CLYDA S. RENT (1989-2001) PRESIDENT EMERITA, A.B., M.S., Ph.D. Florida State University
 
 

Emeriti Faculty

LOURIE S. ALLEN (1962-1980) ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EMERITA OF ENGLISH, B.A., Blue Mountain College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Alabama

SUZANNE K. BLOW (1964-1992) PROFESSOR EMERITA OF ENGLISH, B.A., M.A., Stetson University; Ph.D., Florida State University

LAVERNE BRAY (1966-1976) ASSISTANT PROFESSOR EMERITA OF BUSINESS, B.A., Blue Mountain College; M.B.Ed., University of Mississippi

DOROTHY BURDESHAW (1973-1994) PROFESSOR EMERITA OF HEALTH AND KINESIOLOGY, A.B., Judson College; M.S., Louisiana State University; Ed.D., University of Texas

SUE COATES  (1991-2005) PROFESSOR OF INTERIOR DESIGN AND INTERIM HEAD, DIVISION OF FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS, B.S., Washington University; M.Ed., Ed.D.,
University of Missouri

MARY CONE (1966-1986) ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EMERITA OF ENGLISH, B.A., Mississippi University for Women; M.A., Ph.D., University of Mississippi

MARY PATRICIA CURTIS (1979-2003) PROFESSOR EMERITA OF NURSING, B.S.N., Marquette University; M.S.N., Mississippi University for Women; Ed.D., Mississippi State University

ELIZABETH DICE (1945-1982) PROFESSOR EMERITA OF ART, B.Des., M.Des., University of Mississippi

CARL J. DOUMIT (1973-2004) PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF CHEMISTRY, B.S., University of Southwestern Louisiana; M.A.T., M.S., Ph.D., Tulane University

DAVID T. EVANS (1962-2002) ASSISTANT PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, B.A., M.A., West Virginia University

LAWRENCE L. FEENEY (1968) PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF ART, B.A., St. Ambrose College; M.A., M.F.A., University of Iowa

JON R. FORTMAN (1968- ) PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, B.S., University of Florida; M.Ed., Louisiana State University; M.A., Southern Methodist University; Ph.D., Mississippi State University

DAVID H. FRANK (1965-2001) PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF ART, B.S., University of Minnesota; M.F.A., Tulane University

BARBARA ANN GARRETT (1967-1991) PROFESSOR EMERITA OF HEALTH AND KINESIOLOGY, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.Ed., Ed.D., Mississippi State University

ROBERT I. GILBERT (1954-1967; 1968-1980) PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF SOCIOLOGY, B.A., M.A., University of Florida; Ph.D., Florida State University

EVELYN V. GILLIS (1962-1984) ASSISTANT PROFESSOR EMERITA OF BUSINESS, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.Ed., Mississippi State University

THEO J. GORDON (1973-1999) ASSISTANT PROFESSOR EMERITA OF NURSING, B.S., M.S., Rutgers University

BARBARA A. HANNERS (1977-1996) PROFESSOR EMERITA FOR SPEECH/LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY, B.A., Birmingham Southern College; M.A., University of Tennessee; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

RUTH HART (1961-1980) ASSISTANT PROFESSOR EMERITA OF DANCE, B.A., Delta State University; M.A., Memphis State University

NANCY HERBAN HILL (1975-1994) PROFESSOR EMERITA OF NURSING, B.S.N., Missouri Valley College; M.S., Tulane University; D.S.N., University of Alabama at Birmingham

JANE HINTON (1974-2004) PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, B.A., Mississippi University for Women; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

GINGER Y. HITT (1966-1968; 1971-1997) PROFESSOR EMERITA OF ENGLISH, B.A., Blue Mountain College; M.A., Baylor University; Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi

RALPH E. HITT (1964-1988) PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF ENGLISH, B.S., Middle Tennessee State University; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

JANE C. HODGES (1971-1996) PROFESSOR EMERITA OF EDUCATION, B.S., M.Ed., Mississippi University for Women; Ed.D., University of Mississippi

CHARLIE M. HOLCOMB (1959-1991) PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF CHEMISTRY, B.A., William Carey College; B.S., M.Ed., Mississippi State University; M.S., University of Mississippi; Ph.D., Florida State University

NORA L. HOWELL (1962-2001) ASSISTANT PROFESSOR EMERITA OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, B.A., Brooklyn College; M.A., Duke University

JAMES W. HUNT (1963-1989) PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF EDUCATION, B.S., Mississippi College; M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Mississippi

JOYCE M. HUNT (1976-2001) PROFESSOR EMERITA OF BUSINESS, B.S., M.S., Mississippi University for Women; Ed.D., Mississippi State University

R. BRUCE LACEY (1973-2003) PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, A.B., Albion College; M.S., Ph.D., Michigan State University

BONNIE E. LOCKARD (1977-2000) PROFESSOR EMERITA OF NURSING, B.S.N., M.S.N., University of Alabama; Ed.D., Mississippi State University

L. W. MARSALIS (1958-1978) PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF PSYCHOLOGY, B.S., M.A., Ed.D., University of Southern Mississippi

SULA JOHNSON MARSALIS (1958-1978) PROFESSOR EMERITA OF CHEMISTRY, B.S., University of Southern Mississippi; M.S., University of Mississippi; Ed.D., University of Southern Mississippi

PATRICIA MATTHES (1980-2004) PROFESSOR OF LIBRARY SERVICES, B.A., Mississippi University for Women; M.L.S., University of Alabama

BETTY METHENY (1992-2004) ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF NURSING, A.D.N., San Antonio Junior College; B.S.N., M.S.N., Mississippi University for Women

MARTHA JO MIMS (1970-2000) PROFESSOR EMERITA OF HUMAN SCIENCES, B.S., M.S., Ed.S., Mississippi University for Women; Ph.D., Florida State University

MARY ALYCE MIZE (1973-1998) PROFESSOR EMERITA OF EDUCATION, B.A., Birmingham Southern College; M.A., Ed.D., University of Alabama

MILDRED W. MOORE (1969-1996) PROFESSOR EMERITA OF ENGLISH, A.B., M.A., Ph.D., University of Alabama

CAROL OTTINGER (1965-1990) PROFESSOR EMERITA OF MATHEMATICS, B.S.Ed., Arkansas College; M.S., Ed.D., Oklahoma State University

JEAN A. PARRA (1966-1997) PROFESSOR EMERITA OF MATHEMATICS, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.A., University of Alabama; Ph.D., George Peabody College for Teachers

M. JUDY PATE (1973-1998) ASSISTANT PROFESSOR EMERITA OF MATHEMATICS, B.A., Harding College, M.Ed., M.C.S., Mississippi State University; Ed.S., Mississippi University for Women

DAVID L. PAYNE (1967-1968; 1969-1992) PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF LIBRARY SERVICES, B.S., M.S., Mississippi State University; M.L.S., University of Alabama; Ed.D., University of Southern Mississippi

LILA ANNE PEYMAN (1975-1988) ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EMERITA OF NURSING, B.S., University of Alabama; M.S.N., University of Mississippi

STEPHEN R. PIESCHEL (1967-1992) ASSISTANT PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF ENGLISH, B.A., St. Louis University; M.A., University of Mississippi

MARY ELLEN POPE (1959-1973) ASSISTANT PROFESSOR EMERITA OF HOME ECONOMICS, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.S., University of Minnesota

JOSEPH A. PORTERA (1969-1997) PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF SOCIOLOGY, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Mississippi State University

BILLY DEAN POUNDS (1959-1997) PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF PARALEGAL STUDIES, B.S., M.Ed., Ed.D., Mississippi State University

DEWEY R. ROACH (1961-1983) PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION, B.A., Carson-Newman College; Th.M., Th.D., Southwestern Theological Seminary

ALMA J. ROBERTS (1966-1981) ASSISTANT PROFESSOR EMERITA OF BUSINESS, B.S., Livingston University; M.E., University of Texas, Austin

CHARLES M. RUEFF (1967-1992) PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF EDUCATION, B.A., Millsaps College; M.Ed., University of Southern Mississippi; Ph.D., Mississippi State University

SARAH P. SANDERS (1971-1995) PROFESSOR EMERITA OF HOME ECONOMICS, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.S., University of Alabama; Ph.D., Florida State University

ROBERT W. SENEY (1993-2006) PROFESSOR EMERITA OF EDUCATION, B.A., University of Missouri; M.S., University of Wisconsin; M.Div., Nashotah House; Ed.D., University of Mississippi

HARRY L. SHERMAN (1961-1992) PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, B.S., Jacksonville State College; M.S., University of Tennessee; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

O. WENDELL SMITH (1978-1999) PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF BUSINESS, B.S., Jacksonville State University; M.B.A., The George Washington University; Ph.D., University of Alabama

ELLIE MAE SOWDER (1959-1978) PROFESSOR EMERITA OF ANTHROPOLOGY, B.A., University of Chattanooga; M.A., Duke University; Ph.D., George Peabody College for Teachers

JO SPEARMAN (1974 -2005) PROFESSOR OF HEALTH AND KINESIOLOGY AND HEAD, DIVISION OF HEALTH & KINESIOLOGY, B.S., North Texas State University; M.A.,
University of Northern Colorado; Ph.D., Texas Woman's University

CAROLE ANN STEWART (1972-2001) PROFESSOR EMERITA OF HEALTH AND KINESIOLOGY, B.S., Murray State University; M.S., Indiana University; Ed.D., University of Mississippi

REBECCA S. STOCKWELL (1964-1992) PROFESSOR EMERITA OF HISTORY, B.A., LaGrange College; M.A., Ph.D., Mississippi State University

EUGENIA SUMMER (1949-1985) PROFESSOR EMERITA OF ART, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; A.M., Teachers College, Columbia University

MARILYN R. SWINGLE (1967-1992) PROFESSOR EMERITA OF MUSIC, B.M., M.M., Ph.D., Florida State University

JOAN T. THOMAS (1961-1987) PROFESSOR EMERITA OF HEALTH AND KINESIOLOGY, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.A., Ed.D., Mississippi State University

MARTHA FULTON WELLS (1964-1996) EMMA ODY POHL PROFESSOR EMERITA OF HEALTH AND KINESIOLOGY, B.S., University of Montevallo; M.S., University of Alabama; Ph.D., Florida State University

CHRISTINE WHITE (1965-1982) ASSISTANT PROFESSOR EMERITA OF MATHEMATICS, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.Ed., Mississippi State University

CYRIL JOHN WIERENGO (1967-1993) PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF CHEMISTRY, B.A., M.S., University of Southern Mississippi; Ph.D., Mississippi State University

MAUDE D. YOW (1969-1985) PROFESSOR EMERITA OF EDUCATION, B.S., Mississippi University for Women; M.Ed., Ed.S., Ed.D., Mississippi