The Pulteney Street SurveyWinter '24
Distinguished Faculty Award recipients Professor Emeritus of Sociology T. Dunbar Moodie and Professor Emeritus of History Daniel J. Singal (seated, center) gathered with colleagues (left to right, standing) Professor Emeritus of Educational Studies Pat Collins P’09, Professor of Sociology Wes Perkins, Professor Emeritus of Economics Alan Frishman P’00, Associate Professor Emerita of Economics Judith McKinney, Professor Emeritus of Economics Pat McGuire L.H.D. ’12, Professor Emeritus of Economics Scott McKinney, President Mark D. Gearan, Provost and Dean of Faculty Sarah Kirk, Professor Emeritus of Media & Society Les Friedman, Professor Emerita of Sociology Sheila Bennett, Professor Emeritus of English Jim Crenner, (seated) Professor Emeritus of Sociology Jim Spates P’00, P’09 and Professor Emerita of Art History Elena Ciletti.
Honoring Distinguished Faculty
The HWS Alumni and Alumnae Associations pay tribute to Professors Emeriti T. Dunbar Moodie and Daniel J. Singal.
During Homecoming and Family Weekend, Distinguished Faculty Awards were presented to Professor Emeritus of Sociology T. Dunbar Moodie and Professor Emeritus of History Daniel J. Singal for their impact as teachers, mentors and scholars.
The Distinguished Faculty Award was established in 1990 by the Hobart Alumni Association and the William Smith Alumnae Association to recognize the importance that graduates place on the contributions of outstanding faculty members of the past.
Moodie, a specialist on South Africa, taught at HWS from 1976 to 2014 and chaired of the Anthropology and Sociology Department. He holds a Ph.D. in Religion and Society from Harvard University, an M.A. in Theology from Oxford University, a B.A. from Oxford University as a Scholar of St. Edmund Hall and a B.Scs. in Sociology and Social Anthropology from Rhodes University.
“Dunbar Moodie provided decades of experience as a professor, academic and family man to students seeking wisdom,” says Thomas Baptiste ’07, an IT and digital consultant in Washington, D.C.
“I loved every Moodie class I took,” says Hilary Frost ’03, a project manager at HNTB in Brooklyn. “I even minored in sociology when I realized I had taken so many of his classes. Professor Moodie was always approachable and supportive.... He cultivated an environment of collegial curiosity which made learning a genuine pleasure.”
Singal, who taught history at the Colleges from 1980 to 2014, is a scholar of American history. He holds a Ph.D. with distinction from Columbia University, an M.A. from Columbia University and a B.A. magna cum laude from Harvard College.
Melissa Hipolit ’04, an investigative reporter with WTVR in Richmond, Va., recalls how “Professor Singal took the time to get to know me personally, and gave me the confidence to speak up...or do a presentation in front of the class.”
Richard Roche ’87, former high school teacher in Flemington, N.J., recalls Singal “as one of two professors I had during my time as an undergraduate who truly inspired me to enter the field of education. Professor Singal’s ‘U.S. Since 1945’ course was the best course I ever took. It wasn’t just his knowledge but his passion and love of the material that was inspirational.”