October 30, 2003

University recognizes 27 faculty with emeritus status

Twenty-seven faculty members who retired from the University with emeritus status were recognized in June at the commencement ceremony.

The faculty members averaged more than 32 years of service to Northwestern. The retirees who were honored are:

Leon L. Ampel, assistant professor emeritus of anesthesiology, 34 years

Byron Anderson, professor emeritus of cell and molecular biology, 31 years

Paul R. Auvil Jr., associate professor emeritus of physics and astronomy, 39 years

Albert Richard Cirillo, associate professor emeritus of English, 39 years

Joseph Epstein, lecturer emeritus of English, 30 years

Richard Evans III, professor emeritus of pediatrics, 16 years

Karen C. Fuson, professor emeritus of education and social policy, 28 years

Stephen B. Goldberg, professor emeritus of law, 29 years

Frank W. Guthrie Jr., assistant professor emeritus of clinical medicine, 41 years

Gunhild Hagestad, associate professor emeritus of education and social policy, 16 years

Leslie A. Hinderyckx, professor emeritus of theatre, 39 years

James M. Holland, professor emeritus of urology, 37 years

D. Lynn Johnson, Walter P. Murphy Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering, 41 years

Marvin Kantor, professor emeritus of Slavic languages and literatures, 36 years

Arthur F. Kohrman, professor emeritus of pediatrics, 6 years

Robert J. McClory, associate professor emeritus of clinical journalism, 15 years

John L. McKnight, professor emeritus of communication studies, 34 years

Masahiro Meshii, John Evans Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering, 44 years

Newton N. Minow, Walter H. Annenberg University Professor Emeritus of Communication Law and Policy, 16 years

Charles C. Moskos, professor emeritus of sociology, 37 years

James E. Packer, professor emeritus of classics, 36 years

Humberto E. Robles, professor emeritus of Spanish and Portuguese, 33 years

Edwin C. Rossow, professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering, 38 years

Richard E. Speidel, Beatrice Kuhn Professor Emeritus of Law, 23 years

Claude T. Tournier, college lecturer emeritus of French and Italian, 24 years

Irwin A. Weil, professor emeritus of Slavic languages and literatures, 38 years

Laura Ann Wilber, professor emeritus of communication sciences and disorders, 25 years