* Names and Faculty Positions of Some Prominent Columbia Pacific University Grads
Kudos to Columbia Pacific University graduate Dr. Jerry Bergman for providing this information.
1. Shaffdeen A. Amuwo, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Community, Government, and Alumni Affairs, Clinical Assistant Professor, Community Health Sciences, UIC School of Public Health.
2. Randy Armstrong, BA, Instructor, Phillips Exeter Academy.
3. Dana M. Barry, Ph.D., technical writer and editor, Clarkson University’s Center of Advanced Materials Processing (CAMP), Clarkson University.
4. Harvey Bauman, Ph.D., Visiting Professor of Business, Lees-McRae College.
5. Lewis Bornmann, Ph.D., Professor of Math, Mesa State College.
6. James Bosworth, Ph.D., Faculty, Colorado State University.
7. Frank J. Bracelin, Ph.D., Health Sciences Department, City University Los Angeles.
8. Timothy Brady, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Southwest Texas State University.
9. Tania Bridgeman, Ph.D. RN, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California.
10. Donald Burleson, Ph.D., Director of Developmental Studies Lab, Eastern New Mexico University.
11. Rudolph D. Calabrese, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, The Institute for the Psychological Sciences.
12. Rick Chimblo, Director, HARC’s Geotechnology Research Institute, Houston Advanced Research Center.
13. James Chopyak, Ph.D., Music Department, California State University, Sacramento.
14. Paul F. Cimmino, Ph.D., Visiting Professor of Social Work, Walla Walla College.
15. Lynn Collins, Ph.D, President Lynn Collins and Associates, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
16. Judy Compton, Ph.D., Business/Management faculty, Lester L. Cox College of Nursing and Health Sciences.
17. Ralph Cooper, Doctor of Philosophy in Musical Arts, Adjunct Instructor, Piano, Brewton-Parker College.
18. William B. Cooper, music faculty, Hampton University, Hampton, VA.
19. John A. Cosco, Ph.D., Business Law Instructor, Kansas Wesleyan University, Salina, KS.
20. Jeane Crowther, Ph.D., General Education Professor, Huntington Junior College.
21. Alice M. Defriese, Ph.D., faculty, College of Medicine, University of Arizona.
22. Jeff Dillon, Ph.D. Adjunct Professor, Azusa Pacific University.
23. Glenn Donnelly, Ph.D., RN Assistant Professor, College of Nursing University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
24. John Dovelos, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, licensed psychotherapist, Breyer State University.
25. Priscilla Ebersole, Professor of Nursing, San Francisco State University.
26. William Paul Emmerling, EdD, Professor, Breyer State University.
27. Michael Fadem, faculty, Kent State University.
28. Laurie A. Fitzgerald, Ph.D., Senior Practitioner, The Consultancy Inc., Professor, Jones International University, Englewood, CO.
29. James A. Fowlie, Sr., Ph.D., Lecturer, School of Graduate Studies, Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA.
30. Carl T. Gass, Ph.D., Human Services Professor, Missouri Valley College, Marshall, MO.
31. Roger Geronimo, Ph.D., Director of Business Services, Central Connecticut University.
32. Mary Granley Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Nursing, Aurora College
33. Paul E. Greene, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Education, Piedmont College.
34. Robert Guyon, Ph.D., Tutor Coordinator, Adult Basic Education, Idaho State University College of Technology.
35. Bruce Heald, History faculty, Plymouth State College and Babes-Bolyai University in Rumania.
36. Gerti Heider, Nursing faculty, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
37. James Ho, Ph.D., Professor, Cogswell College.
38. Rene Hollander, BS, MS, Psychology Professor, Ryokan College.
39. Dale R. Hoyt, BA, Lecturer in Catholic School Leadership, St. Mary’s University.
40. Agnes Huff, Ph.D., President and CEO, Agnes Huff Communications Group, LLC, Howard Hughes Center, Los Angeles, CA.
41. Don Trent Jacobs, Ph.D., Associate Professor, College of Education, Northern Arizona University. Formerly Adjunct Professor at University of California, Berkeley.
42. Gregory Jantz, Ph.D., Board of Regents, Columbus Evangelical Seminary, founder and administrator, The Center for Counseling and Health Resources, Washington State licensed counseling center, Edmonds, WA.
43. Richard I. Kagel, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Brigham Young University.
44. Sher Kannar, Ph.D, Professor, Department of Natural Sciences, Stillman College.
45. Charles Killingsworth, faculty, Pittsburgh State University.
46. J. Philip Kittel, Ph.D., Computer Applications, Douglasville, Georgia.
47. Robert R. Klepper, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Microbiology Botany, Buena Vista University. In 2004—Associate Professor, Chemistry, Iowa Lakes Community College.
48. Tom Kolda, Ph.D., Executive Director of University Relations, University of Wisconsin.
49. Martin Krepcho, Ph.D. Faculty Associate, UT Southwestern Family Medicine Residency Program Faculty, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
50. John Langevin, Ph.D., Assistant Dean of Students, University of New England.
51. Ira Lansing, Ph.D., Mathematics, College of Marin.
52. James Leigh, Ph.D. MA, Assistant Professor Campus Coordinator, Languages Intercollege, Nicosia, Cyprus.
53. Lila Lloyd, Ph.D., Instructor, School of Business, North Carolina Agriculture and Technical State University.
54. Harvey Loomstein, Ph.D., Health and Human Services/Psychology, City University Los Angeles.
55. Marc Lucas, University of New Mexico.
56. William Lupton, Ph.D., Chairperson, Department of Computer Science, Morgan State University.
57. Jack Dwyer Lynch, Ph.D., has worked in the international education field in The Hague, Holland; London, England; Quito, Ecuador; and most recently Rotterdam, Holland.
58. Reed Markham, Ph.D., Higher Education Administration, City University Los Angeles.
59. Jim Marler, Ph.D., Adjunct Faculty, Drury University.
60. William B. McClaran, Ph.D., Learning Assistance Center, Southern Maine Community College.
61. Kathy McCloskey, Assistant Professor, School of Professional Psychology, Wright State University.
62. Glen McDaniel, MS, Assistant Administrator of Clinical Operations, Atlanta, Georgia.
63. Michael McGuire, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, McChord Academic Center, Chapman University.
64. Donald R. McNeeley, Ph.D., now President and Chief Operating Officer, Chicago Tube and Iron Corporation.
65. Carole H. Morgan, Ph.D., Instructor, Criminal Justice Technology, Chattahoochee Technical College.
66. Ruth Mullins Ph.D. Professor of Nursing California State University, Long Beach California.
67. Frank T. Murphy, BBA, Accounting Professor, Woodbury University.
68. Muthena Naseri, Ph.D., Professor, Environmental Science, Moorpark College.
69. Joseph J. Nicholas, Ph.D., Biological Sciences/Department Chair, Northland Pioneer College, Navajo County, Arizona.
70. Daniel L. Orr II, Ph.D., now an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Las Vegas, Nevada.
71. Tulio Otero, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor Columbia College, Puerto Rico and Elgin, Illinois.
72. Darrell Page, Ph.D., President, Bladen Community College, Dublin, NC.
73. Judy Pellat, Ph.D. Department of Medical Oncology University of Southampton, England.
74. Norman Phillips, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Dayton.
75. Erik Podszus Ph.D., Assistant Professor New York City College, New York.
76. Gene J. Pollart, Ph.D., Professor, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island.
77. Constantine Polychroniou, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, College of Business, University of Cincinnati, Ohio.
78. Diane Portfleet, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Hope College.
79. Claire Pryor, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, DeVry University.
80. Sofia Puerto, Ph.D., Faculty, Loma Linda University School of Nursing.
81. Larry Dale Tazan Purnell, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Nursing, University of Delaware, Newark, DE.
82. William Redel, Full Professor, International Studies, Sierra Nevada College.
83. Louis Roller, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Monash University.
84. Anton Seidl, Ph.D., Professor of English, Southern Connecticut State University.
85. Karl Seifert, Ph.D., Senior Technical Information Systems Analyst, US General Accounting Office, Denver, Colorado.
86. Ravi Shankar, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio.
87. Yoshiko Shimamoto, Ph.D., Professor of Nursing, University of Honolulu.
88. Larry Smith, Ph.D., now Senior Computer Engineer, United States Air force, New Mexico.
89. Maureen E. Smith, Ph.D., Lecturer in Psychology, Marymount University.
90. Rainer Sommer, Research Associate Professor, George Mason University.
91. Melody Thompson, D.Ed., Assistant Professor of Adult Education, Penn State World Campus.
92. Richard A. Van Gieson, Ph.D., Professor, Economics, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA.
93. Norman J. Van Houten, Ph.D., Adjunct Faculty, New Jersey Institute of Technology.
94. Jaroslav V. Vaverka, MS, Applied Engineering and Technology Professor, California University of Pennsylvania.
95. Michael Watson, Ph.D., Psychology Professor, Burlington College, Vermont.
96. Steven Wehrenberg, Lecture in Organizational Sciences, George Washington University.
97. David Young, Ph.D., Professor of Theater, University of Florida.
“This is only a small sample of the thousands of CPU graduates teaching at State and private colleges and universities. I estimate, based on a Google.com search, and other sources, that several thousand college and university faculty have degrees from CPU, often the Ph.D. degree.”
—–Jerry Bergman, PhD






