Academic Catalog - Virginia Military Institute Admissions

Virginia Military Institute
12-13 Catalogue
EMILY P. MILLER, Colonel, Professor of English and Head
of the Department of English and Fine Arts, and Holder
of the Navas-Read Chair in English Literature. B.A.,
M.A., College of William and Mary; Ph.D., University of
Virginia. (1988; 1993)
RICHARD BRYANT MINNIX, Colonel, Emeritus Professor
of Physics. B.S., Roanoke College; M.S., University of
Virginia; Ph.D., University of North Carolina. (1956; 1996)
TIM O. MOORE II, Major, Assistant Professor of Civil and
Environmental Engineering. B.S., Virginia Military Institute;
M.S., The University of Maryland; Ph.D., Virginia Tech.
(2010; 2010)
PAUL R. MOOSMAN JR., Major, Assistant Professor of
Biology. B.S. Virginia Military Institute; M.S. Eastern
Kentucky University; Ph.D. Auburn University. (2008, 2008)
ROBERT W. MORESCHI, Colonel, Professor of Economics
and Business. B.A., Augustana College; M.S., Ph.D.,
University of Illinois. (2002; 2007)
CHARLES D. MORGAN, Colonel, Professor Emeritus of
Mechanical Engineering. B.S., Stevens Institute of
Technology; M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D.,
Lehigh University. Professional Engineer. (1986; 2001)
JAMES M. MORGAN, JR., Major General, Dean Emeritus
of the Faculty and Professor of Civil Engineering. B.S.,
Virginia Military Institute; M.S., D.Eng., Johns Hopkins
University; Professional Engineer.(1946; 1984)
DEKUWMINI MORNAH, Assistant Professor of Economics
and Business. B.S., University of Ghana; M.A., PH.D.,
University of Mississippi. (2012; 2012)
W. GRIGG MULLEN, JR., Colonel, Professor of Civil &
Environmental Engineering and Holder of the Benjamin
Hardaway, Jr. '13 Institute Professorship in Engineering.
B.S., Virginia Military Institute; M.E., University of Virginia;
Ph. D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Professional Engineer (1992; 1998)
W. WAYNE NEEL, Colonel, Professor of Mechanical
Engineering. B.A., M.A., University of South Florida;
M.M.E., Ph.D., North Carolina State University.
Professional Engineer. (1989; 1996)
CHARLES D. NEWHOUSE, Lieutenant Colonel, Associate
Professor of Civil Engineering. B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University; Professional
Engineer. (2008; 2010)
ERIC W. OSBORNE, Major, Assistant Professor of History.
B.A., North Carolina State University; M.A., University
of South Carolina; Ph.D., Texas Christian University.
(2007; 2007)
JOHN H. PAGE, Colonel, Emeritus Professor of Civil
Engineering. B.S., Davis and Elkins College; M.S.,
Ph.D., University of Virginia; Professional Engineer.
(1979; 1993)
MARY BETH PENNINGTON, Major, Assistant Professor of
English, B.A., M.A., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University; Ph.D., UNC Greensboro. (2010; 2010)
PHILIP B. PETERS, Colonel, Professor Emeritus of Physics.
B.S., Virginia Military Institute; Ph.D., University of North
Carolina. (1960; 2002)
DANIEL Y. PHARR, Colonel, Professor of Chemistry. B.A.,
University of North Carolina; M.A., Wake Forest University;
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts. (1982; 1992)
GEORGE PIEGARI, Colonel, Professor Emeritus of
Mathematics and Computer Science. B.S., Montclair
State College; M.A., The Pennsylvania State University;
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University. (1965; 2007)
DAVID A. RACHELS, Colonel, Professor of English. B.A.,
Emory University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign (1996; 2007)
J. PATRICK RHAMEY, Major, Assistant Professor of
International Studies. B.A., Rhodes College; M.A.,
University of Georgia; Ph.D., University of Arizona.
(2012; 2012)
HOLLY JO RICHARDSON, Colonel, Professor of Physical
Education. B.S., University of Iowa; M.S., University of
Wisconsin-LaCrosse; Ph.D., The Ohio State University.
(1997; 1997)
DUNCAN J. RICHTER, Professor of Philosophy. B.A., Oxford
University; M. Phil., University College of Swansea; Ph.D.,
University of Virginia. (1995; 1996)
J. EDWARD RIESTER, Jr., Captain, Professor and Head
of Civil & Environmental Engineering. B.S., Virginia
Military Institute; M.S., Ph.D., Old Dominion University.
Professional Engineer. (1993; 2001)
STEVEN RIETHMILLER, Colonel, Emeritus Professor of
Chemistry. B.S., Virginia Military Institute; Ph.D., University
of South Carolina. (1963; 2008)
GARY K. ROGERS, Colonel, Professor of Civil Engineering.
B.S., West Virginia Institute of Technology; M.E., University
of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic and
State University; Professional Engineer. (1993; 1997).
GEORGE L. ROTH, JR., Colonel, Emeritus Professor of
English. A.B., Franklin and Marshall College; M.A., Ph.D.,
Princeton University. (1951; 1988)
RICHARD A. ROWE, Colonel, Professor of Biology, Director
of Research, VMI Research Laboratories, Inc. B.A., Ripon
College; M.S., Bowling Green State University; Ph.D.,
Michigan State University. (1991; 1997)
HOWARD B. SANBORN, IV, Major, Assistant Professor
of International Studies and Political Science. B.A.,
Washington and Lee; M.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa;
(2008; 2008)
WILLIAM G. SAUNDERS, Colonel, Emeritus Professor of
Mathematics. B.S., Randolph-Macon College; M.S.,
University of Michigan; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh.
(1949; 1992)
R. WANE SCHNEITER, Brigadier General, Deputy
Superintendent for Academics and Dean of the Faculty
and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
B.S., Ph.D., Utah State University; Professional Engineer
(1990; 2009)
HENRY D. SCHREIBER, Colonel, Professor of Chemistry and
Holder of the Beverly M. Read ’41 Institute Professorship
in Arts and Sciences. B.S., Lebanon Valley College; Ph.D.,
University of Wisconsin-Madison. (1976; 1986)
TINNI SEN, Colonel, Professor of Economics and Business.
B.S., M.S., Calcutta University; Ph.D., University of
Mississippi. (2001; 2011)
FRANK A. SETTLE, JR., Colonel, Emeritus Professor of
Chemistry. B.S., Emory and Henry College; Ph.D.,
University of Tennessee. (1964; 1992)
MICHAEL R. SEXTON, Captain, USNR (Ret.), Professor
Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering. B.S., M.S., Ph.D.,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University;
Professional Engineer. (1985; 2008)
ROSE MARY SHELDON, Colonel, Professor of History.
B.A., Trenton State College; M.A., Hunter College; Ph.D.,
University of Michigan. (1993; 2000)
TROY J. SIEMERS, Colonel, Professor and Head of the
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science;
B.S., M.S., Purdue University; Ph.D., University of Virginia.
(1999; 2009)
H. RICHARD SKUTT, Colonel, Emeritus Professor of
Electrical and Computer Engineering. B.S., M.S.,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ph.D.,
Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Professional Engineer.
(1978; 1996)
D. TODD SMITH, Colonel, Professor of Electrical and
Computer Engineering. B.S., Virginia Military Institute;
M.S., Duke University; Ph.D., University of Virginia.
Professional Engineer.(1996; 2004)
JEFFREY S. SMITH, Lieutenant Colonel, Assistant Professor
of Economics and Business, B.A. University of South
Carolina, M.S. Wright State University, Ph.D, University
of Tennessee (2011;2011)
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STANTON Q. SMITH, Lieutenant Colonel, Associate Professor
of Chemistry. B.S., University of Central Florida; Ph.D.,
University of Virginia (1999; 2005)
JAMES C. SQUIRE, Colonel, Professor of Electrical and
Computer Engineering. B.S., United States Military
Academy; M.S., Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. Professional Engineer. (2000; 2008)
GERALD A. "JAY" SULLIVAN, Colonel, Associate Professor of
Mechanical Engineering. B.S., University of Vermont; M.S.,
Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic University; Professional
Engineer(2004; 2011)
GLENN R. SULLIVAN, Major, Assistant Professor of
Psychology. B.A., Dominican College of San Rafael;
M.S., Ph.D., Pacific Graduate School of Psychology.
(2006; 2006)
DONALD R. SUNNEN, Colonel, Professor of Modern
Languages and Cultures. B.A., Lawrence University;
M.A., University of Illinois; Ph.D., University of Illinois.
(1990; 2001)
MATTHEW K. SWENTY, Major, Assistant Professor of Civil
& Environmental Engineering. B.S., M.S., University of
Missouri-Rolla; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University. (2011; 2011)
MOHAMED TAIFI, Professor of Modern Languages and
Cultures. Diploma of Advanced Studies, University of
Mohammed V; Third Cycle Doctorate, University of
Strasbourg; State Doctorate of Letters, University of
Aix-Marseille, (2003; 2003)
RYAN P. TAYLOR, Major, Assistant Professor of Mechanical
Engineering. B.S., Virginia Military Institute; M.S., Ph.D.,
University of Wisconsin. (2009; 2009)
SOE THAN, Colonel, Professor of Mathematics and Computer
Science. B.S., Rangoon University; M.S., University of
Lancaster; Ph.D., University of Kansas. (1995; 2001)
DONALD E. THOMAS, Colonel, Emeritus Professor of History.
B.A., University of Michigan; M.A., Ph.D., University of
Chicago. (1972; 2001)
JOHN R. THOMPSON, Colonel, Professor and Head of Physics
and Astronomy and Holder of the Cameron Professorship
in Physics and Astronomy, B.S., Tennessee Technology
University; M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology; Ph.D.,
Georgia Institute of Technology. (2006;2006)
ROGER C. THOMPSON, Colonel, Professor of English. B.A.,
M.A., Baylor University; Ph.D., Texas Christian University.
(1999; 2009)
PENNIE J. TICEN, Lieutenant Colonel, Associate Professor
of English. B.A., Mount Holyoke College; M.A., Ph.D.,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst. (2003; 2006)
MICHAEL J. TIERNEY, Colonel, Emeritus Professor of
Mathematics and Computer Science. B.S., M.S., Ph.D., St.
Louis University; M.S., University of Virginia. (1983; 1988)
DAREN J. TIMMONS, Colonel, Professor and Head of the
Department of Chemistry and Holder of the John C.
Allen '62 Institute Professorship in Chemistry. B.S., Duke
University; Ph.D., Texas A&M University. (2001; 2011)
DANIELA M. TOPASNA, Lieutenant Colonel, Associate
Professor of Physics. B.S., University of Bucharest; M.S.,
Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
(2002; 2008)
GREGORY A. TOPASNA, Lieutenant Colonel, Associate
Professor of Physics. B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University. (2000; 2006)
RICHARD S. TRANDEL, Colonel, Emeritus Professor of
Mechanical Engineering. B.S., Virginia Military Institute;
M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University;
Ph.D., University of Virginia; Professional Engineer.
(1959; 2004)
BLAIR P. TURNER, Captain, Professor of History and Political
Science. B.A., St. Andrews Presbyterian College; M.A.,
Ph.D., University of Florida. (1982; 1991)