Commerce Bank and WT Kemper Foundation Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award
The Commerce Bank and WT Kemper Foundation Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award honors current members of the graduate faculty who are recognized nationally and internationally for their outstanding scholarly achievements and for their contributions to graduate education at the university. Recipients of the award will receive an honorarium, are recognized during the fall Graduate School commencement ceremony and during a public lecture to the campus community.
Faculty Awardees
The Commerce Bank and WT Kemper Foundation Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award is made annually to those faculty who have distinguished themselves nationally and internationally for excellence in research and graduate education. Normally, up to two faculty are selected annually by a group of faculty peers. Recipients receive an honorarium and deliver a public lecture following selection for this award.
Faculty Name |
Department |
Year |
| Jeffrey Pickering | Political Science | 2023-24 |
| Yong-Cheng Shi | Grain Science and Industry | 2023-24 |
| Yoonseong Park | Entomology | 2022-23 |
| Hans Coetzee | Anatomy and Physiology | 2022-23 |
| Caterina Scoglio | Electrical and Computer Engineering | 2021-22 |
| Barbara Valent | Plant Pathology | 2021-22 |
| Tom Phillips | Entomology | 2020-21 |
| Donghai Wang | Biological and Agricultural Engineering | 2020-21 |
| Robert Goodband | Animal Sciences and Industry | 2019-20 |
| Michael Kanost | Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics | 2019-20 |
| Kimberly Kirkpatrick | Psychological Sciences | 2018-19 |
| T.G. Nagaraja | Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology | 2018-19 |
| Frederick Burrack | Music | 2017-18 |
| Christine Aikens | Chemistry | 2017-18 |
| Timothy Keane | Landscape Architecture | 2016-17 |
| Zongzhu Lin | Mathematics | 2016-17 |
| Mary Rezac | Chemical Engineering | 2015-16 |
| P.V. Vara Prasad | Agronomy | 2015-16 |
| Uwe Thumm | Physics | 2014-15 |
| Kun Yan Zhu | Entomology | 2014-15 |
| Daniel Higgins | Chemistry | 2013-14 |
| Bhadriraju Subramanyam | Grain Science and Industry | 2013-14 |
| Bharat Ratra | Physics | 2012-13 |
| Raymond R. Rowland | Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology | 2012-13 |
| Z.J. Pei | Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering | 2011-12 |
| Phil Nel | English | 2011-12 |
| Sue J. Brown | Biology | 2010-11 |
| Frank F. White | Plant Pathology | 2010-11 |
| Amit Chakrabarti | Physics | 2009-10 |
| Chuck Rice | Agronomy | 2009-10 |
| Elizabeth Dodd | English | 2008-09 |
| Walter Dodds | Biology | 2008-09 |
| Delores J. Feld Takemoto | Biochemistry | 2007-08 |
| James H. Edgar | Chemical Engineering | 2007-08 |
| Subbarat Muthukrishnan | Biochemistry | 2006-07 |
| Philine Wangemann | Anatomy and Physiology | 2006-07 |
| Allen M. Featherstone | Agricultural Economics | 2005-06 |
| Edgar Chambers IV | Human Nutrition | 2005-06 |
| Dallas Johnson | Statistics | 2004-05 |
| Duy Hua | Chemistry | 2004-05 |
| Dale Herspring | Political Science | 2003-04 |
| David Norman | Agricultural Economics | 2003-04 |
|
Larry E. Erickson |
Chemical Engineering |
2002-03 |
|
James Shanteau |
Psychology |
2002-03 |
|
Scot H. Hulbert |
Plant Pathology |
2001-02 |
|
Joseph Vincent Ortiz |
Chemistry |
2001-02 |
|
George Keiser |
English |
2000-01 |
|
Paul Seib |
Grain Science and Industry |
2000-01 |
|
Marsha Frey |
History |
1999-00 |
|
Eric Maatta |
Chemistry |
1999-00 |
|
Larry Takemoto |
Biology |
1998-99 |
|
Frank Blecha |
Anatomy and Physiology |
1997-98 |
|
Talat Rahman |
Physics |
1997-98 |
|
Rollin Sears |
Agronomy |
1997-98 |
|
Alexander G. Ramm |
Mathematics |
1996-97 |
|
Christopher M. Sorensen |
Physics |
1996-97 |
|
Gary W. Conrad |
Biology |
1995-96 |
|
Jan E. Leach |
Plant Pathology |
1995-96 |
|
E. Wayne Nafziger |
Economics |
1995-96 |
|
Thomas E. Roche |
Biochemistry |
1994-95 |
|
Theodore L. Hopkins |
Entomology |
1994-95 |
|
John J. Iandolo |
Pathology and Microbiology |
1993-94 |
|
Robin E. Denell |
Biology |
1993-94 |
|
Donald J. Mrozek |
History |
1993-94 |
|
C. Lewis Cocke |
Physics |
1992-93 |
|
Jane A. Westfall |
Anatomy and Physiology |
1992-93 |
|
Albert N. Hamscher |
History |
1991-92 |
|
Kenneth J. Klabunde |
Chemistry |
1991-92 |
|
Brian S. Spooner |
Biology |
1990-91 |
|
Benjamin R. Tilghman |
Philosophy |
1990-91 |
|
Patricia J. O'Brien |
Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work |
1989-90 |
|
Bikram S. Gill |
Plant Pathology |
1989-90 |
|
Margo Kren |
Art |
1988-89 |
|
Gerald R. Reeck |
Biochemistry |
1988-89 |
|
Cornelia Butler Flora |
Sociology |
1987-88 |
|
Richard N. McDonald |
Chemistry |
1987-88 |
|
Terry C. Johnson |
Biology |
1986-87 |
|
Michael W. Suleiman |
Political Science |
1986-87 |
|
Horst Leipold |
Pathology |
1985-86 |
|
Jonathan Holden |
English |
1985-86 |
|
Patrick Richard |
Physics |
1984-85 |
|
Burton I. Kaufman |
History |
1984-85 |
|
William Fateley |
Chemistry |
1983-84 |
|
Nasir Ahmed |
Electrical Engineering |
1982-83 |
|
Roger Fedde |
Anatomy and Physiology |
1981-82 |
|
James F. Shepard |
Plant Pathology |
1980-81 |
|
Donald W. Setser |
Chemistry |
1979-80 |
|
Elmer G. Heyne |
Agronomy |
1978-79 |
|
Frederick W. Oehme |
Surgery and Medicine |
1977-78 |
|
Dudley Williams |
Physics |
1976-77 |
|
Richard Consigli |
Biology |
1975-76 |
|
Stanley E. Leland |
Veterinary Pathology |
1974-75 |
|
Ivan D. Teare |
Agronomy |
1973-74 |
|
L. T. Fan |
Chemical Engineering |
1972-73 |
|
Angelo C. Garzio |
Art |
1971-72 |
|
Robin Higham |
History |
1970-71 |
|
Clifton E. Meloan |
Chemistry |
1969-70 |
|
R. Kenneth Burkhard |
Biochemistry |
1968-69 |
|
John A. Johnson |
Grain Science and Industry |
1967-68 |
|
Brewster Rogerson |
English |
1966-67 |
|
V. D. Foltz |
Bacteriology |
1965-66 |
|
Roy Langford |
Psychology |
1964-65 |
|
Erle E. Bartley |
Dairy and Poultry Science |
1963-64 |
|
Robert Katz |
Physics |
1962-63 |
|
A. M. Guhl |
Zoology |
1961-62 |
|
H. Henley Haymaker |
Botany |
1961-62 |
|
Holly C. Fryer |
Statistics |
1960-61 |
|
Kling L. Anderson |
Agronomy |
1960-61 |
|
Fred L. Parrish |
History |
1959-60 |
|
Francis D. Farrell |
President Emeritus |
1959-60 |
|
Leon R. Quinlan |
Landscape Architecture |
1958-59 |
|
Charles M. Correll |
History |
1958-59 |
|
Arthur D. Weber |
College of Agriculture |
1957-58 |
|
Howard T. Hill |
Speech |
1957-58 |
|
Alvin B. Cardwell |
Physics |
1956-57 |
|
Charles H. Scholer |
Applied Mechanics |
1956-57 |
|
Hilmer H. Laude |
Agronomy |
1955-56 |
|
John F. Helm |
Architecture and Applied Arts |
1955-56 |