Emeriti Faculty
The title of emeritus is a designation of distinction bestowed upon a retired faculty member who has held academic rank while serving in an academic, administrative or professional position or to a retired academic administrative staff member who has served in a position integral to the academic mission of the university.
Emeritus designation is a lifetime title honoring a retired faculty or academic administrative staff member as having demonstrated a distinguished professional career and as having made significant contributions to the university.
Emeriti Faculty by Decades
2025
Professor and Department Head Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering
2024
Professor and Department Head Emeritus of Mathematics and Statistics
Department Head and Professor Emeritus of Agronomy, Horticulture, and Plant Science
2023
Distinguished Professor of Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering Emeritus
David A Thompson Endowed Department Head, Associate Dean & Professor Emeritus
Professor and Department Head Emeritus of Chemistry & Biochemistry
2022
2021
Professor and Department Head Emerita of Construction and Operations Management
Ethel Austin Martin Endowed Chair and Professor Emerita, Health and Nutritional Sciences
2020
Associate Dean and Professor Emeritus of the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering
2019
2018
Dean and Professor Emeritus of the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering
2017
Professor Emeritus of Economics and President Emeritus of South Dakota State University
Professor and Dean Emeritus of the College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions
2016
2015
Harold C. Hohbach Endowed Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering
2014
2013
Distinguished Professor and Department Head Emeritus of Pharmaceutical Sciences
2012
Professor Emeritus of the SDSU Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences Department and the SD Agricultural Experiment Station
Professor Emerita of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences Department and the SD Agricultural Experiment Station
2011
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biology, Microbiology and Global Studies
2010
2009
Professor Emeritus of Music and Director Emeritus of The Pride of the Dakotas
Associate Dean of the College of Education and Counseling Emeritus and Professor of Counseling and Human Resource Development Emeritus
2008
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Dean Emeritus of the Honors College
Associate Professor Emerita of Extension Youth Development/4-H Specialist
2007
2006
Associate Emeritus Professor of Nutrition, Food Science and Hospitality
2005
2004
2003
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies and Theatre
Assistant Professor Emerita of Apparel Merchandising and Director of International Programs Emerita
2002
2001
Emeritus Assistant Professor of the Cooperative Extension Service
2000
Emeritus Extension EFNEP Coordinator/Assistant Professor of Nutrition, Food Science and Hospitality
Associate Professor of Nutrition, Food Science & Hospitality Emerita
Associate Professor of Nutrition, Food Science and Hospitality Emeritus
1999
1998
1997
1995
1994
1993
1991
1990
Prior to 1990