New emeriti honored at luncheon

Emeritus status was conferred on 66 California State University, Fresno faculty and administrative members during a luncheon in their honor.

University President John D. Welty credited the individuals honored as among those who made Fresno State what it is today.

“You have done incredible things at our university,” Welty said. “You have contributed to creating a university that is recognized nationally on so many fronts.

“On behalf of all the students whose lives you have changed and transformed, we say ‘thank you,’ ” Welty said.

Faculty who received emerita/emeritus professor status in a ceremony presided over by Dr. Jeri Echeverria, the provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, are:

Linnea M. Alexander – Professor Emerita of English
Lawrence L. Anderson – Professor Emeritus of Art and Design
Robert F. Arnold – Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Mario L. M. Baca – Professor Emeritus of Education
Sayed A. Badr – Chair Emeritus of Plant Science and Professor Emeritus of Viticulture and Plant Science
Karen R. Bell – Professor Emerita of Philosophy
Richard D. Berrett – Professor Emeritus of Child Development and Family Relations
Donald N. Blakeley – Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
John A. Cagle – Chair Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Communication
Virginia F. Chadwick – Professor Emerita of Kinesiology
Cheng Lok Chua – Professor Emeritus of English
Connie J. Conlee – Professor Emerita of Communication
Douglas A. Cords – Professor Emeritus of Marketing
James M. Cypher – Professor Emeritus of Economics
Gerald W. Davoli – Professor Emeritus of Health Science*
Nina J. Dilbeck – Chair Emerita of Consumer Sciences and Professor Emerita of Home Economics Education, Clothing and Textiles and Fashion Merchandising
Tom T. Doyel – Professor Emeritus of Finance
William R. Fasse – Associate Professor Emeritus of Child, Family and Consumer Sciences
R. Louis Gysler – Professor Emeritus of Construction Management
Susanne A. Haffner – Librarian Emerita of Library Services
Susan B. Harris – Professor Emerita of Education
Giri Hegde – Professor Emeritus of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Studies
Merrilee K. Helmers – Professor Emerita of Mathematics
Joan C. Henderson-Sparks – Chair Emerita of Curriculum and Instruction and Professor Emerita of Education
Patricia L. Hennings – Professor Emerita of Interior Design
Joan Heron – Professor Emerita of Nursing
Christy V. Hicks – Librarian Emerita of Library Services
B. Carolyn Jackson – Professor Emerita of Home Economics Education, Clothing and Textiles and Fashion Merchandising
Joo I. Kim – Professor Emeritus of Food Science
Dickran Kouymjian – Chair Emeritus of Armenian Studies Program
James S. Kus – Professor Emeritus of Geography
Don Leet – Chair Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Economics
Robert V. Levine – Professor Emeritus of Psychology
David P. Lopez – Professor Emeritus of Education
Thomas E. Mallory – Professor Emeritus of Biology
Ronald L. Marhenke – Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
Herbert O. Mason – Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics
Diane Milutinovich – Associate Athletic Director Emerita of Athletics*
Fareed W. Nader – Professor Emeritus of Geomatics Engineering
Judith C. Neal – Professor Emerita of Education
Edward E. Nelson – Professor Emeritus of Sociology
Patricia A. Nuttall – Professor Emerita of Nursing
Paul W. Ogden – Professor Emeritus of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Studies
Howard K. Ono – Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
Gozil M. Oxley – Professor Emerita of Nursing
Robert F. Perez – Professor Emeritus of Criminology
Raphael X. Reichert – Professor Emeritus of Art and Design
J. David Reitzel – Professor Emeritus of Business Law
Stephen A. Rodemeyer -Director Emeritus of Smittcamp Family Honors College and Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
Aroldo S. Rodrigues – Professor Emeritus of Psychology
David A. Ross – Professor Emeritus of Foreign Languages and Literatures
John R. Shields – Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics
Kenneth G. Shipley – Associate Provost Emeritus and Chair Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Studies
Peter Simis – Professor Emeritus of Information Systems
Sherman K. Sowby – Professor Emeritus of Health Science
Hugo S. Sun – Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Jose Sy – Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
Michael G. Tate – Professor Emeritus of English
W. Richard Ullmann – Professor Emeritus of Communication
P. Harvey Wallace (Posthumously) – Chair Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Criminology*
Alan Rufus Waters – Professor Emeritus of International Business
Norman T. Woo – Professor Emeritus of Mathematics*
Lenore W. Yousef – Professor Emerita of Biology
Mohamad A. Yousef – Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering
David L. Zellmer – Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
Marilyn R. Zitterkopf – Librarian Emerita of Library Services