Emeritus Faculty

Jack Alexander M.S.
1967-1990
Professor, Agronomy

Joyce Bender, Ph.D.
1993-2003
Professor, English

David A. Bryant, Ph.D.
2003-2016
President

Jerry Butler, Ed.D.
1989-2007
Professor, Education

Mindy M. Davis, CPA M.P.A.
1980-2018
Associate Professor, Accounting; Department Chair, Accounting

Paul David Driskill, Ed.D.
1976-1993
Professor, Education

Russell Edenborough, M.S.
1968-1996
Dean, School of Business and Technology; Professor, Accounting

David Elder, M.F.A.
1999-2014
Professor, Art

Carroll Gribble, M.S.
1968-1990
Associate Professor, HPER; Director, Financial Aid

Bernice Halliburton, M.S.
1966-1984
Associate Professor, English

Robert L. Griffin, Ed.D.
1980-1991
Vice President, Academic Administration

Russell A. Guthrie, M.A.
1978-2017
Professor, Speech; Faculty Contact, Humanities

Jesse R. Hankla, D.M.A.
1976-1997
Professor, Music; Dean, School of Liberal Arts

James Hill, Ph.D.
1975-2000
Professor, Chemistry

Larry Hough, M.S.
1972-2014
Associate Professor, Industrial Arts

Vernon L. Hopson, M.S.
1960-1987
Associate Professor, Mathematics; Head, Dept. of Mathematics & Physics

Joyce Johnson, M.S.
1984-1994
Associate Professor, Home Economics

Harold S. Kachel, Ed.D.
1957-1990
Professor, Industrial Technology / Education

John W. Lain, M.S.
1970-1980
Dean, Student Affairs; Director, Financial Aid

Sandra A. Latham, M.S.
1972-1999
Home Economics

Doris M. Looper, Ed.D.
1967-1997
Professor, Health, Physical Education and Recreation; Head, Department of HPER

Phil Martin, Ph.D.
1970-2000
Associate Professor, Behavioral Science

Jerry J. Martin, Ph.D.
1967-1994
Professor, Animal Science & Biology; Dean, School of Agriculture; Manager, Bull Test

Wayne E. Manning, Ed.D.
1985-2016
Vice President, Academic Affairs; Professor, Business Administration

Diane Mathers Murphey, M.S.
1981-2017
Vice President, Academic Affairs; Professor, CIS

Samuel C. Nelson, M.A.
1970-2005
Honorary Professor, History & Sociology; Head, Department of Behavioral Science

Raymond A. Peck, M.S.
1946-1982
Professor, Agronomy; Head, Department of Agronomy

Gerald H. Peters, Ed.D.
1958-1975
Professor, Psychology; Director, Counseling & Testing; Chairman, Division of Liberal Arts

Nels Peterson, Ph.D.
2009-2020
Professor, Agriculture Education

Serafin Ramon, Ph.D.
1959-2001
Professor, Biology; Dean, School of Science, Mathematics & Nursing

Sara Jane Richter, Ph.D.
1985-2020
Professor, English; Dean Emeritus, Interim Chair, Department of English

James H. Roach, M.S.
1965-1987
Associate Professor, Speech; Head, Department of Speech, Communication, and English; Chair, Division of Liberal Arts

James R. Satterfield, Ph.D.
1980-1995
Professor, Education; Dean, School of Education; Head, Department of Education; Director, Teacher Education

Kurt Schaefer, Ph.D.
1965-1999
Professor, Biology; Head, Department of Science

Emma Schultz, M.S.
1982-1998
Associate Professor, Education

C. Evlyn Schmidt, M.L.S.
1997-2011
Associate Professor, Director, Library

Robert W. Sexton, M.S.
1955-1977
Associate Professor, Music; Director, Bands

Loyet Shafer, Ph.D.
1998-2014
Professor, Education

Elgy J. Smith, M.A.
1985-1995
Associate Professor, Music

R. Wayne Stewart, Ed.D.
1997-2017
Professor, Education; Dean, School of Education

Russell Thatcher, Ph.D.
1998-2014
Professor, Education

Patricia Tinch, M.S.
1970-1997
Professor, Education

Kathleen Turner, Ph.D.
1992-2014
Professor, English; Faculty Athletic Representative

Kenneth Woodward, Ph.D.
1975-2000
Professor, Agriculture; Dean, School of Agriculture