Events & Calendars Reception in Honor of Retiring English Department Faculty

The English department and the college celebrate the careers of eight retiring or recently retired faculty members: Professor of English Jack Cameron; Chick Chickering, the G. Armour Craig Professor of Language and Literature; Allen Guttmann, the Emily C. Jordan Folger Professor of English and American Studies, Emeritus; Barry O’Connell, the James E. Ostendarp Professor of English; Dale Peterson, the Eliza J. Clark Folger Professor of English and Russian; Bill Pritchard '53, the Henry Clay Folger Professor of English; Kim Townsend G'11, the Class of 1959 Professor of English, Emeritus; and Helen von Schmidt '78, Senior Lecturer in English, Emerita.

Most living Amherst alumni have studied with one or more of these teachers; all are invited to the party, whether or not your class is having a reunion this year. Remarks will begin at 7 p.m. Refreshments will be served.

To help with planning, please let us know whether or not you will attend by registering here: https://www.amherst.edu/alumni/events/calendar/rsvp/on-campus_programs_…