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This year, The ����aa���� inducted its second class of “professor emeritus” appointees. The title is bestowed upon select former faculty members in recognition of exceptional contributions to TMU.

Benefits of the position include faculty-level access to TMU events and the Mustang Grill. An honoree’s TMU email address is also reinstated, giving their colleagues and past students an easy way to reconnect with them. This year’s five recipients join Dr. John Hotchkiss and Dr. Paul Plew, who were selected in 2022 as TMU’s first professors emeriti.

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Here are this year’s recipients:

Dr. Dennis Hutchison

Retired 2017

Hutchison joined The Master’s in 2003 and served as professor of New Testament. He was a pastor in Frenchtown, Montana, for 15 years and a professor in Talbot School of Theology’s New Testament department for 13 years before coming to The Master’s. He also served on the board of directors for Montana Bible College and as president of the Montana Regional division of IFCA International.

Prof. James Owen

Retired 2017

Owen earned his bachelor’s degree from Los Angeles Baptist College and his master’s from California State University, Dominguez Hills. He joined The Master’s as a faculty member in 1978 and served as an associate professor of history. His particular specialty was church history, but he also taught courses in European and American history, as well as apologetics.

Dr. Dennis Englin

Retired 2018

Englin served at The Master’s beginning in 1981, teaching subjects such as animal biology, organismic biology, and astronomy as a professor of biological sciences. He was a member of the Creation Research Society, Southern California Academy of Sciences, Yellowstone Association, and Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies.

Dr. Ken Mays

Retired 2021

Mays served as a professor of piano at TMU. He has played solo recitals throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, and Great Britain for more than 40 years. He was on staff at the Conservatory of Music at Wheaton College for 19 years before coming to The Master’s in 1986. Mays’ latest recording is titled “Reflection & Praise,” a series of hymn arrangements for piano.

Dr. Ruta Bloomfield

Retired 2023 (currently teaching adjunct)

Bloomfield holds a doctorate from Claremont Graduate University in historical performance practices and joined TMU’s faculty in 1989. As an associate professor of music, she taught students of all majors in Essentials of Music and Art. She also taught music history, world music, and aural skills courses. The harpsichord is her specialty, and she is the president of the Historical Keyboard Society of North America.

Learn more about TMU’s faculty at masters.edu/faculty.