
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
DEPARTMENTAL HISTORY
Foreign
Languages at Georgia Southern began in 1955.
The
following have been head or chair, respectively, since
then:
Zoltan
Farkas, Head, 1955-1971
Lowell
Bouma, Head, 1971-1992
David
Seaman, Chair, 1992-1998
Donnie
Richards, Chair, 1998- present

The
faculty in June 1975.
From left to
right: Claude Britt, Jerry Weatherford, Zoltan Farkas,
Monika Lynch,
Nancy Barrett,
Ed Cornbleat. Seated: Charles Forton, Kathleen Dahir.
The
faculty in March 1997.
From left to right, standing: Cathie
Johnson (German), Jeanette Hecker (French), Donnie Richards
(Spanish), Nancy Shumaker (Spanish), Maryann Manchuelle
(Secretary), Doralina Martínez-Conde (Spanish),
Judy Schomber (Spanish), Jorge Suazo (Spanish), Denise
McCaslin (Spanish), Horst Kurz (German), Galal Dimetry
(Arabic), Helena Hernandez (Spanish), Clara Krug (French),
Jerry Weatherford (German), David Alley (Spanish), Jean-Paul
Carton (French). Front row/kneeling: David Seaman (Chair;
French), Luis Carriedo (Spanish), Dai Osanai (Japanese).