McJimsey Lecture

The Robert D. McJimsey Seminar

The McJimsey Seminar is presented annually in memory of Robert Duncan McJimsey (1936-2009), Professor of History at Colorado College from 1968 to 2007 and beloved warden and vestry member at Grace and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church.

Bob was imaginative and creative. He enjoyed making up games and stories. He especially put his creativity into his teaching, always eager to find new ways to inspire his students' intellectual curiosity. Bob believed in the liberal arts mission of teaching life's lessons and possibilities. 

In addition to teaching British and European history, Bob enjoyed teaching interdisciplinary courses with colleagues in the humanities, natural sciences and social sciences.  The seminar, a joint presentation of the church and the college, explores an equally wide range of topics in history, religion, music and science.

It is the spark of intellectual curiosity tempered with humor that we honor each year as we remember our friend and teacher, Bob McJimsey.