Past Honorees - Faculty/Staff

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SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Professional Service
SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
SUNY Chancellor's Award for Internationalization
SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service
University at Buffalo President's Medal
University at Buffalo Distinguished Ranks

SUNY Distinguished Rank

Past Award Winners

In recognition of exceptional faculty merit, the State University of New York Board of Trustees designates leading State University faculty members as Distinguished Professors. This rank is accorded to faculty who have distinguished their campus and State University communities through outstanding academic contributions, including scholarly publications, national and international research presentations, research findings, and the training of students. The trustees grant Distinguished Teaching Professorships to faculty members whose pedagogical accomplishments are extraordinary. They award Distinguished Service Professorships to those whose outstanding academic careers have included a particular focus on serving the university and its larger constituencies.

SUNY Distinguished Professors

Harvey Breverman03-23-99
Philip Coppens04-29-92
Colin G. Drury
Isaac Ehrlich03-13-06
Irving Feldman10-12-89
Rodolphe Gasche
Robert J. Genco09-28-89
Jorge J. E. Gracia04-25-95
Susan Howe09-24-02
Georg G. Iggers11-28-78
Bruce H. Jackson02-01-90
George C. Lee
Philip LoVerde03-16-04
Claes E.G. Lundgren
David M. Mark
Bruce D. McCombe09-25-01
Felix Milgrom04-22-81
Makau W. Mutua
George H. Nancollas09-28-89
Paras N. Prasad03-25-97
Eli Ruckenstein09-01-81
Frederick Sachs
Barry Smith03-16-04
Tsu-Teh Soong03-16-04
Sargur N. Srihari03-25-97
Dennis E. Tedlock09-24-02
Maurizio Trevisan
David J. Triggle05-24-89
Lois M. Weis 11-28-06

SUNY Distinguished Service Professors

Sebastian G. Ciancio06-19-01
Saul Elkin04-24-96
David M. Engel04-20-04
Charles P. Ewing04-29-03
Newton Garver04-25-91
Peter H. Hare11-07-97
Thomas E. Headrick05-28-93
John T. Ho04-25-95
D. Bruce Johnstone04-12-05
Murray Levine04-25-95
Oren R. Lyons05-28-06
James P. Nolan04-24-96
Charles V. Paganelli11-07-97
John F. Quinan04-12-05
Claude E. Welch04-24-89
Wolfgang Wölck05-29-98

SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professors

James B. Atleson04-30-01
Beverly P. Bishop04-29-92
Harold Brody04-25-95
Alexander C. Brownie05-28-93
Kah-Kyung Cho05-14-94
Diane R. Christian11-07-97
Robert J. Daly05-01-90
Charles H. V. Ebert04-24-89
Murray J. Ettinger05-24-89
Clyde F. Herreid09-01-88
Perry M. Hogan04-24-96
Ronald J. Huefner05-28-93
Kenneth F. Joyce04-24-96
Carl R.F. Lund
Roger W. Mayne04-30-01
James E. McConnell06-20-00
John A. Meacham04-27-99
Elizabeth B. Mensch04-20-04
Charles E. Mitchell04-20-04
Mirdza E. Neiders04-23-02
Jerry M. Newman04-27-99
Russell J. Nisengard04-25-91
John J. Peradotto05-01-90
William J. Rae04-25-00
Gerald R. Rising10-16-86
Joyce E. Sirianni04-29-92
Warren H. Thomas09-01-77
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SUNY Chancellor's Awards

Past Winners

SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching
Recipients of the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, instituted by State University of New York chancellor Ernest L. Boyer in 1973, have demonstrated outstanding teaching ability through superb classroom performance. They are scholars who bring to their classes broad academic interests, rigorous and innovative teaching methodology, and current, far-reaching knowledge. Their concern for students is evidenced by the individual attention they accord each student and by their commitment to helping students to enhance their scholarly and creative abilities and to attain academic excellence.

1973
  • Saul Elkin
  • Rae Ann Hawkes
  • Elizabeth L. Kennedy
  • Irving H. Shames
  • Norman Solkoff
  • Warren H. Thomas
  • Howard Tieckelmann
  • Sol W. Weller
1974
  • Charles H.V. Ebert
  • Leslie A. Fiedler
  • Richard D. Fly
  • Kenneth M. Kiser
  • George R. Levine
  • Hinrich R. Martens
  • John Moran
  • Orville T. Murphy
  • Gordon E. Swartz
  • Claude E. Welch
1975
  • Thomas C. Barry
  • Orville Beachley Jr.
  • Charles Bernheimer
  • Beverly P. Bishop
  • Winston W. Chang
  • Colin G. Drury
  • William Hamilton
  • David Hays
  • Elaine M. Hull
  • John J. Peradotto
  • Milton Plesur
  • Sherwood P. Prawel
1976
  • William S. Allen
  • Charles V. Clemency
  • Robert Cooper
  • Charles H.V. Ebert
  • Bernard R. Gelbaum
  • Roger Lane
  • A. Dean MacGillivray
  • James E. McConnell
  • James Stimson
1977
  • Norman Baker
  • W. Leslie Barnette
  • Robert J. Daly
  • Dorothy F. Glass
  • Ronald J. Huefner
  • James P. LaFountain
  • Joseph Masling
1978
  • Robert Bereman
  • B. Richard Bugelski
  • Ira Cohen
  • Richard Jarvis
  • Catherine L. Olsen
  • Robert G. Pope
  • Joyce E. Sirianni
1979
  • Judith S. Ronald
1980
  • Leo C. Curran
  • Jeannette M. Ludwig
  • Charles Petrie
  • Neil Schmitz
1981
  • Jacques G. Benay
  • Albert G. Fadell
  • Robert Gumtow
  • Clyde F. Herreid
  • Gerald R. Rising
  • Joseph J. Tufariello
  • Thomas Weber
1982
  • Jerry M. Newman
  • Donald Nichols
  • Carmelo A. Privitera
  • Scott W. Williams
1983
  • John S. King
  • Robert Kurland
  • Erika A. Metzger
1985
  • James B. Brady
  • Michael H. Frisch
  • Joseph C. Mollendorf
1986
  • Kenneth J. Takeuchi
1987
  • Robert D. Allendoerfer
  • Philip R. Perry
1988
  • Frank J. Krzystofiak
  • Jonathan F. Reichert
1989
  • Joseph F. Atkinson
  • Barbara J. Bono
  • Mark H. Karwan
  • Charles M. Severin
  • Albert J. Steegman Jr.
1990
  • Kah-Kyung Cho
  • David A. Gerber
  • Arun K. Jain
  • A. Neil Yerkey
1991
  • J. Ronald Gentile
  • Jack Katz
  • Christopher A. Loretz
  • Carl R. F. Lund
  • Robert E. Mates
  • Harriet R. Simons
1992
  • Jennifer Crocker
1993
  • John A. Meacham
  • William J. Rae
  • Mary Anne Rokitka
  • Phillips Stevens Jr.
1994
  • Victor A. Doyno
  • Richard J. Gonsalves
  • Richard T. Hull
  • Michael W. Kibby
  • David A. Kofke
  • Charles E. Mitchell
  • Judith S. Robinson
1995
  • Richard R. Almon
  • Stephen J. Free
  • Stacy C. Hubbard
  • Michael S. Hudecki
  • James N. Jensen
  • William A. Miller
  • Johannes M. Nitsche
  • Judith H. Tamburlin
  • Margarita Vargas
1996
  • Christina L. Bloebaum
  • Joseph A. Gardella Jr.
  • Francis M. Gasparini
  • Gerald B. Koudelka
  • James R. Meindl
  • Joseph R. Natiella
1997
  • Shahid Ahmad
  • Michael P. Long
  • Triantafillos J. Mountziaris
1998
  • Rodney L. Doran
  • Michael G. Fuda
  • Philip G. Miles
  • Richard T. Sarkin
  • M. Beth Tauke
  • Nancy P. Zimmerman
1999
  • Carrie Tirado Bramen
  • John Ringland
  • Vijay C. Swamy
2000
  • Frank V. Bright
  • Todd M. Hennessey
  • Deidre Lynch
  • Roger W. Mayne
  • Alfred D. Price
  • Bernard A. Weinstein
2001
  • Kemper E. Lewis
  • Mirdza E. Neiders
  • Athos Petrou
2002
  • Alexander N. Cartwright
  • Huw M. Davies
  • Cyrus K. Madnia
  • Patricia R. McCartney
  • Natalie C. Simpson
2003
  • Jim D. Atwood
  • Suzanne S. Dickerson
  • Maria S. Horne
  • L. Vance Watrous
2004
  • Jean Brown
  • Michael R. Detty
  • Sarah Elder
  • Kathleen M. Karlinski-Boje
  • D. Joseph Mook
2005
  • Christopher S. Cohan
  • Charles R. Fourtner
  • Jeri J. Jaeger
2006
  • Paschalis Alexandridis
  • Scott G. Grant
2008
  • Dr. Rajan Batta
  • Dr. Hong Luo
  • Dr. Lewis Mandell
  • Dr. David F. Schmid
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SUNY Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in Librarianship

The Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Librarianship, first awarded in 1977, is presented to honor exceptional skill-both professional and scholarly-in librarianship. The Award in Librarianship pays tribute to noteworthy contributions to the library profession and extraordinary service to the university.

1977
  • Carol J. Bradley
  • Shirley Hesslein
1978
  • Manuel Lopez
1979
  • Shonnie Finnegan
  • C.K. Huang
1980
  • NONE
1981
  • Nancy Fabrizio
1982
  • Marianne Goldstein
1983
  • Marcia L. Zubrow
1984
  • NONE
1985
  • Judith Hopkins
  • William McPheron
1986
  • Charles A. D'Aniello
1987
  • Nina Cascio
1988
  • NONE
1989
  • Lilli Sentz
  • Dorothy C. Woodson
1990
  • Christopher Densmore
  • Karen F. Smith
1991
  • Michael R. Lavin
  • Serafino Porcari
1992
  • Margaret R. Wells
1993
  • Gemma DeVinney
  • Terence McCormack
1994
  • Judith Adams-Volpe
  • Susan L. Dow
1995
  • Gayle J. Hardy-Davis
  • Cynthia Hepfer
1996
  • Jean Decker
  • Donald Hartman
1997
  • Edward Herman
  • Glendora Johnson-Cooper
  • Nancy Schiller
1998
  • William Hepfer
  • Ellen McGrath
1999
  • Ellen M. Gibson
  • Sharon A. Gray
  • Susan M. Neumeister
2000
  • Susan Davis Bartl
  • Deborah Husted-Koshinsky
2001
  • Nancy Bren Nuzzo
2002
  • Renee B. Bush
  • Karen D. Senglaup
2003
  • Mary F. Miller
2004
  • Karen L. Spencer
2005
  • H. Austin Booth
2006
  • Amy G. Lyons
  • A. Ben Wagner
2008
  • Marilyn M. Kramer
  • Lori J. Widzinski
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SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Professional Service

Introduced in 1977, the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Professional Service honors members of the professional staff whose extraordinary service contributions have significantly enriched the university. The Award in Professional Service is presented to professional staff members who serve energetically, innovatively, and knowledgeably in their fields.

1977
  • James Blackhurst
  • Patricia Colvard
  • J. Warren Perry
  • Shirley Stout
1978
  • Shirley Ahrens
  • Bertha Cutcher
  • Bernice Poss
1980
  • Arlene R. Bergwall
  • Gerald L. O'Grady
  • Robert J. Wagner
1981
  • Frank J. Corbett
  • Marilou T. Healey
1982
  • Michael Moran
1984
  • June E. Licence
1988
  • Marlene M. Cook
  • Frank T. Schimpfhauser
1990
  • John A. Edens
  • Florence Fradin
  • Linda F. Grace-Kobas
  • Joseph J. Krakowiak
  • Muriel A. Moore
1991
  • Nancy M. Kielar
1992
  • Christine E. Sauciunac
1993
  • Patricia A. Coty
  • Peter S. Gold
  • Donald F. Hanavan
1994
  • Raymond P. Dannenhoffer
  • Jane A. Liebner
  • Stephen M. Roberts
1995
  • Rita Green Lipsitz
  • Judith K. Miller
1996
  • Peter G. Avery
  • Dennis R. Black
  • Henry J. Durand
  • Joseph P. Lane
1997
  • Martha A. Barton
  • Sandra J. Fazekas
  • Maryanne L. Mather
  • Leonard F. Snyder
1998
  • John M. Grela
  • Eileen L. Hassett
  • Sean P. Sullivan
  • Nelson E. Townsend
1999
  • Judith C. Applebaum
  • Madison L. Boyce
  • Elias G. Eldayrie
  • Pamela C. Jones
2000
  • Lawrence E. Chlebowy
  • Roger R. McGill
  • Barbara J. Ricotta
  • Regina S. Toomey
2001
  • Josephine A. Capuana
  • Shelley Frederick
  • Albert "Budd" Termin
  • James O. Whitlock
2002
  • Voldemar A. Innus
  • Janina L. Kaars
  • David J. Nuzzo
  • Stephen N. Wallace
2003
  • Marguerite E. Knowles
  • Timothy J. Rutenber
  • John B. Sheffer II
2004
  • Bruce Majkowski
  • Dean Millar
2005
  • Diane M. Dittmar
  • David L. Gilles-Thomas
  • Stefanos C. Papazaharias
2006
  • Barbara A. Burke
  • Joseph J. Hindrawan
  • Laura S. Mangan
  • Cheryl J. Taplin
  • Raymond D. Volpe
2008
  • Michael F. Dupre
  • Mark C. Pitman
  • William J. Regan
  • M. Eileen Sylves
  • Courtney J. Walsh
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SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities

In 2002, the State University of New York announced the creation of the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, designed to recognize outstanding academic and creative achievements across a broad spectrum of scholarly and artistic fields. Recipients of the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities are university faculty members who consistently go above and beyond their teaching and professional duties to make extraordinary contributions to their respective fields.

2002
  • Susan Howe
  • Barry Smith
2003
  • Deborah D. L. Chung
  • Huw M. L. Davies
  • William J. Jusko
  • Richard J. Salvi
2004
  • Anthony S. Conrad
  • Michael C. Constantinou
  • David A. Kofke
  • Eugene D. Morse
  • Alan Selman
2005
  • Joseph A. Gardella, Jr.
  • Claes E.G. Lundgren
  • John Henry Schlegel
2006
  • Douglas H. Clements
  • Marilyn Emily Morris
  • Thomas Peter Ralabate
2008
  • Athol D. Abrahams
  • Venugopal Govindaraju
  • H. Reghavendra Rao
  • Andrei M. Reinhorn
  • Thomas A. Szyperski
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SUNY Chancellor's Award for Internationalization

Created through an initiative of the State University of New York Office of International Programs in 2003, the Chancellor's Award for Internationalization recognizes and helps sponsor outstanding faculty and staff efforts that enable students to gain valuable academic experiences in parts of the world that are not commonly visited or studied. In supporting the development of unique overseas learning opportunities, the Award for Internationalization honors exceptional contributions to fostering international cultural and educational exchange.

2004
  • Patrick F. McDevitt
  • Samuel M. Paley
  • John H. Stone
  • Jason R. Young
2005
  • Maria S. Horne
  • D. Joseph Mook
2006
  • Award Category Suspended
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SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service

The State University of New York announced the inauguration of the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service in 2004. This newly established honor acknowledges faculty who have made sustained and wide-ranging service contributions to a broad array of university constituents. Recipients of the Award for Excellence in Faculty Service have distinguished themselves through exceptional service to the university and to their communities, as well as to their disciplinary, professional, and faculty governance organizations at the statewide, national, and international levels.

2004
  • Joseph A. Gardella Jr.
  • D. Bruce Johnstone
2005
  • No Awardees
2006
  • LeAdelle Phelps
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University at Buffalo President's Medal

The University at Buffalo President's Medal shall be awarded in recognition of signal and extraordinary service to the University. Such service may comprise scholarly or artistic achievements, humanitarian acts, contributions of time or treasure, outstanding leadership, or any other act that makes a major contribution to the development of, or quality of life within, the University.

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University at Buffalo Distinguished Ranks

Past Award Winners

The Office of the Provost created the rank of UB Distinguished Professors to honor full professors who have achieved national or international recognition as experts in their fields of study. UB Distinguished Professors are members of the faculty who have been full professors for a minimum of five years with a demonstrated record of excellence in artistic or scholarly contributions.

2002
  • Athol D. Abrahams
  • Guyora Binder
  • Frank V. Bright
  • Jonathan S. Dewald
  • Colin G. Drury
  • Stephen L. Dyson
  • Isaac Ehrlich
  • Peyman Givi
  • Alfred S. Konefsky
  • Howard K. Kuramitsu
  • Russ Miller
  • Frederick Sachs
  • Jeffrey Skolnick
  • Stanley Zionts
2003
  • Huw M. L. Davies
  • Leonard H. Epstein
  • Michael F. Sheridan
  • Barbara H. Tedlock
2004
  • Joan K. Copiec
  • Paresh Dandona
  • Jo L. Freudenheim
  • David A. Kofke
  • Timothy F. Murphy
  • Mulchand S. Patel
  • William E. Pelham Jr.
2005
  • Lois M. Weis
2006
  • No Awardees
2007
  • Francis M. Gasparini
  • David A. Gerber
  • William J. Jusko
  • Frank C. Zagare
2008
  • Nallan C. Suresh
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