Faculty Emeriti

William D. Apel
1975-2011, Professor Emeritus, Religion. B.A. Muskingum College; M.Div. Garrett Theological Seminary; Ph.D. Northwestern University.

Eugene C. Bell
1992-2002, Professor Emeritus, Business. B.A. University of Texas; M.B.A. Harvard; Ph.D. University of Houston.

Mary Margaret Benson

1981-2011, Professor and Technical Services Librarian Emeritus. B.A., M.L.S.P. University of California, Berkeley; M.A. Southern Oregon State College.

William Bestor
1983-2019, Associate Professor Emeritus, Anthropology. B.A. Yale University; M.A., Ph.D. Harvard University.

Richard Bourassa
1992-2014, Professor Emeritus, Music. B.M. University of Idaho; M.A. University of Denver, D.A. Ball State University.

Henny Breen

2011-2023, Professor of Nursing. B.S. Ryerson Polytechnic University; M.Ed. University of Toronto; M.S., Ph.D. University of Hawaii.

Nancy Broshot
2001-2022, Professor Emeritus, Environmental Studies. B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Portland State University.

Peter Buckingham
1988-2019, Professor Emeritus, History. B.A. Gettysburg College; M.A., Ph.D. Washington State University.

Sue Butell

1984-2014, Professor Emeritus, Nursing. B.S.N. University of Washington; M.S. University of Utah.

Deborah Canepa
1983-2019, Associate Professor Emeritus, Biology. B.S. Eastern Mennonite College; Ph.D. Oregon Health Sciences University.

Douglas E. Cruikshank
1978-2001, Professor Emeritus, Education. B.S., M.Ed., Ed.D. University of Oregon.

Paul R. Davis
1991-2005, Professor Emeritus, Physics. B.S. Linfield College; Ph.D. Washington State University.

Roger A. Dell
1974-2002, Professor Emeritus, Mathematics. B.S., M.A. California State University, Long Beach; Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles.

James Diamond
1991-2017, Professor Emeritus, Chemistry. B.A. St. Joseph’s College; Ph.D. Stanford University.

Barbara Drake
1983-2007, Professor Emeritus, English. B.A., M.F.A. University of Oregon.

Nancy Drickey
2001-2020, Professor Emeritus, Education. B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Utah State University.

Thierry Durand
1995-2019, Professor Emeritus, French Studies. Maîtrise, University of Lyon; Ph.D. Washington University.

Martin Dwomoh-Tweneboah
1996-2019, Professor Emeritus, Computer Science. B.S. University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; M.S. University of Trondheim, Norway.

Richard Emery
1986-2016, Professor Emeritus, Accounting. B.A. Lewis & Clark College; M.B.A. Eastern New Mexico University and Golden Gate University; C.P.A.

Beverly Epeneter
1984-2018, Professor Emeritus, Nursing. B.S.N., M.N. Oregon Health & Science University; Ed.D. Portland State University.

Kenneth Ericksen
1965-2010, Professor Emeritus, English. B.A. Pacific Lutheran University; M.A., Ph.D. Rice University.

Linda Farris
1974-2006, Professor Emeritus, Education. B.A. Humboldt State University; M.Ed., Ph.D. University of North Carolina.

Richard A. Farris
1974-2006, Professor Emeritus, Biology. B.A. California Lutheran College; M.A. California State University, Arcata; Ph.D. University of North Carolina.

Frederic F. Fost
1963-1999, Professor Emeritus, Philosophy. B.A. University of Redlands; B.D. Eastern Baptist Theological Seminar; Ph.D. Claremont Graduate School.

David Gilbert
|1988-2003, Professor Emeritus, Journalism and Media Studies. B.A. University of Alaska; M.A. University of Colorado.

Eugene Gilden
1983-2013, Professor Emeritus, Psychology. AB University of California, Los Angeles; M.A. California State University, Los Angeles; Ph.D. University of Houston.

Dawn Graff-Haight
1996-2019, Professor Emeritus, Health Education. B.S., M.S. University of Wisconsin, La Crosse; Ph.D. Oregon State University.

Malcolm Greenlees
1984-2016, Professor Emeritus, Business. BC University of Alberta; M.B.A., Ph.D. University of Washington.

Thomas H. Gressler
1980-2000, Professor Emeritus, Theatre Arts. B.S. Xavier University; M.A. Bowling Green University; Ph.D. Kent State University.

Drannan C. Hamby
1962-2001, Professor Emeritus, Physics and Chemistry. B.A. Linfield College; M.A., Ph.D. Oregon State University.

David Hansen
1969-2012, Professor Emeritus, Economics. B.A. Willamette University; M.S. Portland State University.

John Hare
1977-2006, Professor Emeritus, Biology. B.A. Andrews University; M.S. Eastern Washington State College; Ph.D. University of Montana.

Gudrun Hommel
1993-2017, Associate Professor Emeritus, German. B.A., M.A. Portland State University; Ph.D. University of Oregon.

Michael Huntsberger
2009-2019, Associate Professor Emeritus, Journalism and Media Studies. B.A. The Evergreen State College; Ph.D. University of Oregon.

Noreen Johansson
1983-2013, Professor Emeritus, Nursing. B.S.N., M.S.N. University of Illinois; Ed.D. Loyola University.

Michael Jones
1977-2015, Professor Emeritus, Accounting. B.A., M.B.A. University of Oregon; C.P.A.

Christopher Keaveney
1997-2019, Professor Emeritus, Japanese. B.A. Manhattan College; M.A., Ph.D. Washington University, St. Louis.

Anna Keesey
2007-2022, Professor Emeritus, English. B.A. Stanford University; M.F.A. University of Iowa.

Katherine Kernberger
1979-2016, Professor Emeritus, English. B.A. Scripps College; M.A., Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles.

Jack Keyes
1983-2012, Professor Emeritus, Health Sciences. B.A. Linfield College; Ph.D. University of Oregon.

Sandra Kiehl
1998-2008, Associate Professor Emeritus, Business. B.S. DePaul University; Ph.D. Portland State University.

Margaret Wade Krausse
1985-2006, Professor Emeritus, French. B.A. University of California, Santa Cruz; M.A., Ph.D. University of California, Irvine.

Robin Lawton
1983-2005, Professor Emeritus, English. B.A. University of Natal, South Africa; M.A. University of Portland.

Sandra Lee
1985-2017, Professor Emeritus, English as a Second Language and Intercultural Communication. B.A. Portsmouth Polytechnic, England; M.A. University of California, Los Angeles.

Howard Leichter
1980-2008, Professor Emeritus, Political Science. B.A. Hunter College; M.A. University of Hawaii; Ph.D. University of Wisconsin.

Gwenellyn Leonard
1984-2011, Professor Emeritus, Music. B.M. Oberlin Conservatory of Music; M.M. University of Illinois; D.M.A. University of Oregon.

Tara Lepp
1982-2018, Professor Emeritus, Health and Human Performance. B.A. California State University, Chico; M.S. University of Oregon.

Barbara Limandri
2004-2016, Professor Emeritus, Nursing. B.S.N. Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University; M.S.N. The Catholic University of America; D.N.Sc. University of California.

Thomas Love
1983-2019, Professor Emeritus, Anthropology. B.A. Columbia University; M.A., M.S., Ph.D. University of California, Davis.

William Mackie
1987-2018, Professor Emeritus, Physics. B.A. Linfield College; Ph.D. Oregon Graduate Center.

Joel P. Marrant
1978-2007, Professor Emeritus, Anthropology. B.A. University of California, Santa Cruz; M.A., Ph.D. University of Oregon.

Brenda DeVore Marshall
1987-2021, Professor Emeritus, Theatre and Communication Arts. B.A. University of Denver; M.S. North Texas State University; Ph.D. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.

Tyrone Marshall
1987-2018, Professor Emeritus, Theatre Arts. B.A. North Texas State University; M.F.A. Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.

Barbara May
1989-2010, Professor Emeritus, Nursing. B.S.N. Trenton State College; M.S.N. Montana State University; Ph.D. Oregon Health Sciences University.

Robert McCann
1994-2015, Associate Professor Emeritus, Education. B.A., M.A.T. University of Redlands; M.A. California State Polytechnic University; Ph.D. University of Colorado.

Carol M. McCulley
1998-2014, Associate Professor Emeritus, Reference and Distance Education Librarian. B.A. Elmira College; M.S. Medical University of South Carolina; M.L.S.P. Emporia State University.

John Mickelsen
1983-1994, Professor Emeritus, Chemistry. B.A. Linfield College; M.A., Ph.D. Oregon State University.

William R. Millar
1984-2017, Professor Emeritus, Religion. B.A. Linfield College; B.D. Andover Newton Theological School; Ph.D. Harvard University.

Ron Mills
1979-2019, Professor Emeritus, Art. B.A. University of California, Santa Barbara; M.F.A. Claremont Graduate School.

Michelle Nelson
2000-2023, Professor of Business. B.A. University of Bonn; M.B.A., Ph.D. Washington State University.

Dawn Nowacki
1994-2023, Professor of Political Science. B.A., M.A. University of Washington; Ph.D. Emory University.

Patrice O’Donovan
1998-2022, Professor and Portland Campus Librarian Emeritus. B.A. Portland State University; M.L.I.S. University of Michigan.

Elizabeth M. Obert
2000-2019, Associate Professor Emeritus, Art. B.F.A. College of Santa Fe; M.F.A. Washington State University.

George Oja
1980-2003, Professor Emeritus, Health and Human Performance. B.A. Pacific University; Ph.D. University of Oregon.

Linda E. Olds
1975-2008, Professor Emeritus, Psychology. B.A. Oberlin College; M.A., Ph.D. University of Cincinnati.

Georgann Percival
1976-2004, Professor Emeritus, Health and English as a Second Language. B.S. Southern Illinois University; M.S. Purdue University; M.A. Portland State University.

Wilma Pope
1985-1997, Professor Emeritus, Nursing. B.S.N. M.S.N.E. Oregon Health Sciences University.

Diane Pyle
1989-2001, Professor Emeritus, Nursing. B.S.N. State University of New York; M.S.N. University of Portland.

William Raddatz
1983-2014, Associate Professor Emeritus, Mathematics. B.A., M.A. University of Oregon; M.S., Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology.

Joan Perry Radke
1986-2003, Professor Emeritus, Nursing. B.S.N. Oregon Health Sciences University; M.S.N. University of California.

Violeta Ramsay
1990-2016, Associate Professor Emeritus, Spanish. B.A., M.A., Ph.D. University of Oregon.

Thomas Reinert
1988-2023, Professor Emeritus, Chemistry. B. S. Iowa State University; Ph.D. University of Chicago

Peter Richardson
1980-2018, Professor Emeritus, German. B.A. Stanford University; M.A. Ohio State University; M.Phil., Ph.D. Yale University.

Michael Roberts
1981-2014, Professor Emeritus, Biology. B.A. University of California; M.A., Ph.D. University of Wisconsin.

Laura Rodgers
2008-2020, Professor Emeritus, Nursing. B.S.N. University of Portland; M.S.N., Ph.D. Oregon Health & Science University.

Frederic D. Ross
1983-2007, Professor Emeritus, Education. B.A. Yale University; M.A., Ed.D. Stanford University.

Donna Routh
1985-2010, Associate Professor Emeritus, Nursing. B.S. University of San Francisco; M.N. Oregon Health Sciences University.

Alexander Runciman
1992-2018, Professor Emeritus, English. B.A. University of Santa Clara; M.F.A. University of Montana; Ph.D. University of Utah.

Adolf Rutschman
1968-1996, Professor Emeritus, Physical Education. B.S., M.Ed. Linfield College.

Barbara Kitt Seidman
1983-2018, Professor Emeritus, English. B.A. State University of New York at Albany; M.A., Ph.D. University of Illinois.

Jan Selliken
2000-2017, Associate Professor Emeritus. B.S.N. University of Portland; N.D. National College of Naturopathic Medicine.

Stephen Snyder
1978-2019, Professor Emeritus, Religious Studies. B.A. Stanford University; M.A., Ph.D. University of Chicago.

Kareen Sturgeon
1981-2008, Professor Emeritus, Biology. B.S. University of California, Los Angeles; M.A. California State University; Ph.D. University of Colorado.

Jeffrey Summers
1992-2021, Professor Emeritus, Economics. B.A. Wabash College; M.S. University of Oregon; Ph.D. Purdue University.

Jana Taylor
1991-2017, Professor Emeritus, Nursing. B.S.N. Humboldt State University; M.S. Georgetown University.

Elliot Tenofsky
1975-2003, Professor Emeritus, Political Science. B.A. Northeastern University; M.A. University of Chicago; Ph.D. Brandeis University.

Brad Thompson
2003-2019, Associate Professor Emeritus, Journalism and Media Studies. B.A. University of Denver; M.A. University of Missouri, Columbia; Ph.D. University of Colorado, Boulder.

Faun Tiedge
2005-2019, Professor Emeritus, Music. B.A. Hunter College; M.A. State University of New York at Binghamton; Ph.D. New York University.

Jill Timmons
1981-2012, Professor Emeritus, Music and Artist in Residence. B.A. University of Washington; M.M. Boston University; D.M.A. University of Washington.

Vivian Tong
1992-2015, Professor Emeritus, Nursing. B.S.N. San Francisco State University; M.N. University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D. Portland State University.

Stanton Towner
1956-1988, Professor Emeritus, Sociology. A.B. University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D. University of Southern California.

Barbara Valentine
1991-2019, Professor and Reference and System Librarian Emeritus. B.A. University of New Hampshire; GLSP University of Washington; M.A. University of Georgia.

Martha VanCleave
1987-2019, Professor Emeritus, Mathematics. B.A. Linfield College; M.S. Western Oregon State College; Ph.D. Oregon State University.

William Weaver
1983-2012, Associate Professor Emeritus, Biology. B.S. College of Idaho; M.S., Ph.D. University of Oregon.

Lisa Weidman
2009-2022, Associate Professor Emeritus, Journalism and Media Studies. B.A. University of California, Davis; M.S. Syracuse University; Ph.D. Syracuse University.

Diane Welch
1992-2013, Associate Professor Emeritus, Nursing. B.S., M.S.N. University of Portland.

Pam Wheeler
2004-2022, Professor Emeritus, Nursing. B.S.N. University of Oregon; M.S.N. Marquette University; Ph.D. Portland State University.

Susan Barnes Whyte
1990-2019, Associate Professor and Library Director Emeritus. B.A. Earlham College; MLN Emory University.

Robert Wolcott
1980-2013, Professor Emeritus, Chemistry. B.A. University of California, Riverside; Ph.D. California Institute of Technology.