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Lance Factor
George Appleton Lawrence Distinguished Service Professor and Chair of Philosophy, Co-Chair of Religious Studies
2 East South Street
Galesburg, IL 61401-4999
309-341-7473
E-mail: lfactor@knox.edu
By studying philosophy, you learn to analyze abstract ideas, argue logically, and confirm or challenge a thesis. These skills have proven highly effective in graduate programs and professional schools as well as in business. Among alumni who majored in philosophy are the following:
Vice President, The Northern Trust Company, Chicago. Daniel Barron ’71.
Professor of Philosophy, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. Donald Verene ’59.
Vice Provost for Institutional Planning, Stanford University. Geoffrey Cox, ’77.
Senior Vice President, Human Resources, XOR, Inc. Chicago, Illinois. Philip Garrison ’87.
Executive Advertiser, Icon, Coralville, Iowa. Adam E. Robinson ’97.
Public Defender, State of Connecticut, New Have, Connecticut. Joan Leonard ’66.
Editor, Indonesia Publications, Lanham-Seabrook, Missouri. John MacDougall ’81.
Law Student, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. Joel Christensen ’06. Political Science and Philosophy major.
Deputy Director, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Springfield. William Seith ’81.
Associate Professor, Population Health Program and John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre, University of Alberta, Canada. Laura Shanner ’86.
Director, Bureau of Education Services, University of Georgia, Athens. Michael Short ’73.
President, Hyperl/O, LLC Storage, Boulder, Colorado. Thomas West ’74.
Retired Senior Vice President Ombudsman, McDonald’s Corporation, Oak Brook, Illinois. John Cooke ’52.
Media Relations Manager, Office of Public Relations, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. Peter Bailley ’74.
Knox College introduces KnoxReads, an online book discussion. The first selection is "Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion across the Islamic World," by writer and foreign policy analyst Robin Wright, who visits Knox on February 28.
After struggling in Spanish courses, Knox College student Matt McKinney participates in a study abroad program in Costa Rica, where he finds that 'Spanish suddenly made sense to me.'
Erin McKinstry, who is majoring in modern languages at Knox, applies what she's learned in the classroom while completing a summer internship in Berlin.
It is so wonderful to see students show interests in learning and speaking a language. I am Schahrazede
Longou, Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures (French), and...
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