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

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

John Farrenkopf
Professor of International Affairs, Emeritus
BA, Trinity College; MA, Georgetown University; PhD, University of Virginia

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

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

Caroline A. Mark
Professor of French, Emerita
BA, University of Georgia; MA, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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, MEd, 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 D. 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

Gerald T. Thurmond
Professor of Sociology
BA, Baylor University; MA, PhD, University Of Georgia

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

D. Edward Welchel
Professor of Education
BA, MEd, 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