My professor retired after teaching my course and is no longer affiliated with my university. If he writes me a letter of recommendation, his retirement shouldn't be an issue, correct?
Letter of Rec from retired professor
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I'm also getting a letter from a chem prof that taught one of my upper-level courses and he recently retired and is emeritus status right now, but he is a big name in his field so I don't think retiring will affect that. Also, even if a prof retires and does not go emeritus, I would think that the professor would still be associated with the school for the purpose of your letter.
Agreed. As long as he provides an email (especially one still associated with an institution of higher learning and/or research/industry) that he can be reached at
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If an LOR from a job is okay to have, I'm pretty sure that one from a retired professor is more than fine. Besides, how would medical schools know that he is retired? (from my understanding the probability of adcoms contacting him/her is slim to none, but I understand your concerns nonetheless)
(One last thing: I am NOT against LOR's from jobs, I was just using that as an example. Don't start hating me SDN folks.)
(One last thing: I am NOT against LOR's from jobs, I was just using that as an example. Don't start hating me SDN folks.)
