Emeritus Faculty

Home Faculty & Staff Emeritus Faculty
Faculty and administrators who retire from Oklahoma Panhandle State University with the rank of Associate or full Professor and who have ten or more years of service may receive the designation of “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