Forestry & Natural Resources Former Faculty Members
The emeritus title honors those who have made significant contributions to Purdue University through teaching, research or engagement. The University confers emeritus rank on faculty members holding professorial rank at the time of their retirement. Retirees generally must have had 10 years of continuous, full-time service at the University immediately preceding their retirement to qualify for emeritus rank.
FNR's Former Faculty Members
(Name, emeritus status, year awarded)Allen, Durward L.
Professor Emeritus of Wildlife Ecology 1976
Beers, Thomas W.
Professor Emeritus of Forestry Measurement and Biometry 1991
Beineke, Walter F.
Professor Emeritus of Forestry and Natural Resources 1998
Bramble, William C.
Professor Emeritus of Forestry 1973
Byrnes, William R.
Professor Emeritus of Forestry 1989
Callahan, John C.
Professor Emeritus of Forest Resources Economics 1986
Cassens, Daniel L.
Professor Emeritus of Forestry & Natural Resources 2017
Chaney, William R.
Professor Emeritus of Forestry & Natural Resources 2005
Eckelman, Carl A.
Professor Emeritus of Forestry & Natural Resources 2018
Fix, William L.
Professor Emeritus of Forestry & Natural Resources 1984
Holt, Harvey A.
Professor Emeritus of Forestry & Natural Resources 2009
Hoover, William L.
Professor Emeritus of Forestry & Natural Resources 2013
Hunt, Micheal O.
Professor Emeritus of Forestry & Natural Resources 2007
Kirkpatrick, Charles M.
Professor Emeritus of Wildlife Management 1981
Knudson, Douglas M.
Professor Emeritus of Forestry & Natural Resources 1999
Krauch, Herbert C. Jr.
Professor Emeritus of Wildlife Science 1987
LeMaster, Dennis C.
Professor Emeritus of Forestry and Natural Resources 2004
Meilan, Rick
Professor Emeritus of Forestry & Natural Resources 2021
Merrit, Clair
Professor Emerita of Forestry 1987
Michaud, Howard H.
Professor Emeritus of Forestry & Natural Resources 1971
Michler, Charles H.
Adjunct Professor Emeritus of Forestry & Natural Resources 2016
Miller, Charles L.
Professor Emeritus of Forestry 1983
Moser, John W. Jr.
Professor Emeritus of Forestry & Natural Resources 2008
Mumford, Russell E.
Professor Emeritus of Wildlife Science 1988
O'Leary, Joseph T.
Professor Emeritus of Forestry & Natural Resources 2001
Parker, George R.
Professor Emeritus of Forestry & Natural Resources 2008
Perkins, Robert H.
Professor Emeritus of Forestry 1983
Pope, Philip E.
Professor Emeritus of Forestry & Natural Resources 2016
Senft, John F.
Professor Emeritus of Wood Science 1997
Spacie, Anne
Professor Emerita of Forestry & Natural Resources 2005
Stark, Eric W.
Professor Emeritus of Forestry 1976
Suddarth, Stanley K.
Professor Emeritus of Wood Engineering 1986
Swihart, Robert
Professor Emeritus of Forestry and Natural Resources 2024
Wagner, Bob
Professor Emeritus of Forestry and Natural Resources 2024
Weeks, Harmon P.
Professor Emeritus of Forestry & Natural Resources 2011
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