Metro State will be losing six of its longtime professors to retirement this summer. Two others are taking transitional retirement. @Metro wishes them the best.

The six are:

Tadini Bacigalupi
Professor of Sociology
8/2/2008

Walter Barr
Professor of Music
8/31/2008

Deborah Hurley Brobst
Associate Professor of Journalism
Retire 8/2/2008

Jerry L. Geisler
Chair and Professor of Management
6/30/2008

Nancy J. Rich
Visiting Assistant Professor of Human Services
6/1/2008

Hal Tamblyn
Interim Associate Dean of LAS and Professor of Music
6/ 30/2008

The two taking transitional retirement are:

Carlos J. Fontanez
Assistant Professor of Psychology
8/1/2008

Ellen P. Susman
Chair and Professor of Psychology
7/1/2008