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2024-2025 Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Catalog

Retired Faculty


(as of July 1, 2020)

  

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)

Ruth L. Ault, Nancy and Erwin Maddrey Professor Emerita of Psychology  (1979, 2014)
B.A. (Pomona), M.A., Ph.D. (UCLA)

Robin Bruce Barnes, Professor Emeritus of History (1980, 2016)
B.A. (Colby), M.A., Ph.D. (Virginia)

Cole Barton, C. Louise Nelson Professor Emeritus of Psychology (1983, 2015)
B.A., M.S., Ph.D. (Utah)

Ruth Freitag Beeston, Professor Emerita of Chemistry (1984, 2019)
B.S. (Bucknell), Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

Irl C. Bivens, Professor  Emeritus of Mathematics and Computer Science (1982, 2018)
A.B. (Pfeiffer), Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

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

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

Laurence S. Cain, Richardson Professor Emeritus of Physics (1978, 2018)
B.S. (Wake Forest), M.S., Ph.D. (Virginia)

Felix Alvin Carroll, Jr., Joseph R. Morton Professor Emeritus of Chemistry (1972, 2021) 
B.S. (UNC Chapel Hill), Ph.D. (California Institute of Technology) 

Verna M. Case, Beverly F. Dolan Professor Emerita of Biology (1974, 2019)
B.S., M.S., Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State)

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

Wolfgang Christian, Herman Brown Professor Emeritus of Physics (1983, 2016)
B.S., Ph.D. (North Carolina State)

Stephen L. Davis, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Computer Science (1981, 2019)
B.A. (Lindenwood), Ph.D. (Rutgers)

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)

Nancy J. Fairley, Professor Emerita of Anthropology  (1993, 2014)
B.A. (CUNY), Ph.D. (SUNY at Stony Brook)

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

Joseph Tate Gardner, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Theatre  (1974, 2018)
A.B. (Davidson), M.A., Ph.D. (Florida State)

Gail McMurray Gibson, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor Emerita of English and Humanities (1983, 2014)
B.A., M.A. (Duke), Ph.D. (Virginia)

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

Pamela C. Hay, Associate Professor Emerita of Biology  (1985, 2016)
B.A. (Hendrix), M.S. (University of Arkansas), Ph.D. (North Carolina State)

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

Peter Neal Hess, Gail M. and Ernest G. Doe Professor Emeritus of Economics  (1980, 2016)
B.A. (Bowdoin), Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

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)

Everett Frank Jacobus, Jr., Professor Emeritus of French and Francophone Studies (1971, 2019)
B.A. (Duke), Ph.D. (Cornell)

Grant D. Jones, Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Anthropology  (1985, 2003)
B.A. (Florida State), M.A., Ph.D. (Brandeis) (deceased 05/20/2022)

Robert David Kaylor, James Sprunt Professor Emeritus of Religion  (1964, 1999)
A.B. (Southwestern), B.D. (Louisville Seminary), Ph.D. (Duke) (deceased 04/20/22) 

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)

Ralph B. Levering, Vail Professor Emeritus of History  (1986, 2013)
B.A. (UNC Chapel Hill), M.A., Ph.D. (Princeton)

Larry L. Ligo, Professor Emeritus of Art History (1970, 2020)
A.B. (Muskingum), B.D. (Princeton Seminary), Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

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

B. Andrew Lustig, Holmes Rolston III Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies (2005, 2021) 
B.A. (University of San Francisco), M.A. (Princeton), Ph.D. (University of Virginia) 

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

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

Mark R. McCulloh, Professor Emeritus of German  (1982, 2015)
A.B. (Alabama), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

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

Sally G. McMillen, Mary Reynolds Babcock Professor Emerita of History  (1988, 2016)
B.A. (Wellesley), M.L.S. (Pratt Institute), M.A. (UNC Charlotte), Ph.D. (Duke)

Elizabeth M. Mills, Professor Emerita of English (1985, 2015)
B.A., M.A. (University of Texas at El Paso), Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

Richard D. Neidinger, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Computer Science (1984, 2020)
B.A. (Trinity), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Texas at Austin)

Randy F. Nelson, Virginia Lasater Irvin Professor Emeritus of English (1977, 2018)
B.A., M.A. (North Carolina State), M.A., Ph.D. (Princeton)

William Rodger Nutt, James G. Martin Professor Emeritus of Chemistry  (1971, 2014)
A.B. (Ohio Wesleyan), M.A., Ph.D. (Duke)

Louis L. Ortmayer, Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Political Science (1977, 2015)
B.A. (Yale), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Denver)

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)

Lynn M. Poland, Associate Professor Emerita of Religious Studies and Humanities  (1990, 2018)
A.B. (Bates), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Chicago)

Jeremiah Lee Putnam, Paul B. Freeland Professor Emeritus of Biology (1973, 2019)
B.S., M.S., Ph.D. (Texas A & M)

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

William M. Ringle, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology (1986, 2019)
B.A. (Johns Hopkins), M.A., Ph.D. (Tulane)

Robert D. Ruth, Associate Professor Emeritus of Sociology  (1971, 2015)
A.B. (SUNY at Buffalo), M.A., Ph.D. (Duke) (deceased 05/16/22)

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

Nina E. Serebrennikov, Professor of Art (1987, 2001) 
B.A. (George Washington), M.S.L.S., M.A., Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill) 

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

Catherine Slawy-Sutton, Professor Emerita of French and Francophone Studies (1985, 2017)
Licence d’anglais, Maitrise d’anglais (University of Nice), 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)

Lance Keith Stell, Samuel E. and Mary W. Thatcher Professor Emeritus of Philosophy  (1976, 2014)
B.A. (Hope), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

Junius Brutus Stroud, Richardson Professor Emeritus of Mathematics  (1960, 1994)
B.S. (Davidson), M.A., Ph.D. (Virginia) (deceased 05/17/22) 

Homer Bates Sutton, Professor Emeritus of French (1980, 2016)
A.B. (Davidson), M.A., Ph.D. (Indiana)

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)

Kathleen J. Turner, Director Emerita of Oral Communication and Professor Emerita of Communication Studies (2004 - 2015)
B.A. (University of Kansas), M.A., Ph.D. (Purdue)

Mary S. Vásquez, Joel O. Conarroe Professor Emerita of Spanish (1996, 2016)
B.A. (Florida State), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Washington)

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)