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Vanderbilt University honors emeritus and emerita faculty, deans

Vanderbilt University honored 33 retiring faculty members and four outgoing deans for their years of service during Commencement exercises at Bridgestone Arena on May 12. (John Russell/Vanderbilt)
Vanderbilt University honored 33 retiring faculty members and four outgoing deans for their years of service during Commencement exercises at Bridgestone Arena on May 12. (John Russell/Vanderbilt)

Vanderbilt University has honored 33 retiring faculty members for their years of service by bestowing upon them the title of emerita or emeritus faculty. Additionally, four outgoing deans were honored for their service as deans. They were recognized during Vanderbilt’s Commencement ceremony on May 12.

A faculty member who has served the university with distinction over a period of years and whose status remains active until retirement, may, upon recommendation of the appropriate dean and the chancellor, be awarded the title “emeritus” or “emerita” by the Board of Trust.

Read more about Vanderbilt’s emeritus and emerita professors and deans for 2023.

David Blackbourn
Cornelius Vanderbilt Distinguished Chair in History Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of History

Peter T. Cummings
John R. Hall Chair in Chemical Engineering Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Idit Dobbs-Weinstein
Professor Emerita of Philosophy

Kathryn M. Edwards
Professor Emerita of Pediatrics

Lynn E. Enterline
Nancy Perot Chair Emerita and Professor Emerita of English

Philippe M. Fauchet
Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Dean of Engineering Emeritus

Leonard Folgarait
Distinguished Professor of History of Art and Architecture Emeritus

Robin P. Fountain
Professor Emeritus of Conducting

William R. Fowler
Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

Douglas H. Fuchs
Nicholas Hobbs Chair in Special Education and Human Development Emeritus

Lynn S. Fuchs
Dunn Family Chair in Psychoeducational Assessment Emerita

David Jon Furbish
Professor Emeritus of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Lesley Gill
Professor Emerita of Anthropology

Thomas A. Golper
Professor Emeritus of Medicine

Raymond M. Hakim
Professor Emeritus of Medicine

David Richmond Head
Professor Emeritus of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

J. Harold Helderman
Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Nancy Lea Hyer
Associate Professor Emerita of Production Management

M. Eric Johnson
Ralph Owen Dean Emeritus

Lawrence J. Marnett
Dean Emeritus of the School of Medicine Basic Sciences

Owen Patrick McGuinness
Professor Emeritus of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Bonnie M. Miller
Professor Emerita of Medical Education and Administration

Kelly Oliver
W. Alton Jones Chair Emerita and Professor Emerita of Philosophy

Lucius Turner Outlaw
W. Alton Jones Chair Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy

Ann H. Price
Associate Professor Emerita of Medical Education and Administration

Stephen P. Raffanti
Professor Emeritus of Medicine

David S. Raiford
Senior Associate Dean Emeritus for Faculty Affairs for Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Medical Education and Administration

Norman H. Tolk
Professor Emeritus of Physics

Emilie M. Townes
Dean Emerita of the Divinity School

Georgene L. Troseth
Professor Emerita of Psychology and Human Development

Steven T. Tschantz
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics

Constantine Tsinakis
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics

Cindy L. Vnencak-Jones
Professor Emerita of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Elizabeth E. Weiner
Professor Emerita of Biomedical Informatics

David A. Weintraub
Professor Emeritus of Astronomy and Director Emeritus of the Communication of Science, Engineering and Technology

Mark Wollaeger
Professor Emeritus of English
(b. Feb. 19, 1957–d. Feb. 19, 2023)

Nicholas S. Zeppos
University Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus and University Distinguished Professor of Political Science Emeritus