Hope College: Retired English Professor Peter Schakel Dies
March 21, 2024
March 21, 2024
HOLLAND, Michigan, March 21 -- Hope College issued the following news:
Retired English professor Dr. Peter Schakel, who across his nearly 50 years on the faculty earned national acclaim as a scholar and appreciation and respect from students and colleagues as a teacher and for his service, died on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. He was 82.
He joined the Hope faculty in 1969, and from 1984 until retiring in 2017 he was the Peter C. and Emajean Cook Professor of English. He sp . . .
Retired English professor Dr. Peter Schakel, who across his nearly 50 years on the faculty earned national acclaim as a scholar and appreciation and respect from students and colleagues as a teacher and for his service, died on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. He was 82.
He joined the Hope faculty in 1969, and from 1984 until retiring in 2017 he was the Peter C. and Emajean Cook Professor of English. He sp . . .