Wayne T. Smith Distinguished Professors

The Wayne T. Smith Distinguished Professorship was established in 1996 through the generosity of the Humana Foundation and in honor of Wayne T. Smith.  Smith, the former chief operating officer of Humana, Inc., and a loyal College of Education alumnus, saw the need for the college to have such professorships to recruit, reward and retain outstanding professors in education.  He desired for the college to be one of the elite educational institutions in the Southeast, not to mention the nation. Smith believed that bestowing such an honor on faculty to be essential to the success and growth of any premier institution. This distinguished professorship was the first of its kind in the college, and was first presented in 1998.  

Wayne and his wife, Cheryl, are 1968 graduates of the College of Education. He has served the college in the past as a member of its National Advisory Council and its inaugural Keystone Leader-in-Residence. Today he is chairman, president and CEO of Tennessee-based Community Health Systems.  

The year our distinguished professors were bestowed the Wayne T. Smith Distinguished Professorship is in parenthesis. Their years of service on the college faculty are indicated below their name.

Current Wayne T. Smith Distinguished Professors

Joseph Buckhalt

Dr. Joseph Buckhalt (2003)
Special Education, Rehabilitation, Counseling/School Psychology
1979 to present

Mark Fischman

Dr. Mark Fischman (2004)
Kinesiology
1989 to present 
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Peter Hastie

Dr. Peter Hastie (2008)
Kinesiology
1994 to present
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Frances Kochan

Dr. Frances K. Kochan (2005)
Educational Foundations,
Leadership and Technology
1994 to present

David Martin

Dr. E. Davis Martin (2007)
Special Education, Rehabilitation, Counseling/School Psychology
2003 to present
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Mary Rudisill

Dr. Mary Rudisill (2004)
Kinesiology
1996 to present
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Betty Lou Whitford

Dr. Betty Lou Whitford (2010)
Dean
2010 to present

Retired Wayne T. Smith Distinguished Professors

Philip Browning

Dr. Philip Browning (1999)
Rehabilitation and Special Education
1989 to 2008

Richard Kunkel

Dr. Richard Kunkel (1998)
Dean
1990 to 2001

Terry Ley

Dr. Terry C. Ley (1998)
Curriculum and Teaching
1998 to 2001

Randy McDaniel

Dr. Randall McDaniel (2002)
Special Education, Rehabilitation, Counseling/School Psychology
1976 to 2011

Dr. T. Gilmour Reeve (1998
Health and Human Performance
1977 to 1999

Dr. Janet Taylor (2001)
Curriculum and Teaching
1978 to 2001

Dennis Wilson

Dr. G. Dennis Wilson (1998)
Kinesiology
1973 to 2007

   

Last Updated: Sep 27, 2012

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