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Faculty

The list of past faculty, which originally appeared here, was removed due to both the number of errors and the difficulty and challenges in maintaining an accurate and updated list.

Faculty names can be found by using the following sources:

Those interested in material published by members of the faculty should consult Swem Library's online catalog and journal databases as well as Special Collections.

Number of Faculty

  • 1831-1833: 7
  • 1834-1837: 6
  • 1838: 8
  • 1839-1842: 5
  • 1842-1847: 4
  • 1848-1849: 5
  • 1850-1851: 6
  • 1852-1855: 7
  • 1856-1861: 6
  • 1974: 391 (from 1974 Self-Study)

Fall 1974:

  • Alphabetic Faculty Fall 1974, 1/03/75: Aceto-112, conner-108, garner-108, kerner-108, neiman-108, shepherd-108, wheeler-30; Total-682 (from the Office of Institutional Research records)
  • Alpha F,A,L,S,E 4/75: Aceto-105, Diduk-105, Jensen-105, Palmaz-105, Thomas-58, Total-478 (from the Office of Institutional Research records)
  • Alpha F,A,L,S,E 1/75: Aceto-112, Conner-108, Garner-108, Kerner-108, Neiman-108, Shepherd-108, Wheeler-30, Total- 682 (from the Office of Institutional Research records)

References

  • Number of faculty from 1831-1861 from The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year 1831, Boston: Gray and Bowen, 1830. AY 54 A5 (1831-1861).

Faculty and Staff

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  • Melvyn D. Schiavelli

    Melvyn D. Schiavelli was Provost of William & Mary from 1986 - 1993. He was Assistant Professor of Chemistry from 1968-1971, Associate Professor of Chemistry from 1971-1980, full Professor from 1980-1993, chair of the Chemistry department from 1978-1984 and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and…
  • Miaki Yakaoka

    Miaki Yakaoka was a visiting potter or ceramicist at William & Mary in the spring of 1974. References Alumni Gazette, May 1977.  
  • Nathaniel Beverley Tucker (1784-1851)

    Nathaniel Beverley Tucker (September 6, 1784-August 26, 1851), author, professor of law, was born at "Matoax" in Chesterfield County, Virginia. He was usually referred to as Beverley Tucker. He was the son of St. George Tucker and Frances (Bland) Randolph Tucker. He graduated from William &…
  • Nathaniel Y. Elliott, III

    Nathaniel Y. Elliott, III was a Past Faculty member of the Department of English at William & Mary. Obituary Announcement From a Faculty and Staff Announcement Email from Provost Michael Halleran on December 13, 2012: "Dear Colleagues - I am sorry to pass along the news that Nathaniel Y.…
  • Paul Littreal

    Paul Littreal was a member of the staff at William & Mary at VIMS and a member of the class of 2007. Obituary Announcement From a Faculty and Staff Announcement Email from Vice President for Administration Anna B. Martin:
  • Philip H. Daileader

    Philip H. Daileader joined the Department of History at William & Mary in 1998. He was chair of the department in 2007-2011.
  • Rebecca Marie Dickhut

    Rebecca Marie Dickhut was a Past Faculty member at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. Obituary Announcement From a Faculty and Staff Announcement Email from Provost Michael Halleran on November 7, 2011: "Dear Colleagues, I regret to inform you that the College has lost a long-time VIMS…
  • Reetika Vazirani

    Reetika Gina Vazirani was born August 9, 1962 in Patiala, India. In 1967, her family moved to the United States and settled in Silver Spring, Maryland. After high school, Vazirani earned her bachelor's degree from Wellesley College in 1984. She studied creative writing at Boston University from…
  • Rene A. Henry

    Rene Henry was born in Charleston, West Virginia in 1933 and his family moved to the Norfolk and Virginia Beach area in 1948. He graduated from Granby High School in Norfolk in 1951 and received an A.B. in economics from William & Mary in 1954. During his time at William & Mary, Henry…
  • Richard Lee Morton

    Richard Lee Morton was born on September 20, 1889 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. He received his B.A. from Hampden-Sydney College in 1910 and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. He also received an M.A. from Harvard. He came to William & Mary as Associate Professor of…
  • Robert F. Engs

    Robert F. Engs was a visiting professor in the Department of History at William & Mary. Obituary From a Faculty and Staff Announcement Email from Provost Michael Halleran on January 17, 2013: "I write with great sadness to share the news that Robert F. Engs, former Visiting Professor of History…
  • Samuel Henley

    Samuel Henley, born in 1745 in England, was ordained in the Church of England after being educated as a Dissenter. Henley was recruited to be Professor of Moral Philosophy at William & Mary (1770-1775), but returned to England in May 1775 because of the widening rift between England and…
  • Sarah Hammond

    Sarah Hammond was a visiting professor at William & Mary. Obituary Announcement From a Faculty and Staff Announcement Email from Provost Michael Halleran on November 30, 2011: "Dear Colleagues, It is with great sadness that I inform you of the death of Sarah Hammond, a visiting professor at the…
  • Simon Joyce

    Simon Joyce is an associate professor of English at William & Mary, and was associate chair of the Department of English from 2010-2011 in addition to being the former Literary and Cultural Studies/Film Studies Director. His area of academic interest include "Victorian Studies, modernism, early…
  • St. George Tucker (1752-1827)

    St. George Tucker (1752 - 1827) was born near Port Royal, Bermuda on July 10, 1752, the youngest of six children of Colonel Henry Tucker, a prosperous merchant, and Anne Butterfield, daughter of Bermuda's Chief Justice.
  • Staff Recognition

    Staff Recognition at a large organization may take any number of forms. Employee Appreciation Luncheon William & Mary celebrated it's first "classified employee recognition luncheon and award program" on June 30, 1976 in the Great Hall of the Wren Building. It recognized employees who had…
  • Susan Donaldson

    Susan Donaldson has been a professor of English and American Studies at William & Mary since 1985, and is the current chair of the Department of English. Her academic interests include "Late nineteenth- and twentieth-century American literature and cultural history, U.S. southern literature and…
  • Terry L. Meyers

    Terry L. Meyers is a professor at William & Mary in the Department of English (1970 - Present). He has served as Department Chair of English and the Department of Philosophy (2007). He received his A.B. from Lawrence University, both his M.A. and his Ph.D. are from the University of Chicago,…
  • Thomas L. Williams

    Born in 1912 in Shire Oaks, Pennsylvania, Thomas L. Williams studied photography at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. After graduating from the Institute, Mr. Williams enlisted in the Navy shortly following Pearl Harbor and was stationed at Camp Peary, where he started the base's photography…
  • Thomas Thorne

    Thomas E. Thorne was a member of the faculty in Fine Arts at William & Mary from 1940 through 1975. During his time at the College, he also served as Chair of the Fine Arts Department. His appointments: Instructor in Fine Arts, 1940-1943; Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, 1943-1945; Associate…
  • Travis L. Summersgill

    Travis L. Summersgill was a member of the faculty in the Department of English at William & Mary from 1948-1956. His appointments: Assistant Professor of English, 1948-1952; Associate Professor of English, 1952-1956; On leave of absence: 1954-1955 semester of 1955-1956 term.  Contents
  • Vernon L. Cubby

    Vernon L. Cubby was a member of the staff at William & Mary Obituary Announcement From a Faculty and Staff Announcement Email from Vice President for Administration Anna Martin on June 11, 2012: "It is with deep sadness that I inform you of the death of Vernon L. Cubby, a former employee in the…
  • William Barton Rogers

    William Barton Rogers (1804-1882), founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was educated at William & Mary in 1819-1821. Rogers Hall at William & Mary is named for him.
  • William Small

    William Small (1734-1775) taught at William & Mary from 1758 to 1764. Born in Carmyllie, Forfarshire, Scotland, he was educated at Marsichal College (University of Aberdeen). Contents Material in the SCRC
  • Xin Wu

    Xin Wu is a professor in the Department of Art and Art History at William & Mary. She came to William & Mary in 2011 and was the first tenure track professor in the department. She received her PhD in History of Art at the University of Bristol, United Kingdom, in 2008. Interview with…

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