Originally Posted: June 8, 2017
Eighteen distinguished faculty members with a combined total of nearly 585 years of SMU service retired with emeritus status in the 2016-17 academic year.
The professors, and their dates of service:
• Thomas E. Barry, Professor Emeritus of Marketing, Cox School of Business, 1970-2017
• Janis Bergman-Carton, Professor Emerita of Art History, Meadows School of the Arts, 1991-2017
• Edward Biehl, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, 1962-2017
• Gordon Birrell, Professor Emeritus of World Languages and Literatures, Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, 1974-2017
• Dolores M. Etter, Professor Emerita of Electrical Engineering, Lyle School of Engineering, 2008-2016
• Richard F. Gunst, Professor Emeritus of Statistical Science, Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, 1971-2017
• C. Michael Hawn, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Church Music, Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, 1992-2017
• Debora Hunter, Professor Emerita of Art, Meadows School of the Arts, 1976-2017
• Alireza Khotanzad, Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering, Lyle School of Engineering, 1984-2017
• Ndiva Kofele-Kale, Professor Emeritus of Law, Dedman School of Law, 1989-2017
• Robert Krout, Professor Emeritus of Music, Meadows School of the Arts, 2004-2017
• Patricia Mathes, Texas Instruments Chair of Reading and Professor Emerita of Teaching and Learning, Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development, 2003-2017
• Sherry L. Smith, University Distinguished Professor Emerita of History, Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, 1999-2017
• Willard Spiegelman, Professor Emeritus of English, Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, 1971-2017
• Steve Sverdlik, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, 1982-2017
• Martin Sweidel, Professor Emeritus of Music, Meadows School of the Arts, 1986-2016
• John Walther, Professor Emeritus of Earth Sciences, Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, 1994-2017
• Ronald Wetherington, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, 1964-2017