Faculty Emeriti

Dates of service at the University appear at the end of each entry.

  • Jerry Israel
    President Emeritus
    B.A., 1962, New York
    University; M.A., 1963, University of Michigan; Ph.D., 1967, Rutgers University; 1990, Institute of Educational Management, Harvard University. 1998–2005.
  • Benjamin Lantz Jr.
    President Emeritus
    A.B., 1960, West Virginia Wesleyan College; S.T.B., 1964, Boston University;
    Ph.D., 1971, Boston University; L.L.D., 1993, West Virginia Wesleyan College; L.H.D., 1998, University of Indianapolis. 1988–1998.
  • Beverley J. Pitts
    President Emerita
    B.A., 1968, Anderson University; M.A., 1971, Ball State University; Ed.D., 1981, Ball State University. 2005-2012.
  • Gene E. Sease
    President Emeritus
    A.B., 1952, Juniata College; B.D., 1956, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary; M.Ed., 1958, University of Pittsburgh; Th.M., 1959, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary; Ph.D., 1965, University of Pittsburgh; L.L.D., 1972, Butler University; L.L.D., 1972, University of Evansville; Litt.D., 1974, Indiana State University; D.D., 1989, University of Indianapolis. 1968–1989.
  • Donna Adams
    Associate Professor Emerita of Art
    B.A., 1968, Otterbein College; M.F.A., 1997, University of Missouri–Columbia.
    2000–2015
  • Judith G. Apple-VanAlstine
    Dean Emerita of the
    School for Adult Learning
    B.A., 1966, Ball State University; B.S., 1982,
    Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; M.S., 1982, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Ed.D., 2000, Indiana University. 2005–2016.
  • E. Karla Backer
    Associate Professor Emerita of Nursing and B.S.N. Program Director
    B.S.N., 1973, Indiana University; M.S.N., 1978, Indiana University; Ph.D.,
    1993, University of Texas at Austin. 1986–2008.
  • Deborah W. Balogh
    Executive Vice President and Provost Emerita
    B.A., 1975, Bowling Green State University; M.A., 1978, Bowling Green State University; Ph.D., 1981, Bowling Green State University. 2006–2016.
  • Robert Barrick
    Controller Emeritus
    B.S., 1949, Indiana University. 1960–1988.
  • John W. Batey
    Leon G. Zerfas Associate Professor Emeritus of Biology
    and Associate Dean of the School for Adult Learning
    B.S., 1964, University of Dayton; M.S., 1966, University of Dayton; Ph.D., 1971, Purdue University. 1978–2009.
  • Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford
    Professor Emerita of Psychology
    B.A., 1966, Brandeis University; M.Ed., 1973, Boston University; Ph.D., 1986, Rutgers
    University; N.I.A., 1990, Postdoctoral Fellow, Purdue University. 1990–2009.
  • Shirley A. Bigna
    Associate Librarian Emerita
    B.S. Ed., 1980, Indiana University; M.L.S., 1981, Indiana University. 1985–2005.
  • Candace L. Beitman
    Associate Professor Emerita of Occupational Therapy
    B.S., 1980, Indiana University; M.S., 1991, Indiana University; Ed.D., 2002, Ball State University. 1994–2015
  • Lisa Ames Berger
    Assistant Professor Emerita of Nursing
    A.S.N., 1974, Purdue University; B.S., 1976, Purdue University; M.S.N., 1983, Indiana University; F.N.P., 1999, Ball State University. 1983–2015
  • William E. Bishop
    Professor Emeritus of Education
    A.B., 1958, Westmar College; M.Ed., 1961, University of Missouri; Ph.D., 1966, Kent State University. 1965–1991.
  • William P. Bless
    Assistant Professor Emeritus of Health and Physical Education
    B.S., 1963, University of Indianapolis; M.S., 1969, Indiana University. 1970–1999.
  • Jill Booker
    Professor Emerita of the School of Psychological Science
    B.S., 1976, McMaster University; M.S., 1979, McMaster University; B.S., 1986, McMaster University; M.A., 1987, University of Toronto;
    Ph.D., 1992, University of Arizona. 1993–2011.
  • Kenneth D. Borden
    Herbert G. Bohn Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
    B.S., 1962, Eastern New Mexico University; M.S., 1964,
    University of Illinois; Ph.D., 1968, University of Arkansas. 1968–2002.
  • Darrell D. Bowman
    Assistant Professor Emeritus of Business
    A.A.S., 1981, Ivy Tech State College; B.S., 1996, Indiana Institute of Technology; M.B.A., 2000, Indiana Institute of Technology; Ph.D., 2004, Capella University. 2005–2019
  • LeAlice Briggs
    Professor Emerita of Nursing and Dean Emerita of the School
    of Nursing
    B.S., 1954, Shurtleff College; M.S.N., 1970, Indiana University; Ed.D., 1980, Ball State University. 1966–1992.
  • Judith D. Bryan
    Associate Professor
    Emerita of Nursing
    B.S., 1962, Indiana University; M.S.N., 1981, Indiana University; Ed.D., 1996, Indiana University. 1978–1980;
    1981–2002.
  • Herbert Cassel
    Raines-Mueller Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Religion
    A.B., 1953, Huntington College; S.T.B., 1956, Temple University; Th.M., 1963, Princeton
    Theological Seminary; Ph.D., 1972, Temple University. 1966–1996.
  • Billy W. Catchings
    Associate Professor Emeritus of Communication
    B.M., 1967, Texas Wesleyan College; M.M., 1972, Southern Methodist University;
    M.A., 1979, North Texas State University; Ph.D., 1992, University of Arizona. 1985–2012
  • Thomas L. Chamberlin
    Associate Professor Emeritus of Earth Science
    B.S., 1968, Michigan State University; M.S., 1971, University of Illinois; Ph.D., 1975, University of Illinois.
    1990–2009.
  • Janet Surina Cise
    Professor Emerita of Nursing
    B.S.N., 1965, University of Arizona; M.S.N., 1986, Indiana University; D.N.S., 1994, Indiana University. 1986-2015
  • Mary Elizabeth Collins
    Associate Professor Emerita of Education
    B.S., 1955, Butler University; M.S., 1964, Butler University.
    1968–1987.
  • Cheryl Conces
    Assistant Professor Emerita of Nursing
    B.S.N., 1977, Ball State University; M.S.N., 1980, Indiana University. 2001–2016.
  • James M. Conrad
    Dean Emeritus of the Schoo of Business and Professor Emeritus of Business
    B.S., 1964, Purdue University; M.S., 1965, Purdue University; Ph.D., 1970, University of Kentucky. 1979–2005.
  • Patricia A. Cook
    Professor Emerita of Education and Co-Director of Miriam Bender Diagnostic Center
    B.A., 1949, Marian College; M.S., 1967, Butler University; Ph.D., 1973, Purdue University. 1979–1998.
  • Audrey J. Cunningham
    Instructor Emerita of Communication and Director of the Forensics Speech and Debate Team
    B.A., 1976, Morehead State University; M.S., 1989, Morehead State University. 1986-2020.
  • Jo Ann L. Domb
    Professor Emerita of Music
    B.M., 1967, Oberlin College; M.M., 1973, University of Cincinnati; D.M.E., 1977,
    University of Cincinnati. 1983–2006.
  • Martha Ann Driscol
    Associate Professor Emerita of Nursing
    B.A., 1953, Butler University; B.S., 1956, Case Western Reserve University; M.S.N.,
    1967, Indiana University. 1963–1993.
  • Gerald W. England
    Assistant Professor Emeritus of Health and Physical Education, Track Coach, and Cross Country Coach
    B.S., 1961, University of Indianapolis; M.S., 1966, Indiana State University. 1972–1994.
  • Donald R. Fisher
    Assistant Professor Emeritus of Biology
    B.S., 1951, Purdue University; M.S., 1953, Purdue University.
    1968–1997.
  • Camille Flora
    Instructor Emerita of Business
    B.S., 1969, Ball State University; M.S., 1973,
    Indiana University. 1995–2013.
  • Linda K. Fowler
    Assistant Professor Emerita of Business
    B.S., 1961, University of Indianapolis; M.S., 1971, Indiana University. 1980–1997.
  • Alice R. Friman
    Professor Emerita of English
    B.A., 1954, Brooklyn College; M.A., 1971, Butler University.
    1974–1993.
  • Robert Henry Gobetz
    Associate Professor Emeritus of Communication
    B.S., 1978, Pittsburg State University; M.A., 1980, Pittsburg State University; Ph.D., 1992, University of
    Oklahoma. 1993–2016.
  • William R. Gommel
    Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Earth-Space Sciences
    A.B., 1951, University of California at Los Angeles; M.A., 1952, University of California at Los Angeles; Ph.D., 1973, Purdue University.
    1965–1992.
  • Stephen A. Graham
    Professor Emeritus of
    Political Science
    A.B., 1966, Davidson College; M.A., 1968, Duke University; Ph.D., 1971, Duke University. 1984–2009.
  • Esen Orel Gurtunca
    Donald W. Tanselle Professor Emerita of Economics and Finance
    B.A., 1966, American University of Beirut; M.S., 1970, Purdue University; Ph.D., 1973, Purdue University. 1974–
  • Charles C. Guthrie
    Associate Professor Emeritus of History
    B.A., 1964, Emory University; M.Ed., 1965, Makerere University (Uganda); M.A., 1972, Indiana University; Ph.D., 1978, Indiana University. 1981–2010.
  • Christine H. Guyonneau
    Library Faculty Emerita
    Licence-ès-Lettres,
    Université de Saint-Etienne (France), 1973; M.A., 1983, University of Virginia; M.S., 1984, University of Illinois. 1987–2016.
  • Mark Harrison
    Associate Professor Emeritus of Biology
    B.A., 1976, Luther College; Ph.D., 1984, Texas A & M University. 1990–2011.
  • Sondra Hayes
    Assistant Professor Emerita of Modern Languages
    B.S., 1968, Indiana University; M.S., 1974, Butler University.
    1998–2008.
  • Kendall L. Hottell
    Assistant Professor Emeritus of Business and Vice President
    for Business and Finance
    B.S., 1962, University of Indianapolis; M.S., 1966, Indiana University. 1962–2002.
  • David J. Huffman
    Director Emeritus of Athletics
    B.S., 1964, University of Indianapolis; M.S., 1969, Butler University; Ed.D., 1978, Indiana University. 1966–2003.
  • Sharon L. Isaac
    Dean Emerita of the School of Nursing and Associate Professor Emerita of Nursing
    B.S.N., 1968, Indiana University School of Nursing; M.S.N., 1971, Indiana University School of Nursing;
    Ed.D., 1979, Indiana University School of Education. 1990–2007.
  • Pat Jefferson
    Dean Emerita of the School for Adult Learning
    B.A., 1965, University of Evansville; M.A., 1967, Indiana University; Ph.D., 1984, Indiana University. 1981–2012.
  • James A. Jones
    Associate Professor Emeritus of Education
    A.B., 1953, Arkansas State University; M.S., 1959, Indiana University; Ed.S., 1964, Indiana University; Ed.D., 1967, Indiana University. 1969–1990.
  • Perry V. Kea
    Associate Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Religion
    B.A., 1975, University of South Carolina; M.A., 1977, Vanderbilt University; Ph.D.,
    1983, University of Virginia. 1983–2019
  • Samuel T. Kegerreis
    Professor Emeritus of Physical Therapy
    B.S., 1972, Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Certificate in Physical Therapy, 1973, University of Pennsylvania; M.S., 1978, West Virginia University. 1980–2015
  • Norma E. Kennett
    Assistant Professor Emerita of Nursing
    B.S., 1959, Indiana University; M.S., 1975, Butler University.
    1972–1989.
  • Cyde Killian
    Professor Emeritus of the College of Health Sciences
    B.S., 1973, Ithaca College; M.S., 1978, Indiana University; Ph.D., 1994, Ohio University. 2000–2013.
  • Lee Krumkalns
    Associate Professor Emerita of Business
    B.S., 1958, Indiana University; J.D., 1965, Indiana University.
    1978–1996.
  • Susan K. Kuhn
    Associate Professor Emerita of Nursing
    B.S., 1967, Indiana University; M.S.N., 1980, Indiana University. 1984–1997.
  • Robin R. Livesay
    Professor Emerita of Business and Dean Emerita of the
    School of Business
    B.S., 1968, Ohio University; M.Ed., 1969, University of Cincinnati; Ph.D., 1974, The Ohio State University. 1979–1999.
  • Phylis Lan Lin
    Professor of Sociology Emerita of Sociology
    B.A., 1966, Tunghai University (Taiwan); M.A.S., 1968, Montana State University: Ph.D., 1972, University of Missouri. 1973-2018.
  • Paul D. Lucas
    Associate Professor Emeritus of Business and Director of
    Accounting Programs
    B.S., 1959, Butler University; M.B.A., 1960, Indiana University. 1973–1998.
  • Timothy W. Maher
    Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Co-Director of the Community Research Center
    B.A., 1973, Indiana University; M.S., 1975, Purdue University; Ph.D., 1977, Purdue University. 1989–2019
  • Frederick E. May
    Associate Professor Emeritus of Nursing
    B.S.N., 1977, University of Arizona; M.S.N., 1982, Indiana University; Ph.D., 1995, Indiana University.
    2000–2016.
  • Mary J. McCoy
    Assistant Professor Emerita of Nursing
    B.S.N., 1973, Indiana University; M.S.N., 1982, Indiana University. 2006–2016.
  • Mary McGann
    Professor Emerita
    of English
    B.A., 1969, Salve Regina College; M.A., 1973, Indiana University; Ph.D., 1979, Indiana University. 1990–
  • Marga Meier
    Professor Emerita of Languages
    Ph.D., 1944, University of Würzburg (Germany).
    1955–1987.
  • Gordon Mendenhall
    Associate Professor Emeritus of Teacher Education
    B.A., 1969, Taylor University; M.A., 1972, Ball State University; Ed.D., 1996, Ball State University. 2001-2011.
  • Diane Metheny
    Instructor of History Emerita and Registrar
    B.S., 1959, Indiana State University; M.A., 1970, University of Indianapolis. 1976–2000.
  • Harry Miedema
    Associate Professor Emeritus of Music
    B.M.E., 1969, Indiana University; M.M., 1974, Indiana University. 1999–2014
  • Kathryn Moran
    Dean Emerita of the School of Education
    B.A., 1973, St. Louis University, M.S., 1977, State University of New York-Albany; Ph.D., 1998, State
    University of New York-Buffalo. 2002–2016.
  • Martha L. Morris
    Assistant Professor Emerita of Education
    B.S., 1956, University of Indianapolis; M.S., 1961, Butler University. 1974–1997.
  • Toni J. Morris
    Professor Emerita of English
    B.A., 1973, University of Georgia; M.A., 1974, Kent State University; Ph.D.,
    1985, Kent State University. 1983–2015
  • Elaine M. Norwood
    Assistant Professor Emerita of Music
    B.M., 1952, Butler University; M.M., 1968, Indiana University. 1979–1998.
  • Nancy E. O’Dell
    Professor Emerita of Education
    B.A., 1962, Indiana University; M.S., 1966, Indiana University;
    Ph.D., 1973, Purdue University. 1979–1998.
  • Susan E. Oliver
    Assistant Professor Emerita of Nursing
    B.S.N., 1988, Indiana University; M.S.N., 1996, Indiana University. 1994–2016.
  • Kenneth C. Partridge
    Assistant Professor Emeritus of Business, Director of the
    Center for Continuing Education and Management Development,
    and Men’s Golf Coach
    B.S., 1958, University of Indianapolis; M.B.A., 1965, Indiana University. 1963–1997.
  • Mari-Toni Peabody
    Instructor Emerita of Social Work
    B.S., 1972, Ball State University; M.S.W., 1981, Indiana University. 1989–2010
  • Erling W. Peterson
    Professor Emeritus of English
    B.A., 1943, North Central College; B.D., 1946, Evangelical Theological Seminary;
    M.A., 1951, University of Wisconsin; Ed.D., 1968, Northern Illinois University. 1970–1986.
  • Marjorie L. Porter
    Associate Professor Emerita of Nursing
    B.S.N., 1979, DePauw University; M.S.N., 1976, Indiana University; Ed.D., 2001, Indiana University. 1993–2014
  • Connie Pumpelly
    Professor Emerita of Athletic Training
    B.A., 1973, Cedarville College; M.S., 1981, Indiana University.
    1995–2013.
  • Paul C. Radich
    Associate Professor Emeritus of Biology
    B.A., 1964, University of Puget Sound; M.S., 1968, Oregon State University; Ph.D., 1973, Utah State University. 1973–2002.
  • James W. Ream
    Associate Professor Emeritus of Theatre
    B.A., 1969, Culver–Stockton College; M.S.R., 1973, Christian Theological Seminary; M.F.A., 1989, Purdue University. 1973–2017.
  • Gregory A. Reinhardt
    Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
    B.A., 1980, University of California at Los Angeles; M.A., 1982, University of California at Los Angeles; Ph.D., 1986, University of California at Los Angeles.
    1988–2017.
  • Mary K. Ritke
    Associate Professor Emerita of Biology
    B.S., 1977, Southwest Missouri State University; M.A.,1979, Southwest Missouri State University; M.S., 1981, University of Illinois; Ph.D., 1985, University of Illinois.
    1997–2014
  • Linda S. Rodebaugh
    Associate Professor Emerita of Nursing
    A.D., 1974, University of Indianapolis; B.S.N., 1976, University of
    Indianapolis; M.S.N., 1981, Indiana University; Ed.D., 1997, Ball State University. 1989–2019
  • Edward W. Roehling
    Assistant Professor Emeritus of Communication and General Manager of WICR
    B.S., 1963, Butler University; M.A., 1979, Ball State University; B.S., 1980, University of Indianapolis. 1982–2002.
  • Jacqueline Remondet Wall
    Associate Professor Emerita of Psychology
    B.A., 1978, Southeastern
    Louisiana University; M.A., 1982, University of Tulsa; Ph.D., 1989, University of Tulsa; Respecialization, 1995, Illinois Institute of Technology; Postdoctoral Fellow, 1997, Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan, Wayne State University School of Medicine.
    1997–2001, 2003–2015
  • Dee Schaad
    Professor Emeritus of Art and Design
    B.A., 1966, University of Nebraska-Kearney; M.S., 1971, University of Nebraska-Kearney; M.F.A., 1973, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. 1975–2015
  • Peter Schmutte
    Professor Emeritus of Music
    B.A., 1970, Indiana State University; M.M., 1972, Southern Illinois University. 1995–2019
  • Mary Ann Shurig
    Assistant Professor Emerita of Physical Therapy
    B.A., 1977, Purdue University; M.S., 1979, University of Arizona; B.S., 1982, Indiana University; D.P.T., 2005, University of Indianapolis. 2000–2014
  • Anita Hupy Siccardi
    Associate Professor Emerita of Nursing
    B.S.N., 1962, Texas Women’s University; M.Ed., 1975, University of Pittsburgh; M.S.N., 1989, Indiana University; Ed.D., 1998, Indiana University. 1992–2009.
  • Earl Snellenberger
    Professor Emeritus of Art
    B.A.E., 1960, Herron School of Art of Indiana University;
    M.A.E., 1963, Herron School of Art of Indiana University;
    M.S., 1964, Butler University; M.F.A., 1975, Indiana University. 1964–2000.
  • Gerald L. Speth
    Associate Professor Emeritus of Business, Director of Graduate Business Programs
    B.S., 1956, Utah State University; M.B.A., 1969, Indiana University; Ed.D., 1988, Ball State University. 1985–2001.
  • Carl R. Stockton
    Professor Emeritus of History and Dean for Extended and Special Programs
    B.S., 1957, Southwest Missouri State University; S.T.B., 1960, Boston University; Ph.D.,
    1970, Oxford University (England). 1982–1997.
  • Michelle A. Stoneburner
    Associate Professor Emerita of Modern Languages
    B.A., 1966, University of Indianapolis; M.A., 1970, Ball State University; M.Phil.,
    1991, University of Kent at Canterbury, England. 1974–2006.
  • Allen K. Swett
    Professor Emeritus of
    Mathematics
    B.S., 1969, Penn State University; Ph.D., 1974, University of Toronto (Canada). 1990–2008.
  • Charlotte Templin
    Professor Emerita of English
    B.A., 1963, University of Minnesota; Ph.D., 1972, Indiana University. 1971–2005.
  • Martha J. Thie
    Associate Professor Emerita of Nursing
    B.S.N., 1968, Loyola University; M.S.N., 1976, Indiana University; Ed.D., 1997, Indiana University.
    1976–2009.
  • Ed Vondrak
    Professor Emeritus of Physics
    A.B., 1960, Knox College; M.A., 1963, Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., 1965, Vanderbilt University. 1967–2000.
  • Elizabeth Weber
    Associate Professor Emerita of English
    B.A., 1973, University of Minnesota; M.F.A., 1977, University of Montana; Ph.D.,
    1989, State University of New York at Binghamton. 1993–2017.
  • Mark T. Weigand
    Executive Vice President Emeritus of Campus Affairs and Enrollment Services
    B.S., 1978, Indiana Central College;  M.A., 1984, Indiana Central College. 1980-2018.
  • George W. Weimer
    Professor Emeritus of Music and Teacher Education
    B.S., 1969, Ohio State University; M.S., 1970,
    University of Illinois; Ed.D., 1980, University of Illinois. 1978–2009.
  • Terry R. Wetherald
    Assistant Professor Emeritus of Health and Physical Education and Wrestling Coach
    B.S., 1963, University of Indianapolis; M.S., 1970, Indiana University. 1970–2002.
  • Connie S. Wilson
    Professor Emerita of Nursing
    B.S.N., 1982, Indiana University; M.S.N., 1985, Indiana University; Ed.D., 1995, Ball State University. 1987–2015
  • Nuel Wooden
    Associate Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
    B.S., 1958, University of Indianapolis; M.A.T., 1961, Indiana University. 1969–1993.
  • Lynn R. Youngblood
    Senior Vice President and Provost and Assistant Professor
    Emeritus of Mathematics
    B.A., 1963, University of Indianapolis; M.S., 1966, Butler University; Ed.D., 1975, Indiana University. 1966–2001.
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