Emeriti English Faculty
![Jill Peláez Baumgaertner, Ph.D. Headshot](https://pxl-wheatonedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/300x450/filters:format(webp)/prod02/channel_1/media/faculty/faculty-emeriti/jillb-200X300.jpg)
Jill Peláez Baumgaertner, Ph.D.
Professor of English Emerita![Sharon Coolidge, Ph.D. Headshot](https://pxl-wheatonedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/300x450/filters:format(webp)/prod02/channel_1/media/faculty/faculty-emeriti/coolidge-sharon.jpg)
Sharon Coolidge, Ph.D.
Professor of English Emerita![Wayne Martindale, Ph.D. Headshot](https://pxl-wheatonedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/300x450/filters:format(webp)/prod02/channel_1/media/faculty/faculty-emeriti/martindale-wayne.jpg)
Wayne Martindale, Ph.D.
Professor of English Emeritus![Leland Ryken, Ph.D. Headshot](https://pxl-wheatonedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/300x450/filters:format(webp)/prod02/channel_1/media/faculty/faculty-emeriti/ryken-leland.jpg)
We remember and celebrate the legacy of English faculty who have gone ahead of us to meet the Lord.
Professor of English Emerita, Dr. Beatrice Batson (MA ’47), died in Batavia, Illinois on Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at 98 years of age.
Brett Foster was professor of English and Wheaton's Poet in Residence since 2005.
Roger Lundin '71 was Professor of English and Arthur F. Holmes Professor of Faith and Learning at Wheaton College. He had been on faculty since 1978.