Here’s to Retiring Smith Faculty

Every year, the President and the Provost host a reception in honor of retiring faculty members, paying tribute to their contributions to academic life, to their disciplines, to their students and to the Smith community.

At this year’s reception, on May 4, toasts were offered by President Carol Christ, Provost Marilyn Schuster, and Associate Provost and Dean for Academic Development John Davis in honor of eight retiring faculty members.

• Bob Burger, Achilles Professor in Geosciences
• Piotr Decowski, professor of physics
• Sue Freeman, professor of education and child study
• David Newbury, Gwendolyn Carter Professor of History
• Malgorzata Pfabe, Sophia Smith Professor of Physics 
• Steve Tilley, Myra M. Sampson Professor of Biology
• Susan Waltner, professor of dance
• Margaret Zelljadt, Professor emerita of German