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Nineteen SMU faculty members retire with emeritus status in 2017-18

Nineteen distinguished faculty members with a combined total of nearly 620 years of SMU service retired with emeritus status in the 2017-18 academic year.

The professors, and their dates of service:

Cox School of Business

William B. Brueggeman, Professor Emeritus, Real Estate, Risk Management and Business Law, 1978-2018
James C. Collins Jr., Professor Emeritus, Information Technology and Operations Management, 1964-2017
Ellen F. Jackofsky, Associate Professor Emerita, Management and Organizations, 1982-2018
Robert W. Rasberry, Assistant Professor Emeritus, Management and Organizations, 1974-2018
James Smith, Professor Emeritus, Finance, 1995-2018
Rex Thompson, Professor Emeritus, Finance, 1988-2018

Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences

Alan S. Brown, Professor Emeritus, Psychology, 1974-2018
Louis L. Jacobs, Professor Emeritus, Paleontology, 1983-2018
Francisco Morán, Professor Emeritus, World Languages and Literatures (Spanish), 2003-2018
Wayne A. Woodward, Professor Emeritus, Statistical Science, 1981-2017

Dedman School of Law

Maureen N. Armour, Associate Professor Emerita, Law, 1989-2018
William J. Bridge, Associate Professor Emeritus, Law, 1977-2018
Linda S. Eads, Associate Professor Emerita, Law, 1986-2018
Victoria Palacios, Associate Professor Emerita, Law, 1991-2018

Lyle School of Engineering

William Milton (Milt) Gosney Jr., Professor Emeritus, Electrical Engineering, 1986-2017
David W. Matula, Professor Emeritus, Computer Science and Engineering, 1974-2017

Meadows School of the Arts

Daniel (Danny) Buraczeski, Professor Emeritus, Dance, 2006-2018
Mary Vernon, Professor Emerita, Art, 1987-2018

Perkins School of Theology

William B. Lawrence, Professor Emeritus, American Church History, 2002-2018

Calendar Highlights: April 25, 2008

We go together: The Student Foundation pays homage to the carnival scene in “Grease” with its theme for Mane Event 2008. The entire SMU community can enjoy the food, midway games and festivities at this annual celebration of the last day of class, 3-7 p.m. April 25 on the Main Quad. Get a sneak preview from a student organizer.

Paintings to pixels: Law Professor Bill Bridge will speak on “From the Cave to the iPod” in the Faculty Club’s “Last Lecture” wine and cheese reception at 4 p.m. April 29 in the SMU Faculty Club. RSVP by April 25 to Dee Powell, 8-3012.

Meadows at the Meyerson: SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts will present its 15th annual benefit concert at 7:30 p.m. April 29 in the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, 2301 Flora St. Under the direction of conductor Paul Phillips, the Meadows Symphony will perform Tchaikovsky’s Capriccio Italien, Emmanuel Chabrier’s Espana and Manuel de Falla’s First and Second Suites from The Three-Cornered Hat. Meadows Artist in Residence Chee-Yun will join the orchestra for a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. This year’s honoree is arts patron and philanthropist Nancy Hamon. Tickets range from $6 to $100 and are available from the Meadows Ticket Office, 8-2787 (8-ARTS).

In McFarlin Auditorium:

April 30: Dashboard Confessional will perform with special guest Five Times August in the Program Council‘s 2008 Code Red Concert at 8 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, call 8-4400.
May 1: TITAS presents the East Village Opera Company (right) at 8 p.m. For ticket information, call 214-528-5576.