Every year the university bestows emeritus status on exceptional faculty and staff members. The 2010 emeriti recipients are:

• Dr. Mark A. Box, Professor of English, Emeritus
• Dr. Godwin A. Chukwu, Professor of Petroleum Engineering, Emeritus
• Dr. Joseph A. Dupras, Professor of English, Emeritus
• Ms. Rheba Dupras, Associate Professor of Library Science, Emerita
• Dr. James N. Gladden, Professor of Political Science, Emeritus
• Dr. George M. Happ, Research Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Emeritus
• Dr. William D. Hibler III, Research Professor of Sea Ice Physics, Emeritus
• Mr. Ronald D. Illingworth, Professor of English and Developmental Education, Emeritus
• Mr. Steven A. Jacobson, Professor of Yupik Eskimo, Emeritus
• Dr. Ronald A. Johnson, Professor of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering, Emeritus
• Dr. John J. Kelley, Professor of Marine Science, Emeritus
• Dr. Judith Kleinfeld, Professor of Psychology and Northern Studies, Emerita
• Ms. Tamara Lincoln, Associate Professor of Library Science, Emerita
• Dr. Dirk Lummerzheim, Research Professor of Geophysics, Emeritus
• Dr. Mary Childers Mangusso, Associate Professor of History, Emerita
• Dr. F. Joseph Margraf, Professor of Fisheries, Emeritus
• Dr. Hans Nielsen, Professor of Geophysics, Emeritus
• Dr. Henry Wichmann Jr., Professor of Accounting, Emeritus