Dr. Thomas Hannon (1936-2015), was hired in 1970 and served as a professor in the Department of Geography, Geology and the Environment, retiring in 2004. He became the curriculum director for the Institute for Learning in Retirement, spending his free time researching cemeteries and cemetery landscapes. While working at SRU, Hannon was the advisor of the geography honorary Gamma Theta Upsilon and the sorority Sigma Sigma Sigma. He was also the chair of the university promotion committee and an organizer for overseas summer programs.

Hannon received two Fulbright grants for research travel in Europe and taught on exchange at Trinity College, Dublin, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh as well as in Salzburg, Austria, and Seoul, Korea.

Dr. Kenneth Harris (born 1936), moved to the United States from London, England as a small child. After graduate school in Iowa and teaching in West Virginia, Harris joined the Communication Department here at Slippery Rock University in 1981. He was one of the original faculty members of the newly formed Theatre Department beginning the next year.

Harris shares stories about theatre productions, rehearsal visits from President Reinhard, and a minor explosion in Miller Auditorium. Dr. Harris also served as the mayor of Slippery Rock.

Dr. John Hicks retired from Slippery Rock’s Department of Education in 2002 after 29 years of service. He then served on the Board of Trustees and on the Sports Hall of Fame board of directors. Hicks worked as an assistant to the dean of education and was twice appointed as the interim dean of the College of Education.

An Army veteran, Hicks graduated from Slippery Rock in 1962. As an undergraduate, he worked as a student assistant to the dean of men. He met his wife Judy, a Rocklette, here. Hicks was very active in education, serving as a member of the Association of Teacher Educators and on the board of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. One of his proudest accomplishments was his role in the foundation of the Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Teacher Educators.