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Erhard Eimer

J.Ann Cothran

Nelson Sartoris

On April 29,Wittenberg students, colleagues, friends and alumni celebrated the careers of J. Ann Cothran, professor of languages, Erhard O. Eimer, professor of psychology, and Nelson Sartoris, professor of chemistry, on the occasion of their retirements.

For 25 years, Cothran taught French language and literature at Wittenberg. The author of studies on de Beauvoir, Sarraute and Colette, Cothran is in the process of completing a book on the construction of female characters in Colette’s novels. She has also presented papers on Sarraute and Colette at professional meetings throughout her career. Cothran earned her B.A. degree at Duke University, M.A. degree at the University of Michigan, and Ph.D. degree at the University of Pennsylvania.

Eimer joined the faculty in 1968. The author of a textbook and numerous articles and technical reports on alcoholism, human learning, memory, problem solving and decision-making, Eimer has served as a consultant for leading research laboratories during his career. Eimer, who also received several national research grants and has studied extensively in Germany, earned his B.A. from Queens College, his M.S. degree from City College of New York, and his Ph.D. degree from the University of Cincinnati.

Widely published and the 1997 Alumni Association for Distinguished Teaching Award winner, Sartoris also came in 1968. An authority on national energy issues and an expert in the areas of two-cycle organic chemistry pedagogy, alkali-metal catalyzed reactions, and mechanistic studies of addition reactions of ketenes to alkenes, Sartoris served as a consultant to the U.S. Department of Energy from 1974-1981, presenting more than 400 workshops, lectures and seminars in 10 states.

Sartoris also received the Edith B. and Frank C. Matthies Award in 1981 and was awarded more than 50 grants for equipment, research and study during his career. Sartoris earned his B.A. from McMurray College and his Ph.D. from Northwestern University.

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