Faculty Emeritus Honorees
Find a list of faculty emeriti on this page by alphabetical order and by year. For more information on the criteria for emeritus faculty, visit the Emeritus Faculty page.
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Nancy Andes, Professor Emerita of Sociology, 2009
John E. Angell, Professor Emeritus of Justice, 1998
Sharon K. Araji, Professor Emerita of Sociology, 2008
Saradell A. Ard, Professor Emerita of Art, 1985
Steven E. Aufrecht, Professor Emeritus of Public Administration, 2006
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Elisha R. "Bear" Baker, Provost Emeritus, 2014
Gilbert W. Bane, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences, Kodiak College, 2005
Allan Barnes, Professor Emeritus of Justice, 2022
Donald F. Behrend, Chancellor Emeritus, 1994
Gretchen T. Bersch, Professor Emerita of Adult and Developmental Education, 1997
Jean-Paul Billaud, Professor Emeritus of Music, 1985
Robert J. Boeckmann, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, 2025
Alan S. Boraas, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Kenai Peninsula College (posthumously), 2020
Jeane T'谩aw x铆waa Breinig, Professor Emerita of English, 2019
Christiane Brems, Professor Emerita of Psychology, 2012
Anne Bridges, Professor Emerita of Culinary Arts and Hospitality, 2020
Sylvia C. Broady, Professor Emerita of Journalism & Public Communication, 1995
Marilyn Hanf Buckley, Professor Emerita of Education, 1997
Arthur E. Bukowski, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, 1998
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Omer L. Carey, Professor Emeritus of Business Administration, 1986
Thomas R. Case, Chancellor Emeritus, 2017
Ping Tung "P.T." Chang, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, 2014
Barbara M. Christian, Professor Emerita of English, Kenai Peninsula College, 2009
Dennis W. Clark, Director Emeritus, Matanuska-Susitna College, 2011
Stephen G. Colt, Professor Emeritus of Economics, 2016
Robert E. Congdon, Professor Emeritus of Justice, 2005
Joseph F. Connors, Professor Emeritus of Communication, 1997
Ronald M. Crawford, Professor Emeritus of History/Geography, 2002
Kristine J. Crossen, Professor Emerita of Geological Sciences, 2018
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M. Hilary Davies, Professor Emerita of Mathematics, 2013
Deborah C. Davis, Professor Emerita of Counseling, 1999
Donald I. Davis, Jr., Professor Emeritus of Geomatics, 2011
Tina D. DeLapp, Professor Emerita of Nursing, 2004
Elizabeth Dennison, Professor Emerita of History, 2024
Herminia Din, Professor Emerita of Art, 2024
Timothy W. Doebler, Professor Emeritus of Culinary Arts and Hospitality, 2018
Peter W. Dowrick, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, 1994
Marie C. Doyle, Professor Emerita of Psychology, 1985
Claudia S. Dybdahl, Professor Emerita of Elementary Education, 2016
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David P. Edgecombe, Professor Emeritus of Theatre, 2015
Nelta M. Edwards, Professor Emerita of Sociology, 2024
Sandra Ehrlich-Mathiesen, Professor of Emerita of Business Communications, 2024
Richard L. Ender, Professor Emeritus of Management Information Systems, 1997
Margritt A. Engel, Professor Emerita of Languages, 2003
Ted G. Eschenbach, Professor Emeritus of Engineering Management, 1998
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Elizabeth J. Fallon, Professor Emerita of English, Matanuska-Susitna College, 1999
Phyllis A. Fast, Professor Emerita of Anthropology, 2014
Kerry D. Feldman, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, 2010
Victor Fischer, Director Emeritus, Institute of Social & Economic Research, 1996
David A. Fitzgerald, Professor Emeritus of Computer Information Systems, 2020
Jill Flanders-Crosby, Professor Emerita of Dance, 2023
Ruth S. Fluornoy, Professor Emerita of Mathematical Sciences, 1999
Edward J. Forrest, Professor Emeritus of Business Administration, 2020
Larry Morris Foster, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, 2020
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George A. Geistauts, Professor Emeritus of Business Administration, 2016
Oliver Scott Goldsmith, Professor Emeritus of Economics, 2012
Mariano Gonzales, Professor Emeritus of Art, 2024
Edward Lee Gorsuch, Chancellor Emeritus, 2004
Elizabeth E. Graber, Professor Emerita of English, 2016
Ken Gray, Professor Emeritus of Art, 1994
G. Hayden Green, Dean Emeritus, College of Business & Public Policy, 2002
Judith F. Green, Professor Emeritus of Library Science, 2014
Patricia R Grega, Professor Emerita of Developmental Education, 2017
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Joan M. Haig, Professor Emerita of Mathematics, 2025
Lewis E. Haines, Professor Emeritus of Education, 1985
Ronald W. Haney, Professor Emeritus of Aviation Management, 2011
Diane Hanson, Professor Emerita Anthropology, 2024
Hiroko Harada, Professor Emerita of Languages, 2023
Michael C. Hawfield, Associate Professor Emeritus of History and Political Sciences, 2016
Stephen W. Haycox, Professor Emeritus of History, 2010
Leslie W. Heasley, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, 2009
John M. Hilpert, Professor Emeritus of Engineering Management, 1987
Diddy R.M. Hitchins, Professor Emerita of Political Science, 2006
Patricia A. Hong, Professor Emerita of Nursing, 2005
Eileen K. Hughes, Professor Emerita of Early Childhood Development, 2007
T. Lee Huskey, Professor Emeritus of Economics, 2014
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Charles H. Iliff, Professor Emeritus of Business Computer Information Systems, 1997
Catherine E. Innes-Taylor, Professor Emerita of Library Science, 2007
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Stephen L. Jackstadt, Professor Emeritus of Economics, 2008
William A. Jacobs, Professor Emeritus of History & Political Science, 2002
Mary K. Janis, Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences, 2001
Jill Janke, Professor Emerita of Nursing, 2022
Francis L. Jeffries, Professor Emeritus of Business Administration, 2018
Stanley White Johnson, Dean Emeritus, College of Arts & Sciences, 1990
Virginia R. Johnson, Professor Emerita of Secondary Education, 2000
Mark E. Johnson, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, 2012
Garth N. Jones, Professor Emeritus of Public Policy & Administration, 1988
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Bruno M. Kappes, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, 2016
Garry C. Kaulitz, Professor Emeritus of Art, 2014
Laura W. Kelley, Professor Emeritus of Human Services, 2015
Sam Isamu Kimura, Professor Emeritus of Art, 1996
Daniel Kline, Professor Emeritus of English, spring 2022
Cindy M. Knall, Professor Emerita of Medical Education, 2024
Gunnar D. Knapp, Professor Emeritus of Economics, 2016
Lynn K. Koshiyama, Professor Emerita of Accounting, 2018
Jocelyn Krebs, Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences, 2023
John A. Kruse, Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, 1997
Jerry D. Kudenov, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences, 2017
Arlene E. Kuhner, Professor Emerita of English (posthumously), 1997
Richard W. Kullberg, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences, 1998
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Claudia Lampman, Professor Emerita of Psychology, 2022
Paul H. Landen, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Kenai Peninsula College, 2020
Robert Lang, Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering, 2019
Stephen J. Langdon, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, 2014
Ronald L. Lautaret, Professor Emeritus of Library Science, 1994
Frances E. Lautenberger, Professor Emerita of Theatre, 2012
Charles "Sean" Licka, Professor Emeritus of Art, 2017
Patricia W. Linton, Professor Emerita of English, 2018
James J. Liszka, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, 2011
He (Helen) Liu, Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering, 2016
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David C. Maas, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, 1998
Robert J. Madigan, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, 2005
Elizabeth K. Madsen, Professor Emerita of Library Science, Matanuska-Susitna Library, 2003
Kristine E. Mann, Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences, 1999
Cheryl M. Mann, Professor Emerita of Human Services, 2009
Heidi A. Mannion, Professor Emerita of Medical Laboratory Science, 2018
Jerzy Maselko, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, 2015
Glenn F. Massay, Director Emeritus, Matanuska-Susitna College, 1995
Linda J. McCarriston, Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing and Literary Arts, 2015
Robert O. McCoy, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics 2016
Beatrice Gray McDonald, Professor Emerita of Secretarial Science, 1976
Jane "Ellen" McKay, Professor Emerita of Architectural and Engineering Technology, 2018
Edward McLain, Associate Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership, 2023
Margaret Mete, Professor Emerita of Nursing, 2023
E. Dean Milligan, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences, 1998
Donald E. Mohr, Professor Emeritus of History, 2006
Judith K. Moore, Professor Emerita of English, 2012
Thomas A. Morehouse, Professor Emeritus of Institute of Social & Economic Research, 1994
Roberta H. Morgan, Professor Emerita of Psychology, 1998
Max J. Morley, Professor Emeritus of Automotive & Diesel Technology, 1998
James Muller, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, 2023
Christina M. Mumma, Professor Emerita of Nursing, 2005
William L. Myers, Professor Emeritus of History, 2025
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William G. Nelson, Professor Emeritus of Engineering, 1998
Joseph Clay Nunnally, Professor Emeritus of English, 2015
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Kathleen D. O'Dell, Professor Emerita of Secondary Education, 2006
Alvin S. Okeson, Director Emeritus, Matanuska-Susitna College, 2002
John A. Olofsson, Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering, 2015
Stephanie M. Olson, Professor Emerita of Dental Assisting, 2024
Maureen O'Malley, Professor Emerita of Nursing (posthumously), 2020
Sylvia M. Orr, Professor Emerita of Medical Laboratory Technology, 1998
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Michael E. Pajot, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, 2008
Morris Greg Parrish, Professor Emeritus of Physics, 2012
Anne D. Pasch, Professor Emerita of Geology, 1997
Rebecca H. Patterson-Turner, Professor Emerita of English, 1999
Sandra Pence, Professor Emerita of Dental Hygiene, 2020
Judith A. Petersen, Professor Emerita of Nursing Science, 2002
Kim M. Peterson, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences, 2014
John Petraitis, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, 2022
Elizabeth J. Predeger, Professor Emerita of Nursing, 2017
Darrin Prokop, Professor Emeritus of Logistics, 2023
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T. Bartlett Quimby, Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering, 2014
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Gail L. Renardson, Professor Emerita of English, Prince William Sound Community College, 2012
Todd R. Risley, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, 2003
Alden M. Rollins, Professor Emeritus of Library Science, 1999
Rosellen M. Rosich, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, 2015
Larry L. Ross, Professor Emeritus of Economics, 2019
Jerilyn G. Rubin, Professor Emerita of Business Administration, 2020
Susan M. Ryan, Professor Emerita of Special Education, 2007
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Kate E. Sandberg, Professor Emerita of English, 2002
Nancy E. Schafer, Professor Emerita of Justice, 2002
Stanley E. Sears, Professor Emeritus of Geomatics, 1998
Alice L. Sears, Professor Emerita of English, 2006
Bernard Segal, Professor Emeritus of Health Sciences, 2006
Hilary Seitz, Professor Emerita of Early Childhood Education, 2023
Lidia L. Selkregg, Professor Emerita of Public Administration/Planning, 1985
Thomas F. Sexton, Professor Emeritus of English, 1994
Donna Gail Shaw, Professor Emerita of Elementary Education, 2012
Carl E. Shepro, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, 2012
Elizabeth A. Sirles, Professor Emerita of Social Work, 2017
Orson P. Smith, Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering, 2014
Donald E. Spalinger, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences, 2020
Ginger I. Steffy, Director Emeritus, Kenai Peninsula College, 2002
Troy G. Sullivan, Professor Emeritus of Education, 1986
Bjartmar Sveinbjornsson, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences, 2016
Carol l. Swartz, Director Emerita, Kachemak Bay Campus, 2018
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Bradford H. Tuck, Professor Emeritus of Economics, 1999
Gary Turner, Director Emeritus, Kenai Peninsula College, 2021
Michael T. Turner, Professor Emeritus of Counseling, 2013
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Douglas W. Veltre, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, 2008
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Garlyn R. Warren, Professor Emeritus of Business Computer Information Systems, 1997
David C. Wartinbee, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences, 2015
Lawrence D. Weiss, Professor Emeritus of Health Sciences, 2004
Brian D. Wick, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, 2010
James R. Wilson, Professor Emeritus of English, 1983? 1984?
Mark E. Wolbers, Professor Emeritus of Music, 2018
Wendell W. Wolfe, Professor Emeritus of Education, 1979?
William B. Workman, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, 2005
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Hannele K. Zubeck, Professor Emerita of Civil Engineering, 2019
- 2025
Dr. Robert Boeckmann, Psychology
Dr. Joan Haig, Mathematics
Dr. William Myers, History
- 2024
Dr. Elizabeth Dennison, History
Dr. Herminia Din, Art
Dr. Nelta Edwards, Sociology
Dr. Sandra Ehrlich-Mathiesen, Business Communications
Mariano Gonzales, Art
Dr. Diane Hanson, Anthropology
Dr. Cindy Knall, Medical Education
Stephanie Olson, Dental Assisting
- 2023
Dr. Edward McLain, Educational Leadership
Dr. Hilary Seitz, Early Childhood Education
Dr. Jill Flanders-Crosby, Dance
Dr. Hiroko Harada, Languages
Dr. Jocelyn Krebs, Biological Sciences
Margaret Mete, Nursing
Dr. James Muller, Political Science
Dr. Darrin Prokop, Logistics
- 2022
Dr. Jill Janke, Nursing
Dr. Allan Barnes, Justice
Dr. Daniel Kline, English
Dr. Claudia Lampman, Psychology
Dr. John Petraitis, Psychology
- 2021
Gary Turner, Director Emeritus, Kenai Peninsula College
- 2020
Dr. Maureen O'Malley, Nursing (posthumously)
Sandra Pence, Dental Hygiene
Dr. Alan Boraas, Anthropology, Kenai Peninsula College, (posthumously)
Dr. Anne Bridges, Culinary Arts and Hospitality
David Fitzgerald, Computer Information Systems
Dr. Edward Forrest, Business Administration
Dr. Larry Morris Foster, Mathematics
Dr. Paul Landen, Psychology, Kenai Peninsula College
Jerilyn Rubin, Business Administration
Dr. Donald Spalinger, Biological Sciences
- 2019
Dr. Jeane T'谩aw x铆waa Breinig, English
Larry L. Ross, Economics
Dr. Hannele K. Zubeck, Civil Engineering
Dr. Robert Lang, Civil Engineering
- 2018
Carol I. Swartz, Director, Kachemak Bay Campus
Timothy W. Doebler, Culinary Arts and Hospitality
Lynn K. Koshiyama, Accounting
Dr. Patricia W. Linton, English
Jane "Ellen" McKay, Architectural and Engineering Technology
Dr. Kristine J. Crossen, Geological Sciences
Dr. Francis L. Jeffries, Business Administration
Heidi A. Mannion, Medical Laboratory Science
Dr. Mark E. Wolbers, Music
- 2017
Dr. Patricia R. Grega, Developmental Education
Thomas R. Case, Chancellor
Dr. Jerry D. Kudenov, Biological Sciences
Dr. Charles "Sean" Licka, Art
Dr. Elizabeth J. Predeger, Nursing
Dr. Elizabeth A. Sirles, Social Work
- 2016
Stephen G. Colt, Economics
Claudia S. Dybdahl, Elementary Education
George A. Geistauts, Business Administration
Elizabeth E. Graber, English
Bruno M. Kappes, Psychology
Gunnar D. Knapp, Economics
He (Helen) Liu, Civil Engineering
Dr. Robert O. McCoy, Mathematics
Dr. Bjartmar Sveinbjorsson, Biological Sciences
- 2015
Dr. David P. Edgecombe, Theatre
Judith F. Green, Library Science
Michael C. Hawfield, History & Political Science
Garry C. Kaulitz, Art
Dr. Laura W. Kelley, Human Services
Dr. Jerzy Maselko, Chemistry
Linda J. McCarriston, Creative Writing & Literary Arts
Dr. Joseph Clay Nunnally, English
Dr. John A. Olofsson, Civil Engineering
Dr. Rosellen M. Rosich, Psychology
Dr. Orson P. Smith, Civil Engineering
David C. Wartinbee, Biological Sciences
- 2014
Dr. Elisha R. "Bear" Baker, Provost
Dr. Ping Tung Chang, Mathematics, Matanuska-Susitna College
Dr. Phyllis A. Fast, Anthropology
Dr. T. Lee Huskey, Economics
Dr. Stephen J. Langdon, Anthropology
Dr. Kim M. Peterson, Biological Sciences
Dr. T. Bartlett Quimby, Civil Engineering
- 2013
Dr. M. Hilary Davies, Mathematics
Michael T. Turner, Counseling
- 2012
Dr. Christiane Brems, Psychology
Dr. Oliver Scott Goldsmith, Economics
Dr. Mark E. Johnson, Psychology
Frances E. Lautenberger, Theatre
Dr. Judith K. Moore, English
Morris Greg Parrish, Physics
Gail L. Renardson, English, Prince William Sound Community College
Dr. Donna Gail Shaw, Elementary Education
Dr. Carl E. Shepro, Political Science
- 2011
Dr. Dennis Clark, Director Emeritus, Matanuska-Susitna College
Donald I. Davis, Jr., Geomatics
Ronald W. Haney, Aviation Management
Dr. James J. Liszka, Philosophy
- 2010
Dr. Kerry D. Feldman, Anthropology
Dr. Stephen W. Haycox, History
Dr. Brian D. Wick, Mathematics
- 2009
Dr. Nancy Andes, Sociology
Dr. Barbara M. Christian, English, Kenai Peninsula College
Dr. Leslie W. Heasley, Chemistry
Dr. Cheryl M. Mann, Human Services
- 2008
Dr. Sharon K. Araji, Sociology
Dr. Stephen L. Jackstadt, Economics
Michael E. Pajot, Sociology
Dr. Douglas W. Veltre, Anthropology
- 2007
Dr. Eileen K. Hughes, Early Childhood Development
Catherine E. Innes-Taylor, Library Science
Dr. Susan M. Ryan, Special Education
- 2006
Dr. Steven E. Aufrecht, Public Administration
Dr. Diddy R.M. Hitchins, Political Science
Donald E. Mohr, History
Dr. Kathleen D. O'Dell, Secondary Education
Alice L. Sears, English
Dr. Bernard Segal, Health Sciences
- 2005
Dr. Gilbert W. Bane, Biological Sciences, Kodiak College
Dr. Robert E. Congdon, Justice
Patricia A. Hong, Nursing
Dr. Robert J. Madigan, Psychology
Dr. Christina M. Mumma, Nursing
Dr. William B. Workman, Anthropology
- 2004
Dr. Tina D. DeLapp, Nursing
Edward Lee Gorsuch, Chancellor Emeritus
Lawrence D. Weiss, Health Sciences
- 2003
Dr. Margritt A. Engel, Languages
Elizabeth K. Madsen, Library Science, Matanuska-Susitna Library
Dr. Todd R. Risley, Psychology
- 2002
Ronald M. Crawford, History/Geography
Dr. G. Hayden Green, Dean Emeritus, College of Business & Public Policy
Dr. William A. Jacobs, History & Political Science
Alvin S. Okeson, Director Emeritus, Matanuska-Susitna College
Judith A. Petersen, Nursing Science
Dr. Kate E. Sandberg, English
Dr. Nancy E. Schafer, Justice
Ginger I. Steffy, Director Emeritus, Kenai Peninsula College
- 2001
Dr. Mary K. Janis, Biological Sciences
- 2000
Dr. Virginia R. Johnson, Secondary Education
- 1999
Dr. Deborah C. Davis, Counseling
Elizabeth J. Fallon, English, Matanuska-Susitna College
Ruth S. Fluornoy, Mathematical Sciences
Dr. Kristine E. Mann, Biological Sciences
Dr. Rebecca H. Patterson-Turner, English
Alden M. Rollins, Library Science
Dr. Bradford H. Tuck, Economics
- 1998
Dr. John E. Angell, Justice
Dr. Arthur E. Bukowski, Mathematics
Dr. Ted G. Eschenbach, Engineering Management
Dr. Richard W. Kullberg, Biological Sciences
Dr. David C. Maas, Political Science
Dr. E. Dean Milligan, Biological Sciences
Dr. Roberta H. Morgan, Psychology
Max J. Morley, Automotive & Diesel Technology
Dr. William G. Nelson, Engineering
Dr. Sylvia M. Orr, Medical Laboratory Technology
Stanley E. Sears, Geomatics
- 1997
Dr. Gretchen T. Bersch, Adult and Developmental Education
Dr. Marilyn Hanf Buckley, Education
Joseph F. Connors, Communication
Dr. Richard L. Ender, Management Information Systems
Dr. Charles H. Iliff, Business Computer Information Systems
Dr. John A. Kruse, Public Policy
Dr. Arlene E. Kuhner, English (posthumously)
Anne D. Pasch, Geology
Garlyn R. Warren, Business Computer Information Systems
- 1996
Victor Fischer, Director Emeritus, Institute of Social & Economic Research
Sam Isamu Kimura, Art
- 1995
Dr. Sylvia C. Broady, Journalism & Public Communication
Dr. Glenn F. Massay, Director Emeritus, Matanuska-Susitna College
- 1994
Dr. Donald F. Behrend, Chancellor Emeritus
Dr. Peter W. Dowrick, Psychology
Ken Gray, Art
Ronald L. Lautaret, Library Science
Dr. Thomas A. Morehouse, Institute of Social & Economic Research
Thomas F. Sexton, English
- 1990
Dr. Stanley White Johnson, Dean Emeritus, College of Arts & Sciences
- 1988
Dr. Garth N. Jones, Public Policy & Administration
- 1987
Dr. John M. Hilpert, Engineering Management
- 1986
Dr. Troy G. Sullivan, Education
Dr. Omer L. Carey, Business Administration
- 1985
Saradell A. Ard, Art
Jean-Paul Billaud, Music
Dr. Lewis E. Haines, Education
Dr. Lidia L. Selkregg, Public Administration/Planning
Dr. Marie C. Doyle, Psychology
- 1983/1984
Dr. James R. Wilson, English
- 1979
Dr. Wendell W. Wolfe, Education
- 1976
Beatrice Gray McDonald, Secretarial Science