About the Emeritus | Center for Faculty Excellence

Our Purpose

The goal of this association is to support the advancement of the University by providing individual and collective support to the University and Colleges. This group of renowned individuals assist in an advisor capacity to current, as well as prospective members on matters of mutual interest.

In seeking to achieve these goals, the Emeritus Faculty Group consult on a regular basis. Meeting quarterly to discuss and make recommendations to the University on any matters they deem appropriate. There are no dues.

Membership as an Emeritus Faculty includes all persons, at any rank on any academic pathway, retiring after distinguished service with their respective college and department.

This status is not routinely awarded, but represents an honor for a career characterized by the highest academic abilities and devotion to the advancement of the UAMS.

Membership

How to become an Emeritus faculty member

In order to be considered for emeritus status, an individual must be appropriately recommended by his/her Department Chair and the Dean and meet at least one of the following conditions:

The retiring individual is age 65 or older and has at least five years of continuous service to the University.
The retiring individual is age 62 or older and has at least ten years of continuous service to the University.
The retiring individual has at least 20 years of continuous service to the University.
The retiring individual has elected to retire early under the early retirement provisions of Administrative Memorandum 430.2.

Who reviews and approves Emeritus request?

In order for emeritus status to be conferred by the Board of Trustees, the individual’s request for Emeritus status shall be reviewed by the following parties:

College Promotion & Tenure Committee
College Dean
UAMS Chancellor
University of Arkansas System President

What is the timeline and process for Emeritus request?

The President will receive recommendations prior to the five yearly Board of Trustees meetings, from the Chancellor. These meetings occur in September, November, January, March, and May. Emeritus packets must be submitted to the U of A agenda office one month before the meeting.

Necessary documents that must accompany the request for the award of emeritus status can be found in UA Academic Policy Series 475.1.

Candidate CV
Letter from Department Chair stating the rationale for the request
Letter from college P&T committee approving the request
Letter from college Dean approving the request
Resolution (see sample document below)

EmeritusResolution-8 Download

Current Emeritus Faculty

James Aronson, M.D.
Thomas Badger, Ph.D.
Glen Baker, M.D.
Max Baker, Ph.D.
Helen Benes, Ph.D.
Claudia Beverly, Ph.D.
Erna Boone, M.D., DrPH
Brenda Booth, Ph.D.
E Robert Burns, Ph.D.
Patrick Casey, M.D.
M Donald Cave, Ph.D.
Timothy Chambers, Ph.D.
Parimal (Perry) Chowdhury, Ph.D.
Janice Church, Ph.D.
Richard Clark, M.D.
Elizabeth Coleman, Ph.D.
Peter Corry, Ph.D.
Peter Crooks, Ph.D.
William Culp, M.D.
Robert Delongchamp, Ph.D.
Rhonda Dick, M.D.
Gerald Dienel, Ph.D.
Lee Lee Doyle, Ph.D.
Joycelyn Elders, M.D.
Eileen Ellis, M.D.
Debra Fiser, M.D.
Jay Gandy, Ph.D.
Edgar Garcia-Rill, Ph.D.
Betholyn Gentry, Ph.D.
W. Brooks Gentry, M.D.
Shirley Gilmore, Ph.D.
Geoffrey Goldsmith, M.D.
Virginia Goral, Ph.D.
S. Bruce Greenberg, M.D.
Donna Gullette, Ph.D.
Thomas Guyette, Ph.D.
Chris Hackler, Ph.D.
Sami Harik, M.D.
Janice Hart, Ed.D.
Mary Hartwig, Ph.D.
Martin Hauer-Jensen, M.D., Ph.D.
Arthur Haut, M.D.
Patricia Heacock, Ph.D.
Jeanne Heard, M.D.
Kurt Henle, Ph.D.
Frederick Charles Hiller, M.D.
Nicki Hilliard, Pharm.D.
Jack Hinson, Ph.D.
Aubrey Hough, M.D.
Laura Hutchins, M.D.
Richard Jacobs, M.D.
Michael Jennings, Ph.D.
Jerry Jones, M.D.
Cynthia Kane, Ph.D.
Clint Kilts, Ph.D.
Elmer Klein, M.D.
Peter Kohler, M.D.
Teresa Kramer, Ph.D.
Kim Light, Ph.D.
Dennis Lucy Jr, M.D.
Edwina Mann, M.S.L.S.
James Marsh, M.D.
Philip Mayeux, Ph.D.
James McDonald, M.D.
Robert McGehee Jr., Ph.D.
Donald McMillan, Ph.D.
Jean McSweeney, Ph.D.
Paulette Mehta, M.D.
Jay Menna, Ph.D.
Donna Middaugh, Ph.D.
Donald Mock, M.D., Ph.D.
Patricia Monoson, Ph.D.
James Montague, Jr., Ph.D.
Richard Morrison, Ph.D.
Richard Nicholas, M.D.
James Pasley, Ph.D.
Gissur Petursson, M.D.
Martha Phillips, Ph.D.
Usha Ponnappan, Ph.D.
James Raczynski, Ph.D.
Anna Radominska-Pandya, Ph.D.
Roger Rank, Ph.D.
John Redman, M.D.
Mary Ryan, M.L.S.
Kathy Rye, Ed.D.
Joanna Seibert, M.D.
Robert Seibert, M.D.
Sudhir Shah, M.D.
John Shock, M.D.
Jeannette Shorey,II, M.D.
Diane Skinner, Ed.D.
Robert Skinner, Ph.D.
G. Richard Smith, M.D.
Samuel Smith, M.D.
William Smith, Ph.D.
Lee Soderberg, Ph.D.
Elaine Souder, Ph.D.
Daniel Spadaro, Pharm.D.
Mary Stewart, M.D., Ph.D.
Karl Straub, M.D.
Purushottam Thapa, M.D.
Arthur Thomas, M.D.
Kurt Truax, D.D.S.
James Vandergrift, M.A.
Galen Wenger, Ph.D.
Maurice Weatherton, Ph.D.
William Wessinger, Ph.D.
Christopher Westfall, M.D.
Richard Wheeler, M.D.
Jonathan Wolfe, Ph.D.
Linda Worley, M.D.
Patricia Wright, Ph.D.
M. Yasargil, M.D.
John York, Ph.D.
Kevin Young, Ph.D
Quinnie Young, M.ED.
Piotr Zimniak, Ph.D.

2024 – 2025 Newly Promoted

Peter Crooks, Ph.D.
Clint Kilts, Ph.D.
Martha Phillips, Ph.D.
James Raczynski, Ph.D.
Frank Simmen, Ph.D.
Rosalia Simmen, Ph.D.
Linda Worley, M.D.

Deceased Emeritus Faculty

Robert Abernathy, M.D.
George Ackerman, M.D.
Robert Barnes, M.D.
Howard Barnhard, M.D.
Owen W Beard, M.D.
Charles Born, Ph.D.
Thomas Bruce, M.D.
Bettye Caldwell, Ph.D.
Fred Caldwell, M.D.
Donald C. De Luca, Ph.D.
James E Doherty, III, M.D.
Terry Dubose, M.S.
W. Thompson Dungan, M.D.
Roscoe Dykman, Ph.D.
Robert H Fiser, Jr., M.D.
E. Clark Gillespie, Ph.D.
Kenneth G Goss, M.D.
Frederick Guggenheim, M.D.
Byron L Hawks, M.D.
Benjamin Highman, M.D.
G. Thomas Jansen, M.D.
Larry Milne, Ph.D.
Marvin Murphy, M.D.
S Michael Owens, Ph.D.
Alwyn Parfitt, M.D.
Martha Pickett, M.H.S.A.
Benjamin N Saltzman, M.D.
Jerome K Sherman, Ph.D.
Ronald Winters, Ph.D.
W. Wayne Workman, M.D.
Yun-Chi Yeh, Ph.D.