Calvin College - Notable Faculty

Notable Faculty

• Lionel Basney, Professor of English, poet, author, critic
• Johannes Broene, 1908-1925 teaching primarily in Philosophy and Education but also classes in History, Civics, Government, Chemistry, and Psychology
• Vern Ehlers, 1966–1982, Professor of Physics
• William Harry Jellema, 1920–1936, 1948-1963 founder of Calvin's Philosophy Department
• John E. Hare, 1989–2003, Professor of Philosophy
• Paul B. Henry, 1970–1978, Professor of Political Science
• George Marsden, 1965–1986, 2010–present, Professor of History
• Richard Mouw, 1968–1985, Professor of Philosophy
• Alvin Plantinga, 1963–1981, Professor of Philosophy
• H. Evan Runner, 1951–1981, Professor of Philosophy
• Gary Schmidt, 1986–present, Professor of English, awarded two Newbery Honor awards for his young-adult fiction
• James K.A. Smith, 2002–present, Professor of Philosophy
• William Spoelhof, 1946–1951, Professor of History and Political Science
• Ralph Stob, 1915–1964, Professor of Classics
• Howard J. Van Till, Emeritus Professor of Physics
• Nicholas Wolterstorff, 1959–1989, Professor of Philosophy