Department of Religious Studies Chronology

1956

Denis Baly hired, ½ Religion, ½ Poli Sci

1960

Richard Hettlinger hired, ½ Religion, ½ Chaplain

1965

Donald Rogan hired, ½ Religion, ½ Chaplain (Hettlinger to full-time teaching);
Religion major begins

1967

Gershon Greenberg hired in Jewish Studies;
First religion majors graduate

1968

Eugen Kullmann replaces Greenberg;
Bexley Hall leaves

1969

Theodore Primack hired in South and East Asian religions

1971

Badie Nijim hired in Islam (replacing Primack);
Rogan to full-time teaching (resigns as Chaplain)

1972

Chitta Goswami hired for South Asian Religions (6 member dept.)

1975

Hettlinger to IPHS, replaced by Clark Gilpin

1976

Gilpin replaced by Anthony Lo Bello (Mathematics Dept., part-time in Religion)

1977

Lo Bello leaves.

1978

Nijim leaves (down to 4 members)

1979

Goswami leaves;
Royal Rhodes hired

1980

Diane Obenchain hired for East Asian Religions (back to 5 members)

1983

Baly retires (down to 4)

1984

Kullman retires;
Miriam Dean-Otting hired

1987

Obenchain on sabbatical + leave;
Joseph Adler hired

1988

Vernon Schubel hired (back to 5)

1990

Obenchain resigns

1999

Rogan retires;
Judith Fagan hired

2000

Nurten Kilic-Schubel hired in visiting part-time position

2003

Mary Suydam (frequent sabbatical replacement since 1991) becomes permanent part-time

2003

Ennis Edmonds replaces Fagan