Smith Bids Farewell to Retiring Faculty

At a ceremony on campus in May, 14 retiring faculty members were honored for a combined 484 years of service to Smith.

Faculty members who are retiring this year are:

• Eglal Doss-Quinby, professor of French studies
• Jay Lazar Garfield, Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy, Logic and Buddhist Studies
• Michael Gorra, Mary Augusta Jordan Professor of English Language and Literature
• Deborah Haas-Wilson, Marilyn Carlson Nelson Professor of Economics
• Virginia Hayssen, Mary Maples Dunn Professor of Biological Sciences
• Alice Hearst, professor of government
• Jamie Hubbard, Jill Ker Conway Professor of Religion and East Asian Studies and
• Yehan Numata Professor in Buddhist Studies
• Naomi Miller, professor of English language and literature
• Barry Moser, Irwin and Pauline Alper Glass Professor of Art
• Lori Saunders, senior laboratory instructor in biological sciences
• Nancy Shumate, professor of classical languages and literatures
• Elizabeth Spelman, Barbara Richmond 1940 Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy
• Doreen Weinberger, professor of physics
• Steven Williams, Gates Professor of Biological Sciences

In her remarks to faculty at the ceremony in May, President Sarah Willie-LeBreton noted that, “Smith is the intellectually curious, rigorous, and thriving community it is today because of the contributions each of you has made.”

“Over the course of your careers, you have had profound impacts on your students,” she continued. “You have made important contributions to your academic disciplines. You have shown us what it means to be part of something much larger than ourselves. And you will always be treasured members of the Smith community.”