.D., University of Washington, 1963.

Roxane Harvey Gudeman. Adjunct Professor of Psychology (19852005); B.A., Radcliffe College, 1962; M.Ed., Harvard University, 1969; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1981.

William Harley Henry. Professor of English (19662004); B.A., Kenyon College, 1959; B.A., Oxford University, 1961; M.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1963; M.A., Oxford University, 1967; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1970.

Eddie P. Hill. O. T. Walter Professor of Biology (19641999); B.A., Nebraska State Teachers College, 1952; M.A., Colorado State College, 1957; Ph.D., University of Nebraska, 1962.

David Henry Hopper. James Wallace Professor of Religious Studies (19592001); B.A., Yale University, 1950; B.D., Princeton Theological Seminary, 1953; Th.D., Princeton Theological Seminary, 1959.

Howard F. Huelster. Associate Professor of English (19491990); B.A., Macalester College, 1949; M.A., University of Minnesota, 1958.

Nancy Johansen. Professor of Education (19612003); A.A., Stephens College, 1949; B.S., Wisconsin State College, 1954; M.A., University of Minnesota, 1956; Ph.D., University of Missouri, 1965.

John Michael Keenan. Associate Professor of English (19652001); B.A., Hobart College, 1957; A.M., University of Rochester, 1958.

Allan Marshall Kirch. Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science (19681992); A.S., Joplin Junior College, 1956; B.A., University of Minnesota, 1958; M.A., University of Minnesota, 1960; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1967.

George Latimer. Distinguished Visiting Professor of Urban Studies (19962007); B.A., St. Michael’s College, 1958; L.L.B., Columbia University Law School, 1963.

Philip A. Lee, Jr. Associate Professor of French (19662002); A.B., Bowdoin College, 1956; M.A., University of North Carolina, 1961; Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1967.

Michal McCall-Meshejian. Professor of Sociology (19802006); B.A. University of Iowa, 1964; M.A., University of Illinois, 1966; Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1975.

David W. McCurdy. Professor of Anthropology (19662005); B.A., Cornell University, 1957; M.A., Stanford University, 1959; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1964.

Anna S. Meigs. Associate Professor of Anthropology (19822006); B.A., Wellesley College, 1965; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1977.

Raymond Charles Mikkelson. Professor of Physics (19652005); B.A., St. Olaf College, 1959; M.S., University of Illinois, 1961; Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1965.

Roger K. Mosvick. Professor of Communication Studies (19562004); B.A., Macalester College, 1952; M.A., University of Minnesota, 1959; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1966.

Michael Obsatz. Associate Professor of Sociology (19672007); B.A., Brandeis University, 1963; M.A., University of Chicago, 1964; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1967.

Hélène Nahas Peters. Professor of French (19611989); M.A., University of Toulouse, France, French-1939, English-1949; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1954.

Gerald R. Pitzl. Professor of Geography (19722004); B.S., University of Minnesota, 1964; M.A., University of Minnesota, 1971; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1974.

Jean Probst. Instructor in Mathematics (19501993); B.A., Macalester College, 1949; M.A., University of Minnesota, 1973.

Rabbi Bernard S. Raskas. Visiting Professor of Religious Studies (19852004); B.A., Washington University; Ordination, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1949; M.H.L. and Doctor of Divinity, 1975.

Jeremiah Reedy. Professor of Classics (19682004); S.T.B., Gregorian University, 1958; M.A., University of South Dakota, 1960; M.A., University of Michigan, 1966; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1968.

Irwin Daniel Rinder. Professor of Sociology (19681984); B.A., University of Idaho, 1947; M.A., University of Chicago, 1950; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1953.

Arthur Wayne Roberts. Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science (19652005); A.A., Morton Junior College, 1954; B.S., Illinois Institute of Technology, 1956; M.A., University of Wisconsin, 1958; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1965.

Calvin J. Roetzel. Arnold H. Lowe Professor of Religious Studies (19692004); B.A., Hendrix College, 1952; B.D., Perkins School of Theology, 1955; Ph.D., Duke University, 1968.

Jack E. Rossmann. Professor of Psychology (19642007); B.S., Iowa State University, 1958; M.S., Iowa State University, 1960; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1963.

David B. Sanford. Associate Professor of German (19661997); B.A., University of Minnesota, 1959; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1966.

Virginia Schubert. Professor of French and Francophone Studies (19652006); B.A., College of St. Catherine, 1957; M.A., University of Minnesota, 1961; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1973.

John R. Schue. Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science (19621999); B.A., Macalester College, 1953; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959.

Albert Truman Schwartz. DeWitt Wallace Professor of Chemistry (19662004); A.B., University of South Dakota, 1956; B.A., Oxford University, 1958; M.A., Oxford University, 1960; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1963.

Emil John Slowinski. DeWitt Wallace Professor of Chemistry (19641988); B.S., Massachusetts State College, 1946; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1949.

James B. Stewart. James Wallace Professor of History (19692007); B.A., Dartmouth College, 1962; M.A., Case Western Reserve University, 1966; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 1968.

Fred B. Stocker. Professor of Chemistry (19581996); B.S., Hamline University, 1953; M.S., University of Minnesota, 1955; Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1958.

Charles C. Torrey. Associate Professor of Psychology (19662000); B.A., Swarthmore College, 1955; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1963.

Robert Hall Warde. Associate Professor of English (19702009); B.A., Princeton, 1965; M.A., Harvard University, 1968; Ph.D., Harvard University, 1977.

Gerald Weiss. Associate Professor of Psychology (19652001); B.A., Brooklyn College, 1953; M.A., University of Iowa, 1954; Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1965.

Hans W. Wendt. Professor of Psychology (19681993); B.A., University of Hamburg, Germany, 1949; Ph.D., University of Marburg, Germany, 1952.

Henry R. West. Professor of Philosophy (19652008); A.B., Emory University, 1954; M.A., Duke University, 1958; B.D., Union Theological Seminary, 1959; Ph.D., Harvard University, 1965.

Russell A. Whitehead. Associate Professor of Biology (19692001); B.S., Northland College, 1954; M.S., Oregon State University, 1962; Ph.D., Oregon State University, 1966.

Wayne C. Wolsey. Professor of Chemistry (19652006); B.S., Michigan State University, 1958; Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1962.


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