The Newest SPU Emeriti
New Emeriti Faculty Members Consider Who Might Come to Dinner and the Road Not Taken
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 When asked whom they would choose if they could treat anyone living or departed to a leisurely meal, the four newest Seattle Pacific University emeriti faculty members knew exactly who was coming to dinner.
Guess Who's Invited to Dinner
Barbara Bovy, emerita professor of family and consumer sciences (FCS), chose two people she is sure would provide “an evening of lively conversation, wit, and wisdom”: Dorothy Kreider, who chaired the SPU home economics program for 40 years, and Ellen Swallow Richards, the founder of the much-expanded FCS discipline that today far exceeds home and kitchen.
Emily Hitchens, emerita professor of nursing and participant in many student exchanges, thinks a backyard party with students of many cultures would be perfect for a sunny Seattle summer day.
Ken Knight, former dean of the School of Business and Economics and emeritus professor of business, would like to bend King Solomon’s ear over good seafood or Italian cuisine.
Bill Rowley, dean of the School of Education and emeritus professor of education, is inclined to throw a banquet “for all those folks in my small church who believed in me when I was a child growing up.”
Whether served on fine china or on paper plates in a backyard, these special occasions reflect the warmth and creativity of four distinguished professors and 90 collective years of classroom excellence.
The Road Not Taken
When asked what other careers they might have considered, Hitchens once looked into getting a Ph.D. in anthropology to do cross-cultural nursing. Rowley thought of becoming a probation officer in order to help troubled youth. Ken Knight considered becoming a chemical engineer because of his love of chemistry. And Barbara Bovy never wanted to veer from her chosen profession in family and consumer sciences.
For more about the 2008 Class of retiring SPU faculty members, read "SPU Honors Four Remarkable Careers."
By Clint Kelly (ckelly@spu.edu)
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