Faculty Emeritus
A faculty member who has served the university with distinction over a period of years may be
awarded the title Emeritus or Emerita upon retirement. The president of the university may confer
the title of Emeritus upon any retiring professor (after ten years), associate professor (after 15
years), assistant professor and instructor (after 20 years) who has given honorable and
distinguished full-time service to the university. The conferring of the emeritus title must have the
recommendation of the dean, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, and Provost. The title would
normally follow the regular professional title, e.g., Professor of History, Emeritus. This designation
historically has been awarded at the August commencement ceremony.
Guidelines for Nomination
• Criteria set forth in MTSU Policy II:01:03, Emeritus Faculty.
• Call for nominations is initiated by the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, in mid-April,
with a deadline of May 30.
• Eligible faculty are nominated by the dean. The nomination is reviewed by the Vice
Provost for Academic Affairs and the Provost and approved by the President.
Faculty Emeriti of Middle Tennessee State University, 1991-Present
August, 1991
Dr. Harold L. Baldwin, Retired 1991
August, 1992
Dr. C. Edwin Howard, Retired 1984
Dr. Dan Scott, Retired 1992
Dr. William Windham, Retired 1989
August, 1993
Dr. Hans G. Mueller, Retired 1993
August, 1994
Dr. Frank Essex, Retired 1993
Dr. Frank Ginanni, Retired 1994
Mr. William Green, Retired 1994
Dr. David Grubbs, Retired 1994
Dr. Paul H. Hutcheson, Retired 1994
Dr. William Kohland, Retired 1993
Dr. Richard Stanley, Retired 1994
August, 1997
Dr. James C. Douthit, Retired 1996
Dr. John R. Duke, Retired 1996
Dr. Norman Ferris, Retired 1996
Dr. J. Lane Fletcher, Retired 1981
Dr. Ralph Fullerton, Retired 1997
August, 1998
Mr. David Arnold, Retired 1997
Dr. Billy W. Balch, Retired 1998
Dr. Henry Dalton Drennan, Retired 1997
Dr. James H. Hutchinson, Retired 1998
Dr. Larry V. Lowe, Retired 1997
Dr. A.H. Solomon, Retired 1997
Dr. Alvin E. Woods, Retired 1998
August, 1995
Dr. Jack Arters, Retired 1995
Ms. Buleah Davis, Retired 1980
Dr. William T. Penrod, Retired 1993
Dr. Hollie Sharpe, Retired 1992
August, 1999
Dr. Roy W. Clark, Retired 1996
Mr. Bobby Corcoran, Retired 1999
Dr. Charles Durham, Retired 1999
Dr. Tom Naylor, Retired 1998
Dr. James Neal, Retired 1999
Dr. Omri Rawlins, Retired 1999
Dr. James Steward, Retired 1999
Dr. Marilyn Wells, Retired 1998
August, 1996
Dr. Sara M. Howell, Retired 1996
Dr. Wallace R. Maples, Retired 1996
Dr. Guy D. Penny, Retired 1993
Dr. Katherine B. Strobel, Retired 1996
August, 2000
Mr. James Gibson, Retired 2000
Mr. Thomas Harris, Retired 1998
Dr. Fred Rolater, Retired 2000
Dr. Tom VanDervort, Retired 1998
August, 2001
Dr. James Brooks, Retired 2000
Dr. Donald E. Embry, Retired 2001
Ms. Linda Gill, Retired 2000
Dr. William Grasty, Retired 2001
Dr. Glenn A. Himebaugh, Retired 2001
Dr. Richard LaLance, Retired 1999
Dr. Robert L. Taylor, Retired 2001
Dr. William Vermillion, Retired 2001
Dr. Sondra Wilcox, Retired 2001
August, 2002
Dr. Patrick Doyle, Retired 2002
Dr. James K. Huhta, Retired 2002
Dr. Peter Rob, Retired 2002
Dr. David Singer, Retired 2002
Dr. Marion Wells, Retired 2002
August, 2003
Dr. Sarah F. Barlow, Retired 2003
Dr. Keith W. Carlson, Retired 2003
Dr. Peter L. Heller, Retired 2002
Dr. Charles R. Jansen, Retired 2003
Ms. Anita T. Kinslow, Retired 2003
Dr. James H. Lorenz, Retired 2001
Dr. E. Ray Phillips, Retired 2003
August, 2004
Mr. Oliver Fancher, Retired 2003
Dr. John Pleas, Retired 2004
Dr. June H. McCash, Retired 2004
August, 2005
Dr. Ayne Cantrell, Retired 2005
Dr. Joyce Harrison, Retired 2004
Dr. Ronald Messier, Retired 2004
Dr. Walter Renn, Retired 2004
Mr. Joe E. Sawyer, Retired 2003
Dr. Mack Thweatt, Retired 2005
Dr. Linda Wilson, Retired 2005
August 2006
Mr. Raymond Bills, Retired 2006
Dr. Burton Bordine, Retired 2006
Dr. Janice Hayes, Retired 2006
Mr. Klaus Kallenberger, Retired 2002
Dr. Reuben Kyle, Retired 2006
Dr. J. P. Montgomery, Retired 2004
Ms. Sarah Swain, Retired 2006
August 2007
Dr. Jerry Brookshire, Retired 2007
Dr. Robert Bullen, Retired 2007
Dr. Geoffrey Hull, Retired 2007
Dr. Kiyoshi Kawahito, Retired 2007
Ms. Karen Lee, Retired 2006
Dr. Martha Whaley, Retired 2003
August 2008
Dr. William Connelly, Retired 2007
Dr. James Lea, Retired 2008
Dr. John Lee, Retired 2008
Dr. Jon MacBeth, Retired 2008
Dr. Philip Mathis, Retired 2008
Dr. Peggy O’Hara-Murdock, Retired 2008
Ms. Margaret Ordoubadian, Retired 2003
August 2009
Dr. Dianne A. R. Bartley, Retired 2009
Dr. Kay Garrard, Retired 2009
August 2010
Dr. Nancy Boone Allsbrook, Retired 2010
Dr. Judith M. Bonicamp, Retired 2010
Dr. Mary Judy Campbell, Retired 2010
Dr. Fred P. Colvin, Retired 2010
Mr. J. Donald Craig, Retired 2010
Dr. Richard C. Detmer, Retired 2010
Dr. Judith A. Hankins, Retired 2010
Mr. Christian L. Haseleu, Retired 2010
Dr. Barbara S. Haskew, Retired 2010
Dr. Robert B. Jones, III, Retired 2010
Dr. Linda G. McGrew, Retired 2010
Dr. Richard S. Redditt, Retired 2010
Dr. Diane Jane Sawyer, Retired 2010
Mr. Paul F. Wells, Retired 2010
Dr. Gary P. Wulfsberg, Retired 2010
August 2011
Dr. Edd Applegate, Retired 2011
Dr. David Eason, Retired 2010
Ms. Kathryn Price, Retired 1997
August 2012
Dr. F. E. Beemon, Retired 2012
Mr. Barry Buxkamper, Retired 2012
Dr. Frederic Crawford, Retired 2012
Ms. Janet Higgins, Retired 2012
Dr. Ronald McBride, Retired 2012
Dr. Ron Moser, Retired 2010
Dr. George Murphy, Retired 2012
Ms. Christie Nuell, Retired 2012
Mr. Ray Wong, Retired 2012
Ms. Marilyn Wood, Retired 2012
August 2013
Mr. William Black, Retired 2013
Dr. Alfred Cripps, Retired 2012
Dr. Robert Eaker, Retired 2013
Dr. Martha Foster, Retired 2012
Dr. David Lorne McWatters, Retired 2013
Dr. Albert Ogden, Retired 2013
Dr. George Riordan, Retired 2013
Dr. Robert Spires, Retired 2013
August 2014
Dr. Mark Anshel, Retired 2014
Dr. Dwight Bullard, Retired 2013
Dr. Bertha Clark, Retired 2014
Dr. Cheryl Ellis, Retired 2013
Dr. Mary Nichols, Retired 2014
Ms. Nancy Oxford, Retired 2012
Ms. Brenda Parker, Retired 2013
Dr. Robert Pondillo, Retired 2014
Dr. David Rowe, Retired 2014
Dr. Sharon Shaw-McEwen, Retired 2012
Dr. Robert Wyatt, Retired 2010
August 2015
Ms. Deborah Anderson, Retired 2015
Dr. James Calder, Retired 2015
Dr. Albert DePrince, Retired 2014
Dr. Ron Ferrara, Retired 2015
Dr. M. Crosby Hunt, Retired 2015
Dr. Jan Leone, Retired 2014
Dr. L. Diane Miller, Retired 2015
Dr. Dennis Oneal, Retired 2015
Dr. Lynn Rice-See, Retired 2014
Dr. Judith Rusciolelli, Retired 2015
Dr. Phillip Waldrop, Retired 2015