Retired Faculty

(as of August 1, 2012)

Samuel Reid Spencer, Jr., President Emeritus of the College and Professor Emeritus of History		(1951, 1983)
A.B. (Davidson), M.A., Ph.D. (Harvard), LL.D. (Davidson), L.H.D. (Oglethorpe, Queens, Bridgewater, Marymount, Hollins, Mary Baldwin), Litt.D. (Washington and Lee)

John W. Kuykendall, President Emeritus of the College and Samuel E. and Mary W. Thatcher Professor Emeritus of Religion		(1984, 2003)
B.A. (Davidson), B.D. (Union Seminary-Richmond), S.T.M. (Yale), M.A., Ph.D. (Princeton), D.D. (Hanover), L.H.D. (Wofford), Litt. D. (Davidson)

Robert F. Vagt, President Emeritus of the College		(1997, 2007)
B.A. (Davidson), M.Div. (Duke), L.H.D. (Queens), LL.D. (Davis & Elkins)

Anthony S. Abbott, Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of English		(1964, 2001)
A.B. (Princeton), M.A., Ph.D. (Harvard)

Dennis R. Appleyard, James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of International Studies and Professor Emeritus of Economics		(1989, 2010)
A.B. (Ohio Wesleyan), A.M., Ph.D. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

David M. Brown, Visiting Associate Professor Emeritus of Chemistry		(1997, 2012)
B.A. (Berry), Ph.D. (Emory)

Horace Alden Bryan, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry		(1955, 1992)
A.B. (King), Ph.D. (Tennessee)

John Nicholas Burnett, Maxwell Chambers Professor Emeritus of Chemistry		(1968, 1997)
B.A., M.S., Ph.D. (Emory)

Richard Clyde Burts, Jr., Registrar Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Psychology		(1961, 1985)
A.B. (Furman), M.A., Ed.D. (Columbia)

John Addis Casey, Executive Director and Professor Emeritus of Information Technology		(1983, 2005)
B.S. (Loyola), M.S., Ph.D. (Michigan State)

Richard Cargill Cole, Virginia Lasater Irvin Professor Emeritus of English		(1961, 1993)
A.B. (Hamilton), M.A., Ph.D. (Yale) (deceased 03/23/13)

Jean S. Cornell, Associate Professor Emerita of Speech		(1971, 1987)
B.A. (Ohio Wesleyan), M.S.J. (Northwestern), M.A. (Arizona)

Charles D. Dockery, Professor Emeritus of French		(1974, 2003)
B.A. (Earlham), M.A., Ph.D. (Iowa)

C. Earl Edmondson, Professor Emeritus of History		(1970, 2007)
B.A. (Mississippi College), M.A., Ph.D. (Duke)

Hansford M. Epes, Jr., Registrar Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of German and Humanities		(1964, 2012)
A.B. (Davidson), Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

Dirk French, W. R. Grey Professor Emeritus of Classics		(1967, 2001)
A.B. (Lawrence), M.A., Ph.D. (Princeton)

Ralph William Gable, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry		(1960, 1994)
B.S. (Texas), M.A., Ph.D. (Duke)

David Carroll Grant, Professor Emeritus of Biology		(1968, 2000)
A.B. (Wooster), Ph.D. (Yale)

J. Alberto Hernández-Chiroldes, Professor Emeritus of Spanish		(1979, 2010)
B.A. (Puerto Rico), M.A. (Middlebury), Ph.D. (University of Texas at Austin)

John Gill Holland, Professor Emeritus of English		(1967, 2004)
A.B. (Washington & Lee), Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

Walter Herbert Jackson, Douglas C. Houchens Professor Emeritus of Fine Arts		(1969, 2011)
A.B. (Davidson), M.F.A. (UNC Chapel Hill)

Grant D. Jones, Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Anthropology		(1985, 2003)
B.A. (Florida State), M.A., Ph.D. (Brandeis)

Robert David Kaylor, James Sprunt Professor Emeritus of Religion		(1964, 1999)
A.B. (Southwestern), B.D. (Louisville Seminary), Ph.D. (Duke)

John D. Kelton, Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Psychology		(1959, 1997)
B.S. (Davidson), Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

Donald L. Kimmel, Jr., Professor Emeritus of Biology		(1971, 2000)
A.B. (Swarthmore), M.D. (Temple), Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins)

Lunsford Richardson King, Richardson Professor Emeritus of Mathematics		(1964, 2002)
B.S. (Davidson), Ph.D. (Duke)

Benjamin G. Klein, Beverly F. Dolan Professor Emeritus of Mathematics		(1971-2008)
A.B. (University of Rochester), M.A., Ph.D. (Yale)

George Labban, Jr., W. R. Grey Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies		(1952, 1984)
A.B., M.A., Ph.D. (Texas)

Glenn Carlos Lindsey, Professor Emeritus of Economics		(1958, 1998)
B.B.A., M.B.A. (Georgia)

Samuel Dow Maloney, James Sprunt Professor Emeritus of Religion and Philosophy		(1954, 1994)
A.B. (Davidson), B.D., Th.M., Th.D. (Union Seminary-Richmond)

Robert John Manning, Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Physics and Humanities		(1968, 2005)
A.B. (Gettysburg), M.S., Ph.D. (Virginia)

Robert E. Maydole, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy		(1974, 2005)
B.S. (St. Joseph’s), Ph.D. (Boston University)

Winfred Pleasants Minter, Professor Emeritus of Political Science		(1957, 1981)
B.S., M.S. (Virginia Polytechnic), Ph.D. (Chicago)

Martha R. McAlister, Lecturer Emerita in Speech		(1987, 2003)
B.S. (Northwestern), M.A. (UNC Greensboro)

Alexander Jeffrey McKelway, Paul B. Freeland Professor Emeritus of Religion		(1965, 1998)
A.B. (Davidson), B.A. (Princeton Seminary), Th.D. (Basel)

Edward L. Palmer, Wayne M. and Carolyn A. Watson Professor Emeritus of Psychology		(1970, 2011)
A.B. (Gettysburg), B.D. (Gettysburg Seminary), M.S., Ph.D. (Ohio)

Leland Madison Park, Director Emeritus of the Davidson College Library		(1967, 2006)
A.B. (Davidson), M.Ln. (Emory), Adv. M. in L.S., Ph.D. (Florida State)

Jack R. Perry, Director Emeritus of the Dean Rusk Program in International Studies and Professor Emeritus of Political Science		(1985, 1995)
A.B. (Mercer), M.A., Ph.D. (Columbia)

Max Eugene Polley, J.W. Cannon Professor Emeritus of Religion		(1956, 1993)
A.B. (Albion), B.D., Ph.D. (Duke)

J. Harris Proctor, Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Political Science		(1970, 1991)
A.B. (Duke), M.A. (Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy), Ph.D. (Harvard)

Charles Edward Ratliff, Jr., William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Economics		(1947, 1992)
B.S. (Davidson), M.A., Ph.D. (Duke)

Jerry Allan Roberts, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics		(1965, 1993)
B.E.Py., M.S., Ph.D. (North Carolina State)

Lakshmanan Sabaratnam, Professor Emeritus of Sociology		(1986, 2007)
B.A. (University of Ceylon), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Washington)

Merlyn D. Schuh, James G. Martin Professor Emeritus of Chemistry		(1975, 2008)
B.A. (South Dakota), Ph.D. (Indiana)

Alan J. Singerman, Richardson Professor Emeritus of French		(1982, 2007)
B.A. (Ohio), M.A., Ph.D. (Indiana)

Raymond Sprague, Professor Emeritus of Music		(1999, 2012)
B.A. (Williams), M.M. (University of New Mexico. Albuquerque),
D.M.A. (University of Colorado, Boulder)

Junius Brutus Stroud, Richardson Professor Emeritus of Mathematics		(1960, 1994)
B.S. (Davidson), M.A., Ph.D. (Virginia)

William Holt Terry, Dean of Students Emeritus		(1962, 1994)
B.S. (Davidson), M.Div., D.Min. (Union Seminary-Richmond)

I. Job Thomas, Professor Emeritus of History		(1979, 2012)
B.A., M.A. (Madras), Ph.D. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

Mary Caroline Thornberry, Professor Emerita of Political Science		(1980, 2011)
B.A., M.A. (Duke), Ph.D. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

Russ C. Warren, Professor Emeritus of Art		(1978, 2008)
B.F.A. (New Mexico), M.F.A. (University of Texas at San Antonio)

Robert C. Williams, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty Emeritus and Vail Professor Emeritus of History		(1986, 2004)
B.A. (Wesleyan), A.M., Ph.D. (Harvard)

John H. Williamson, Herman Brown Professor Emeritus of Biology		(1981, 2000)
B.S. (North Carolina State), M.S. (Cornell), Ph.D. (University of Georgia, Athens)

Erich-Oskar Joachim Siegfried Wruck, Professor Emeritus of German		(1962, 1994)
A.B., M.A., Ph.D. (Rutgers)

Lauren W. Yoder, James Sprunt Professor Emeritus of French		(1973, 2009)
B.A. (Eastern Mennonite), M.A., Ph.D. (Iowa)

T.C. Price Zimmermann, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty Emeritus and Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of History		(1977, 1999)
B.A. (Williams), B.A., M.A. (Oxford), A.M., Ph.D. (Harvard)