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PUTNEY â Landmark College conferred an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters degree to Jim Baucom during a ceremony for retiring faculty and staff, held on May 22 on the lower campus grounds.
Baucom was a full professor in the School of Education when he officially retired from teaching at the close of the spring 2020 semester. He was appointed professor emeritus at that time, but plans for a formal ceremony honoring his accomplishments, as well as those of several retirees, had to be put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
âIt is not hyperbole to state that we may not even be here right now if not for Jim Baucom,â current Landmark College President Dr. Peter Eden stated in a campus wide memo announcing Baucomâs appointment as professor emeritus last year. âThe significant contributions Jim has made within the field of educational psychology and the life-changing effects it had upon students taking his