SMU: May Commencement Weekend

Retiring Faculty

	Andrew H. Chen Andrew H. Chen, Distinguished Professor of Finance in the Cox School of Business, earned his bachelor’s degree from the National Taiwan University and both M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California at Berkeley. A member of the SMU faculty since 1983, Professor Chen also has been a visiting scholar at universities in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and Australia. The editor or co-author of several books, he has written more than 125 articles in leading academic and professional journals. He served as editor of Research in Finance and a managing editor of the International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance. He has held leadership positions with financial institutions and corporations and has been a consultant to several companies and government agencies. He served as president of the Financial Management Association International and as a director of the Asia-Pacific Finance Association. He retires as Professor Emeritus of Finance.
	John C. Holbert John C. Holbert, Lois Craddock Perkins Professor of Homiletics at Perkins School of Theology, earned his B.A. degree from Grinnell College, the M. Div. from Perkins and a Ph.D. from SMU. He joined the Perkins faculty in 1979 as a teacher of Old Testament. He began to teach preaching in 1984 and was named to the Perkins Chair in Homiletics in 1997. An ordained elder in The United Methodist Church, he has served as interim senior minister of the First United Methodist Church in both Fort Worth and Dallas. Professor Holbert is past president of the Academy of Homiletics and co-editor of the journal Homiletic. He has written extensively in his field, has preached and lectured throughout the world and has written and sung opera. Respected in both academy and church, he retires as Professor Emeritus of Homiletics.
	Chun H. Lam Dr. Chum H. Lam started his academic career at Tulane University after graduating from Duke University. He joined SMU in 1982 and is now retiring after 30 years of service. During his time at SMU, Dr. Lam served SMU and the Cox School in various capacities. He was the Chair of the Finance and Real Estate Department from 1988-1991. He also served on a number of Faculty Senate Committees such as the All University Finance Committee, the Subcommittee on Faculty Benefits, and the Student Policy Committee, as well as numerous committees in the Cox School. Chun has been active in the financial community serving on several Board of Directors. Chun’s research interests has focused on financial markets and institutions. He has published two monographs and numerous articles dealing with subprime financing, trust and preferred stocks, savings institutional management and regulatory issues, and bank and bank-holding company management models.
	G. Reid Lyon G. Reid Lyon is Distinguished Professor of Education Policy and Leadership and associate dean for Academic Affairs in the Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development. He holds a joint appointment in the School of Brain and Behavior Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas, where he is a distinguished scientist at the Center for Brain Health. Professor Lyon earned his Ph.D. from the University of New Mexico. He served from 1992 until 2005 as chief of the Child Development and Behavior Branch within the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Health. He has worked closely with the White House and the U.S. Department of Education and has testified numerous times before U.S. Senate and House committees on education issues. He has authored or edited more than 130 peer-reviewed journal articles, books and book chapters on education. He retires as Professor Emeritus of Education Policy and Leadership.
	John A. Maguire John A. Maguire, Professor of Chemistry in Dedman College, joined the SMU faculty in 1963 after earning his B. S. at Birmingham Southern College and his Ph.D. at Northwestern University. He served as associate dean of what was then SMU’s University College from 1976-1979 and as dean from 1979-1980. He was dean for General Education in Dedman College from 1980-1981 and interim associate dean for Academic Affairs in fall 1984. He served as acting chair of the Chemistry Department from 2000-2001 and as chair in 2008. Professor Maguire was honored with the University Distinguished Teaching Professor Award and Perrine Prize from the SMU chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. His major research focus is on structural and bonding studies of metallacarboranes and their application to nanomaterials. He has published 180 peer-reviewed articles and presented 40 papers at international conferences. He retires as Professor Emeritus of Chemistry.
	Mogens Melander Mogens Melander, Associate Professor of Mathematics in Dedman College, earned his Master’s degree in Engineering and his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics at Technical University of Denmark. After spending five years at the University of Pittsburgh, he joined the SMU faculty in 1988. His research focuses on theoretical fluid mechanics, specifically vortex dynamics and isotropic turbulence. Professor Melander has published more than 40 peer-reviewed research journal papers. He has served on many M.S. and Ph.D. committees and the Dedman College Graduate Council. He was honored with the Betty McKnight Speairs Endowed Teaching Excellence Award in Mathematics. He retires as Professor Emeritus of Mathematics.
	C.W. Smith C. W. Smith, Professor of English in Dedman College, joined the SMU faculty in 1980 after earning his B.A. at North Texas State University and his M.A. from Northern Illinois University. He was named SMU’s 2006 Dedman Family Distinguished Professor. He received many teaching awards for his courses, primarily in fiction writing. Professor Smith is the author of nine novels, a collection of short stories and a memoir. He has been honored for his writing with numerous awards. The Texas Institute of Letters gave him two Jesse H. Jones Awards for the best novel about Texas and the Kay Cattarulla Award for Best Short Story, and named him a Lon Tinkle Fellow for “sustained excellence in a career.” His other honors include the Southwestern Library Association Award for Best Novel, two National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowships and the Dobie-Paisano Creative Writing Fellowship. He retires as Professor Emeritus of English.
	Michael van Breda Michael van Breda, Associate Professor of Accounting in Cox School of Business, joined the SMU faculty in 1981 after earning his Ph.D. degree from Stanford University. He served as chair of the Cox School’s Accounting, Business Law and Tax Department from 1986-1991. He also chaired several Faculty Senate committees. He has been honored with the Willis M. Tate Award, the Golden Mustang Outstanding Faculty Award and the University Teacher-Scholar of the Year Award. He is highly respected as an accounting historian and expert on accounting theory and has published many articles and cases. Professor van Breda’s signature contribution to academia is the book titled Accounting Theory, co-authored with Eldon Hendrickson, which has helped a generation of accounting academics understand the conceptual underpinnings of financial reporting and has significantly influenced the research, teaching and practice of accounting. He retires as Professor Emeritus of Accounting.