Faculty Notes
Richard Dallinger and Greg Dallinger
Like Father, Like Son? Ethan Hollander and Christie Byun
for 28 years, you’d think Professor of Chemistry Richard Dallinger M I A M I M AT R I M O N Y had seen it all. Wabash Assistant Professor of Political Science Ethan Hollander But Fall 2012 brought something he never expected: and Assistant Professor of Economics Christie Byun were married His son is teaching at Wabash. last summer in Ethan’s hometown of Miami. Performing the Greg Dallinger is Visiting Assistant Professor of ceremony was Ross McKinney ’09, who signed the ketubah Chemistry, a one-year appointment that puts a father(marriage contract) along with Trevor Counceller ’12, while son team in the same department for the first time in Assistant Professor of Political Science Shamira Gelbman recent Wabash history. wrote the Aramaic script on that contract. The younger Dallinger’s path back to Crawfordsville would have amazed those who knew Greg during his early high school years. “I think the biggest misconception people assume about me is that since my father is a chemist at Wabash, he just shuttled me into doing chemistry, which couldn’t be farther from the truth,” Greg says. “He was very hands off on that; he didn’t want me to do that just because that’s what he did, though I think he’s obviously pleased I went that way. “For the first part of high school, I was into dance,” he explains. But a chemistry class he took at Crawfordsville High School with Pru Phillips, the wife of Professor of Chemistry Emeritus David Phillips, piqued his interest. “I took my chemistry classes with Mrs. Phillips and it just sort of clicked.” She inspired Dallinger to follow a similar career. “I’ve had the privilege in my life to have very good instructors guide me along the way,” he says. Although his son’s appointment is only for the year, Rich Dallinger is savoring it. “It’s not something too many people get to experience,” he says. “It’s great to see him and watch him become such an accomplished teacher at a young age. To teach alongside him is just great.” AFTER TEACHING AT WABASH
“It’s great to see him and watch him become such an accomplished teacher at a young age.”
—reported by Taylor Kenyon ’15, from The Bachelor
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