List of Haverford College People - Notable Current and Former Faculty

Notable Current and Former Faculty

• Richard J. Bernstein, Professor of Philosophy (1966–1989), author of John Dewey (1966), current Dean of Graduate Studies, New School of Social Research.
• Elisabeth Young-Bruehl, author and psychoanalyst, former student and biographer of Hannah Arendt.
• Curt Cacioppo, Professor of Music. American contemporary composer.
• Roberto Castillo-Sandoval, Associate Professor of Spanish. Chilean Author.
• John Royston Coleman, President 1967-77, labor economist, author of Blue-Collar Journal, host of CBS program "Money Talks", later president of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation.
• Ruth Levy Guyer, Visiting Professor for General Studies. Teaches bioethics. Frequent contributor on National Public Radio.
• Jerry P. Gollub, Professor of Physics, Member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1992 and only member teaching at a liberal arts institution.
• Elihu Grant, writer, Professor of Biblical literature 1917-1938
• Elaine Tuttle Hansen, Provost of Haverford College 1995-2002, Current President of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.
• Dale Harper Husemoller, Topologist, author of Fibre Bundles and Elliptic Curves of Springer Verlag math textbook series, studied under Lars Ahlfors
• Rufus Jones, professor of philosophy 1893-1934, Quaker mystic, co-founder of American Friends Service Committee
• Roger Lane, Benjamin R. Collins Research Professor in history, winner of the prestigious Bancroft Award from Columbia University and the Best Book Award from the Urban History Association
• Ariel G. Loewy, late founder of Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (1954–2000), discoverer of Factor XIII.
• Lucius T. Outlaw, Professor of Philosophy (1980–2000), Scholar of W. E. B. Du Bois, Director of African American Studies, Vanderbilt University (2001- )
• Harry C. Payne, Provost and Professor of European History (1985–1988), Acting President(1987–1988), President of Williams College (1994–2005).
• Julio de Paula, Professor of Chemistry (1989–2005), co-author of popular textbook Physical Chemistry with Peter Atkins of Oxford, current Dean of Lewis and Clark College (2005- ).
• Michael Sells, Gest Professor of Comparative Religions at Haverford 1984-2005. Author of Approaching the Qur'an: The Early Revelations. Current Barrows Professor of Islamic History and Literature at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago.
• Ronald F. Thiemann, Chairman of Religion (1975–1985), Dean of Harvard Divinity School (1986–1998).
• Josiah ("Tink") Thompson, Professor of Philosophy (1965-1976), biographer and scholar of Soren Kierkegaard; expert on assassination of John F. Kennedy (author of "Six Seconds in Dallas"); left academia to become a private investigator in San Francisco, author of memoir "Gumshoe"
• Joseph A. Tolliver, Dean of Students 1998-2006. Current vice president of St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York.
• Cornel West, Assistant Professor of Philosophy (1987–88), currently Professor of Religion at Princeton University.