Retired Faculty

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Clarence L. Abercrombie III
Professor of Biological and Social Sciences
BA, Emory University; MPhil, PhD, Yale University

John C. Akers
Professor of Foreign Language
BA, MA, Middlebury College; PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

Charles D. Barrett
Peter B. Hendrix Professor of Religion, Emeritus
BA, Wofford College; BDiv, Emory University; PhD, Drew University

Ross H. Bayard
Professor of History, Emeritus
BA, Washington and Lee University; MA, PhD, University of South Carolina

Victor Bilanchone
Professor of Music, Emeritus
BA, MM, DMA, University of Miami

John M. Bullard
Professor of Religion, Emeritus
BA, AM, University of North Carolina; MDiv, PhD, Yale University

Donald A. Castillo
Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
BS, Belmont Abbey College; MAT, Winthrop College; MS, University of South Carolina;
PhD, Clemson University

Oakley H. Coburn
Dean of the Library, Emeritus
BA, Transylvania University; MA in LS, University of Kentucky

C. Michael Curtis
John Cobb Professor Humanities, Emeritus
BA, Cornell University

Dennis M. Dooley
Professor of English, Emeritus
BA, Loyola College; MA, Kent State University; PhD, Vanderbilt University

Benjamin Bernard Dunlap
President of the College and Chapman Family Professor of Humanities, Emeritus
BA, University of the South; BA, MA, University of Oxford; PhD, Harvard University

Terry A. Ferguson
Senior Researcher for the Goodall Environmental Studies Center and Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Emeritus
BA, Wofford College; MA, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Vivian B. Fisher
Professor of English, Emerita
BA, Duke University; MA, PhD, Emory University

Shawn M. Forbes
Professor of Finance, Emeritus
BBA, PhD University of Georgia

Gerald A. Ginocchio
Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Emeritus
BS, University of Massachusetts; MA, PhD, University of New Hampshire

Susan C. Griswold
Professor of Spanish, Emerita
BA, University of North Carolina at Greensboro; PhD, Vanderbilt University

James R. Gross
Professor of English and Theatre, Emeritus
BBA, Wake Forest College; MA, University of North Carolina; PhD, Duke University

Lee O. Hagglund
Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus
BA, Gustavus Adolphus College; PhD, Duke University

Charles D. Kay
Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus
BA, Princeton University; MA, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

Joseph H. Killian Jr.
Associate Professor of History
BA, Wake Forest University; PhD, University of North Carolina

John E. Lane
Director of the Goodall Environmental Studies Center and Professor of Environmental Studies, Emeritus
BA Wofford College; MFA Bennington College

J. Daniel Lejeune
Professor of Physics, Emeritus
BA, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; PhD, Texas A&M University

Joab M. Lesesne Jr.
President of the College and Professor of History, Emeritus
BA, Erskine College; MA, PhD, University of South Carolina

Frank M. Machovec
Professor of Economics, Emeritus
BS, Towson State University; MA, University of Denver; PhD, New York University

Clay R. Mahaffey
Instructor in Physics
BA, Wofford College; MAT, Converse College

James P. Mahaffey
Professor of Education, Emeritus
BA, Furman University; MA, George Peabody College of Teachers; PhD, University of South Carolina

Dan B. Maultsby
Dean of the College and Professor of Sociology, Emeritus
BA, Wofford College; PhD, University of Tennessee

Nancy B. Mandlove
Professor of Spanish, Emerita
BA, Hanover College; MS, Emory University; PhD, University of New Mexico

Michael L. Merriman
Professor of Accounting and Finance
BA, University of Notre Dame; MBA, Duke University; MA, PhD, Kent State University

Teddy R. Monroe
Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus
BS, Gardner-Webb University; MA, Wake Forest University; PhD, University of South Carolina

William W. Mount Jr.
Professor of Religion, Emeritus
BA, Northwestern University; MA, Middlebury College; MDiv, MA, PhD, Yale University

Daniel W. Olds
Professor of Physics and Computer Science, Emeritus
BA, Wabash College; PhD, Duke University

Linda Powers
Instructor in English, Emerita
BA, University of Miami; MAT, Converse College; MA, University of South Carolina

James E. Proctor
Reeves Family Professor of Business and Finance, Emeritus
BA, Wofford College; MBA, University of South Carolina; PhD, Clemson University

Philip N. Racine
William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of History, Emeritus
BA, Bowdoin College; MA, PhD, Emory University

Douglas A. Rayner
Professor of Biology, Emeritus
BA, University of New Hampshire; MS, PhD, University of South Carolina

Alliston K. Reid
Reeves Family Professor of Psychology, Emeritus
BS, Wofford College; PhD, Duke University

Richard L. Robinson
Larry Hearn McCalla Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus
BS, Wofford College; MA, PhD, University of Tennessee

Peter L. Schmunk
Mr. and Mrs. T.R. Garrison Professor of the Humanities, Emeritus
BMus, University of Washington; MMus, PhD, Ohio University

Donald M. Scott
Professor of Psychology, Emeritus
BA, MA, PhD, Florida State University

James E. Seegars
Professor of Psychology, Emeritus
BA, The Citadel; MS, University of South Carolina; PhD, University of Kentucky

John L. Seitz
Professor of Government, Emeritus
BA, MPA, Syracuse University; PhD, University of Wisconsin

Christie L. Sellars
Senior Instructor of Music, Emerita
BMus, MMed, Converse College

Angela B. Shiflet
Professor of Computer Science, Emerita
BS, Furman University; MS, Clemson University; MS, University of South Carolina;
PhD, Vanderbilt University

George W. Shiflet
Dr. and Mrs. Larry Hearn McCalla Professor of Biology, Emeritus
BS, Furman University; MS, PhD, Vanderbilt University

Joseph Donald Sloan
Professor of Computer Science, Emeritus
BA, BS, Wofford College; MS, University of Colorado at Boulder; MS, PhD, Duke University

Bobby G. Stephens
Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
BS, Wofford College; MS, PhD, Clemson University

Cynthia A. Suarez
Professor of Education, Emerita
BA, University of Iowa; EDD, East Tennessee State University; MA, University of Iowa

Thomas V. Thoroughman
Professor of History, Emeritus
BA, MA, Emory University; PhD, University of North Carolina

Deno P. Trakas
The Laura and Winston Hoy Professor of Literature, Emeritus
BA, Eckerd College; MA, University of Tulsa; PhD, University of South Carolina

Richard M. Wallace
T.B. Stackhouse Professor of Economics, Emeritus
BA, PhD, University of South Carolina

David M. Whisnant
Professor of Chemistry
BS, University of Illinois; PhD, University of Wisconsin

Ana Maria J. Wiseman
Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures; Dean of International Programs, Emerita
Licentiaat, Hoger Instituut voor Vertalers en Tolken, Antwerp State University; DML, Middlebury College

Dennis M. Wiseman
Provost and Reeves Family Professor of French, Emeritus
BA, University of Arizona; PhD, University of North Carolina