May 3, 2021 // Posted In Academics, Honors
Every spring, the Baylor Family bids happy retirement to professors and staff who have dedicated their professional lives to the university and its students. It’s always a bittersweet mix — sadness in seeing them go, happiness for a well-deserved next step — but we wish them all well in the next phase of their lives.
Here, we honor some of the longest-serving and most recognizable professors who are moving on this year — men and women whose faces will be missed, but whose impact will not be forgotten:
Dr. James Curry was recently recognized by both the Texas House and Senate for his 47 years of service to Baylor, including 14 as chair of Baylor’s political science department. The longtime director of the Bob Bullock Scholars Program and the Baylor Washington Internship Program, Curry has helped countless students find internships with members of the Texas Legislature and in our nation’s capital. He has been recognized at Baylor with the Outstanding Tenured Faculty Award and for his excellence in teaching on several occasions by Phi Beta Kappa and Mortar Board.