Retired Faculty

In the following listing, the first date, in parenthesis, indicates initial appointment to the college; the second date indicates appointment to the latest rank. Dates of appointment to chairs and professorships are also shown.

Charles Richard Barr (1962) Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, 1994. B.A., North Central College. M.S., Ph.D., Michigan State University.

Robert Barrie, Jr. (1970) Professor Emeritus of English, 2007. B.A., Southwestern at Memphis. M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina.

Bonnie Jean Beardsley (1960) Assistant Professor Emerita of Communication Arts, 1984. B.A., Austin College. M.A., University of Colorado. Further graduate study, University of Colorado.

Henry Hale Bucher, Jr. (1985) Chaplain Emeritus and Associate Professor Emeritus of Humanities, 2004. B.A., American University of Beirut (Lebanon). M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary. Sorbonne (Paris).  M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Arvid John Carlson (1962) Professor Emeritus of History, 1994. B.A., M.A., University of Michigan. Ph.D., Princeton University.

Hugh Barnard Garnett (1981) Professor Emeritus of Economics, 2003. B.A., Yale University. M.Sc., London School of Economics. Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley.

Harry Harold Gibson, Jr. (1967) Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, 2007. B.A., Emory University. Ph.D., Florida State University.

James David Gray (1978) Professor Emeritus of English, 2008. B.A., Ph.D., Indiana University.

Clyde Lewis Hall (1950) Professor Emeritus of Economics and Business Administration, 1988. B.A., Austin College. M.B.A., Texas Christian University. Ph.D., Ohio State University.

Cecil Isaac (1962) Professor Emeritus of Music, 1996. B.A., Oberlin College. B.M.Ed., Oberlin Conservatory of Music. M.A., M.Phil., Columbia University.

Jack Julian Jernigan (1967) Professor Emeritus of English, 1989. B.A., Mississippi College. M.A., University of Mississippi. Ph.D., Vanderbilt University.

Thomas Fredric Kimes (1962) Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, 1992. B.S., Ursinus College. M.A., University of Texas. Ph.D., Carnegie Institute of Technology.

Jerry Bryan Lincecum (1967) Professor Emeritus of English, 2006. B.A., Texas A&M University. M.A., Ph.D., Duke University.

Janet Huber Lowry (1987) Associate Professor of Sociology, 2008 B.A., Hanover College. M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Peter Gene Lucchesi (1968) Professor Emeritus of English, 1995. B.A., College of the Holy Cross. M.S., Boston College. Ph.D., University of Wisconsin.

Cynthia M. Manley (1977) Professor Emerita of French, 2010. B.A., Louisiana State University. M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin.

Ralph Smith McCord (1955) Associate Professor Emeritus of Physical Education, 1988. B.A., Austin College. M.Ed., University of Houston. Further graduate study, East Texas State University.

Dennis William McLaughlin (1977) Professor Emeritus of Biology, 1992. B.A., University of California at Berkeley. M.S., Ph.D., University of Nebraska at Lincoln.

Gerald John Middents (1967) Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Education, 2000. B.S.C., University of Iowa. M.Div., University of Dubuque. M.A., Ph.D., University ofMinnesota.

William Hamilton Moore III (1967) Professor Emeritus of Humanities, 2002. B.A., Southwestern University. M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University.

Thomas Wheeler Nuckols (1965) Professor Emeritus of Religion, 1998. B.A., Tulane University. B.D., Southern Baptist Seminary. Ph.D., Duke University.

Oscar C. Page (1994) President Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of History, 2009. B.A., Western Kentucky University. M.A., Ph.D., University of Kentucy

Wilbur Lamar Powell (1976) Associate Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Computer Science, 2010. B.A., Austin College. M.S., Southern Methodist University. Further graduate study at the University of Texas at Dallas.

Daniel Mortimer Schores (1969) Associate Professor Emeritus of Sociology, 1994. B.D., Duke University. M.S., Ph.D., University of Missouri at Columbia.

Kenneth Willow Street (1959) Professor Emeritus of Political Science, 1998. B.S., M.A., Texas Tech University. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin.

Richard Joseph Tappa (1964) Professor Emeritus of Music, 1997. B.M., University of Wisconsin. M.S.M., Union Theological Seminary (New York). Ph.D., Indiana University.

Paul Leslie Thomas (1963) Professor Emeritus of Psychology, 1996. B.S., Wayland Baptist College. M.A., West Texas State College. Ph.D., Texas Tech University.

James Hamilton Ware, Jr. (1970) Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Religion, 1996. B.A., M.A., Baylor University. B.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Ph.D., Duke University.

Shelton Lee Williams (1970) Professor Emeritus of Political Science, 2008. B.A., University of Texas at Austin. M.A., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.