Alumni Association Faculty Distinguished Achievement Awards
The Arkansas Alumni Association Distinguished Achievement Awards Program, inaugurated in 1961, recognizes, rewards, and encourages superior classroom teaching, and particularly outstanding research or creative activity. Earlier awards were given in two categories—teaching or research. Since 1969, a third category evolved to recognize faculty members known to be both strong researchers and excellent teachers. Currently, recipients of the awards are given a check for $5,000.00. Past recipients of these awards, their departments and types of awards include the following:
In 2013, the Alumni Association Faculty Distinguished Achievement Awards included a Rising Teaching Award for assistant or associate professors.
| Year | Recipient | Department | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | G. Alexander Nunn | Law | Rising Teaching Award |
| 2023 | Varun Grover | Information Systems | Research |
| 2023 | Carole Shook | Information Systems | Service |
| 2022 | Hope Ballentine | Nursing | Rising Teaching Award |
| 2022 | Shui-Qing “Fisher” Yu | Electrical Engineering | Research |
| 2022 | G. David Gearhart | Rehabilitation, Human Resources, and Communication Disorders | Service |
| 2021 | No Awards Given Due to COVID-19 Pandemic | ||
| 2020 | Benjamin Runkle | Biological and Agricultural Engineering | Rising Teaching Award |
| 2020 | Greg Thoma | Chemical Engineering | Research |
| 2020 | Ro Di Brezzo | Health, Human Performance, and Recreation | Service |
| 2019 | Anne Velliquette | Marketing | Rising Teaching Award |
| 2019 | Peggy Schaefer-Whitby | Curriculum & Instruction | Service |
| 2019 | John R. Clark | Horticulture | Research |
| 2018 | Sean Connors | Curriculum and Instruction | Rising Teaching Award |
| 2018 | Kevin Hall | Civil Engineering | Service |
| 2018 | Min Zou | Mechanical Engineering | Research |
| 2017 | Tiffany Murphy | School of Law | Service |
| 2017 | Ranil Wickramasinghe | Chemical Engineering | Research |
| 2017 | Catherine Shoulders | Agricultural Education, Comm. & Technology | Rising Teaching Award |
| 2016 | Ingrid Fritsch | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Research |
| 2016 | Laurent Sacharoff | School of Law | Rising Teaching Award |
| 2016 | William Schwab | Sociology | Service |
| 2015 | Dustin Buehler | Law | Rising Teaching Award |
| 2015 | Jeannie Whayne | History | Service |
| 2015 | Jim -Woo Kim | Biological and Agricultural Engineering | Research |
| 2014 | Douglas E. Spearot | Mechanical Engineering | Rising Teaching Award |
| 2014 | Elliot West | History | Research |
| 2014 | Edward A. Pohl | Industrial Engineering | Service |
| 2013 | Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon | History | Rising Teaching Award |
| 2013 | Russ Meller | Industrial Engineering | Research |
| 2013 | Cheryl Murphy | Curriculum & Instruction | Service |
| 2012 | Viswanath Venkatesh | Information Systems | Research |
| 2012 | Gary Ritter | Education Reform | Service |
| 2011 | Marty Matlock | Biological & Agricultural Engineering | Service |
| 2011 | H. Alan Mantooth | Electrical Engineering | Research |
| 2011 | Robert Stapp | Economics | Teaching |
| 2010 | Amy Apon | CSCE | Service |
| 2010 | Larry Foley | Journalism | Research |
| 2010 | Carol Reeves | Management | Teaching |
| 2009 | Amy Farmer | Economics | Service |
| 2009 | Laurent Bellaiche | Physics | Research |
| 2009 | Dub Ashton | Marketing | Teaching |
| 2008 | Alan E. Ellstrand | Management | Teaching & Service |
| 2008 | Vikas Anand | Management | Teaching |
| 2008 | Justin R. Morris | Food Science | Research |
| 2007 | Kimberly G. Smith | Biological Sciences | Service |
| 2007 | Ajay Malshe | Mechanical Engineering | Research |
| 2007 | Barbara B. Shadden | Communication Disorders | Teaching & Service |
| 2006 | Deborah W. Thomas | Accounting | Service & Teaching |
| 2006 | Donald M. Johnson | Agri. & Extension Education | Teaching & Service |
| 2006 | Gisela F. Erf | Poultry Science | Research & Teaching |
| 2005 | John W. Cole | Marketing & Logistics | Teaching |
| 2005 | Janine A. Parry | Political Science | Teaching & Service |
| 2005 | Xiaogang Peng | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Research |
| 2004 | Cynthia Nance | Law | Service |
| 2004 | Charles Robinson | History | Teaching |
| 2004 | Kevin Hall | Civil Engineering | Research & Teaching |
| 2003 | Charles L. Wilkins | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Research |
| 2003 | Mark R. Killenbeck | Law | Teaching & Research |
| 2003 | Yanbin Li | BAEG | Research & Service |
| 2002 | Merry Moiseichik | HKRD | Service |
| 2002 | Evan Bukey | History | Research |
| 2002 | Molly Rapert | Marketing & Transportation | Teaching |
| 2001 | Fred Limp | Anthropology/CAST | Research & Service |
| 2001 | Scot Burton | Marketing & Transportation | Research |
| 2001 | Ronda Mains | Music | Teaching |
| 2000 | Peter Ungar | Anthropology | Research & Service |
| 2000 | Henry Tsai | History | Research & Teaching |
| 2000 | Virginia Van Es | CISQA | Teaching |
| 1999 | Derek W.G. Sears | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Research & Service |
| 1999 | Daniel E. Sutherland | History | Research |
| 1999 | Derrick M. Oosterhuis | CSES | Research & Teaching |
| 1998 | Min Xiao | Physics | Research |
| 1998 | Robert B. Cochran | English | Teaching & Research |
| 1998 | Thomas R. McKinnon | Economics | Teaching & Research |
| 1997 | Robert Stapp | Economics | Teaching |
| 1997 | Kimberly Smith | Biological Sciences | Teaching & Research |
| 1997 | Dick Oliver | Agronomy | Teaching & Research |
| 1996 | Edwin L. Yaz | Electrical Engineering | Research |
| 1996 | David E.R. Gay | Economics | Service, Teaching & Research |
| 1996 | Allan Cochran | Mathematical Sciences | Teaching |
| 1995 | C. Murray Smart, Jr. | Architecture | Teaching & Research |
| 1995 | Park Waldroup | Poultry Science | Research |
| 1995 | Mary Jo Schneider | Anthropology | Teaching |
| 1994 | Randall B. Woods | History | Teaching & Research |
| 1994 | Gregory J. Salamo | Physics | Research |
| 1994 | Simon S. Ang | Electrical Engineering | Teaching |
| 1993 | Justin Morris | Food Science | Research & Public Service |
| 1993 | Robert Riggs | Plant Pathology | Research |
| 1993 | Hoyt Purvis | Journalism/Political Science | Teaching |
| 1992 | Gail Cramer | Ag Econ & Rural Sociology | Research & Public Service |
| 1992 | Roger Koeppe | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Research |
| 1992 | Donald Harington | Art | Teaching |
| 1991 | Michael Young | HKRD | Research & Public Service |
| 1991 | Donald R. Bobbitt | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Teaching |
| 1991 | Peter Pulay | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Research |
| 1990 | John J. Watkins | Law | Research & Public Service |
| 1990 | Edgar C. Clausen | Chemical Engineering | Research |
| 1990 | Thomas D. Jensen | Marketing & Transportation | Teaching |
| 1989 | Donald B. Pedersen | Law | Teaching, Research & Service |
| 1989 | David W. Edwards | History | Teaching |
| 1989 | K. S. Kim | Plant Pathology | Research |
| 1988 | Richard Roessler | ARRTC | Research |
| 1988 | Carlton Bailey | Law | Teaching |
| 1988 | Terry L. Lavy | Agronomy | Research |
| 1987 | Danny J. Davis | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Teaching & Research |
| 1987 | Alfred E. Einert | Horticulture & Forestry | Teaching |
| 1987 | Charles E. Templeton | Plant Pathology | Research |
| 1986 | Cyrus A. Sutherland | Architecture | Teaching |
| 1986 | Rodney Alan Smolla | Law | Research |
| 1986 | Collis R. Geren | Chemistry | Teaching & Research |
| 1985 | Jerry A. Havens | Chemical Engineering | Research |
| 1985 | Frank Millett | Chemistry | Research |
| 1985 | Charles R. Britton | Economics | Teaching |
| 1984 | Raymond H. Hughes | Physics | Research |
| 1984 | Rafael Guzman | Law | Teaching |
| 1984 | Daniel E. Ferritor | Sociology | Teaching & Research |
| 1983 | James E. Dunn | Mathematics | Teaching & Research |
| 1983 | Robert Frans | Agronomy | Research & Creativity |
| 1983 | John G. Williams | Architecture | Teaching |
| 1982 | Jim L. Turpin | Chemical Engineering | Teaching |
| 1982 | Louis Thibodeaux | Chemical Engineering | Teaching & Research |
| 1982 | E. Fay Jones | Architecture | Research |
| 1981 | Richard Anderson | Physics | Teaching & Research |
| 1981 | James F. Hinton | Chemistry | Research |
| 1981 | T. Paul Cronan | DPQA | Teaching |
| 1980 | Jacob R. Phillips | Entomology | Teaching & Research |
| 1980 | Robert E. Hall | Finance | Teaching |
| 1980 | Willard B. Gatewood | History | Research |
| 1979 | Harold C. McDonald | Geology | Teaching & Research |
| 1979 | Miller Williams | English | Research |
| 1979 | Max Meisch | Entomology | Teaching |
| 1978 | Wallace Cordes | Chemistry | Teaching & Research |
| 1978 | Maurice Testerman | GIT | Research |
| 1978 | Morton Gitelman | Law | Teaching |
| 1977 | Lothar Schafer | Chemistry | Teaching & Research |
| 1977 | Hamdy A. Taha | Industrial Engineering | Research |
| 1977 | Charles Thatcher | Chemical Engineering | Teaching |
| 1976 | Jack H. Cole | Mechanical Engineering | Teaching & Research |
| 1976 | Robert D. Hay | Management | Research |
| 1976 | James Whitehead | English | Teaching |
| 1975 | John N. Marr | Psychology | Teaching & Research |
| 1975 | Charles E. Caviness | Agronomy | Research |
| 1975 | John Kane | Economics | Teaching |
| 1974 | F. K. Spies | Law | Teaching & Research |
| 1974 | James N. Moore | Horticulture & Forestry | Research |
| 1974 | Bryan Webb | Electrical Engineering | Teaching |
| 1973 | Warren Banks | Finance | Teaching & Research |
| 1973 | Charles Lincoln | Entomology | Research |
| 1973 | Irene Burt | Elementary Education | Teaching |
| 1972 | Ronald Skeith | Industrial Engineering | Teaching & Research |
| 1972 | George Kernodle | Speech & Dramatic Art | Research |
| 1972 | Nolan Williams | Accounting | Teaching |
| 1971 | Joe McFerran | Horticulture & Forestry | Community & University Service |
| 1971 | Samuel Siegel | Chemistry | Research |
| 1971 | Blair Hart | Speech & Dramatic Art | Teaching |
| 1970 | E. Phillip Trapp | Psychology | Teaching & Research |
| 1970 | T. C. Duncan Eaves | English | Research |
| 1970 | Helmut Wolf | Mechanical Engineering | Teaching |
| 1969 | Grover Harris, Jr. | Animal Science | Teaching & Research |
| 1969 | Arthur J. Fry | Chemistry | Research |
| 1969 | Stanley Stephenson | Electrical Engineering | Teaching |
| 1968 | Albert M. Witte | Law | Teaching |
| 1968 | Charles L. Wilson | Plant Pathology | Research |
| 1968 | Leo Van Scyoc | English | Teaching |
| 1967 | H. Blair Rouse | English | Research |
| 1967 | Edward S. Amis | Chemistry | Research |
| 1967 | Cecil O. Cogburn | Mechanical Engineering | Teaching |
| 1966 | Odie T. Stallcup | Animal Science | Research |
| 1966 | Richard Brothers | Music | Teaching |
| 1966 | Harold A. Dulan | Finance | Teaching |
| 1965 | Jacob Sacks | Chemistry | Research |
| 1965 | Bradford A. Waddle | Agronomy | Research |
| 1965 | D. M. Robinson | Management | Teaching |
| 1964 | John M. Peterson | Economics | Research |
| 1964 | John Imhoff | Industrial Engineering | Teaching |
| 1964 | Anne Vizzier | History | Teaching |
| 1963 | Paul K. Kuroda | Chemistry | Research |
| 1963 | Paul R. Noland | Animal Science | Teaching |
| 1963 | Carl E. Hoffman | Zoology | Teaching |
| 1962 | Joseph P. Fulton | Plant Pathology | Research |
| 1962 | Henry M. Alexander | Political Science | Research |
| 1962 | Robert A. Leflar | Law | Teaching |
| 1961 | Derald A. Slack | Plant Pathology | Research |
| 1961 | E. Fay Jones | Architecture | Research |
| 1961 | Ben Kimpel | English | Teaching |
BURLINGTON NORTHERN FOUNDATION AWARD
From 1985 to 1990, the Burlington Northern Foundation supported annual awards of $2,000 to an "Outstanding Teacher" for excellence in teaching, and to an "Outstanding Faculty-Scholar" for excellence in research. Recipients of these awards were as follows:
| Year | Recipient | Department | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Frederick M. Stephen | Entomology | Faculty-Scholar |
| 1990 | A. Wallace Cordes | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Teaching |
| 1989 | Peter Pulay | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Faculty-Scholar |
| 1989 | Rafael Guzman | Law | Teaching |
| 1988 | George E. Templeton | Plant Pathology | Faculty-Scholar |
| 1988 | Dean R. Gorman | HKRD | Teaching |
| 1987 | James N. Moore | Horticulture & Forestry | Faculty-Scholar |
| 1987 | Charles M. Thatcher | Chemical Engineering | Teaching |
| 1986 | Brian Bolton | ARTC | Faculty-Scholar |
| 1986 | Daniel Levine | Foreign Languages | Teaching |
| 1985 | Francis S. Millett | Chemistry | Faculty-Scholar |
| 1985 | Lyna Lee Montgomery | English | Teaching |
In 1991, the Burlington Northern Foundation began supporting one award of $2,500 for outstanding teaching, as follows.
| 1994 | David Bednar | Management |
| 1993 | Howard W. Brill | Law |
| 1992 | There was no award in 1992. | |
| 1991 | Michael Hoffman | Anthropology |
In 1995, the University of Arkansas began supporting one award of $5,000 for the recipient of the Burlington Award for outstanding teaching, as follows:
| 1996 | Jim L. Turpin | Chemical Engineering | Teaching |
| 1995 | Elliott West | History | Teaching |
The Burlington Northern Foundation Award was discontinued in 1997.
CHARLES AND NADINE BAUM FACULTY TEACHING AWARD
In 1997, the Charles and Nadine Baum Foundation began supporting one award of $5,000 for the recognition of Outstanding Teaching. Past recipients of this award, and their departments include the following:
| 2023 | Marcia Imbeau | Curriculum & Instruction |
| 2022 | Susan Gauch | Computer Science and Computer Engineering |
| 2021 | No Award Given Due to COVID-19 | |
| 2020 | Jeannie Whayne | History |
| 2019 | Howard W. Brill | Law |
| 2018 | Suresh Kumar | Biochemistry |
| 2017 | John A. White, Jr. | Industrial Engineering |
| 2016 | Janine Parry | Political Science |
| 2015 | Lynn F. Jacobs | Art |
| 2014 | Mary Beth Matthews | Law |
| 2013 | Manuel D. Rossetti | Industrial Engineering |
| 2012 | Molly Rapert | Marketing and Logistics |
| 2011 | John C. Pijanowski | Educational Leadership |
| 2010 | Micah Hale Civil | Engineering |
| 2009 | Timothy A. Kral | Biological Sciences |
| 2008 | Norman D. Dennis, Jr. | Civil Engineering |
| 2007 | Gregory J. Salamo | Physics |
| 2006 | Richard Cassady | Industrial Engineering |
| 2005 | Amy Herzberg | Drama |
| 2004 | Robert Stapp | Economics |
| 2003 | Jeff B. Murray | Marketing & Logistics |
| 2002 | Douglas A. James | Biological Sciences |
| 2001 | Elliott West | History |
| 2000 | Lynda L. Coon | History |
| 1999 | Ro DiBrezzo | Health Science, Kinesiology, Recreation & Dance |
| 1998 | Hamdy A. Taha | Industrial Engineering |
| 1997 | Doris M. Cook | Accounting |
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