title use in academic settings

[Timothy Mason]

On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 05:00, Mike Salovesh wrote:
>
> I'm proud of my Chicago Ph.D., but uncomfortable if called "Dr.
Salovesh".
> "Ex-Professor" (I retired five years ago) doesn't sit too well,
either. (It
> could raise questions about how and why I was eliminated from the
> professoriate.) I've not heard the title "Emeritus" used often enough
to
> have any desire to hide behind it.
>

Once a professor, always a professor - whether retired or not. Academic
etiquette allows - even insists - that a professor should be addressed
by his or her title forever if not longer. The same is true of many
titles - M. Giscard d'Estaing is still referred to as M. le President -
and also for armed service ranks - although some sneer at the ageing
major.

Best wishes

Timothy Mason