College Board of Trustees
Officers
William A. Lowry ’84, Chairman
Claudia Wyatt-Johnson ’69, Secretary
Charter Trustees
Class of 2023
Earl J. Barnes II ’86
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Amita Health
David F. Gorter ’80
President; SSU Corporation
James M. Hunter ’71
Richmond Hill, GA
William A. Lowry ’84
Shareholder and Managing Shareholder, Nyhan, Bambrick, Kinzie, and Lowry PC
Cook County Commissioner of the 3rd District
Mark A. Nagle
President, Czarnowski Display Service Inc.
Claudia Wyatt-Johnson ’69
Founding Partner, Partners in Performance Inc.
Class of 2024
William Connell
Lake Forest, IL
Robert D. Krebs
Lake Forest, Illinois
Randall S. Lauer ’81
Independent Trustee, HPS Corporate Lending Fund
Alexander D. Stuart
President, North Star Investments
Class of 2025
Charles M. Brennan III
Mettawa, IL
John D. Carruthers ’78
Senior Business Analyst (ret), US Bank
Doni Fordyce-Urfirer ’81
President and Chief Operating Officer, Stone Key Group
Craig Omtvedt
Lake Forest, IL
Stephen C. Strelsin
Managing Partner (ret), Axiom Consulting Partners
Class of 2026
William G. Brown
Hobe Sound, FL
David A. Castagnetti ’84
Founder, Mehlman Castagnetti
Joseph McCarthy ’78
Chief Brand Officer, Juvenescence
Joanne Storkan
Executive Producer and President, Honest Engine Films
Sean Thomas ’81
Partner, Negotiations & Contracts Executive, Aon Hewitt
National
Class of 2023
Robert W. Crawford, Jr.
Chairman, Brook Furniture Rental
Shao Lin-Lee
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, ACELYRIN, Inc.
Martino R. Moore ’99
Executive Director on the Institutional Salestrading Desk, Morgan Stanley
Robert S. Murley
Vice Chairman, Credit Suisse
Dr. Angelique L. Richard ’85
Acting Senior Vice President for Hospital Operations; Chief Nursing Executive for the Rush System; Vice President, Clinical Nursing and Chief Nurse Officer for Rush University Medical Center and the Associate Dean for Practice, Rush University College of Nursing
Class of 2024
Marisue Lacher
Lake Forest, IL
Class of 2025
M. Mercedes Badia-Tavas
Partner, Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Class of 2026
Devon C. Bruce
Partner, Power Rogers, & Smith LLP
Jessica Q. Coleman ’89
Vice President, Investment Management Division: Goldman Sachs & Company, LLC
Geoffrey M. Curtis ’97
Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Chief Communication Officer; Horizon Pharma, PLC
Niel J. Donnelley
Major Account Manager, R.R. Donnelley
Karen S. Frost ’89
Senior Vice President, Health Strategy & Solutions; Alight Solutions
K. Scott Meloun ’81
Naples, FL
Mark A. Shadle ’84
Managing Director, Global Corporate Affairs; Zeno Group
Ex-Officio
Dr. Jill Baren
President, Lake Forest College
Susan DuMont ’07
President, Lake Forest College Alumni Council
Jeffrey J. Anderson
President and Chief Executive Officer, Lake Forest Graduate School of Management
Life Trustees
Daniel D. Dolan, Jr. ’80
Owner/Managing Member, Dolan McEniry Capital Management, LLC
Russell W. Fisher
Chairman, Biofit Engineered Products
James P. Gorter
Green Bay Management Company
John S. Lillard
Chairman (ret.), Wintrust Financial Corporation
Paula P. Lillard
Lake Forest, IL
David B. Mathis ’60
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (ret.), Kemper Group
Marian P. Pawlick
Lake Bluff,IL
Lorna S. Pfaelzer
Lake Bluff, IL
Rhoda A. Pierce ’60
Highland Park, IL
The Faculty
Current Faculty
Dawn M. Abt-Perkins (1993)
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison); Director of Writing Programs; Professor of Education
Glenn Adelson (2009)
B.A., University of Michigan; J.D., University of Michigan; Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
Robert Archambeau (1996)
B.A., University of Manitoba; M.A., M.F.A., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame; Professor of English
Carla Arnell (2000)
A.B., Augustana College; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University; Professor of English
Sugata Banerji (2015)
B.E., West Bengal University of Technology (Kolkata, India); Ph.D., New Jersey Institute of Technology; Associate Professor of Computer Science
Flavia Barbosa (2017)
B.S., Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil); Ph.D., University of Missouri; Associate Professor of Biology
Anne Barry (2015)
B.A. and Higher Diploma in Education, University College Cork (Ireland); M.A., University of St. Thomas; Ph.D., Florida State University; Associate Professor of Music
Cassondra Batz-Barbarich (2019)
B.S., Loyola University Chicago; M.S., Ph.D, Purdue University; Assistant Professor of Business
Rudi Batzell (2017)
B.A., Columbia College; M.Phil., University of Cambridge (UK); Ph.D., Harvard University; Assistant Professor of History
Christopher Todd Beer (2012)
B.F.A., The Savannah College of Art & Design; M.A., Humboldt State University; Ph.D., Indiana University; Associate Professor of Sociology
Theodore R. “T. R.” Bell (2004)
B.A., Lake Forest College; Physical Educator and Coach; Director of Summer Conferences
Elizabeth Benacka (2007-2013, 2013)
B.A., Loyola University of Chicago; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University; Associate Professor of Communication
Susy Bielak (2022)
B.A., Macalester College; M.F.A., University of California San Diego; Assistant Professor of Art
David M. Boden (1996)
B.A., Johns Hopkins University; J.D., College of William and Mary; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University; Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
Arthur Bousquet (2018)
B.S., M.S., SuP Galilee (France); Ph.D., Indiana University; Associate Professor of Mathematics
Brian Bruha (2004)
B.A., Lake Forest College, M.B.A., Keller Graduate School of Management; Director of Athletic Facilities, Head Men’s Golf Coach
Patricia M. Buenrostro (2019)
B.S., University of Illinois; Ph.D., University of Illinois (Chicago); Assistant Professor of Education
Stephanie Caparelli (2022)
B.A., Lake Forest College; J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law; Assistant Professor of Politics
James Catanzaro (2009)
B.A., Greenville College; M.A., West Virginia University; Head Football Coach
Alexander Cates (2023)
B.A., Hamilton College; Ph.D., Northwestern University; Visiting Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Ajar Chekirova (2019)
B.A., Ohio University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinios-Chicago; Assistant Professor of Politics
Shiwei Chen (1998)
B.A., Yunnan University; M.A., Peking University; Ph.D., Harvard University; Professor of History
Beth Clemmensen (2022)
B.A., University of Illinois; M.BA., Northwestern University; Visiting Assistant Professor of Business
Jason A. Cody (1995-1996; 1997)
B.A., College of Wooster; Ph.D., Northwestern University; Professor of Chemistry
Michael Cohen (2017)
B.A., Miami University; M.A., Michigan State University; Associate Director of Admissions
William Conrad (2018)
B.A., Macalester College; Ph.D., University of Washington; Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Zachary Cook (2018)
B.A., Williams College; Ph.D., Northwestern University; Assistant Professor of Politics
Joshua Corey (2007)
B.A., Vassar College; M.A., M.F.A., University of Montana; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University; Professor of English
Michael Dau (1966)
B.A., M.L.S., Lake Forest College; Physical Educator and Coach
Diana Davila Gordillo (2022)
B.S., Pontificia Universdad Catolica del Ecuador; M.S., Ph.D., Leiden University (The Netherlands); Assistant Professor of Politics
Ryan Davis (2022)
B.S., Arizona State University; M.A.T., National Louis University; Men’s Head Basketball Coach
Shubhik DebBurman (2001)
B.A., Wittenberg University; Ph.D., Northwestern University; Professor of Biology
Rebecca Delventhal (2020)
B.A., Macalester College; M.S., Ph.D., Yale University; Assistant Professor of Biology
Emily L. Dix (2023)
B.S., Haverford College; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison; Assistant Professor of Psychology
Scott Edgar (2012)
B.A., Bowling Green State University; M.A., University of Dayton; Ph.D., University of Michigan; Associate Professor of Music
Christopher J. Ellertson (2015)
B.A., Otterbein College; M.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Vice President for Enrollment
Tilahun Emiru (2020)
B.A., Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia); M.S., University of Copenhagen (Denmark); M.P.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., Cornell University; Assistant Professor of Economics
Daw-Nay Evans (2012)
B.A., George Mason University; M.A., Virginia Polytechnic and State University; Ph.D., DePaul University; Associate Professor of Philosophy
Daniel Everhart (2022)
B.A., University of North Carolina; M.A., University of Virginia; Visiting Instructor in Spanish
Amanda Felkey (2006)
B.A., Carleton College; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University; Professor of Economics and Business
Elizabeth W. Fischer (1992)
B.A., Lake Forest College; Ph.D., Northwestern University; Senior Lecturer in Chemistry
Ariana Gammel (2015)
Bachelor of Accountancy, University of San Diego; M.B.A., Lake Forest Graduate School of Management; Lecturer in Business
Andrew Gard (2019)
B.S., Ph.D., The Ohio State University University; Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Paul Gladen (2016)
B.A., St. Olaf College; Ph.D., Indiana University; Associate Professor of Chemistry
Anya Golovkova (2020)
B.A., Moscow State Linguistics University (Russia); M.A., Columbia University; M.St., Oxford University (United Kingdom); Ph.D., Cornell University; Assistant Professor of Religion
Benjamin Goluboff (1986)
B.A., New York University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; Professor of English
Rebecca Graff (2014)
B.A., University of California (Berkeley); M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago; Associate Professor of Anthropology
Cristina Groeger (2017)
B.A., Harvard University; M.Phil., University of Cambridge (UK); Ph.D., Harvard University; Assistant Professor of History
Kent R. Grote (1998)
B.A., Doane College; M.A., University of Cincinnati; Ph.D., George Mason University; Assistant Professor of Business
Muris Hadzic (2016)
B.A., Bogazici University (Turkey); M.B.A., Ph.D., Syracuse University, Associate Professor of Finance
Cynthia T. Hahn (1990)
B.A., Rosary College; M.A., Purdue University; Ph.D., University of Illinois; Professor of French
Cristina Haidau (2023)
B.S., West University of Timisoara (Romania): M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois-Chicago; Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Kimberly Hazlett (2014)
B.A., Luther College; MLIS, Dominican University; Reference & Instruction Librarian
Paul Henne (2019)
B.A., Lake Forest College; M.A., Arizona State University; Ph.D., Duke University; Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Linda Horwitz (2003)
B.A., Bates College; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University; Professor of Communication
Patrick Hussey (2021)
B.A., M.L.I.S., Dominican University; Access and Outreach Librarian
Sara Jamshidi (2020)
B.A., University of California (San Diego); M.S., California State University (Los Angeles); Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University; Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics
Chloe Johnston (2011)
B.A., University of Chicago; M.A. and Ph.D., Northwestern University; Associate Professor of Theater
Anna Trumbore Jones (2003)
B.A., University of Chicago; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University; Professor of History
Aundrey Jones (2021)
B.A., University of California-Riverside; M.A., Ph.D., University of California-San Diego; Assistant Professor of African American Studies
David Jordan (2015)
B.S., Northern Illinois University; M.S., DePaul University, Lecturer in Business
Courtney Pierre Joseph (2017)
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois; Associate Professor of History and African American Studies
Eileen Karsten (2001)
B.A., Barat College; M.A., Rosary College Graduate School of Library and Information Science; Cataloging & Acquisitions Librarian
Michael M. Kash (1988)
B.A., Lake Forest College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Professor of Physics
Matthew R. Kelley (2002)
B.S., University of Wisconsin (Parkside); M.S., Ph.D., Purdue University; Professor of Psychology
Joseph Kinsella (2006)
B.A., Illinois Wesleyan University; Head Softball Coach; Director of Intramurals
Karen E. Kirk (1996)
B.S., University of Delaware; Ph.D., Rutgers University; Professor of Biology
Craig D. Knuckles (1995)
B.S., M.S., Tennessee Technological University; Ph.D., Louisiana State University; Professor of Mathematics
Denise Kripper (2016)
B.A., Lenguas Vivas Institute of Higher Education (Argentina); M.A., Georgetown University; Associate Professor in Spanish
Robert J. Lemke (2002)
B.A., Saint Olaf College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison); Professor of Economics and Business
David E. Levinson (1992)
B.A., University of Arizona; M.M., Northwestern University; M.S., University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign); Systems Librarian; Academic Technologist
Marilen Loyola (2022)
B.A., University of Michigan; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison; Assistant Professor of Spanish
Ann B. Maine (1994)
B.S., Williams College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Rochester; Assistant Professor of Biology
James J. Marquardt (2002)
B.A., Villanova University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago; Professor of Politics
Kimiko Matsumura (2023)
B.A., University of Kansas; M.A., Indiana University; Ph.D., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Assistant Professor of Art History
Brian McCammack (2015)
B.S., M.A., Purdue University; Ph.D., Harvard University; Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
Janet McCracken (1993)
B.A., Vassar College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas (Austin); Professor of Philosophy
Robert Chad McCracken (2001; 2004)
B.A., Yale University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas (Austin); J.D., University of Texas School of Law; Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Politics
Gizella Meneses (2005)
B.A., M.A., Loyola University (Chicago); Ph.D., Arizona State University; Professor of Spanish
Sean Menke (2010)
B.A., University of Minnesota; M.S., University of Oklahoma; Ph.D., University of California; Professor of Biology
Donald C. Meyer (1995)
B.A., University of California (Santa Barbara); M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Davis); Professor of Music
Krista Miller (2021)
B.A., Lake Forest College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago; Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
Siobhan M. Moroney (1993)
B.A., University of Oklahoma; Ph.D., Rutgers University; Associate Professor of Politics
Nathan Mueggenburg (2004)
B.A., Illinois Wesleyan University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Chicago; Associate Professor of Physics
Melissa Naughton (2008)
B.A., Millikin University; M.S.Ed., Eastern Illinois University; Assistant Director of Transfer Admissions
Desmond Odugu (2009)
B.A., University of Ibadan (Nigeria); M.A., Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka (Nigeria); M.Ed., Ph.D., Loyola University Chicago; Associate Professor of Education
Sean O'Malley (2014)
B.S., State University of New York (Brockport); Head Women's Golf Coach
Evan Oxman (2010)
B.A., Duke University; M.A. and Ph.D., Princeton University; Associate Professor of Politics
Dimitra Papadovasilaki (2017)
B.A., University of Macedonia (Greece); Ph.D., Boise State University; Associate Professor of Finance
John Pappas (2017)
B.A., Drake University; M.B.A., Lake Forest Graduate School of Management; Lecturer in Entrepreneurship
David W. Park (2003)
B.S., Northwestern University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; Professor of Communication
Roshni Patel (2020)
B.A., University of Texas (Austin); Ph.D., Emory University; Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Richard Pettengill (2003)
B.A., Bates College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago; Associate Professor of Theater
Linh Pham (2022)
B.S., University of Wisconsin-La Crosse; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Assistant Professor of Economics
Camila Pizano (2023)
B.S., Colegio Los Nogales (Columbia); M.S. Universidad de los Andes (Columbia); Ph.D., University of Florida; Assistant Professor of Biology
Jacquelynn S. Popp (2016)
B.A., University of St. Thomas; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago; Associate Professor of Education
Catherine Reedy (2017)
B.A., Bates College; Ph.D., Harvard University; Visiting Assistant Professor of English
DeJuran Richardson (1986-1991; 1993)
B.A., M.S., Ph.D, Northwestern University; Associate Dean of the Faculty; Professor of Mathematics
Katie Rueffer (2018)
B.A., Elmhurst College; M.A., Waldorf College, Head Volleyball Coach
Ahmad Sadri (1988)
B.A., M.A., Teheran University; M.A., Ph.D., New School for Social Research; Gorter Professor of Islamic World Studies and Professor of Sociology
David Sanchez Burr (2017)
B.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth University; M.F.A., University of Nevada-Las Vegas; Associate Professor of Art
R. Scott Schappe (1996)
B.S., University of Michigan; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin; Professor of Physics
Davis Schneiderman (2001)
B.A., Pennsylvania State University; M.A., Ph.D., Binghamton University; Professor of English
Erica Schultz (2017)
B.A., Macalester College; Ph.D., University of Californina-Berkeley; Associate Professor of Chemistry
Margot Schwalbe (2018)
B.A., M.A., University of Minnesota Duluth; Ph.D., University of Rhode Island; Assistant Professor of Biology
Ryan Selleck (2023)
B.S., University of Michigan; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison; Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
Tessa Sermet (2018)
B.A., M.A., University of Geneva (Switzerland); Assistant Professor of French
Nilam Shah (2015)
B.S., University of Illinois; M.S., Ph.D., Northwestern University; Associate Professor of Chemistry
Jacqueline A. Slaats (1986)
B.S., Iowa State University; M.S., University of Wisconsin (Whitewater); Vice President for Career Services and Athletics; Senior Advisor to the President
Adina Stanculescu (2023)
B.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois-Chicago; Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
Jeffrey O. Sundberg (1989)
B.A., Carleton College; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University; James S. Kemper Foundation Chair in Liberal Arts and Business and Professor of Economics and Business
Benjamin Swerdlow (2022)
B.A., Wesleyan University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley; Assistant Professor of Psychology
Holly Swyers (2006)
B.A., Ripon College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago; Professor of Anthropology
Vivian Ta-Johnson (2018)
B.A., M.S., Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington; Assistant Professor of Psychology
Nancy Tao (2020)
B.A., Shandong University (China); M.Sc., Lancaster University (United Kingdom); Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University; Associate Professor of Finance
Vadim Tashlitsky (2008)
B.A., Lake Forest College; Head Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Coach
Tracy M. Taylor (2008)
B.F.A., University of New Mexico; M.F.A., The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Associate Professor of Art
Tamlyn Tills (2008)
B.S., University of Wisconsin (La Crosse); M.Ed., Cardinal Stritch College; Head Women’s Basketball Coach
Enrique Trevino (2013)
B.S., University of Texas at El Paso; Ph.D., Dartmouth College; Associate Professor of Mathematics
Elayne Vollman (2021)
B.A., Carleton College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago; Assistant Professor of Psychology
Veronika Walkosz (2018)
B.S., Loyola University Chicago; M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago; Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics
Nicholas L. Wallin (2009)
B.A., M.A., Northwestern University; M.A., Peabody Conservatory of Music; Ph.D., University of Minnesota; Associate Professor of Music
RL Watson (2018)
B.A., M.A., Yale University., Ph.D., The University of Chicago; Assistant Professor of English
Naomi Wentworth (1983)
B.A., University of Massachusetts (Amherst); M.S., Assumption College; Ph.D., University of Connecticut; Associate Professor of Psychology
Rachel A. Whidden (2005)
B.A., M.A., Wake Forest University; Ph.D., University of Iowa; Associate Professor of Communication
BJ White (2010)
B.A., Drake University; Registrar of the College
Jennifer Wilson (2018)
B.A., Columbia College; M.M., Morris Graduate School of Management; Head Women's Hockey Coach
Dawn C. Wiser (1998)
B.S., Muskingum College; Ph.D., Colorado State University; Associate Professor of Chemistry
Ying Wu (2013)
B.A., Shaanxi Normal University (China); M.A., Beijing Normal University (China); Ph.D., Purdue University; Assistant Professor of Chinese
Camille Johnson Yale (2011)
B.S., Ohio University; M.A., University of Illinois at Chicago; Ph.D., University of Illinois; Associate Professor of Communication
Benjamin Zeller (2013)
B.A., University of Rochester; M.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina; Professor of Religion
Faculty Emeriti
Dates in parentheses indicate year of original appointment to the faculty and length of service.
Robert A. Baade (1973-2022)
B.A., University of Wisconsin (Whitewater); M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison); A.B. Dick Professor of Economics and Business, Emeritus
Lois B. Barr (1996-2016)
B.S., Georgetown University; M.A., Middlebury College; Ph.D., University of Kentucky; Associate Professor of Spanish, Emerita
Catherine Benton (1987-2020)
B.A., Southern Illinois University; M.I.A. (International Administration and Cross-cultural Education), School for International Training; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University; Associate Professor of Religion, Emerita
Ann D. Bowen (1952-1986)
Mus.B., Oberlin College; M.A., Columbia University; Mus.D., Northwestern University; Professor of Music, Emerita
Nancy Brekke (1991-2023)
B.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota; Associate Professor of Psychology, Emerita
Lowell A. Carmony (1981-2000)
B.A., Indiana University; M.S., University of California (Berkeley); Ph.D., Southern Illinois University; Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, Emeritus
Dan P. Cole (1965-1994)
A.B., Columbia University; B.D., Union Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Drew University; William R. Bross Professor of Religion, Emeritus
Michael Benet Croydon (1968-1995)
Associate, Royal College of Art (London); Professor of Art, Emeritus
Les R. Dlabay (1983-2018)
B.S., University of Illinois (Chicago); M.B.A., DePaul University; Ed.D., Northern Illinois University; Professor of Economics and Business, Emeritus
Kathryn Rindskopf Dohrmann (1975-1983; 1985-1988; 1991-2022)
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Iowa State University; M.P.H., Columbia University; Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Emerita
Judy M. Dozier (1997-2018)
B.A., University of Illinois (Chicago); M.A., Governors State University; Ph.D., Loyola University (Chicago); Associate Professor of English, Emerita
Richard F. Dye (1983 - 2007)
A.B., Kenyon College; M.B.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan; Ernest A. Johnson Professor of Economics, Emeritus
Michael H. Ebner (1974 - 2007)
B.A., University of Toledo; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia; James D. Vail III Professor of History, Emeritus
Arlene Eskilson (1972-2000)
B.A., M.A., Roosevelt University; Ph.D., University of Illinois (Chicago); Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Emerita
Roger J. Faber (1965-1996)
B.S., Calvin College; Ph.D., Michigan State University; Jacob Beidler Professor of Physics, Emeritus
Paul B. Fischer (1971-2007)
B.A., M.A., City College of New York; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts; Professor of Politics, Emeritus
C. Richard Fisher (1987-2018)
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago; Associate Professor of German, Emeritus
Phylis M. Frankel (1968-2004)
B.S., M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University; Associate Professor of Psychology, and Director and Staff Member, Counseling Center, Emerita
Anthony L. Fritz (1978-2010)
B.S., M.S., University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee); Physical Educator and Coach, Emeritus
Jonathan Fuller Galloway (1966-2002)
B.A., Swarthmore College; Ph.D., Columbia University; Irvin L. and Fern D. Young Presidential Professor of Politics, Emeritus
Jean-Luc Garneau (1964-2017)
B.A., Université Laval (Quebec); M.A., University of Illinois (Chicago); Licence des Lettres Libre, Université Laval; Professor of French, Emeritus
Carol Gayle (1966-2011)
B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., Columbia University; Director of Community Education; Associate Director of the MLS Program; Associate Professor of History, Emerita
David George (1985-2016)
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota; Professor of Spanish, Emeritus
Pericles B. Georges (1989-2003)
A.B., University of Illinois (Chicago); M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley); Associate Professor of History, Emeritus
Frederic A. Giere (1962-1988)
B.A., Luther College; M.S., Syracuse University; Ph.D., University of New Mexico; Professor of Biology, Emeritus
Clayton Gray, Jr. (1977-2010)
B.A., Fisk University; M.A., University of Colorado (Boulder); Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley); Associate Professor of German, Emeritus
Robert Morse Greenfield (1967-2002)
B.A., Occidental College; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University; Associate Professor of English, Emeritus
Gertrude Grisham (1976-1991)
Absolutorium, University of Vienna; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University; Director of the Writing Center and Lecturer, Emerita
R. Sergio Guglielmi (1991-2021)
Laurea, University of Rome; Ph.D., University of Minnesota; Professor of Psychology, Emeritus
Forest W. Hansen (1963-1993)
A.B., Harvard College; M.A., University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University; Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus
Robert L. Holliday (1982-2020)
B.S., University of Missouri (Rolla); M.S., Ph.D., Southern Illinois University; Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, Emeritus
Eugene Hotchkiss (1970-1993)
A.B., Dartmouth College; Ph.D., Cornell University; LL.D., Illinois College; LL.D., Lake Forest College; President, Emeritus
Anne E. Houde (1992-2018)
A.B., Princeton University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Maryland; Foster G. and Mary W. McGaw Professor of Biology, Emerita
Laura J. Kateley (1965-2013)
B.S., University of Detroit; M.S., Michigan State University; Associate Professor of Chemistry, Emerita
Karen Lebergott (1996-2020)
B.S., University of Wisconsin (Madison); M.F.A., The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Associate Professor of Art, Emerita
Dan L. LeMahieu (1974)
B.A., Lawrence University; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University; Hotchkiss Presidential Professor of History, Emeritus
Abba Lessing (1965-2011)
B.A., Wesleyan University; M.A., Ph.D., Tulane University; Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus
Rami Y. Levin (1994-2010)
B.A., Yale University; M.A., University of California (San Diego); Ph.D., University of Chicago; Associate Dean of the Faculty; Director of the Center for Chicago Programs; Professor of Music, Emerita
Debra Homer Levis (1996-1997; 1998-1999; 2000-2020)
B.A., J.D., Northwestern University; Assistant Professor of Politics
Douglas B. Light (2003-2018)
B.A., Colby College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Minnesota; Laurence R. Lee Family Professor of Biology, Emeritus
Louis G. Lombardi (1980-2016)
A.B., Brown University; Ph.D., University of Illinois (Urbana); Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus
Charles D. Louch (1957-1989)
B.A., College of Wooster; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin; Professor of Biology, Emeritus
Richard Mallette (1991-2014)
B.A., Boston College; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University; Distinguished Service Professor of English, Emeritus
William B. Martin (1961-2016)
B.S., Franklin and Marshall College; Ph.D., Northwestern University; Deane Professor of Biochemical and Biological Sciences; Emeritus
Arthur H. Miller, Jr. (1972-2013)
B.A., Kalamazoo College; M.A. (English), M.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., Northwestern University; Archivist and Librarian for Special Collections, Emeritus
Charles A. Miller (1974-1998)
B.A., Swarthmore College; M.P.A., Ph.D., Harvard University; Professor of Politics, Emeritus
William Moskoff (1970-1972; 1983-2002)
B.A., Hunter College; M.A., Ph.D. (Economics), Certificate, Russian Area Studies, University of Wisconsin; M.S. (Biological Sciences), University of Illinois (Chicago); Betty Jane Schultz Hollender Professor of Economics and Biology, Emeritus
Paul S. Orogun (1995-2017)
B.S., University of Ife, Ile-Ife (Nigeria); M.A., Ph.D., University of California (San Diego); Associate Professor of Politics, Emeritus
Edward W. Packel (1971-2013)
B.A., Amherst College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ernest H. Volwiler Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus
Rachel G. Ragland (1996-2019)
B.A., M.S., University of Pennsylvania; Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; Professor of Education, Emerita
Ann M. Roberts (1995-2021)
B.A., Johns Hopkins University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; James D. Vail Professor of Art, Emerita
Steven J. Rosswurm (1977-2018)
B.A., University of Michigan; M.A., Ph.D., Northern Illinois University; Professor of History, Emeritus
Franz Schulze (1952-1991)
Ph.D., University of Chicago; B.F.A., M.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Betty Jane Schultz Hollender Professor of Art, Emeritus
Stephen D. Schutt (2001-2022)
B.A., Earlham College; M.A., University of London (England); J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School; Lake Forest College; President, Emeritus
Shelley C. Sherman (1993-2014)
B.A., American University; M.S., Northwestern University; Ph.D., University of Illinois (Chicago); Associate Professor of Education, Emerita
Ralph L. Shively (1965-1987)
B.S., M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan; Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus
Charles S. Smith (1962-1985)
B.A., Western Kentucky State College; M.A., State University of Iowa; Ph.D., Indiana University; Associate Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus
W. Rand Smith (1977-2013)
B.A., University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill); M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan; Irvin L. & Fern D. Young Presidential Professor of Politics, Emeritus
David Spadafora (1990-2001)
B.A., Williams College; Ph.D., Yale University; Professor of History and President, Emeritus
George L. Speros (1963-2009)
B.S., Edinboro State College; M.A., Middlebury College; Ph.D., University of Madrid; Associate Provost and Associate Dean of the Faculty; Director of International Studies; Associate Professor of Spanish, Emeritus
Ghada Hashem Talhami (1983-2008)
B.A., Western College for Women; M.S., University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee); Ph.D., University of Illinois (Chicago); D.K. Pearsons Professor of Politics, Emerita
M. Lee Thompson (1962-1997)
B.A., Concordia College; Ph.D., Indiana University; Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
Robert James Troyer (1968-1992; 1993-1994)
B.S., Ball State University; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University; Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus
Carolyn Tuttle (1984-2021)
B.A., Boston College; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University; Betty Jane Schultz Hollender Professor of Economics and Business, Emerita
Kenneth L. Weik (1967-2001)
B.S., Northern Illinois University; M.S., Ph.D., Southern Illinois University; Associate Professor of Biology, Emeritus
Lynn C. Westley (1991)
B.A., Grinnell College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Iowa; Assistant Professor of Biology, Emerita
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Presidents of Lake Forest College
Robert W. Patterson, 1875-1877
Daniel S. Gregory, 1878-1886
William C. Roberts, 1886-1892
James G. K. McClure (acting), 1892-1893
John Merle Coulter, 1893-1896
John J. Halsey (acting), 1896-1897
James G. K. McClure, 1897-1901
Richard Davenport Harlan, 1901-1906
John J. Halsey (acting), 1906-1907
John Scholte Nollen, 1907-1917
Henry W. Wright (acting), 1917-1920
Herbert McComb Moore, 1920-1942
Ernest A. Johnson, 1942-1959
John Howard (acting), 1959-1960
William Graham Cole, 1960-1969
William L. Dunn (acting), 1969-1970
Eugene Hotchkiss, 1970-1993
David Spadafora, 1993-2001
Stephen D. Schutt 2001-2022
Jill M. Baren 2022-present