McNeese State University - Log Yearbook (Lake Charles, LA)

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CHRIS MARCELLO is careful to select only the best hues when developing a portrait. ART MAJORS Suzy Day and Bethany Miller ea- gerly produce prints for the Christmas Art Sale. Seth Trahan, Penny Burr and company finish the “Russian Bottle Dance” in their Theatre 274 Dance Recital final exam. The class, instructed by Keitha Manning, taught students the various steps used in theatrical dance and stage pres- ence. The excitement of pre- paring a term paper is just too much for Stacy DeBose to handle. The McNeese Department of Music Christmas Choir proudly concludes another seasonal performance to an enthusiastic audience. Everyone knows that no language is stagnant, so this wise student siezes every opportunity to hone his German skills. 56 College of Liberal Arts @)

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Dr. Joe Gray Taylor ie Peed ea sOP OE Pare « | i L LLONIHSV M Historian, Scholar, Author, Teacher D. Joe Gray Taylor, former Dean of Liberal Arts, contributed much of his life and work to the advancement of McNeese State University. Following a brief illness, Dr. Taylor passed away on December 8, 1987. Dr. Taylor served the students, faculty and administration of McNeese, as well as the Lake Charles community and Louisiana, for 25 years. He was a noted historian, scholar, author, and teacher. He became head of the Department of History at McNeese in 1968, and became Dean of Liberal Arts in 1983. He was the recipient of the first McNeese Distinguished Teacher Award in 1979. Dr. Taylor dedicated much of his life to researching and writing books about Louisiana; these efforts include Louisiana: A Bicentennial History. He wrote several books on Southern history and the history of the d. S. Air Force. He recently completed a history of McNeese State University. In 1984, he received the Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History. In 1987, the Endowment for the Humanities presented Dr. Taylor with the Humanist of the Year Award. College of Liberal Arts 55

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Diverse interests f one word could be used to describe the College of Liberal Arts, it would be “diversity.’’ According to Dr. Millard Jones, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, this college provides ‘‘17 undergraduate and four graduate programs,’’ ranging from theatre to criminal justice. Dr. Jones holds that its pur- pose is to “‘provide intellectual and cultural leadership to the community.”’ According to Dr. Jones, the College strives to teach “basic skills’’ and ‘‘sophisticated techniques of analysis and expression, from curricula preparing students for specialized vocations to programs that focus on general patterns of human experience and expres- sion. FACULTY: Department of Communication and Theatre: Dr. Charles V. Roberts, (head); Dr. Leonard Barchak, Dr. Peter Dart, William Dickerson, Dr. Susuan Kelso, Dan Plato, Dr. Maurice Pullig, David Rigney and Dr. Larry Vinson. Department of History: Dr. Daniel Sutherland, (head); Dr. Carolyn Delatte, Dr. Michael Enright, Dr. Thomas Fox, Dr. Ilda Pope and Dr. Thomas Watson. Department of Languages: Dr. Joseph Cash, (head); Hugh S. Brown, Dr. Maria T. Bustillo, Robert O. Butler, Dr. Clifford Byrne, Robert Cooper, Dr. David Eakin, Dr. Louis Galford, Dr. Elizabeth Hait, Dr. Kim Bowman, Dr. Russel E, Marshall, Dr. Monique Nagem, Curtis S. Nelson, Dr. Stella Nesanovich, Dr. Richey Novak, Sigrid Novak-Scholtz, Dr. Judy Savoie, Dr. Cheryl Ware, Dr. Carol Wood and Dr. John Wood. Department of Music: Dr. Fred G. Sahlmann, head; Barbara Belew, Ronald Bumby, Patricia Bulber, Richard Condit, Jeffrey Bell-Hanson, Dr. Michael Ewald, Susan Gaston, Keith Gates, Dr. William Groves, Melissa Johnson, Larry Lang, Dr. Terrence Mahady, Michele Martin, James McLeland, William Rose and Robert Tucker. Department of Social Sciences: Dr. John R. Vile, (head); Dr. Gary Freedom, Dr. William Greenlee, Judith Haydel, William Heck, Dr. Pamela Jenkins, Dr. Robin McNeely, Raymond LeBlanc, Dr. Jo Richardson, Dr. Henry Singo, Dr. Charles TeKippe and Dr. Billy Turner. Department of Visual Arts: Dr. Bill Iles, (head); Dr. Samuel Carleton, Dr, Marty Bee, Dr. Heather Kelicy, Gary Porter, Dr. Larry Schuh, Lewis Temple, Todd Turek and Gerry Wubben. () College of Liberal Arts 57