“When I think of the previous holders of the LaFollette Chair, I feel a little uncertain about placing my name in that well-regarded group. In recent days, however, I have thought about these individuals and how they have shaped my life and work at the College. In very different positive ways, they have all been great mentors.”
Theater Professor Dwight Watson, reflecting upon being named LaFollette Distinguished Professor in the Humanities. Watson is the fifth professor to hold the position, following Leslie Day, Bill Placher ’70, Raymond Williams H’68, and Eric Dean H’61.
Whether in the study of religion or corn, whether in Kenya or Mexico, he demonstrates how the liberal arts are an engagement across disciplines, national cultures, and human communities.
Dean of the College Gary Phillips, naming Rick Warner as the seventh Daniel F. Evans Associate Professor
in the Social Sciences.
