Dr. Ed Gouge
Daniel Professor of Chemistry
Born and raised in Marion, North Carolina, Ed Gouge's boyhood activities centered around church and Boy Scout troop functions. After graduation from the local public high school, he attended Western Carolina University where he earned his B.S. degree in chemistry and met his future wife, Diane.
From 1969 until 1972, Ed served in the U.S. Army; his last tour of duty was with the 101 Airborne Division in Vietnam. Upon discharge from the Army, he enrolled in Clemson University and there received the Ph.D. degree in chemistry in 1976. During his stay at Clemson, his only child, Jennifer, was born.
Ed joined the faculty of Presbyterian College in 1976. He is currently the Daniel Professor of Chemistry and is a former chairman of the PC Chemistry Department. He received the Alumni Association's Distinguished Teaching Award in 1985 and the Professor of the Year Award in 1995.
Ed’s research interests center around coordination chemistry and chemical education. He enjoys hiking, fishing, reading, being a grandfather, and is an active member of the First Baptist Church of Clinton.
Dr. Lynne M. Simpson
Associate Professor of English
A native of Pittsburgh, Dr. Simpson graduated summa cum laude from Washington and Jefferson College in southwestern Pennsylvania and earned her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She joined the PC faculty in 1996 and teaches Shakespeare, Renaissance Drama and Poetry, British Literature, Modern and Contemporary Drama, World Literature and Composition. Dr. Simpson has published in Shakespeare Studies. While at PC she has served as the Chair of the first Provost Search and three searches for the Department of English, as well as on many committees including General Education, Academic Affairs, Guidance, Fine Arts, Library, Carol International House, and the Honor Council. Dr. Simpson currently advises the Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority on campus. In the summer of 2006 Dr. Simpson, traveled with PC students to Oxford, London, Stratford, and Edinburgh to teach “The Best of British Theatre.” Her husband, Dr. Greg Goeckel, is a professor of mathematics at PC, and they are the doting (and often exhausted) parents of a beautiful but rambunctious three year old, Zachary Charles.
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