Professors and Chairs Emeritus

 
(L to R), back row: Wolfgang Schlauch, Donald Tingler, Roger Beck; middle row: John McElligott, John Haley, Brenda Rush (dept. secretary), Robert Hennings, Anita Shelton, David Maurer; front row: Raymond Koch, Robert Stirling, Wendy Hamand (Venet), Carleton Curran, Duane Elbert.
 
History Department at Eastern Illinois University, circa 1988
 

 

Professors Emeritus

  • Simeon E. Thomas, 1906-1942
  • Lena B. Ellington,1920-1956
  • Charles Coleman, 1926-1961
  • Donald Rhodes Alter, 1934-1965
  • Glenn Huron Seymour,1929-1968
  • William D. Miner, 1950-1980
  • P. Rex Syndergaard, 1956-1980
  • Lavern M. Hamand, 1957-1982
  • Leonard C. Wood, 1960-1983
  • Donald F. Tingley, 1953-1985
  • Stephen A. Horak, 1965-1986
  • George Hilton Jones, 1966-1989
  • Robert E. Hennings, 1962-1990
  • Edward P. Colbert, 1968-1992
  • Lawrence R. Nichols, 1968-1992
  • Carleton E. Curran, 1966-1994
  • David J. Maurer, 1962-1995
  • Raymond L. Koch, 1966-1995
  • Wolfgang T. Schlauch, 1969-1998
  • Robert W. Sterling, 1956-1998
  • Dan M. Hockman, 1965-1998
  • E. Duane Elbert, 1966-1999
  • John McElligott, 1967-2003 (currently teaching)

Former Chairpersons

  • Henry Johnson, 1899-1906
  • Simeon E. Thomas, 1906-1942
  • Charles H. Coleman, 1942-1954
  • Glenn H. Seymour, 1954-1961
  • P. Rex Syndergaard, 1961-1970
  • Wolfgang Schlauch, 1970-1974
  • Robert Hennings, 1974-1990
  • David J. Maurer, 1990-1995
 
last updated January 19, 2005

 

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