October 06, 2008

Some of the Fresno State faculty and administrators who have been awarded emeritus status.

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

*Awarded Emeritus status in 2007 after the awards luncheon.