Emeriti
Honor an emeritus faculty member with your tax-deductible gift. Names, dates and areas of service are listed below.
Dr. Charles Bath, 1966-2009, piano; chair, keyboard department (deceased)
Earl Beach, 1958–1974, dean (deceased)
Dr. Ruth Boxberger, 1967–1987, music therapy (deceased)
George Broussard, 1972-2012, trombone (deceased)
Dr. Mary Burroughs, 1987-2019, horn
Dr. Herbert Carter, 1956–1991, chair, instrumental department; clarinet/saxophone (deceased)
Beatrice Chauncey, 1959–1991, flute (deceased)
Antonia Dalapas, 1971–1992, voice
Carroll Dashiell, 1989-2023, jazz studies
Dr. Joseph Distefano, 1968–2001, chair, basic studies department; clarinet/saxophone
Dr. Henry Doskey, piano
Elizabeth Drake, 1946–1977, piano (deceased)
Dr. Edmund Durham, 1950–1977, theory/clarinet (deceased)
Dr. Rhonda Fleming, 1978–1999, choral activities, music education
Dr. Michelle Hairston, music education/music therapy
Robert Hause, 1967–2005, assistant/associate dean, ECU Symphony Conductor (deceased)
Dr. Otto Henry, 1968–1997, music history, composition, electronic music
Dr. Linda High, music education
Dr. Clyde Hiss, 1965–1995, voice, opera
Dr. Gregory Hurley, music education
Dr. E. Robert Irwin, 1966-1989, organ (deceased)
Harold Jones, 1962–1996, chair, instrumental department; percussion
Dr. George Knight, 1962–1998, chair, music education; assistant dean, clarinet, marching band
Virginia Linn, 1965–1995, voice (deceased)
Dr. Richard Lucht, 1967–2002, group piano
Dr. Kevin Moll, 1998–2023, department of theory, composition, musicology
Dr. Charles Moore, 1968–1992, chair, voice department
Dr. Catherine Murphy, voice and choral education
James Parnell, 1966–1987, horn (deceased)
Dr. Everett Pittman, 1968–1992, dean, theory (deceased)
Dr. Rodney Schmidt, 1967–2006, interim director, associate director, assistant dean, violin/viola
Dr. Charles F. Schwartz, 1981–2000, dean, music education
James Searl, 1965–1998, theory, trumpet
Barry Shank, 1961–1995, theory, trumpet (deceased)
Ruth Shaw, 1966–1992, music education (deceased)
Dr. Ralph Shumaker, 1975–1998, music education, trombone, president of NCMEA
Dr. Charles Stevens, 1960–1990, dean, piano (deceased)
Dr. Paul Tardiff, piano
Eleanor Toll, 1942–1978, piano (deceased)
Dr. Paul Topper, 1963–2001, violin/viola (deceased)
Jonathon Wacker, percussion
Lori Wacker, department of theory, composition, musicology
Gladys White, 1948–1991, voice (deceased)