Faculty Retirements
In May 2020, the department gathered (virtually, of course) to pay tribute to two dedicated Lehigh professors and to wish them well in their retirement.
David Cundall, Ph.D.
David Cundall, Ph.D. joined Lehigh as an assistant professor in the Biology Department in 1975, and then was promoted to Associate Professor in 1980. After the disbanding of the Biology Department in 1991, he was promoted to Professor of Psychology in 1992 and joined the Department of Biological Sciences in 1995.
Professor Cundall’s research focused on the functional, morphological, ecological and evolutionary foundations of some behaviors of ectothermic tetrapods, particularly legless ones, such as snakes.
Cundall taught a variety of courses, including introductory biology for both majors and non-majors, Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, Vertebrate Field Biology, Vertebrate Histology, and many more!
Cundall earned his bachelor’s degree from McGill University in Montreal, and his masters and doctoral degrees from the University of Arkansas.
Murray Itzkowitz, Ph.D.
Murray Itzkowitz, Ph.D. began his career at Lehigh in 1979 when he was hired as an assistant professor in the Department of Biology. He was promoted to associate professor in 1984, and professor in 1991.
Itzkowitz’s research has been far-reaching over the years, but primarily studying the monogamous convict cichlid fish and several species of pupfish and beaugregory damselfish. Professor Itzkowitz’s research was funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health, the National Science Foundation, and the National Institutes of Health, as well as some state and foundation funding.
He taught a wide variety of courses, including Integrative Biology, Animal Behavior, and more!
Dr. Itzkowitz served nine years as chair of the department.
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