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Two New Distinguished Professorships Named
Colby-Sawyer College named two faculty members to its newly established distinguished professorships. Susan
Reeves, chair of the Nursing Department, has been appointed as the Gladys A. Burrows Distinguished Professor of
Nursing, and Jon Keenan, professor of Fine and Performing Arts, as the Joyce J. Kolligian Distinguished Professor of
Fine and Performing Arts. The faculty members were formally invested as distinguished professors on Friday, Oct. 16,
in a campus ceremony.
“As we invest our newest distinguished professors, we are reminded that distinguished professorships are vital in the
pursuit of academic excellence and one of the highest honors bestowed in academia,” said Academic Vice President and
Dean of Faculty Deborah Taylor. “Faculty members who receive such honors daily demonstrate the habits of heart and
mind of distinction as teachers, scholars and citizens of the college community. It also establishes a transformed lifetime
connection to the college and to those for whom the professorship is named.”
Distinguished Professor of Nursing
The Gladys A. Burrows Distinguished
Professor of Nursing was established
this year by Trustee Tom Csatari and his
wife, Judy Csatari, and named in memory
of Judy’s mother, Gladys A. Burrows.
Burrows had directed her own philanthropy
toward nursing, and her mother
(Judy Csatari’s grandmother) had spent
her career as a nurse. In introducing
the benefactors, President Galligan
described the college’s first professorship
in nursing as a “perfect and wonderful
match” between Tom and Judy Csatari,
and the college’s Nursing Program.
“The Csataris are extremely committed
volunteers and supporters of many
organizations in their Upper Valley
community and for Dartmouth College,
The Gladys A. Burrows Distinguished Professor of
Nursing Susan Reeves (center) appears with the
benefactors who established the professorship,
Trustee Tom Csatari and his wife, Judy Csatari, at
the induction ceremony on campus.
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their shared alma
mater,” he said. “We
are extremely honored
and humbled that
Tom and Judy have
chosen to so generously
and thoughtfully
share their resources
with Colby-Sawyer.”
Professor Reeves
joined Colby-Sawyer
in 2004 as interim
chair of the Nursing
Department and
returned in the fall
of 2007 to assume
her current position
as assistant professor
and chair of the
Nursing Department.
She earned a Diploma
in Nursing from the Mary Hitchcock
Memorial Hospital School of Nursing,
a B.S. in Nursing from Colby-Sawyer
and an M.S. in Nursing Administration
at the University of New Hampshire.
Professor Reeves is currently working
toward a Doctor of Education in
Leadership and Policy Studies at the
University of Vermont.
Professor Reeves’s areas of expertise
include healthcare ethics, nursing
administration and organizational
behavior. Previously she worked for
17 years as a nursing administrator at
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center,
and she continues in her role there as a
vice president.
The Joyce J. Kolligian Distinguished
Professor of Fine and Performing Arts
Jon Keenan received his professorship
medal from Trustee Joyce Kolligian, who
established the first professorship in the
arts at Colby-Sawyer College.
Distinguished
Professor in the Arts
The Joyce J. Kolligian
Distinguished Professor of
Fine and Performing Arts
was established this year
by Joyce J. Kolligian, a
Colby-Sawyer trustee and
alumna. Kolligian, who
resides in Massachusetts
and Florida, served as a
trustee from 1982 to 1991
and began her current
term in 2004. A leader in
the marketing and communications
profession
and an active supporter
of civic and cultural
activities in her communities,
Kolligian has held
a variety of leadership
roles at the college since the 1970s.
“Through the years, Joyce has been
committed to supporting students
and faculty and has previously established
two scholarship funds, the Joyce
J. Kolligian Scholarship in 1986 and
the Dr. Michael and Joyce Kolligian
Scholarship Fund in 2004,” President
Galligan said. “It is with generosity,
vision and a true appreciation for the
arts at Colby-Sawyer and of the importance
of great faculty to our arts programs
that Joyce chose to create this
professorship.”
Professor Keenan, a member of the
Fine and Performing Arts faculty at
Colby-Sawyer since 1990, is an interna-