Past Honorees - Faculty/Staff
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SUNY Distinguished Rank
SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching
SUNY Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in Librarianship
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 WinnersIn 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 Breverman | 03-23-99 |
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| Philip Coppens | 04-29-92 |
| Colin G. Drury | |
| Isaac Ehrlich | 03-13-06 |
| Irving Feldman | 10-12-89 |
| Rodolphe Gasche | |
| Robert J. Genco | 09-28-89 |
| Jorge J. E. Gracia | 04-25-95 |
| Susan Howe | 09-24-02 |
| Georg G. Iggers | 11-28-78 |
| Bruce H. Jackson | 02-01-90 |
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| George C. Lee | |
| Philip LoVerde | 03-16-04 |
| Claes E.G. Lundgren | |
| David M. Mark | |
| Bruce D. McCombe | 09-25-01 |
| Felix Milgrom | 04-22-81 |
| Makau W. Mutua | |
| George H. Nancollas | 09-28-89 |
| Paras N. Prasad | 03-25-97 |
| Eli Ruckenstein | 09-01-81 |
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| Frederick Sachs | |
| Barry Smith | 03-16-04 |
| Tsu-Teh Soong | 03-16-04 |
| Sargur N. Srihari | 03-25-97 |
| Dennis E. Tedlock | 09-24-02 |
| Maurizio Trevisan | |
| David J. Triggle | 05-24-89 |
| Lois M. Weis | 11-28-06 |
SUNY Distinguished Service Professors
| Sebastian G. Ciancio | 06-19-01 |
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| Saul Elkin | 04-24-96 |
| David M. Engel | 04-20-04 |
| Charles P. Ewing | 04-29-03 |
| Newton Garver | 04-25-91 |
| Peter H. Hare | 11-07-97 |
| Thomas E. Headrick | 05-28-93 |
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| John T. Ho | 04-25-95 |
| D. Bruce Johnstone | 04-12-05 |
| Murray Levine | 04-25-95 |
| Oren R. Lyons | 05-28-06 |
| James P. Nolan | 04-24-96 |
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| Charles V. Paganelli | 11-07-97 |
| John F. Quinan | 04-12-05 |
| Claude E. Welch | 04-24-89 |
| Wolfgang Wölck | 05-29-98 |
SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professors
| James B. Atleson | 04-30-01 |
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| Beverly P. Bishop | 04-29-92 |
| Harold Brody | 04-25-95 |
| Alexander C. Brownie | 05-28-93 |
| Kah-Kyung Cho | 05-14-94 |
| Diane R. Christian | 11-07-97 |
| Robert J. Daly | 05-01-90 |
| Charles H. V. Ebert | 04-24-89 |
| Murray J. Ettinger | 05-24-89 |
| Clyde F. Herreid | 09-01-88 |
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| Perry M. Hogan | 04-24-96 |
| Ronald J. Huefner | 05-28-93 |
| Kenneth F. Joyce | 04-24-96 |
| Carl R.F. Lund | |
| Roger W. Mayne | 04-30-01 |
| James E. McConnell | 06-20-00 |
| John A. Meacham | 04-27-99 |
| Elizabeth B. Mensch | 04-20-04 |
| Charles E. Mitchell | 04-20-04 |
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| Mirdza E. Neiders | 04-23-02 |
| Jerry M. Newman | 04-27-99 |
| Russell J. Nisengard | 04-25-91 |
| John J. Peradotto | 05-01-90 |
| William J. Rae | 04-25-00 |
| Gerald R. Rising | 10-16-86 |
| Joyce E. Sirianni | 04-29-92 |
| Warren H. Thomas | 09-01-77 |
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.
- Saul Elkin
- Rae Ann Hawkes
- Elizabeth L. Kennedy
- Irving H. Shames
- Norman Solkoff
- Warren H. Thomas
- Howard Tieckelmann
- Sol W. Weller
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Norman Baker
- W. Leslie Barnette
- Robert J. Daly
- Dorothy F. Glass
- Ronald J. Huefner
- James P. LaFountain
- Joseph Masling
- Robert Bereman
- B. Richard Bugelski
- Ira Cohen
- Richard Jarvis
- Catherine L. Olsen
- Robert G. Pope
- Joyce E. Sirianni
- Judith S. Ronald
- Leo C. Curran
- Jeannette M. Ludwig
- Charles Petrie
- Neil Schmitz
- Jacques G. Benay
- Albert G. Fadell
- Robert Gumtow
- Clyde F. Herreid
- Gerald R. Rising
- Joseph J. Tufariello
- Thomas Weber
- Jerry M. Newman
- Donald Nichols
- Carmelo A. Privitera
- Scott W. Williams
- John S. King
- Robert Kurland
- Erika A. Metzger
- James B. Brady
- Michael H. Frisch
- Joseph C. Mollendorf
- Kenneth J. Takeuchi
- Robert D. Allendoerfer
- Philip R. Perry
- Frank J. Krzystofiak
- Jonathan F. Reichert
- Joseph F. Atkinson
- Barbara J. Bono
- Mark H. Karwan
- Charles M. Severin
- Albert J. Steegman Jr.
- Kah-Kyung Cho
- David A. Gerber
- Arun K. Jain
- A. Neil Yerkey
- J. Ronald Gentile
- Jack Katz
- Christopher A. Loretz
- Carl R. F. Lund
- Robert E. Mates
- Harriet R. Simons
- Jennifer Crocker
- John A. Meacham
- William J. Rae
- Mary Anne Rokitka
- Phillips Stevens Jr.
- Victor A. Doyno
- Richard J. Gonsalves
- Richard T. Hull
- Michael W. Kibby
- David A. Kofke
- Charles E. Mitchell
- Judith S. Robinson
- 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
- Christina L. Bloebaum
- Joseph A. Gardella Jr.
- Francis M. Gasparini
- Gerald B. Koudelka
- James R. Meindl
- Joseph R. Natiella
- Shahid Ahmad
- Michael P. Long
- Triantafillos J. Mountziaris
- Rodney L. Doran
- Michael G. Fuda
- Philip G. Miles
- Richard T. Sarkin
- M. Beth Tauke
- Nancy P. Zimmerman
- Carrie Tirado Bramen
- John Ringland
- Vijay C. Swamy
- Frank V. Bright
- Todd M. Hennessey
- Deidre Lynch
- Roger W. Mayne
- Alfred D. Price
- Bernard A. Weinstein
- Kemper E. Lewis
- Mirdza E. Neiders
- Athos Petrou
- Alexander N. Cartwright
- Huw M. Davies
- Cyrus K. Madnia
- Patricia R. McCartney
- Natalie C. Simpson
- Jim D. Atwood
- Suzanne S. Dickerson
- Maria S. Horne
- L. Vance Watrous
- Jean Brown
- Michael R. Detty
- Sarah Elder
- Kathleen M. Karlinski-Boje
- D. Joseph Mook
- Christopher S. Cohan
- Charles R. Fourtner
- Jeri J. Jaeger
- Paschalis Alexandridis
- Scott G. Grant
- Dr. Rajan Batta
- Dr. Hong Luo
- Dr. Lewis Mandell
- Dr. David F. Schmid
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.
- Carol J. Bradley
- Shirley Hesslein
- Manuel Lopez
- Shonnie Finnegan
- C.K. Huang
- NONE
- Nancy Fabrizio
- Marianne Goldstein
- Marcia L. Zubrow
- NONE
- Judith Hopkins
- William McPheron
- Charles A. D'Aniello
- Nina Cascio
- NONE
- Lilli Sentz
- Dorothy C. Woodson
- Christopher Densmore
- Karen F. Smith
- Michael R. Lavin
- Serafino Porcari
- Margaret R. Wells
- Gemma DeVinney
- Terence McCormack
- Judith Adams-Volpe
- Susan L. Dow
- Gayle J. Hardy-Davis
- Cynthia Hepfer
- Jean Decker
- Donald Hartman
- Edward Herman
- Glendora Johnson-Cooper
- Nancy Schiller
- William Hepfer
- Ellen McGrath
- Ellen M. Gibson
- Sharon A. Gray
- Susan M. Neumeister
- Susan Davis Bartl
- Deborah Husted-Koshinsky
- Nancy Bren Nuzzo
- Renee B. Bush
- Karen D. Senglaup
- Mary F. Miller
- Karen L. Spencer
- H. Austin Booth
- Amy G. Lyons
- A. Ben Wagner
- Marilyn M. Kramer
- Lori J. Widzinski
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.
- James Blackhurst
- Patricia Colvard
- J. Warren Perry
- Shirley Stout
- Shirley Ahrens
- Bertha Cutcher
- Bernice Poss
- Arlene R. Bergwall
- Gerald L. O'Grady
- Robert J. Wagner
- Frank J. Corbett
- Marilou T. Healey
- Michael Moran
- June E. Licence
- Marlene M. Cook
- Frank T. Schimpfhauser
- John A. Edens
- Florence Fradin
- Linda F. Grace-Kobas
- Joseph J. Krakowiak
- Muriel A. Moore
- Nancy M. Kielar
- Christine E. Sauciunac
- Patricia A. Coty
- Peter S. Gold
- Donald F. Hanavan
- Raymond P. Dannenhoffer
- Jane A. Liebner
- Stephen M. Roberts
- Rita Green Lipsitz
- Judith K. Miller
- Peter G. Avery
- Dennis R. Black
- Henry J. Durand
- Joseph P. Lane
- Martha A. Barton
- Sandra J. Fazekas
- Maryanne L. Mather
- Leonard F. Snyder
- John M. Grela
- Eileen L. Hassett
- Sean P. Sullivan
- Nelson E. Townsend
- Judith C. Applebaum
- Madison L. Boyce
- Elias G. Eldayrie
- Pamela C. Jones
- Lawrence E. Chlebowy
- Roger R. McGill
- Barbara J. Ricotta
- Regina S. Toomey
- Josephine A. Capuana
- Shelley Frederick
- Albert "Budd" Termin
- James O. Whitlock
- Voldemar A. Innus
- Janina L. Kaars
- David J. Nuzzo
- Stephen N. Wallace
- Marguerite E. Knowles
- Timothy J. Rutenber
- John B. Sheffer II
- Bruce Majkowski
- Dean Millar
- Diane M. Dittmar
- David L. Gilles-Thomas
- Stefanos C. Papazaharias
- Barbara A. Burke
- Joseph J. Hindrawan
- Laura S. Mangan
- Cheryl J. Taplin
- Raymond D. Volpe
- Michael F. Dupre
- Mark C. Pitman
- William J. Regan
- M. Eileen Sylves
- Courtney J. Walsh
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.
- Susan Howe
- Barry Smith
- Deborah D. L. Chung
- Huw M. L. Davies
- William J. Jusko
- Richard J. Salvi
- Anthony S. Conrad
- Michael C. Constantinou
- David A. Kofke
- Eugene D. Morse
- Alan Selman
- Joseph A. Gardella, Jr.
- Claes E.G. Lundgren
- John Henry Schlegel
- Douglas H. Clements
- Marilyn Emily Morris
- Thomas Peter Ralabate
- Athol D. Abrahams
- Venugopal Govindaraju
- H. Reghavendra Rao
- Andrei M. Reinhorn
- Thomas A. Szyperski
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.
- Patrick F. McDevitt
- Samuel M. Paley
- John H. Stone
- Jason R. Young
- Maria S. Horne
- D. Joseph Mook
- Award Category Suspended
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.
- Joseph A. Gardella Jr.
- D. Bruce Johnstone
- No Awardees
- LeAdelle Phelps
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.
- 1990 Charles M. Fogel
- 1991 No Award
- 1992 William B. Hoyt
- 1993 Northrup R. Knox
- 1993 Robert Wilmers
- 1994 John L. Hettrick, Sr.
- 1994 Robert H. Rossberg
- 1995 George C. Lee
- 1996 Irving Freedman
- 1997 Philip B. Wels
- 1998 Lawrence P. Castellani
- 1999 No Award
- 2000 Mary E. Randolph
- 2000 John N. Walsh III
- 2001 No Award
- 2002 Robert J. Wagner
- 2003 Reginald B. Newman II
- 2004 No Award
- 2005 No Award
- 2006 No Award
- 2007 Stephen C. Dunnett
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.
- 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
- Huw M. L. Davies
- Leonard H. Epstein
- Michael F. Sheridan
- Barbara H. Tedlock
- Joan K. Copiec
- Paresh Dandona
- Jo L. Freudenheim
- David A. Kofke
- Timothy F. Murphy
- Mulchand S. Patel
- William E. Pelham Jr.
- Lois M. Weis
- No Awardees
- Francis M. Gasparini
- David A. Gerber
- William J. Jusko
- Frank C. Zagare
- Nallan C. Suresh
