Professors Receive Emeriti Status

Two Valparaiso University faculty members who retired earlier this year with a combined total of nearly 47 years of service to the university have been granted emeriti status by Valpo’s Board of Directors.

Right: Katharine Antommaria-Ingham was one of 47 Valpo faculty members who traveled to China this past spring on a faculty development trip. A morning camel ride through the Gobi Desert was among the many activities they enjoyed.

Left: Daniel Goodman, associate professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering.

The board conferred the title of associate professor emerita in the Valpo Core on Katharine Antommaria-Ingham, and the title of associate professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering on Daniel Goodman.

Antommaria-Ingham began at Valpo as assistant to the dean for student affairs in 1981. In the spring of that academic year, she joined the home economics department on a part-time basis, later becoming chair.  She was appointed assistant dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in 1983 and became associate dean in 1990.  She served as resident director of the VU Cambridge Study Center from July 1, 1999, through June 30, 2001.  Upon her return from Cambridge, she became director of the Teaching Resource Center and an associate professor, teaching in the Valpo Core program. She is a graduate of Lake Erie College in Ohio and earned her master’s and Ph.D. degrees at the University of Pittsburgh.

Goodman joined the Valpo faculty in January 1985. He founded the Indiana Tournament for Academic Competition and designed the examination that was used in the team competition previously held at the university. He earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of Missouri at Rolla, his master’s degree at Stanford University and his Ph.D. degree at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.