The Office of the Secretary of the Faculty will work with the deceased faculty member’s department chair to identify a memorial resolution committee. The memorial will be presented at a Faculty Senate meeting and the document kept as a historical record of the professor’s contributions to the university. Please contact Gideon Elliott to schedule the presentation. Faculty Senate meets on the first Monday of the month February-May and October-December at 3:30 pm in 272 Bascom Hall.
The memorial resolution committee should provide the following to Gideon Elliott approximately two weeks in advance of the Faculty Senate meeting presentation.
- Memorial resolution (two page maximum single-spaced)
- One hundred word abstract (one minute presentation to be read by one of the committee members)
- Photograph of faculty member
- Names of faculty member’s next of kin who may be invited to attend the Faculty Senate meeting
Eligibility for a Memorial Resolution:
- Granted emeritus status and held a faculty title at the time of retirement (professor, associate professor, assistant professor). Faculty who held an administrative title at the time of retirement must have served as a faculty member prior to holding administrative positions in order to be eligible.
- Passed away with an active appointment with one of those titles.
New Memorial Resolutions since 1988
| wdt_ID | Senate doc no | Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death | Home Department | secondary home department |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2824 | Bringe, Allan, Professor Emeritus | 1935 | 2018 | Dairy Science | |
| 2 | 2825 | Karpat, Kemal, Professor Emeritus | 1923 | 2019 | History | |
| 3 | 2826 | Sykes, William Stuart | 1930 | 2019 | Anesthesiology | |
| 4 | 1386 | Matthews, Charles G. | 1930 | 1988 | Neurology | |
| 5 | 2790 | Dretske, Fred, Professor Emeritus | 1932 | 2013 | Philosophy | |
| 6 | 2791 | Barresi, Anthony, Professor Emeritus | 1978 | 2017 | Choral Music Education | |
| 7 | 2792 | Boom, Roger Wright, Professor Emeritus | 1923 | 2018 | Engineering | |
| 8 | 2793 | Baughman, James L. | 1952 | 2016 | Journalism & Mass Communication | |
| 9 | 2794 | Hachten, William Andrews, Professor Emeritus | 1924 | 2018 | Journalism & Mass Communication | |
| 10 | 2801 | Dott, Robert H., Jr., Professor Emeritus | 1929 | 2018 | Geoscience | |
| Senate doc no | Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death | Home Department | secondary home department |