280 Years, Unquantifiable Commitment

Hope is in the final weeks of its 157th academic year. Add together the years 2018-19’s nine retiring faculty have been at the college, and they have that beat by more than a century. Their combined service, from 21 to 41, totals 280 years, representing thousands of days, countless hours and unquantifiable commitment to providing the best for their students.

Dr. Janet Meyer Everts

Associate Professor of Religion
Joined the faculty in 1985
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M. Linda Graham

the Dorothy Wiley DeLong Professor of Dance
Joined the faculty in 1983
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Perry Landes

Associate Professor of Theatre
Joined the faculty in 1987
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Dr. John Patnott

Professor of Kinesiology and Swimming and Diving Coach
Joined the faculty in 1978
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Dr. Dianne Portfleet

Associate Professor of English
Joined the faculty in 1988
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Dr. Brad Richmond

Professor of Music
Joined the faculty in 1998
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Dr. Steven Smith

Professor of Kinesiology
Joined the faculty in 1990
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Dr. Elizabeth Trembley ’85

Associate Professor of English
Joined the faculty in 1988
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John Yelding

the Susan M. and Glenn G. Cherup Associate Professor of Education and Department Chair
Joined the faculty in 1994
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Please visit the college online for biographical sketches of each of the retirees.