Retired Trustees' Professors

John W. Fraas
Trustees' Professor and Professor of Business Administration

Robert Janusko
Trustees' Professor and Emeritus Professor of English

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John W. Fraas

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Trustees' Professor and Professor of Business Administration

A 1970 graduate of Ashland College, Fraas earned his master of arts degree in economics from the University of Toledo in 1972 and a Ph.D. from the University of Akron in 1978. His major fields of study were economic education and educational statistics.

After joining the Ashland University faculty in 1972 as instructor of economics, Fraas was promoted to assistant professor of economics in 1974, associate professor of economics in 1978, and full professor of economics in 1981. He also served in various administrative positions including Director of Economic Education In-Service Programs, Director of Research for The Gill Center for Business and Economic Education, Chairman of the Economics Department, and Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities.

One of the most popular faculty members on campus, Fraas has received numerous awards. In 1986, Fraas was named the University's first Trustees' Professor. He was

also the first recipient of the Dr. Raymond Bixler Award, which is given to an alumnus who has achieved distinction in the field of education. In 2001, he was the first recipient of The Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) International Teaching Excellence Award. His students selected him as the Ellis Award recipient eight times and an Ashland University Mentor Award four times.

Fraas has been an active researcher and author. He has authored more than 30 journal articles, 50 national and regional conference presentations, and a number of books, including a textbook titled "Basic Concepts in Educational Research."

Fraas is a very active member of the faculty. He served as chair of the Faculty Welfare Committee for the better part of two decades. During his tenure as chair, faculty compensation was significantly enhanced through a program he proposed and designed. He also served numerous years as of the Professional Responsibility Committee and the Budget Committee.

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Robert Janusko
Trustees' Professor and Emeritus Professor of English

Janusko, a member of the English Department faculty since 1967, is regarded as one of the world's leading authorities on the work of Irish author James Joyce.

A summa cum laude graduate of Kent State University in 1964, Janusko earned his master of arts degree in 1966 and a Ph.D. in 1967, both from Kent State. He has conducted post-doctoral work at the University of Iowa and Columbia University.

Janusko was named assistant professor of English in 1967, associate professor of English in 1969 and full professor in 1974. During his tenure at Ashland University, he has chaired numerous committees, including the Joint Faculty-Trustee Committee on Institutional and Personnel Problems, and has served as president of the Faculty Senate.

Janusko was awarded a senior faculty study leave in 1990 in which he continued his exhaustive study of Joyce's manuscript drafts of the epic AUlysses.@ He also received a summer study grant in 1994, which was used to provide him additional study time following the presentation of a paper at the International Workshop of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation in Zurich, Switzerland.

His 1983 book, The Sources and Structures of James Joyce's "Oxen of the Sun," is considered in many literary circles as the earliest and most comprehensive piece on the Oxen episode in Ulysses.

In 1993, he was named the University's third Trustees' Professor, an academic honor awarded by the Board of Trustees to a professor who is recognized as an outstanding educator, researcher and campus leader.